Simpson School - Echo Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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THE ECHO, 1924 =9 FRIDAY. MAY 23. 8:30 P. M. Graduating Exercises Invocation... Salutatory Music Rev. G. T. Harris, Anniston. la. Ilcnrv L. Nichols Velerlictory Music E. M Williams . Address Rev. A. M. Freeman, Gadsden. .Ala. Music.......................................................... Awarding Diplomas. Medals, and Athletic Letters..Prof. J. M. Malone Announcements IPI.O.MAS or certificates showing that the stndrnt could complete his high school work during the annual Summer Session were awarded to 62 4— students at the graduation exercises by Mr. Malone as were letters for service in baseball and track. An ()ld English S was awarded to three three-letter men in athletics. Charles Vincent. Albert Vincent and Johnson Ellis receiving that honor. A fountain pen was awarded to Ernest S. Moore, winner of the declnmma-tion contest. The new scholarship medal, the first of its kind offered, which is given annually by Dr. John V. Simpson in memory of his father for whom the Simpson School was named, was won by Louie Kemp, the student who had the highest record in scholarship for the year. 'Hie Jaffe medal which is awarded each year to the best all-’round student judged by athletic ability, scholarship, personal appearance and qualities of leadership was received bv ( liarles E. Vincent, a member of the graduating class. The 1924 commencement was the most successful in the history of t u school and was the tir-t to l e held in the new school building. The largest audienc. known was present for the concluding exercises tilling the auditorium to standing capacity and filling all halls and windows from which the exercises could he heard. Prospects seem to assure a session for 1624 - 25 which will break all previous records ami the commencement exercises were brought to a close with the feeling that it was not only commencement of life for the seniors but a beginning of an era of greater service ami usefulness for Simpson. Benediction Dr. Robert Echols 3 3 ef3 fane Twenty-six

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JUNIOR CLASS Avant, Hugh Clifford Morris, Mattie Elizabeth Brown, Bradley Gavle Moser, Alvie Alla Byrd. Arthur Curdy Xeill. Margaret McCulstron Clayton, Del phi tie Delmus Xewlxdd, Phillip Barrett Cobh, Carlos William Newell. Alfred Turenee Coker, Thcron Preston Parrish. Mildred Cornelia Davis. Charles Edward Pattie. George Icithern Duke. Franklin I-ouis Pearson. Robert Henrv Fricks. Carl Christopher Roberts. James Elmer Gilmer, Amelia Emma Rowe, Edgar Allan Glass, Norman Clifton, Jr. Rucks. Lee Pcrrv Green, Charles I-athrop Saeger, Bertram 1 laynes (i reen, Marvin 1 .a vvson Sanders. Hanson Earle Harris, Fletcher Lee Sawyer. Leslie Fonville Johnson. Buxton I.ay ton Smith, Arthur Walton. Jr. Kidd. James Vernon Stearns, Harold Alfred. Class President Lawrence. Harrison Dedmon Stevenson. Alma Elizabeth Lee, Morris Ca rut hers Thomas, William Manugh Leslie, Arthur Edwin Thompson, Oscar Hundley Logan. Joseph Moman Tinman. Martha Rohina Lott. Edgar Douglass Tyler, Percy Reece McCarty. Henry Vincent, Albert Linder McDonald, Kyle Wesley Wakefield. Samuel Armstead McGinty, Carey Jack Walter, Francis Xavier Mcl auglin. William Thomas Waters. Carl Orbie Malloy, Russell Gordon Williams, Joseph Homer Massie, 1 lawthorn Joseph Winters, August Aubrey Moebes, Conrad Winters, Mary Blanche aBf Tuvnty-fvjht