The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-06-11

ton with the awarding of the diplomas
was when the name of Miss Edna Clyde
Kilgo was called. Her diploma and BIZ
Bile was handed to her father, the presi-
dent of the college, and without a word
he advanced and handed it to her, his
head bowed. The audience burst into a
storm of applause.
One of the graduates of the day was
Mr.. Charles Kerchner Robinson, OF Frank
lin. After his diploma had been pre-
sented President Kilgo announced an in
teresting bit of history in that the ia
Their Of the young man was the one TO
cast the deciding vOte-to vote off tic
in favor of forming the county of Dur
ham, now the seat of this institution
THE GRADUATES.
The graduates of the day were as fol
lows:
Presentation of Diplomas Bachelor OF
Art-Angier, Inez Duke, Durham.
CDetrane, Jessie Franklin-Smthfeld
Connolly, George Gilmer, Greensboro.
Crawford, Eli Wade, Ophir.
Dixon, Benjamin Franklin, Jr., Raleigh.
Dixon, Wright Tracy, Raleigh.
Egerton. Florence May, Louisburg.
Fink, Fletcher Winfield, Concord.
Frizzellc, Mark Twain, Ormondsvlle.
Gum. Blanche Hester, Wlnston-Sa
lem.
Howard, Leslie Powell Mobile, Ala.
Kilgo, Edna Clyde, Durham.
King, Preston Eugene Harvey.
Kugimiya, Toxic, Hiroshima, Japan.
Lambeth, Charles Frank Thomasyille.
Lance, Charles Martin, Ayery's Creek.
Langston, John Dallas, Mt. Olive.
Langston, Rosa Arthur, Mt. Olive.
Lilies, Paul Wilson, Tarboro.
Nicks, Samuel Freeman, Teer.
Noblitt, Frank Boscom, Old Fort.
Odell, Ralph Milton, Concord.
Peele, William Walter, Gibson.
Pegram, Irene Craven, Durham.
Perrow, Eber Carl, Motion, Tenn.
Puryca, Wilson, Grinter Paducah, KY.
Richardson, Michael Ralph, Durham.
Robinson, Charles Kcrchner, Franklin.
Smith, Thomas Walter, Jr., Concord.
Spence, Edward Wright Oxford.
Swindell, Fred Dudley Jr., Godsboro.
Masters of Art-Dwire, Henry Rudolph,
Winston Salem n. c., A. b., (TrInity)
English, History, and Political Economy.
Murph, Daniel Shuford, st. Matthews,
S. c., A. B. (Wofford) English and Ger
man.
Winstead, Samuel Garland, Roxboro, N.
c., A. B., Crafty Philosophy and Eng
fish.
Certificates of Graduation in Depart
ments-Edgerton Charles Edward, Louis
burg, N. c.
Jenkins, Frederick, Raleigh, n. c.
Moore, Kate Lang, Washington, n. c.
Honors were announced as follows
Senior Honors-Summa cum Laude-
Eber Carl Perrow.
Magma cum Laude-Florence May Ee
erton. Blanche Hester Gum, Ralph Mil
ton Odell, Michael Ralph Richardson,
Thomas Walter Smith, Jr., Edward
Wright Spencer.
Cum Laude-Jesse Franklin Coltrane,
Eli Wade Crawford, Benjamin Franklin
Dixon, Jr., Wright Tracy Dixon, Leslie
Powell Howard, Toxic Kugimiya, Charles
Frank Lambeth, Irene Craven Pegram,
William Walter Peele, Wilson Grinter
Puryear Charles Kerchner Robinson.
Sophomore Honors-Julian Blanchard,
Alice Child Craft, Clovis Chappelle, Alon-
20 Gibbons Moore, Nicholas Sneed Og
burn, Jr.
Freshman Honors-Eva Branch, Chas
Blackwell Markham, Hoy Taylor, Will
liam Holland Hall, John Allen Morgan,
Mary Thomas.
Honors in Departments CHEST Hon
ors Eber Carl Perrow, English; Ed
ward Wright Spencer, Latin.
Honors: Blanche Hester Gum, English;
Edna Clyde Kilgo, English Rosa Arthur
Langston, Latin.
Valedictory-Eb Carl Pcrrow.
RECEPTION TO GRADUATES.
The reception to the graduating class
this evening was a brilliant social event
II was largely attended by people from
ali parts of the State and many from
Durham The halls we're beautifully and
deliberately decorated. The patronesses
fol the occasion were as follows:
Mrs. b. n Duke Mrs. T. d. Jones, Mrs.
]. c. Kigo, Mrs. B. L. Leak, Mrs. w. H.
Branson, Mrs. e. NJ Graham, Mrs G.. w.
Watts, Mrs. j. E. Stage, Mrs. G. B.
Green, Mrs. E. K. Powe, Mrs J. G. An
ger, Mrs w D. Carmichael, Mrs. w. H.
McCabe, Mrs T. e. Cheek, Miss Anne