Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-06-08
CLOSING OF LEXINGTON HIGH
SCHOOL.

J. he Lexington Hl8u ocnool' nii'
Harrington Waddell, principal, Mr..
Howard V. Canter, assistant, closed a
successful nine months session on
Saturday last with simple exercises,
which consisted of announcements ct
graduates, profcients and distinguished
profcients.
Two scholarships were given this
year, the Washing ton and Lee Uni
versity scholarship being awarded to
Mr.. Ebert w. Boogher, son Of Mr..
E. N. Boogher, and the scholarship to
the High School to Miss Laura Lee
Carter, daughter Of Mr.. r. E. Carter.
In order that a pupil may be distin-
guis he'd in any class, he must make So
per cent. or over on both intermediate
and final examinations. An average
standing Of rs per cent. during the
the session is necessary for proficiency.
Following are the names Of gradu-
ates, distinguished and proficient in
the several classes, those making the
highest averages standing first and
those making same mark being indi-
Gated by star:
Graduates in es-Distinguished
Hubert Moore, Ebert Boogher, Harry Moore,
Thomas Morrison.
Graduates in English-Distinguis
Margaret McCorkle, Ebert Boogher, Laura
Lee Carter, +Bruce Houston, Frances White,
Hubert Moore, Hugh Lee Proficient
Lilburn Railey, d. E. Witt, Minnie Pierson
Thomas Morrison.
Graduates in Lat r. distinguished
Hubert Moore. Proficient; .L;ra Lee
Carter, Clara Irvine, Bessie Poagu,, :, '
Thompson, John Moore, Margaret McCorke
Graduates in French distinguished
Eleanor White, Clara Irvine, Bruce Houston
Graduates in German-Distinguis
Eleanor White, Clarence Obenschain, John
Illig. Proficient Rosa Quisenberry, Eliza
beth Moreland Bessie Quisenberry,
Graduates in Observation-Disclosures
Margaret McCorkle, Bessie Poague, Robert
McCrum, Roy Thompson. Proficient Alex
Harman Elizabeth Moreland, Eugenia Har
man. Bessie Quisenberry, Harry Moore.
Arithmetic-Di Distinguished Roy Thomp
son, Wallace Warner, Susie Wilson, Mary
Northern, Richard Ruff, Mcdowell Smith
John Ed. Quisenberry. Proficient; Maggie
Higgins, Daniel F. kirkpatrick.
Junior Mathematics algebra -Distin
guished: John Ed. Quisenberry, Laura
Pierson, Mary Northern Louise Broken
brough, Daniel F. Kirkpatrick. Proficient
Alex. Hartman, Maggie Higgins.
Intermediate Mathematics algebra and
Geometry distinguished Hugh Lee, Car.
ence Obenschain Robert McCrum, Roy
Thompson, d. L. Witt. Proficient Rich
ard Ruff, Laura Lee Carter, Lilburn Railey,
John Illig, Elizabeth Moreland Mcdowell
Smith,
Beginners Latin-Distipguished John
Ed. Quisenberry, Mary Northern Proficient.
Wallace Warner, Mary Houston, Alex Har.
man, Nellie peterborough.
Junior Distinguished Hugh Lee,
John Illig. Proficient Robert Mct'rumI
Jessie Whitmore, Clarence Obenschain,
Louise Brockenbrough, Mcdowell Smith,
Richard Ruff, Maggie Higgins, Elizabeth
Moreland.
intermediate distinguished Ebert
Boogher, John Moore, Harry Moore. Pro-
flcient Bessie Quisenberry, +RosalQuisen-
berry, Inez Funkhouser, LiIburn Railey,
Frances White.
Junior English Distinguished Susie
Wilson, Mary Northern, John Ed. Qdisen-
berry. Proficient; Mary Houston, Alex.
Wilson, Daniel f. kirkpatrick, Martha
Moore.
Junior French-Distinguish Inez Funk
houser, Susie Wilson. Proficient; Louise
Brockenbrough, Eugenia Harman.
Junior Herman Distinguished; Laura
Lee Carter, Proficient; Maggie Higgins,
+Jesse Whitmore, Thomas Morrison.
Not absent during entire session Laura
Lee Carter, Byron Carter, Robert McCrum,
Thomas Morrison, Richard Ruff