Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-17
TEXAS SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.

The Cumberland Presbyterian church at Lib
erty Hill, Williamson county, is completed.
The Summer Hill select school at Tyler closed
on the 18th with appropriate exercises
new Baptist church will be built immedi-
ately at Ranger. Eastland county.
The first annual commencement exercises of
the Comanche high school, Comanche county,
will be held at the college Friday evening,
June 20.
The trustees of the Weatherford college will
proceed at once to the building of a dormitory
for the accom- odatlon of boarding young ady
pupils. They will build on the college grounds.
DR.. j. L. Dickens has been elected president
of the faculty of the Texas female seminary at
Weatherford.
CHICO. TEX, June l6:-There is now move
ment on foot by our citizens to erect frst-clasS
school building, which our little town
greatly needs. S11UO have been subscribed for
its erection, which we hope win soon begin.
School trustees have been elected in the fol-
lowing places: Kemp, Kaufman county; W. c.
Mason, j. A. Webb and G. q. jackson; Jack
sonville; Cherokee county, J, L. Douglas, ]. P
Goodson and DR.. e. V. Collins; whitewright,
Grayson county, DR.. D. NJ. Ray, o. Y. Rath-
bun and z. W. Savage; Pilot Point, Denton
county, J. II. Weeks, W. c. McCully and r.
NJ. Strond, II. P. Tuck and W. P. Strickland;
San Saba, San Saba county. s. NJ. Moore, Ed.
Campbell and j. w. Mcconnell; Harold, Will
barger county, j. F. Larson, S. L. Blake and
j. W. Whotley; Throokmorton, s. A. McCuis-
ton, J. P. Bourland and J. N. Patton; ANA
rillo, Potter county, j. H. Hamlin, H. 7. Cor
neiius and 81. Il. Brooks; Van Alstyne, Gray
son county, j. c. Umphress, Joseph Greer and
L. G. Veazey; kerens, Navarro county, R. H.
Dauiel, w. r. Head and j. II. Perry; Goldth-
waite, Brown county, ]. B. Ferguson, c. D.
Hammond and ]. L. Lewis; Canadian, Hemp
hilt county, W. B. Crabtree, j. j. Sutherland
and Robert Moody.
WATERFORD, TEX, June 16.-The com
meucement exercises of Weatherford college
have come and gone. From the End to the eth
the pupils for another year. Sunday, the Sth,
the CONNIE GENE Mt sermon was preached by DR..
j. A Wallace of Abilene. His subject was
Christian Progress, - which he handled in
mastery manner. At night DR.. jerome
HARRISON of Vernon addressed the young people
some oral examinations of the pupils, who ac-
Quilted themselves with credit When evening
came large assembly met in the chapel to hear
the Rotations and music from the younger pu-
pills. Among the pupils who received the great
est praise for their elocution were Misses Ma
Allie Kindel. The class showed that they had
been well trained in every particular, On Tues
day morning all the pupils were in their places
at O'Clock and many witnesses were pres
ent to witness an hours oral ex-
animation Of several Of the advanced classes
present to hear the young ladies and gentlemen
of the preparatory department recite and de-
claim for the Glover medal awarded by J. NJ
Clover OF Cleburne. The winner was net an
nounCed until Thursday night. The joint en-
tertainment OF the two societies came on at
many as could enter, assembled to hear The
board Of trustees met on the same day at p.
m. and re- elected Professor ID. S. Switzer presi-
dent. Whereupon he recommended the same