The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-06-12


| DICKINsON-TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.
The annual closing exercises and distribu-
| ton OF medals and diplomas to the prof.
cient pupils in the public schools COM
menced on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.
| There is no period OF the year which is
looked forward to by the children with
more interest than the time for the winding
up of the school term. The exercises at the
schools are interesting, and have always
drawn large crowds. Heretofore they gene
rally have been held in the assembly-r0oms
OF the school buildings. but this year the
School Board decided to have the closing
exercises OF the uptown colored schools at
the Third-Street Methodist church, and the
downtown colored schools at the First Afri-
can church, and to issue tickets OF admis-
sion in order to prevent the confusion that
always follows from the presence Of an i'm
mense crowd.
| The Valley School.
The closing exercises Of the Valley group
of schools, of which Captain r. E. Camm is
now principal. took place between 10 and II
O'Clock on Saturday morning ut the First
African church, on Broad street. The
church was, OF course crowded; but there
!
and many of the friends OF the pupils.
Among the gentlemen present were seve-
raj OF the principals OF the schools; Rev.
Kinloch Nelson, of Grace Episcopal church /;
Rev. Mr.. Kerr, OF Glasgow; DR.. W. Ii.
Scott. OF the School Board, and Councilman
elect Talbot, OF Madison Ward; Superin-
tendent Binford, OF the public schools: Sec
retory Moses, and others.
! ruc rycpCrcrc
The exercises did not vary materially
from those OF last year, and consisted OF
choruscs, dialogues, .recitations, reading,
&c. The most striking and interesting fea-
lures of the programme were the dialogues !:
"Who on Airth is He,'' "Sclf-Made Man,"
"Thc Wonderful Scholar "Thc sick
Doll" and 'Good Folks The music was
all good, especially the echo song, by
scholars OF Mrs. S. Z. Hughcs's class. In the
choruses now and then the clear, rich notes
OF good alto or tenor could be distinctly
heard.
MEDALS AND DIPLOMAS DISTRIBUTED.
At the conclusion OF the exercises Secre-
tary Moses read the rules adopted by the
School Board to govern the awarding OF the
medals and diplomas, and announced that
Rev. Kinloch Nelson would present the
medals, and the teachers would hand the
diplomas to the scholars afterward.
THE names OF the fortunate pupils were
then read out, and the medalliSts formed
themselves in line in front OF the stand
Mr.. Nelson made an appropriate little adj
dress, in the course OF which he SAID that lie
was ALWAYS ready to show his interest in true
education, which he believed to be the
training OF our bodies and souls.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Nelson's adj
dress the medals and diplomas were dis
tributed, as follows: -,
Fourth Grammar, No. 20--HrS. 5. +.
| Hughes teucher.-First Honor-Silrer Med
al: Eliza d. Carter. Diplolhas-Attend'
ance: Harvey Burnley, Willie S. Howard,
Bartholomew. Mayo, James 5. Pollard, Ida
b. Haskins, Lula NJ. Haskins, Louisa 4.
Lewis, Margaret Lewis, Maggie 5. Mitchell,
Mary S. TAYLOR. Department Annie VI
Hill. Scholarship: Louisa \. Lewis, Annie
NJ. Hill, James W. Randolph, Henry Z. Tay-
lor. Mary S. Taylor, Kate Forester. Fen
manship: Willie Flood.
First Primary, No. 2l--NrS. ". II. Chap
nell teucher.-FirSt Honor: Alice Taylor
Diplomas-Attendance Lucy Brunnskill,
Eliza Holmes, Harriet Lomas, Signora Al
len, Robert Bullock, Benjamin Nandcryall
Scholarship: Sydney Jeter, Benjamin Van
dervall, Sallie Brown, Caroline Hill, Patsey
Meredith, Eliza Stracln. Penmanshlp
Matilda Brown.
Second Primary No. 31-Miss c. jL
Channel teacher.-First Honor: Kate Ran
dolph. Diplomas-Attendancc: Eliza Gus
It's, Martha Carter, Alice Moore, Apolonla
Hartwell, Ella Lee, Bette Taylor, George
Combs, Paul Otey, Joseph Otcy, Phllll
Dabnev. scholarship: Mamie Ross, En-
met Harris. Charlie Roane, Ella Lee, susan
henderson, Martha Carter. PenmanShip
William Scotland.
Tb;rd primaru. No. 22--TSS Mag1ic
roI;n tencber.-First Honor: Ida Hall. Di-
nIomas-A John Brown, Charles
smith. Alberta Hill, Emma Taylor, Eu-
genia Banks, Kate Gallego, Caroline Moody,
Serena Trice, Sarah Byers, Adele Hasklns,
Pauline Randolph. Department: Layinla
lee. Susan Jackson. Scholarship: Serena
Trice. Mary Griffin, Charles Smith, Pauline
Randolph, Sarah Byers, Oliver Robinson
Penmanship Martha Gregory.
E0urtL PrimarH No. 24-MiSS j. RtCtD
nrdsOn tedCher.-First Honor: Amand;
Green. Diplomas-Attendance Philip Al
bright. Robert Forester, Archer Johnson
Arthur Johnson, Lucy Bullock, Julia Hub
| bard, Barbara Burnley, Ida BraXtOn, Annie
3Ieekens, Marshall Brown, Isaac Green
Scholarship: Virginia Willis, Martha Walk,
pr. Caroline Holmes, Archer Johnson, Ar
tbrr johnson, Willie Smith. Pennanshlp
Virginia Willis. - ,,,,. ,
Fourth Primary, No. 23-MiSs {. Elliot
fencher.-First Honor: Rachel Owens. Dl-
nlomas-A John S. FanderVall,
Mary Burnley, Rebecca Robinson, tannle
Hill. Cornelia Hawkins, Georsiana Hodges,
Lily Wright, Ellen Williams. Scholarship
Ella Christian, Blanche Scoggin, Fannie
Hill. Alice Harris, Archer Goode, ReDecca
Robinson. Penmanship: Alexander Mayo
Fourth and FfH. Primary No. 21-MlSS
E. j. Hatchett TEACHER First Honor: Ulys'
ses Gaines. Diplomas-Attendance: Berta
Lacy. CYNTHIA Robinson, John johnson,
Jacob Peterson, Annie Hines, Temple John.
SON. Lot Wade, Wellington Lucado. De
portmcnt: Nellie Lewis, Kate Berry, Eve
| ivn Holmes, Philip Hicks, Maria Holmes.
Scholarship: Emma Jones, Laura FRAZER,
Charles S. Lee, Sallie Robinson, Martina
Warwick, Lizzie Johnson. Penmanshlp
Grandson Mayo.
FYfth Primary, No. 25--Hiss Indie
Turner teacher.-First Heaor: Louise
Corbin. Diplomas-Attendance: Martha
Allen, Isabella Hubbard, Mary Hubbard,
Henrietta Warick, Mamie James, Lizzie
.Winfree, Milton Dabney, Thomas Hall.
Scholarship: Isabella Hubbard, Mary Hub
bard, Henrietta Warick, Mary Willis, Ed.
die Douglas, Cornelius Brown. Penman-
ship: Clara Dean.
Fifth and Si1th Primary, No. 32-Aiss
| 4. NJ Ford tedcher.-First Honor: Mary E.
Smith. Diplomas-Attendance Maria Pat
terson, George Campbell, Alice Kennedy,