Dr. Alma Freeland:  Graduation Activities, January 1923 - Smith Co, TX

Contributed by Dr. Alma Moore Freeland
Submitted by East Texas Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 6967, Tyler, TX 75711

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Memories of School Days in Tyler and Some Smith County Schools
1898-1951
By Alma Moore Freeland (1904-1991)

A copy of this book is in the Tyler Public Library.  Permission
has been given by Jerry Moore, nephew, to publish articles from
this book in the Smith County TXGenWeb Archives.

GRADUATION ACTIVITIES
JANUARY 1923

I re-entered Tyler High School in September 1922 and graduated with 
the mid-term class on Thursday, January 18, 1923. There were twenty 
two of us graduates:

     Ruth Hazel Arratt              Alma Leta Moore
     Jack Brown                     Thurman Larkin Morrison
     Cera Jo Freeman                Marcellite Owens
     William Lister Gowan           William Pinkerton
     Eugenia Havenkotte             Lois Powell
     Marvin A. Hill                 Margaret Shuford
     George W. Hobgood, Jr.         Cecil F. Taylor
     Grace Hobgood                  Sara Ernestine Wilson
     Evelyn Hudson                  Herbert Fifer
     Maurice B. McCrary             Jewel Robertson
     Mitta Mayes                    J. Ligon Rozell

There were three main activities:

1.  Class Day - For the first time in THS history a mid-term class 
    had the pleasure of celebrating a class day. This consisted 
    mainly of a play, Let's All Get Married.

2.  Baccalaureate Sermon - Preached by Dr. Robert Hill, Pastor of 
    First Presbyterian Church of Tyler.

3.  Graduation Exercises - The address was given by Dean Jennings of 
    Southern Methodist University. His subject was "The Transforming 
    Power of An Ideal."

A copy of the Program and an Invitation was included.

A picture of the dress I wore for the graduation ceremony is enclosed. 
It was made of apricot-colored taffeta with gold lace "bertha" and 
belt trimmings. My dress for the Baccalaureate Sermon was made of
black crepe with lovely green trimmings. It made a nice dress for 
Sundays, etc.

I received many beautiful gifts, cards, and flowers.