The commencement exercises of the Coleman High School were held at the school auditorium Friday night. The graduating class of thirteen members, received their diplomas and were appropriately addressed by Preston Pope Reynolds, now a member of the law class of the University of Texas and who six years ago graduated at the Coleman High School.  His address was masterful and elicited great applause.  Diplomas were presented by Prof. J. E. Hickman, superintendent of the schools.

The names of the thirteen graduates include nine girls and four boys, viz:  Winnie Gray, Helen Halbert, Eleanor Rutherford, Lucy Payne, Imogene Newsome, Aleene White, Gussie Snodgrass, Fannie Fay Jones, Anne Truly, Karl Henderson, Frank Harbour, John Henry Kellett, Percy Knox.

First honors, which includes a scholarship to the State University, was awarded to Helen Halbert and Karl Henderson.  The class honors went to Helen Halbert and Eleanor Rutherford, the former as valedictorian and the latter salutatorian.

The baccalaureate sermon was delivered Sunday, at the opera house by Rev. T. O. Perrin of the Presbyterian Church.  Thursday night of commencement week, the seventh grade of the East Ward, and the High School, under the direction of Prof. Leo Smallwood and Prof. J. C. Griffin, presented an excellent program, embracing two well-staged comic-dramas, entitled “The Simplified Commencement of Jonesville” and “The Sweet Girl Graduate.”  At the conclusion of the plays, certificates of graduation from the Grammar school to the High school were given to forty-five pupils.  The Coleman High School, under the supervision of Prof. J. E. Hickman and his able corps of assistants, has finished a highly profitable and successful school year.