Sample VII. Printed on a four-page leaflet. Page 1 Closing Exercises Name of School Time, Place and Date Teachers Page 2 Program Song of Welcome Invocation Welcome Speech Piano Selection Vocal Solo Essay Recitation. Address Presentation of Diplomas Class Song Page 3 List of Graduates School Committee Some Quotation Page 4 Some of the School's Ideals Part IV THE COUNTY COMMENCEMENT The county-commencement plan has become one of the most distinctive features of county school work in North Carolina. Since 1910 the plan has been adopted by a large number of counties in the State. Very often the smaller schools of a county find it difficult to have an elaborate program on account of the expense, which is usually heavy, but by combining efforts with other schools the expense is reduced and at the same time more worth-while results are accomplished. Often the question of transportation is a big problem to consider when working out a program, and in counties where there are very few good roads this factor should receive due attention. The county commencement is but one expression of the general movement now going on in our county schools toward making the county the real unit in educational effort and achievement. The plan is growing and promises to become of even greater significance in the promotion of school work in North Carolina. The following is a general summary of the North Carolina plan for working out the program for the group center and the county commencement program. More information may be obtained from the State Department of Education, Raleigh. 1. The county superintendent, with the assistance of the county supervisor and principals, divides the schools of the county into a number of groups. One school in each group is designated as a group center. 2. At the beginning of school all teachers and principals in each group meet at the group center for general instructions as to the year's work and to discuss plans for the group center commencement which is to be given at the close of the school year. A committee is appointed to work out plans for the program. Since there are a number of requirements common to all schools of the county, the committee has to take these into consideration in its work. 3. Contests and examinations are held in each school a few days before the close of the year. The winners are designated to represent the school at the group center commencement which is held a few days later at the group center. 4. Winners from each school meet at the group center to compete with winners from other schools of the group. This is an all-day program and should be carefully planned by the committee in charge. 5. Immediately after the group center commencement the names of the winners are sent to the chairman of the county commencement program. The county committee then makes out the final program for the county commencement. 6. The county committee is appointed early in the year and determines the general rules and regulations to be followed in the group center and the county commencement program. 7. The following is a sample of a group center program and a county commencement program submitted by Miss Ann Holdford, Rural School Supervisor in Wake County, North Carolina. Pole Vaulting-High School Boys. Bar-chinning Contest-High School Girls. Baseball Distance Throw-Grammar Grade Boys. Baseball Distance Throw-High School Girls. Ball-throwing Contest for Accuracy in Placing Ball-High Shot Put-High School Boys. Basket Ball Distance Throw-Grammar Grade Girls. Tug of War-High School Boys. PROGRAM WAKE COUNTY COMMENCEMENT Saturday, April 15, 1922 Primary Subject-Matter Contest. Sunday School Rooms, Basement, First Baptist Church Visitors will not be admitted to the above contests. The public is cordially invited to all the contests below. |