1899 Lafayette Weekly Journal, Friday, 7 Apr 1899 Our school closed on Friday with 19 graduates in the township. The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered on next Sunday evening by Rev. Overmeyer at M.E. church. Graduating exercises on the Tuesday evening following. 1900 Lafayette Home Journal, 15 Mar 1900 Sheffield Township will have one more week of school. The schools will be out on March 24. ... The following from this place will try the eighth-year graduating examination: "Spitter" Roth, Claud Johnson, Loyd [sic] Bartmess, Fred Lash, Boyd Lesh, "Bunker" Brindle, Harry Brown, Emma Burkhalter, Florence King, Ethel Bayless, Mabel Tooey, Katherine Frantz and Josie Newman. Miss Margarette Hill and Miss Madline Guard will try the 4th year high school examination at the same time. The examination will be held on next Saturday, March 17th. 1901 Lafayette Weekly Journal, Friday, 5 April 1901 Sheffield township will be well represented at the State Normal at Terre Haute by the following teachers: Misses Ada Motter, Maud Brown, Lama Laesh, Edith Snoddy and Pearl Hill.... No going back on our schools when fifteen boys and girls graduate from our graded schools. Thursday night, April 11, will occur the annual commencement to be held in Dayton. Great preparations are being made for the event. Lafayette Weekly Journal, 12 April 1901 April 10 All the members of the eighth year class passed the examination. The baccalaureate sermon will be preached next Sunday night at 7:45 by Rev. Mr. Perry of Lafayette in the Presbyterian Church. The commencement exercises will be held in the Methodist Church on next Tuesday evening, at 7:45 o’clock. Rev. F. N. Palmer will deliver the address, his subject being "Shall we be Thinkers in the World’s Activities." All are invited to attend, admission free. Following are the names of the graduates. Claude Johnson, Robert Friend, Clarence Brindle, Harry Goldsberry, Jerome Edris, Alma Crowden, Vernis Moyer, Pearl Gifford, Edith Ballengee, Katie Masters, Mary Brown, Dale Brand, Eugene Clapper and Oscar Lind. ... April 9 The commencement exercises of the Sheffield township schools will be held in the M.E. Church, Tuesday, April 16. An address will be delivered by Rev. F. A. Palmer. The baccalaureate address will also be delivered in the M. E. Church by Rev. F. T. Perry, next Sunday morning. Lafayette Weekly Journal, 19 April 1901 On last Tuesday evening the 16th annual commencement of the Sheffield township public schools was held in the Methodist Church. The church was pforusely decorated with flowers of all description. The class made an excellent appearance, all the girls being dressed in white. All matrons, roses and hyacinths. There were fourteen in the class and the following was the program: Male Quartet—"Alice, Where Art Thou?" Prayer..............Rev. Mr. Snepp Male Quartet—"Annie Laurie." Address: "Shall We Be Thinkers in the World’s Activities?"..Rev. F. N. Palmer Solo—"The Sleeping Sentinel"........................W. F. Smith Address to Class and Presentation of Diplomas....County Supt. E. C. Crider Male Quartet—"Good Night." Benedicton.......Rev. F. N. Palmer Mr. Palmer gave an excellent address and held the audience at his will for fifty minutes. His remarks were practical, logical and sufficiently sprinkled with humor and pathos to make it intensely interesting. Mr. Crider spoke of the necessity of being active, not passive. He told the story of the dreamer, who slept while all the opportunities of life passed by. He congratulated the class upon its appearance and success and said that the hoped that all would go on with their work in high school. Quite a number from Lafayette were present. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus