STATE HOME HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES GIVEN DIPLOMAS COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES HELD MONDAY NIGHT WITH DR. TREXLER SPEAKER Graduation exercises for the Senior class of the State Home High School were held Monday night in the main auditorium of the school with Dr. H. A. Trexler, teacher in the department of history S. M. U., delivering the class address. Dr. Trexler used as his subject Choice and based it on the event in the life of Solomon when he chose wisdom when being offered anything he might ask by God. Mr. Trexler said that man is the only animal that has the ability to choose and declared that people could do what they wanted to. He admonished the class to do as Solomon did, choose the thing that was best for them. Solomon chose wisdom because that was what he needed as a ruler. The various choices of life were reviewed by the speaker who also told of the ambitions of the people of different nations. In discussing this phase he said that four years ago a large per cent of the people of the United States would have selected the life of a great capital- ist or industrialist but now after having seen great fortunes swept away they were back to saner thinking and that it was difficult to tell now what we, as a nation would choose. J. S. Halley, superintendent of the Home, introduced the speaker of the evening and also presided over the program given in connection with the graduation. The Seniors took their places on the stage as the State Home orchestra played "Marche Militaire" as the processional. Others on the stage included the speaker of the evening, Mr. Halley, W. T. Brumbalow, and E. E. Sheehay, members of the State Home school board Awards Made. The various awards made in connection with the graduation were made by J. S. Halley. Allen Richardson received the $20 in gold given by the late C. H. Mills in honor of his father R. Q. Mills for the best debater in the Home. Clara Bell Adams was awarded $20 given by Mr. Mills in honor of his mother, Mrs. Carrie Mills for the best work done in the domestic science department. Other awards in the domestic science department were presented Corrine Wilson, second place, two pair of silk hose; Evelyn Whipp, third place, silk hose; and three honorable mention, Martha Orange, Naomi Hale and Mary Lee Britton, who also received silk hose. Judges in the domestic science department were Sydney Marks, Miss Fannie Greenlee and Mrs. E. C. Huckabee. The silk hose as prizes were given by J. M. Dyer Co., Marks Bros, and Miss Fannie Greenlee. Bibles were also presented each member of the class and Billy Suggs received a cashier's check for $20.47 from a savings account which was started some time ago from the profits from the sale of candy. Kelton Family Award. Dr. Leslie Kelton, Jr., announced the winners of the Kelton Family Award. Each year the Kelton family presents the two best short story writers of the Home with prizes of $20 and $10 respectively for first and second place.. Members of the Senior and Junior class are allowed to compete for these prizes and this year both prizes were won by Juniors and they will receive the money upon their graduation, that being one of the requirements to receive the award. The contest was so close this year a third prize of $5.00 was given and it went to Naomi Hale senior. Out of a possible 500 points the winner of first place Miss Chrystal Shuttlesworth made 423 points; Miss Ethel King, winner of second place 422 and Miss Hale, third made 420. Judges in this event were Mrs. A. A. Allison Ted B. Ferguson, Mrs. Dettie Scarborough, W. H. Norwood and editor of Hollands Magazine on presenting diplomas to the class W. T. Brumbalow said the entire class had done fine work throught the four years in high school. He also said it was the largest class to graduate from the Home. Honor Graduates Heard. Our Aims and Purposes was the subject of the salutatory address given by Naomi Hale. Miss Hale said that a large per cent of the class had decided early in their high school days what they wanted to do upon graduation and had worked to that end. She assured the faculty, members of the school board and the people of Texas that their aims were high and that they expected to accomplish them. Martha Orange, valedictorian, spoke on Commencement and said that the class realized that upon their graduation they were starting out to accomplish other things. The fact that the class is graduating is evidence of their ability and determination, she said, and added that most of them expected to continue their education in the colleges of the state. The invocation was given by Rev. D. W. Hooker, chaplain of the Home. Special numbers on the program included "Bells of Youth" by the glee club; a violin solo "Faust Waltz" by Frances Aven; a piano solo "Mazurka" by Naomi Hale, the class song "Speedwell" by the class and the recessional "Class Day” by the orchestra. Forty-three in Class. There are 12 boys and 31 girls in the graduating class this year. The class roll follows: Boys—Donald Oliver Beasley, Auburn Black, Lavern Clark, Joe Sanford Davenport, R. C. Easter- wood, Arthur Kauffman, Euvis Maynard, Abner Ragsdale, Allen Richardson, Henry Sprouse, Wil- liam Suggs, Carl Alfred Thomason. Girls—Clara Belle Adams, Fran- ces Orada Aven, Mary Lee Britton, Hazel Irene Cardwell, Helen Daven- port, Nora Dell Davenport, Naomi A. Hale, Inez Ham, Viola Ham, Vivian Johnson, Dannie Lee Jones, Mattie Belle Jones, Jewel Dixie Lockwood, Thelma Claudette Long, Ruby Jo Morris, Martha M. Orange, Elizabeth Pierce, Jane Powers, Cannie Jack Sheppard, Mary Doris Smith, Pauline Sullivan, Gertrude Ruth Thiele, Ollie Mae Thomas, Dorothy Lucille Thorpe, Lillian Tipple, Alice Pauline Tipple, Mildres S. Vann, Evelyn Whipp, Lorena Whipp, Corinne Wilson, Lottie Wood. The Corsicana Daily Sun - Tuesday, May 30, 1933 Submitted by Diane Richards