Tishomingo County Agricultural High School - Yearbook (Tishomingo, MS)

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Tishomingo County Agricultural High School 25 MEDALS Gold medals will be offered in expression for girls, de- clamation for boys, and music for either boys or girls. Win- ners are to be determined by contest with competent judges. The following merchants are oiering the medals: W. H. Fairless and Long Brothers. The Alumni Association offers annually a gold medal for the best reading by a girl or the best declamation by a boy. The medal is known as the Alumni medal. The boy or girl winning this medal 'Will be ineligible for the mer- chants declamation or expression medal. The Dan B. Delp Lumber Co. offers a gold medal for scholarship. E. F. Waits of Corinth offers a gold watch to the boy or girl making the highest grade in Agriculture or Home Economics. The winners last year were Gladys Hester, scholarshipg Barden Hester, Alumni, Susie Burns, Expression 3-Katherine Tumlin, Musicg Barden Hester, watch. Other medals won during the year: Barden Hester, Northeast medal in Agricultureg Alta Shamblin medal for best Senior thesis offered by Interstate Trust and Banking Company of New Orleans, and medal offered by local Fed- erated Woman's Club for the best thesis on Forestry in Mis- sissippi.

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24 Tishomngo County Agricultural High School ATHELETICS Boys and girls living in dormitories do not get the ex- ercise they do at home. For this reason we encourage clean wholesome atheletics. In this way self-control and respect for others is developed. Games and races of all kinds are engaged in. The games are played in the afternoon after school Work. The new atheletic field contains a foot ball field, basket ball court, quarter mile track, etc. ENTRANCE AND GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Any pupil having completed the eighth grade in a good school may be permitted to enter without examination. Pupils desiring to enter grades above the ninth must submit a record from the school attended, signed by the principal, and mailed to the A. H. S. Supt., showing subjects, text books, number of weeks of school, recitations per week, minutes for recitation and grade. Students from nonafiil- iated schools desiring to enter grades above the ninth will be required to take an examination. Sixteen units of standard high school credits are re- quired for graduation. To those completing the course of study in the Agricul- tural High School, diplomas will be awarded. This high school diploma will admit to the freshman class in any of the colleges in Mississippi without examination. To those making application for diploma, a thesis of one thousand words on some Agricultural or Industrial subject will be required. This thesis must be submitted to the fac- ulty not later than April lst. I LABORATORIES Our laboratories are Well equpiped and compare favor- ably with any in the state. The equipment which we have, together with what We are installing, meets the require- ments of the Department of Education. Laboratories in the following are offered: Home Economics, Chemistry, Phy- si cs, and Agriculture.

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26 Tishomingo County Agricultural High School COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS Preachers Rev. J. T. Harris, Florence, Ala., Christian, invited but unavoidably absent ....................................................,,,.,..,,.,...,,,..,.,,,..,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, , 1915 No Sermon ,,,,.. ..................................,.,......,..,,,...,,.........,..,,,..,,,,,.,,,.,,,,,,,,, 1 916 Rev. W. L. Storment, Holly Springs, Methodist ........ ....... 1 917 Rev. N. B. Hardeman, Henderson, Tenn., Christian ...........,,........... 1918 Rev. W. T. Lowrey, Blue Mountain, Baptist ................................,,,. 1919 Rev. J. H. Brooks, Okolona, Methodist .........................,.................. 1920 Rev. T. W. Raymond, Holly Springs, Presbyterian, invited but un- avoidably absent, Rev. W. T. Bazzel, Tishomingo, Methodist, filled his appointment. ...................................................................................... 1921 Rev. C. E. Holt, Florence, Ala., Christian ................ .................... 1 922 Rev. T. W. Young, Corinth, Baptist ................................ ..... . . 1923 Rev. T. H. Dorsey, Holly Springs, Methodist ............... ..... . 192-1 Rev. A. Smith Chambers, Florence, Ala., Christian ....... ....... l 925 Rev. D. I. Purser, Jr., Tupelo, Baptist ........................... ..., , ., 1926 Rev, E. H. Cunningham, Corinth, Methodist ............ 1927 ORATORS Hon. Julius E. Berry, Booneville ........................................................ 1915 No Address ............................................................................................... .1916 President H. L. Whitfield, M. S. C. W. invited but unavoidably absent Hon. W. W. Magruder, Starkville ........................................................ 1918 Hon. R. H. Pate, A. Sz M. College ............... -.-..-- 1 919 Prof. F. D. Mellen, A. and M. College .......... ....... 1 920 President D. C. Hull, A. and M. College ...... ....... 1 921 Prof, Wm. G. Burgin, M. S. C. W. ............................ ...---- 1 922 Dr. W. C. Murphy, State University ............................ ....... 1 923 Hon. W. F. Bond, State Superintendent Education ....... ....... 1 924 Prof. Herbert Drennon, A. and M. College ................ .--.-.. 1 925 Hon. W. E. Holcomb, Tupelo, .................................... 1926 -Hon. A. C. Anderson, Ripley, .......................... Course of Study Afll subjects are recited five times per week unless otherwise stated Double periods are given for laboratory work. First Year-9th Grade Units English ...... ........ 1 Algebra ,..,. ..... 1 History ......... .................. 1 Agriculture ..... ..................... 1 Second Year- Units English ................... ........ 1 Plane Geometry ...... .... 1 Agriculture ........... .... 1 1927 Units Home Economics ...... 1 Elective- Music ..................... ....... 1 A Expression ----- ---- V1 10th Grade Units Elective- History .............. ...... 1 Typewriting ...... ...... 1