Evening star., 1900-05-31
FALLS CHURCH SCHOOLS.
Promotion of Pupils Program O1
Exercises Yesterday.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
FALLS CHURCH, Va, May 70, 1900.
The commencement exercises of the pub
lie graded school and high school of the
town took place this afternoon at the school
building, with Prof. B. F. Heaton, princi-
pal, in charge. A fine exhibition of the
school work of the different grades, con-
sisting of maps, essays, etc, adorned the
walls and desks. At pm. Rev. A. w.
Graves opened the exercises with prayer,
and the county superintendent of schools,
Capt NJ d. Hall, delivered an address on
education.
The regular program was then rendered,
consisting of the following: Address of well
come, by Milton Thorne; Liberty and the
Three Years War" rendered by the fifth
and sixth grades; violin solo. George Pen
iston: recitation, Little Boys Pocket"
Harry Blanton: discussion of question af-
firming that Elizabeth was justified in
putting to death Mary. Queen of Scots
affirmative, Mary Brown; negative, Mabel
Newman; THE Punctuation Marks was
well rendered by the primary pupils; song,
"A Bird With a Broken Wing by the
fifth and sixth grades; The Flowers by
the third and fourth grades; Our Flag"
by the first and second grades; essay,
Were the English People justified IN Put
ting to Death Charles l." by Jesse Varcoe:
motion song, boys of the fifth and sixth
grades; recitation. Little Boy Blue Hazel
Newell; "The Seed Babies first and sec
ond grades: instrumental duet, Misses Mary
Piggott and Mary Brown; essay, The Best
Side of the Character of Henry Viii, Da-
vid Luttrell Columbia and Her Thirteen
Original states.' fifth and sixth grades;
song "Old Kentucky Home" Misses May
Mankin, Lannie Graves and Carrie Ball;
"Our Bodies by second grade; recitation.
Miss Mary Piggott; wand song girls OF
fifth and sixth grades; Our Country
~ f., h; II md fn,,rt Rain
bow" by primary scholars; song, Fare
WE'LL by Misses Myrtle Veitch and Annie
Payne; benedction by Rev. G. T. Tyler.
The promotions were announced as fol-
lows: To the sophomore class in High
School, Jesse varcoe, Mary Piggott. Mary
Brown. James Luttrell, Mabel Newman,
Carroll Shreve; to freshman class. Joseph
Luttrell, Horace Brown. Katie Merry Cora
Lynch, Albert Piggott, Virgie Gott, VIM.
Brown; conditional, Ella Mankin:
70 eighth grade Annie a,yn Payne I'D Addis Nc
McInturff, Lawrence Shreve.
To seventh grade Nellie Mathes Pearl
Veitch, Anna, Hid. Maggie Seay, Reginald
Hodgson, Colder Elliott: conditional. Gilbert
Dannie Wells.
To sixth grade. Mamie seay, Ruth
Thorne. Minnie Ellison, Ruth Garner. Mag
gle Mabin, Clarabel Rowell, Mary Birch,
Glen Newell, Mary Rowell. Berry Hodgson:
conditional, Welby Moreland. Lincoln Cha
pin.
To fifth grade. May Mankin, Lannie
Graves. Carrie Ball, Albert Lester Emily
Mowat, Julian slade. John Mabin. Lawrence
Wells, Alan Garner. Cassie Proctor, Her.
bert HID conditional, Guy Church.
To fourth grade Mabel McInturff. Lacey
Veitch, Noble Mowat, Hazel Newell; condi-
tional. May Mabin, Bessie Slade. Lillian
Bradfield
To third grade Helen Marshall, Mabel
Heavener. Blanche Kirby, Frank Kirby,
Otto Won Hurbulus, Bertha Newell, Thos.
Hodgson, Albert Bladen, Burns Gibson.
Willie Hummer.
To second grade. Harry Blanton. Milton
Kerr, Milton Westcott. Fitzhugh Slade,
Horace Luttrell, Rachel Camp, James
Camp.
To first grade, Clara Luttrell, Margaret
Mathes, James Brown. Earle Drummer,
Claude Garrison, Ruth Shreve, Dora Shreve,
Edna Blanton.
!. Miss Maison-"Excuse my ignorance, but
ought 1 to call you Mr.. Bones or DIR.
Bones?"
The Doctor Grascibly)-"Oh. call me any
thing you like. Some of my friends call me
an old idiot"
Miss Maison-"Ah. but those are only peo-
pie who know you Intimately .''-Tit-Bits