MOLT SCHOOLS TO
CONDUCT CLOSING
EXERCISES OUG. ZS
Parade, Speeches And Lunch
To Mark Commencement
At Tuscaloosa
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Tuscaloosa, Ala., Aug-. 18 )
Commencement exercises of the 12
adult schools to close next week In
Tuscaloosa county will be held Sat
urday, August 25, beginning with a
parade to form at 9. o'clock at Cen
tral college and march to the uni
versity, where speeches will be de
livered in Morgan hall by prominent
men. Lunch will be served on the
university campus. The exercises
will conclude with contests and
awarding of prizes. Exhibits of work
done by the adult pupils will be
displayed in Morgan hall. Among
the prizes to be awarded by the state
educational department Is $25 to the
county having the best adult school
record. $15 for the best school in
the state, and $10 for the best school
in the county, which will be con
tested for by the local schools. There
will be other prizes for schools and
for • individual work. Preparations
will be made to care for 1,500 or more
persons. Among the prominent
speakers will he 1'. W. Hodges of the
state board of education.
NEW CHURCH TO OPEN
The new First Baptist church at
Northport will he formally opened
Sunday at 11 o’clock with a home
coming of old members. Dr. L. O.
Dawson, pastor of the First Baptist
church in Tuscaloosa, will deliver the
home-coming address. Other speak
ers will include Rev. D. I. Purser,
formerly of this city but no\V of
Alexandria. La., and the pastor, Rev.
