Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-05-30
The shepherdstown Graded School.

The Shepherdstown Graded School.
The closing exercises Of the Shep,
herdstown Graded School, that most
excellently managed institution fol-
The education of the youth Of thu.
community, were held last Friday al,
tsrnoon. A large audience, composed
| of parents of the children and friends
of the school, was present to enjoy
the interesting programme that had
been arranged. Principal F. A. By
erly was in charge of the exercises,
which were as follows:
PRAYER by Or. Charles Ghiselin.
Song. shepherds Song" by the
school.
Salutatory, SANTANA Licklider.
Defamation, 1.-THE Legend Beauti-
full" Goldie Ray Rowe.
Essay, "Victory in Defeat, Octavia
Triplett. ;,
Defamation, Knee Deep in June, y
Clifton Entler.
The Autobiography of River, Ruth
Taylor.
Song, "Village BELLS" school. =.
Defamation, 1.-THE Little Princess,
Rachel Snyder. >,
Essay, ITO Thine Own Self Be True, "
Ella Marshall.
Defamation, 1.-The Two Home Com
ings." Susie Tenant.
Valedictory, Margery Merchent.
At the conclusion of the programme,
which was rendered very creditably,
Rev. DR.. Charles Ghiselin awarded
the premiums that had been given in
each room for the best penmanship to
the following pupils: Ruth Taylor,
Dorothy Jackson, Mary Byerly. Rlth
Knott, Marion Billmyer, Annie Boone,
Margaret Unger and Russell Henson.
Prof. ]. D. Muldoon, assistant prin.
cipal of Shepherd College, presented
the diplomas to the graduating class,
making thoughtful and helpful ad.
dress to the boys and girls who had
successfully completed the eight-years'
course required tor graduation. All
of the graduates, except Lindsey I'm
ger, had also taken and passed the
county examination. Their names in
order of rank were as follows:
l. Rachel Snyder.
2. Lindsey Unger.
8. Goldie Ray Rowe.
4. Margerie Caroline Merchent.
S. Ella Rose Marshall.
6. Ruth Alverna Taylor.
7. SANTANA Entler Llcklider.
s. Susie Reba Tenant.
9. John Tyler Fairall.
10. Henry Stuart Criswell.
IL. Clifton Lee Entler.
II. Octavia Juanita Triplett.
The list of those who had success
fully passed in the several grades was
read as follows
From Grade to Grade EDNA Bill
myer, Mamie Koontz, Rebecca Keller,
Rose Athey, Julia Terrell, Katharine
Boswell, Essie CLANCY, Kingsley Conner,
Williamson Mcdonald, Roscoe Shack
leford, Walter Tabler, George kidwiler,
Robert Miller, William Rush.
From Grade to Grade 3-Bernard
Daily, Jerry Phillips, Joseph Maddox,
Reedie Myers, Charles Kretzer, Charles
Hutton, Lewis Tabler, Almira Byers,
Louise VanMeter, Elizabeth Maleester,
Alice Needy, Mary Remnant, Minnie
Rowe, Agnes Stephens, Olive Athey,
Katherine Crowl, Margaret Unger.
From Grade to Grade Maud Cha
ney, Elsie Little, Lillian Maleester,
Laura Meyers, Mabel Reinhart, Lillian
Sanbower, Mary Shipley, Minnie Swain,
Strother Athey, Robert Banks, Strother
Daily, Welton Hutton, William Lemen,
William Maddox, JOS Miller, Charles
Rogers, Earl Rowe, Wilbur Stephens,
Frank White, Creighton Tabb.
From Grade 4 to Grade 5--Marion
Billmyer, Elizabeth Bos well. Mabel COT
finbarger, Irene Entler, Fleet Koontz,
Laura Licklider, Nellie Magaha, Ida
Merchant, Serena White, Robert Crowl,
Milton Fairall, William Grub, Karl
Hill, George Knode, Hugh Koontz, Wal
dell Mcdonald, William Shell, Bernice
Triplett, William Weber.
From Grade to Grade 6-Bertha Ba-
ker, Gilmore Carpenter, Ruth Koontz,
Josie Show, Sidney Kearfott, Helen
Boswell, Katherine Wysong, Mary Butts,
Elmer Byers, Vaughn Bowley, Everett
Kretzer.
From Grade to Grade 7-Dallas Ar
thur, Evelyn Billmyer, Mary Byerly,
Helen Butts, Anna HumriCkhouse, Mae
Belle Little, Charlotte Reinhart, Ora
Swain, Dora Swain, Mary Stanley, Palm
er Cady, Walter Goldthorpe. Robert
Koontz, William Miller, Douglas Fraz-
Ter, John Entler.
From Grade to Grade S-Edgar Rou-
zee, Julian Spedden, Campbell Fairall,
Hammond Staley, Roy Staley, Staunton
Cady, John Reinhart, Nelson Snyder,
Julia Koontz, Edith Gardner, Dorothy
Jackson, Lorraine Meyers, Ruth Lick
llder, Bernice Fairall, Emma Marshall,
Sarah Folk, Aluira Merchent Sarah
Byers.
Before the exercises were concluded
with song by the school, Octavia
Triplett presented Principal Byerly
with beautiful bouquet of flowers
from the graduating class, to which
Prof. Byerly made pleasing and ap.
propriate response.
Our people have every reason to
be proud of our public school. 1t is
doing thoroughly good work in every
department, and has corps of able,
earnest, interested teachers who give
their very best efforts to the proper
instruction and training of the chill
dren. Prot. Byerly, the principal,
fills his position most acceptably. q His