Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-16
C0L0RED CHILDREN.
THE oLoRIBs WON By THEM THIs COM
MENCEAEET SEASON.
Exercises Of the Richmond Normal Last
Night and a List Of the First
Honor Pupils.

Eon0r Pupils.
The tweniy.Grst annual commencement
OF the Richmond Normal School (colofed)
took place last night st the First Baptist
On The platform sat members Of the School
! Board and officers Of the school. The build
/ Ing was crowded % suifocation almost, and
/ the atmosphere inside would have carried
/ the mercury IN the thermometer UP very
! high. The school sat IN the body Of the
/ church.
OPENING.
! About fifteen minutes after g O'Clock Mr..
! Samuel +. Beach, principal, called the as
/ sembly 10 order, after which the exercises
were begun and carried out In the following
| order: Address OF Welcome. Robert II.
/ ThurstOn: song by the school; Essay,
! Home and Home Influences, Matte M John
1 son; a WOman's Pocket, Arthur w. Far.
rar; song by the School; Selection, How
/ 10 Make True Vrgini,p, Albert T.
| Wright; Selection, Little Tom. Hattie Wal
1 lace; Song by the School; selection, A Cau-
/ die Curtain Lecture, Ella j. Williams; Se-
| lection, The Babies, George III. Fleming
| NalcdictOrv. James q. A. Forester; song;
! Address, Rev. :. $. Lambeth, pastor OF the
! BrJld.stied Methodist church; Address
/ and Presentation Of Peabody Medals, Pro-
! iessOr James ii. Johnson, president OF the
/ Normal 9nd Collegiate Institute at Peters
/ burg; Song; Conferring Of Diplomas, Hon.
J. Taylor Els son; song; Benediction. Rev.
/ James ii. Holmes, pastor OF the church;
! Home. Sweet Home Instrumental), Orches-
! ira. led by Mr. n. stein.
! The address Of welcome and all the essays
nd pd ity of
/ the school, and they gave evidence OF good
/ scholarship and teaching. Or. Lambeth's
/ address was confined to the value OF eduea-
! ton and the building up Of character, with
/ out the latter education being useless.
GRADUATES.
The following is list OF the graduates IN
/ order OF Standing:
February, 1883: /, Mary Il. Payne; 2,
James o. A. Forester; 3, Arthur w. Far
| rar; 4. Mary l.. Gaines; ;. Lucy V.Bolling;
/ q, Annie Belle Haskins; Z, Martha I. Cou-
s,ns; s, Henry A. Knight; and 0, Robert
! II. Thurston.
June. 1855: l, Mqttie NJ johnson; 3,
! Robert II. Williams 3. Cora q. Robinson !;
/ 4. SUSIE f.. Harris; ., Sallie j. ballard; 6,
| Lena V. lsham; I, Carrie V. Walker; s,
George IL. Fleming.
PEABODY MEDALLISTs.
The following is list Of the Peabody medal
! lists: Senior Glass a, No. !, Matte John
| son; Intermediate A, No. 8, Lizzie Wills;
| Junior A. No. 3, Olivia Oliver; Junior b.,
| No. G, Maggie stevens.
FIRST HoEOR PUPILS.
Senior 4, 80. MARY Payne. James Forrest
! er. Arthur FarTar. Mary Gaines, Lucy Boiling,
| Annie hasklns, Martha Cousins, and Matte
senior r, No. e-Nary herman
Junior P-Robcrt Mosby and Lucy Woodson.
! Intermediate s. No. 3-LizNe y. Wills, Walter
Brown. William b. 1hom. and Jane Boyd.
! Intermediate b., Fret Honois-Alce sparkes,
! Percy Mundin, kmma Evans, Carter Belle, ana
| Maggie Mackiiu.
! Junia B.-JOhn Alexander.
First Grammar A. No. 9.-,John Holmes, Berthe
| Fox, and Harrison Holmes.
! First Grammar a. No l0-Andrew Greene,
James BrooAs, Walter Wallace, and Willie Cal
loway.
PICTURE PRESENTATION.
one thing not on the programme was the
presentation to Navy-llill school OF the pic
! ture-an cngrar ring, handsomely framed
| offered bv Colonel ). Is. cary, Superlntend-
/ ent Of the Public schools, 10 the colored
| school having the best attendance during
/ the past half session.
Colonel ary made the presentation speech,
and the picture was received on behalf OF the
school by Nj !. Il. Thompson, principal OF
| NNy.llll school.
Ftrst-HOnOr Pupils In the COiOred
AcHOc Is.
The following is q list Of the frsthonor
| pupils 10 the Richmond public schools
| (c0loredl
| VALLEY sCHOOI~-BICHARD ". TLOURNoY, PRIS--
| ClFAL.
! F,rst Grammar B-Mrs X J. Wynn, teach
! or-Nlrgima Bauch, Florence Hunter, Estehe
! Dickcrsln, and Leila Booker.
second Grammar A-Benjamin A. Graves,
| tcnchor-Nulic Morgan, Edlle Robin on, Mary
| Gordon. h0hcrt Johnson, Willie Turner. and
Seconl Grammar BE. Il. Mundy. teacher
/ Virginia Harper. julia Ward, AMI Betue W els
! IhiId Grammar An. r. Anderson. teacher
/ No9ic Barclay. E-tello Walker, Willie Buflord,
! and Florence ihomGs.
