The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-26
SCHOOL FINALS ;ii5l
MUCH ENJOYED
Commencement Exercises in Bar
ton Heights Attended BY
Large Audience.

The sextette Of Sweet girl graduates
OF the Barton Heights school held their
own n, ana ma, completely captured the .deeply-
Baptist Church last night to see them
get their honors.
1t was great day In the history OF
i5arton Heights education last night, when
hundreds OF fond parents and brothers
and friends assembled In the little church
across the street from the school-house
and packed the house even to the doors
ana windows, and outside on the green
grass. General joy prevailed, and music
and eloquent addresses added pleasure to
scene made more enjoyable by heaps
and piles OF flowers, the farest Of which
We're the girl students of the school. 49,
The singing of the school was of high
order and entirely justified the frequency
with which their voices held the plat
form. In the line. of speeches, the adj
dress Of the evening was made by DR..
Woodward, of the Womans College, who
gave an interesting talk to the children
Of education. In addition to these, Mr..
John Stewart Bryan was called on 10 de-
liver the diplomas and medals. and he
culled his choicest anecdotes to assall tho
risibles of his audience. His address to
the graduates In cloat0g was appropriate
felicitous.
,r After la an = opening song BY the school
s the 's hk Taa or
Literary Life" and gave few pointers
to the numbers of youthful aspirants to
literary honors in her audience.
Miss ZELDA Faramb recied taking
Soft, Soft Summer Clolds" and a reel.
tation, The Drummer Boy by James
Satterwhite.
Made Great Hit.
A duet by Misses Ada Scott and Mary
plause was long, as they sang repeated
encores to Laughing Little Almond
Eyes, /" from Fantana. Miss Sophie Cur
RE recltcd Selling a Fellow" A third
song by the school. "Dearie," and then
Miss Josephine F4gner gave AUX tia
liens"
Tho second hour of the celebration
found the interest Of the hearers increas-
Ing, and began with piano duet Elm
Sydnor. Ten famous women was the work
of Misses Bowman. Ragand, letter,
Chamberlain, Gordon, James. ELLIS. Smith,
Binford. Duncanson and Rosalie Stone.
Miss ISIS A die kuyk played a plano solo
spoke along educational lines. Misses
Kuyk, Scott and stone sang Annie I.au-
We on the conclusion of the fine address,
ana Mr., BRYAN delivered the diplom oat to
leine James. Sarah Edna bowman, Alice
Jane Smith, Ethel May Binford. and
Anna Leth Duncanson. In his charge to
the pya young Ct sladnatea OF the year Mr.
the knights of mcdiaeval times, who
were. he said, clad In tin plates. with iron
pots; on their craniums and with long
clothes poles in their hands to do battle
with. This sally brought down the echool
and friends and the applause gave the
speaker pause for time.
The sextette of graduates We're there,
upon presented with large and beautiful
bouquets of flowers, Medals were then
awarded by Mr.. Bryan to the following:
Miss Kuyk, of senior A grade; Master
James sntterwhits, of senior 3, the only
boy taking a prize of any description;
Miss ollie, sydnor, Of intermediate 4
Miss Minnie Currle. of intermediate B;
Miss Gordon, of junior A, and Miss
Maude Kuyk, Of junior b. Hugh Leech
was awarded the medal offered by Miss
Bessie Moss, the school staff of teachers,
for the hest scholarship In her class,
On behalf OF Mr., John A. Lowell. Mr..
Bryan presented to the Barton Heights
school a superb portrait of Robert f, Lee
which will be installed In the new school
which will be built by next fall.
The exercises closed by the singing
Of America by the entire school stand