Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-12
Lexington Public Schools Close
Successful Session

day in the Courthouse. This wac
the first joint closing celebration
of the two schools, because hereto
fore the High School has continued
a month longer than the Grammar
Schools. A large crowd of inter.
ested spectators, composed of rat-
rons and friends of the schools,
was present.
The exercises were presided over
by Principal Harrington Waddell.
Prof. D. C. Humphreys of the
school board made the opening
prayer. The address before the
graduating class was delivered
by Mayor Samuel B. Walker, " hose
subiect was "Push and Pull"
The salutatory was made by james
Coburn Pickens, in well select
ed sentiments; Leckey Nc
Gown Kinnear detained with fine
effect, "There is no Excellence
Without Lo Dor, "end Miss Frances
Ray Howe delivered the class
valedictory, which IVES received
with ripples of applause by reason
Of the charm and grace of ii g
speaker no less than the beautiful
sentiments expressed. Prir cipal
Waddell read the distinctions and
promotions and presented the GER
tificatss, and Mr.. Frank T..G'a,-
Cow presented the diplomas TO the
graduates.
The graduating class numbered
eight, as fellows: Miss Sarah
Darlington Jurrell, Henry H.. Hig
glnbothfm, Miss Frances Ray
Howe, Lackey McCowh Kirnear,
Miss Mary Agnes Lam, James
&c burn Pickens, Emmett Leitch
Tardy, Miss Mabel King Welsh.
Four scholarships were an
nounced in the High School &c fol-
lows: Washington and Lee Uni
versity scholarship, to the first
graduate, Latkey McCown KIN
near; Virginia Military Institute
Scholarship, to the second grsdu-
ate, James COburn Pickens; Uni
versity of Virginia Scholarship, to
Emmett Leitch Tardy; the Will
hanson Graham Scholarship, to j.
Frank Key. The scholarship to
the High School from the first
stcnd graduate of the Grammar
School, was awarded to John
Graham.
Following are the. graduates in
the various departments Of the
High School, given in the order of
stand:
In Mathenatics-Jas. Coburn Pick
ems, Leckey McC. Kinnear, Henry IL.
Higginbotham, Frances r. Howe,
Sarah G. Currell, Mary A. Lam, Katie
V. Campbell, Mabel X. Welsh,
Emmett Leitch Tardy.
In English-Leckey Kinnear, John
Champe. Mary Lam, Jack Campbell,
Katie Campbell. Emmett Tardy, to-
burn Pickens, Sarah Currell, Thomas
Glasgow, Ethel Young, mabel Welsh,
Henry Higglnbotham, France Howe,
Marguerite Moore.
In French-Robert Moore, Emmett
Tardy.
In German MARY Lam, tLeckey
Kinnear, Coburn Pickens, Jack Camp
bell, Sarah Currell, Mabel Welsh, Elm
NETT Tar1y. Frances Howe, Ethel
Young, Henry Higginbotham.
In History-Leckey Kinnear, Coburn
Pickens, Katie Campbell, Ethel Young,
Emmett Tardy, Mary Lam, Jack Camp
bell, Frances Howe, Mabel Welsh,
Sarah Currell. Thomas Glasgow.
Marguerite Moore, Henry HigRinboth-
am.
PROMOTIONS IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL
The following is the list Of promo
tions in the grammar school named In
order of class standing. The indi- I
Gates honor pupils.
Fruiu Grade VII to High School
*John Graham, +Ethel Turner, Berkeley
Cox, Thomas White, Kyle Anderson, 5
Lloyd Leech, Laura Pendleton, Stuart
Moore, Howard Tardy, tCharlie Prof
fit, NELLIE Brown, Thomas McCorkle, :
Jennie Hopkins, tArch White, Fred {
Wilson, Elizabeth Barger, Goldie a
Bessie Paul Gassman, j. Y. q
Clark. +Grigsby Bare, flames Engle-
man, Houston Barclay, Charlie Kerr,
Kenton Mccoy, tWiliam Campbell,
+Charlie Dunlap.
From Grade VI to Grade VlI--+Mary :
Hamilton, *Mary Currell, *Edith {
Flint, *Odessa Dixon, Beatrice Miley, :
Ruth Haitian, John Clark Agnes Affair,
Clara Cupp, Paul Pickens, Edwin I
a dair, George Proffltt, Serena Barger, )
Margaret Davidson, CYRUS Skidmore,, T
Walter Dunlap, Herbert HaDrick,
Sallie Young Edgar Snyder, Fred
Beaver, James Adair, Katie Wonel-
iorf. Minnie Sheridan, Alfred Hutton, Al
Elwocd Seal, Herman Adams, Ger '
rude Hook. p
From Grade V to Grade VI *Naney l
Pendleton, margaret Tardy, "Mary =
Proffitt, silly Harman, *Dora Witt, r.
Dixie Vanover Lettle Woue,dUn. p
BeuIah Hutton, Lilly Cure /, Bane u
Wilson, George White, May Beeton, y
Louise Seal, Ira McAlpin, Clara Walk
n n l.. A.. / Il