University Missourian

43 ARE GRADUATED
BY COUNTY SCHOOLS

Annual Commencement Exercises Held in C.H.S. Auditorium.

J. L. CARTER SPEAKS

Takes Place of W. L. Nelson—Emphasizes Need of Better Education.

Forty-three students of the Boone County rural schools were graduated yesterday afternoon, receiving their diplomas from County Superintendent George T. Porter.

The graduating exercises were held in the Columbia High School auditorium and were attended by nearly three hundred persons.

In the absence of W. L. Nelson, assistant secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, John L. Carter, superintendent of the consolidated schools of Wyaconda, Clark County, delivered the address to the graduating class.

Mr. Carter emphasized the necessity of better country schools and especially urged the education of the "three H's"—head, heart and hands.

He pointed out the necessity of a high school education and asked the parents to send their children to the city if the country did not provide adequate schools.

The students who took part in the program were Nettie Kelly, Estelle Rice, Ruth Calvert, John Peacher, Lucy Taylor, Helen Selby, Dessa Crouch, Mabel Bledsoe, Gottlob Stoerker, Elizabeth Johnson, Mary Adams Rawlins, Sue Pemberton, Mora Phillippi.

Following is the list of the graduates:

Frank Archer, Panzy Chandler, Mark Moss, Sue Pemberton, Clarence Sexton, Charlie Simons and I. B. Stevenson of Hallsville; Mina Beerbower, Amo Christian, Dessa Crouch, Channing Crane, Homer Goslin, Margaret Haden, Elizabeth Johnson, Mora Phillippi, Lindell Pace, John Peacher, Audry Richardson, Helen Selby, Molly Smith, Roy Wilhite and Gertrude Wright of Columbia; Mabel Bledsoe, Amanda Fromme, Otto Nieman, Ray Reed, Estelle Rice, Embra Stolte and Gottlob Stoerker of Hartsburg; Joan N. Broyles, Estelle Calvin, Ruth Calvert, Venson K. White and Merline Martin of Ashland; Laura Calvin of Huntsdale; Robert Giruble of Centralia; Earl Jordan and Sara Belle Rowland of Woodlandville; Nettie Kelly of Browns Station; Mary A. Rawlins and Orville Watson of Rocheport; Ealith Short of Harrisburg, and Lucy Taylor of Clark.