Thrd Grammar B-W. A. Mitchell, teacher
Joseph Johnson. William katchhe. Elenola Fry
Julia Allen. Gertrude Mayo, Ella Meredith,
/ Howard \engoic, Minor Galcgo, lda Scott
/ Belle JACKSON, Frances Crump, Rosa scott
| George EyRus. 1bomas Scaion, Preston John
/ son, William Waddr, Ololhlie BAKER, fmellne
/ jackson. Maggie Nebley, James Allen, and Ed-
Firet Urinary A-Niss VI A. Hiscombe, teach
! er-Christine Hatdeld, Mary Boiling, Fannie
RroekcnborOugh Kettle Pegc, Richard Turner,
! George Briegr. Wluie Kemp Daniel Lightfoot,
| Ida SpurlctE, Victoria Harvey, bennett Morris.
Mlur =. smith. ani Iame- hunroe.
First Primary B-Mi.s X. @. kandolph, teach
cr-Waiier bo-sicuX, Hattie Jordan, LOtue bos-
sioux, and Carlo hamm.
second Primary AZ. F. Boiling, teacher
Elise Garter, Jano Mankiu, Lille Farrar, Jennie
speed. aud Alexander LOWS.
second Primary 81. :. Hall, teacher-Car-
roll Mayo. NilIo Gurdine, and Richard Mason.
second Primary BE. ). Carter. tcacher-Cyn-
thia Anderson, Lizzie Boyd, Dolhe Logon, ana
ltohcun Massey.
Third Primary A-Kate J. Cooke, teacher
iayinia Robinson, Pearl Williams, Eugene Chris
| tiau. Ameia Virgins, Emmct Harris, ana hat
tie Harris.
Third Primary A-Elizabe,h T. BaGby, teach
er-Iucy Stevens, Minerva Quaries, Joseph VAN
dcrvsll, Goolgio McKonny, and Kate Brown.
Third Primary B-M. L. Ellis, teacher-Ra-
chel Pollard, Annie Ferguson. Joseph White.
Mniter Jackson. Lille Waters, Richard Fergn-
son. and samuel Powell.
Fourth Primary IN. 4. Grant, teacher-Jo-
seph Garter. Alice Bradley, Annie r. Grant,
Isaiah Taylor, Docia Smith, Maggie Holmes, Cal
lena Brooks. Maria Graves. Annie Sprlggs, Dan
iel Gordon. aud Nillo Jordan.
Fourth Primary R-M. A. Grant teacher
Maud White, Elza Kelly, Mary Trent, and Lucy
Fourth Primary r. No 4J-Niss a. L. Wallace,
/ tea 'her-firat Honor: Clara lin, Louisa Hunt,
Eugenia Guriino, Nary l;uilu Queen = iienler'
son, Arthur Jones. George No olson. Willie / ar
pin, Charles Pollard, Caiis Jefferson, John An
derson, Joseph Washington, Viola Mason, Flo
renee Etia Harris, Mary +. NoOdson, hlcie Hich-
url-ou, Susie Payne, and Eddie Hicks
fourth Primary Is, No 4l-Mi.s A. l.. Wallace,
Z tencher-1sabel Fleming. Henry Jordan, Ida
nclIo Perry Bernard Christian. Galley Jordan,
susanuah Thomas. Clarence Robinson, Silas
I0huson, Matte Pride, William Young, Lacie
Lawrence. Lula Lawrence, \ Ia Jackson, and Ed
ward Armstond.
MOORE sCHOOL-E. y. GARSETT. PRINCIPAL
Second Grammar Grade B-M. b. Jones, teach
er-Jamcs T. Garter. Lizzie iiardaway, Benls-
min Cephas. ana Thaddeus Scott.
Third Grammar. section A-JameS T.. Robin
son, teachcr-Willam StewerL John MAYO,
Thomas NoOdsOn, Lizzie Jones. Abram Dayi',
Henry spencer, and Fsnnie Williams.
Third Grammar B--M Ella Christian, teach
er-Nirginia Payne Mary Harper, Mamie
Brown, and Julia Hill
First Primary Section A-Mary l. Turptn,
tearher-Nary Lee, Laura Robinson, Mary
Mabrey. IsaDslla Washington, sophia Lewis,
Nora FaunterOy, aud Lille Taylor
first Primary B-T. w. Jones, teacher
Martha Keony, Amanda Burrows, Phllis Jasper,
Mary Wood, Charles James. Rosa Banks, Fanny
Lewis, james Chenery, Peter smith, Fashion
Scott Charlotte Holmes, Katie Gaiington,
Sauie Jones Annie Perkius. Lille R0iOn, Leila
Carter. Joseph lee, and Willie Meade.
Second Primary, Section A-Emily >. a: Jack
son, toacher-NGry Clarke, William johnson,
Rstslle Hatcher Ellen Hicks, josiah Harris, Al
berta Lacy, Thomas smith, Nora jackson,
Charlie Sparkes James. Harris, Florence Tur-
ner. Amanda Bruce Maria Washington. James
Jacksop. Della NoOholk, Mamie Rose, kebecca
smith kddfe BayiOr. Ida Carter, and Blanche