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1911 County Graduation
The regular graduation exercises
for the seventh grades of the various rural schools of Matagorda
County were held Friday night, May 7, at the Methodist Church in Bay
City. Because recent heavy rains had rendered many of the country
roads practically impassable, just half of the number of graduates
were able to attend. The Harmony Club of Bay City in their
observance of musical week having arranged a musical program for
Friday evening co-operated with the county department of education
by combining the two programs and so made a varied program and an
interesting evening. The first and second grade pupils of Bay City
rendered a cantata, "Spring," interspersed with solos and recitative
numbers.
The graduation class then marched
in formal manner to the platform and sang the class song, "America,
the Beautiful." Mr. Wm. Cash, president of the county board, in a
few well chosen words, commended the boys and girls who had "held
on" and so nobly attained the goal for which they had striven, the
county diploma.
Bay View Consolidated School
(Collegeport)--Mamie Murray, Bessie Jenkins, Eloise Frasier,
Julian Jenkins, Mae Dickinson
Van Vleck--Mamie Chambless,
Ruby Luna, Elsie Rainey, Eva Smith, Horace McCree, Melva Ewing Clemville--Annie Posey, Lucille Wynn, Doyle Kilpatrick, Ruth Gates, Clyde Hickey, Selma Hiltpold
Great Northern--Amy Ulland, Jim Kuchar
Pupils from the following named schools were absent but their diplomas will be mailed to them: Citrus Grove--Dayton Lee Parker Hasima--Lurline Reeves Bernard--Ruby Keith, Roy Waldrep Cedar Lane--Patty Burford, Frances Stevens, Edna Worths, Imogene Worthy Pledger--Pearl Malone, Lucille Hobbins Midfields--Willis Micha, Irene Melbourn, Bob Trull
We feel much gratified over the
records made by the pupils in the graduating class for the term
1935-26. Perhaps in no preceding year have the papers evidenced as
nearly the same standard of work on the part of pupils and of
teachers as have those of the term just closing. We fell that we are
beginning to realize the ideal before the department of education
when the plan for county examination and country graduation was
launched four years ago.
The first honor student of the
class, judged by the one examination grade, is little Miss Pearl
Malone of Pledger. Pearl won first place in the county meet this
year in junior girl rural declamation, also won first in the
district meet at Houston. Miss Melva Ewing of Van Vleck won second
donors, having made one point lower than Pearl. Melva is a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Ewing and by the record she has made during
the entire year, richly merits the honors she has earned. We hope to organize our plans for next year's graduation in such a way as to show more distinction to the honor students than we have in the past.
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Graduation for
the fifth county 7th grade graduation class was held
Saturday, May 12 at the BayTex Hotel.
At 2 p. m. the
exercises were over and the seventh grade class of 1927-28 went its
way feeling grateful for the courtesy extended them and the interest
manifested in their work by the Matagorda County Development
Association.
The following
pupils composed the graduating class:
Bay View –
William Goff, Ruth Mowery
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