The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-23
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WERE THE EXERCISES At e
RsTsWARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
LAST NIGHT
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SCHOOL, SUCCESSFUL.
s5s The Commencement C exercises OF
the First ward public schools We're
held att the Diamond street N. e.
Church last evening The people be
gan to gather soon after seven o'clock,
and at eight the aisles and stairMays
were Blocked and dozens were going
away because there was no room.
Promptly at eight o'clock the class.
filed in to march rendered by the
orchestra. The class is composed OF
j$tw en- ty-seven mem bers, which is the
largest in the history of the school
& representative program was rem
5dered, as the class was entirely too
large for all of them to perform. The
five: who appeared on the program
were not picked by the teachers but.
4 chance.
Miss Eva Griffith opened ,the$pro-s
gram by reciting In the Signal Box
in a very pleasing manner. She was
followed by Mr.. Troy Powell, who
gave an original GRAFTON, Education
Under Difficulties Miss Fannie
May .Bo1lghner IL, an original essay.
Fighting Windmills." Miss Alma
.Rager4tilen recited the COMIC piece,
Mr. Brown Gets His Hair Cut They
all did exceedingly well, showing that
their work and that of their teachers
has not been in vain. High class
music was interspersed through the
program, furnished by Prof Shaw's
9 orchestra.
The class was. presented by Prin-
cipal j.. G.. Bond to County supt.
Carter L.. Faust, who presented them
with their diplomas in a well-worded
little speech. The audience then
crowded around to congratulate the
d class and 4 teachers on tlaei r sn-or
Eleven ofssthe class had completed
their work at the Christmas holidays,
and some have been attending the
srairnlont High School since. The
Others have just, completed their
work The ones woo completed at
Christmas are, Wayne Bartholows
Fay aDonham, Pearl Barnes Alma fta-
ger Dora Reel; Fannie Robinson, ju-
liza Swlsher, Lenore Gashns and Bes-
sic Smith The ones who have just
completed are, Brooks Bartholow,
p Curtis paugherty, Will Daugherty,
Willie Griffith, Emory Harbert, Har-
: old GKinderman, Troy Powell, May
Boughner, Kate <Donham, Pearl Fiser,
Eva Griffith +Ti1lie Mckinney, Bessie
zPople, Mary Smith. Blanche Thomas
and Nellie Wilson. Miss Boyces was
not able to be present at the exercises
last evening.
The term just ended has been a
successful one. The enrolment is the
greatest in the school history, there,
being 444 There were only seven
teachers this year and the rooms We're
{ all crowded, in fact so much so that
the teachers could. not do Justice.
There are only, six rooms in the old
building and the Board of Education
had to rent q room for the Primary
Z pupils.
The great need of a new building
lis apparent to every one. 1t is true
g that the district will have to be
Z bounded, but that should make no diff
ference. The people Of the First
ward need a good, large building with
4 an auditorium SO the people will not
have to be turned away from the ex-
4 ercises as they, were last night. The
Board OF Education is composed OF.
..enterprising citizens who will do. and
are al present doing, all they can to-
ward getting a new building.
555 The teachers for the year just end
ed were: Principal. J. G. Bontl AS
sistants, Thomas G. Moore, Misses
q Florence w. Lavelle, Adelaide M. Ella
son. Minnie L. Hughes, Nettie I. Nc
Allister and Minnie F.. Lloyd All
have worked hard the past year and
s are proud OF the class just sent out.
Young Lady Murdered.
IS. FORT WORTH, Texas, April "a
{SpeciaI1-AIiss Lulu Samburg was
dragged from a buggy in which she
was driving near her home Thurs