The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-12
Second Commencement Of the
Richmond Training School
Tomorrow Evening.
PRES. BLACKWELL. ORATOR,
Exercises to be Held at the Wo-
mans ubPositions
4 for Graduates.


morrow evening at $3.50 o'clock.
rho annual address to the graduates will
be delivered by President Blackwell, OF
Iundoph- Macon College, and an inter-
cs,lnr and profitable evening Is assured
Ia all, No invitations have been sent
out. but most cordial welcome will be
4 extended to all who may wish to attend,
and who are asked to give the encourage
mcnt and support of their presence to
the work OF the Training School, Its
faculty. trustees and Students
The graduates having completed q two
veAtF' course are Misses Evelyn Gray
BELL. katherine Louise Bullock, Lucy
Elngleton Coleman and Virginia Adair
MINOR Those having completed three
years course are Misses Annie Bates,
Isabelle Buchanan, Lou Belle Catespy
Jones, Annie B. Kirk and Alice b. Mon
cure. y5l IA
First Annual Reception.
Che Alumnae Association Of the Train
Ing School will hold their first annual
reception Immediately after the COM
mencenent exercises to welcome the new
graduates. s
Il few guests are invited to this recep-
ton, at which reports OF the alumnae
work for the past year will be read ana
rlans for the future Will be discussed. @
Graduates 1904.
The graduates Of the Training School
from the present outlook seem destined
to play such an important part IN thesi
future educational interests Of Richmond
made here t
MISC Evelyn Gray Bell is the daughter
OF lr. A.. O. Bell, Of Wilmington. va. Pc
fore entering the Training School MISS
Icll was Il student AT Hollns lnstitute,
wii,1e she mainly received her education.
Misa Gray's future plans Include work IN
,lg public schools.
Miss Katherine Louise Bullock, the
dauEhter Of Mr.. i'll. Bullock. OF Rich
,nond, received her education in the pub
K lie schools OF this city. She expects IN
future TO TURF her knowledge as a kim 4
cergartcncr to account in the public
schools, or to engage in some mission
work i, t
Mics Lucy Singleton Coleman s the
x daughter Of Mr.. Clayton Glanyilie Cois-
man, OF Louisa county. Va, and was
born at Jerdone Castle, the Coleman
hone. in that section. Miss Coleman was
cducated here and for five years has been
the head or successful primary schooi
in Richmond She laid aside her work
for her Kindergarten training, her scnooi
{. being conducted meanwhile by MISS Low
4 Belle Catesby Jones' Miss Coleman VIII
resume her school duties next Cctope e.,,,
md with Misses Scott and Iaicotls VIII
conduct a kindergarten and primary 81
ts,,,Iehn,ent at No. IA West Main Street
Hi.s Virginia Adair Minor Is inc
laughter 81 the late Judge Edmund Y:
Minor Before entering tho Richmond
lrninine School Miss Minor sraduateu
,inctr Miss Jennie Elicit, who conauc.s
a select young ladies' schpol IN RAct-
rlond
Post-Graduates 1904.
The post-graduaies VINO nave peen
dninr excellent work during the past
year are: Miss NJ. Annie Bates. graz graz,
nate of the Richmond High schooi' anu
n daughter OF the late 5. e. Bates. loi
many years assistant city engineer OF
richmond. Miss Bates Is director of the
BELLEVUE kindergarten. and has as her
assistant Miss Fannie c. Pittman.
bellevue Kindergarten has fifty sch@lars
on its roll with u Mothers Ciub organ
ized. and Il circulating library established.
1T Is an excellent argument IN la'ot "
The public school kindergartcns. me
work Of the Bellevue kindergarten VIII
be resumed next year.
Before entering the Richmond Training
School for Kindergartners Miss Isabelle
G. Buchanan was a student at the Rich-
mind High School, from which lnstllu-
ton she received a post graduate al
rloma Miss Buchanan is the daughter
of Mrs. NJ. F. Buchanan. After COM
pIetins a two years course at the Train
Ing school, in May, 1908, Miss Buchanan
was elected assistant Kindergarten Tor
the West End Kindergarten.
The enrolment ut this school for the
year has been fifty, and the attendance
very good In February n Mothers Club
was organized in connection with tlie
kindergarten. In which great interest has
been manifested.
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work along tho same lines next year.
Miss Lou Belle Cntesby Jones. OF Rich
mond. VA, Is the daughter OF MI. y.
Catesby Jones. She attended Mr., POW
ellis school In this city ana graduated
In. the first class of the Richmond Train
ing School for kndergartners. During
the. past year SHE has taken the third
wear course With Miss Parker. and has
had charge of Miss Colamnns school
during the temporary absence Of the
latter.
Graduates Plans.
Miss Jones expects to be associated next
year with tho school NJ No u West
Main Street, OF which Misses Coleman,
Talcott aud Scott will be principals.
Miss Annie Blanche Kirk Is the daush-
ter of the late James Kirk, a well known
and highly respected Richmond mer-
chant
Miss Kirk previous 10 her kindergarten
training graduated from ST, Joseph's
academy. She is identified with the Rich
moEd Chapter, u. ID. c., the "Wednesday
Club and other Richmond organizations.
Since leaving the training school, MISS
Kirk has been the successful director
of the Valentine Kindergarten, with
seventy-fiye pup1s, Furnishing Mothers
Club, a library fund OF a hundred dollars
and excellent prospects for next year.
Miss Alice Burke Moncure Is daugh-
ter Of the late L, J.. Moncure, OF
Caroline county, Va. She attended
home school IN the same county and
graduated In the first class of the Rich
mond Ira ming School for Kindergart-
ners. During the past session she has.
taught as assistant In the Valentine
Kindergarten of central district OF the
public schools. This is the largest knder-
garten of the city, having total enroll
ment OF seventy-five children, and con-
Quoted by three teachers; Miss Kirk as