The graduating class leaving the Vass-Lakeview High School this week consists of six boys and five girls. In the average of achievement, it ranks with the best the community has ever produced.
Appropriate exercises marked the closing of a very successful school year. A large number of parents and the people of the community attended the exercises and, on every hand expressed their appreciation of the manner in which the students had responded to the excellent training given by the faculty.
The first number of the commencement exercises was given in the High School auditorium Friday night. The program was in the form of a recital by the piano class, in which a large number participated.
On Sunday evening the elementary grades held the stage and gave a very pleasing entertainment, including a three-act operetta entitled “The Quest of the Pink Parasol.” This was followed by Uncle Sam’s Photograph Album,” which was introduced with a flag drill and concluded with a striking tableau.
The very impressive service on Sunday morning was attended by a congregation that taxed the capacity of the auditorium. When Rev. W.V. McRae, pastor of the Methodist church had taken his place, an invisible choir sang “America, the Beautiful,” after which the singers marched to their places in the auditorium.
The Baccalaureate sermon by Rev. McRae, delivered in a masterful manner, gave to the class a message of inestimable value and one that will enable them to take their rightful places in the proper upbuilding of the communities they might be called upon to serve and become a part of. He took as his subject “The true road to true success,” supporting it by the text, Matthew 6:33—“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”
The sermon contained everything necessary in the way of encouragement and should cheer the class of ‘26onto the highest realm of accomplishment.
Monday night brought forth the Recitation content, in which seven girls took part.
At the close of the contest, a special number was given, entitled: “Runaway Moonbeams.” This was easily the most novel feature of the commencement exercises. The dance of the moonbeams and the celestial stage setting could not have been produced so beautifully without the expenditure of much time and thorough preparation.
Tuesday night was epochal in the lives of the members of the graduating class. It was a night upon which they will look back in the years to come, we hope, with increasing pride. A night on which their relatives and friends gathered together to be present with them at the moment which marked the beginning of a new era for them. From the Invocation by Rev. D.McD. Monroe, pastor of the Presbyterian church, to the presentation of diplomas and certificates, which closed the program, all present felt the solemnity of the occasion. A feature of the evening not embodied in the printed programs was the taking of a free-will offering for the leader of the Sandhlll Band, Mr. Murray. It was an offering carrying with it absolutely no restrictions as to how it should be disposed of, and given to express, in small degree, the appreciation the community feels for the wonderful thing Mr. Murray has accomplished in organizing and training the boys.
Wednesday evening marked the close of the commencement exercises, when the annual play was given. This was entitled “Kicked Out College,” and was very ably presented in three acts by a large cast and chorus.
The roll of the class of ’25 is as follows:
Eva Oldham, president
Alton Cameron, vice-president
Eloise Brooks, secretary and treasurer
Bessie Gunter
Mary Thompson
Vivian Matthews
Earl Edwards
Willie Keith
Duncan Keith
Paul Rollins
Joseph Thompson. Onward and Upward!
As these estimable young people mount round after round of the ladder that leads to true success, may they never encounter one of their number coming down!
From the front page of The Pilot, Southern Pines, N.C., Friday May 7, 1926
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