Southgate 1914 Graduates
Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 June 1914, page 10
NEWPORT
Colored School Announcement
The Southgate Street Colored High School will hold its annual
commencement exercises Friday evening at the Park Avenue School Auditorium.
The graduates are:
Zelma Fox
Alice Gee
Landonius Oliver
Lillian Wise
Sylvester Overstreet
Prof. F M Wood, principal of the colored high school at Paris Ky. will deliver the oration to the graduates. The program follows:
Salutatory "Home and Its Queen" Alice Gee-Essay
"Success and Failure" Lillian Wise-oration
"The Leadership of Educated Men" Sylvester Overstreet-essay
"Anti-suffrage for Women" Zelma Fox-valedictory
"Leaving the Harbor" Landonius Oliver
Presentation of class by W S Blanton, principal
Conferring of diplomas, Superintendent J A Sharon
The baccalaureate services were held last night at the Corinthian Baptist Church. Rev F C Locust, of Covington, delivered the sermon. The Eighth Grade exercises will be held Tuesday night at the Corinthian Baptist Church. Rev W J Ballon will deliver the address to the class.