The Washington herald., 1907-06-15
MORE SCHOOLS CLOSE
Three Present Diplomas to
Young Graduates.
SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED
Normal No. 2, Armstrong Manual,
and VI street High Give the Cow
StUdeRts-Commence Exercises
Are Held at Convention Hall.

Convention Hall was packed 20 the
doors last night at the commencement
/ exercises OF Normal School No. ?, N
Street High School. and Armstrong Man
ual Training School, the three colored
preparatory public schools Of the city. In
the stand sat l9l young col0red mon and
girls who had completed the prescribed
course of study and become candidates
for the coveted sheepskins. The platform
was occupied by several members Of the
board Of education and a number Of
/ prominent colored educators.
Promptly at S o'clock the long line Of
/ graduates marched into the hail in single
/ file and took their seats, while q section
Of the Marine Band played an inspiring
march After n selection by the band
Rev. d. +. Rivers. Of Berean Baptist
| Church. pronounced The invocation, and
William v. Cox of the board Of edIc5-
/ ton, presiding officer for the exercises.
delivered a short Introductory address,
/ lauding the work Of the graduates and
their instructors.
Rev. NJ ". Clair. the pastor Of the
I AsbUry ". E. Church, Eleventh and K
streets. followed with an able address on
/ the progress OF races and the opp0rtuni-
/ ties presented in this era 20 the negro
race for development along social, educa-
tional, and moral lines.
Award of Scholarship.
Dr. Winfield Scott Montgomery. as
sistant superintendent Of the public
schools, followed with the announcement
/ Of the scholarships awarded seven of the
/ graduates, as follows. Fannie Holland,
Cornell; John r. Pinkett. Amherst. Olive
/ Amber, Smith; James P. Boags. Western
/ Reserve; Perc.val Webster. dentistry.
Howard Charles Herman FIagg. phar-
macy. Howard; Thomas [. Alexander
/ Amherst
/ The 500 scholarship, subscribed by tho
teachers of the school was awarded by
competitive examination. 40 pupil was
allowed to enter the examination who did
not have a record OF good" or better.
/ By agreement among the competitors the
scholarship was divided into two parts.
The first part $50. was awarded 10
I Samuel II. Drecar, wEo VIII enter Bow
doin College The second part was
awarded % Miss R0sabelIe Lane. who viii
enter Oberlin College. Five others will
enter college in addition 20 the above
number, making the total number four
I teen.
The award of diplomas followed. IIr
Cox reading the names Of the graduates.
who advanced in file and received the rolls
of parchment from Hon. Thomas II. An
+ deTs0n. associate justice Of the District
Supreme Court The Armstrong Manual
Training School delega ton came first. fol-
lowed by the " Street High School and
the Normal School No. o. in order named.
The list of graduates follows
Armstrong Manual Training.
Four-vear manual training c7r-s-E'la r. Albert,
John H Bro0ks jeremiah ~ Boyd. Amelia B.
Burke. F7-ra u Garter Sherwood r. Csrs- Lillian
VI. Cha-irs. lisrg A. Cooper. Charles S Chis1lm,
Joseph F DYER Marion p Freeman Thomas z.
Green. Francis H. Greenwich. Herr~ g. Hardy.
Franklin s. H~er Mamie Z. Jordan. Hattie D.
Lnmrsins Alic7 A. Marshall F-ric-i-5 7 Rollins
Olive f. SPEAKS. Bu-a A. Swami. and Ns1u-e B.
Thomas
Tvo-vez- manual training c-rrss-Ha-~ P Banks,
Crrrelis T Beverly. Nstel L. Brown. Ethel Garter.
Marie ?. C0oFs. E-iza-r-h T. Crews. Sarah J..
Dsish. Macy French, John T. Cant, Mamie V.
Havsirs. Flora IT, Ja-Ez-u. While s. Lewis. Al
Thors1 Matthews ADA " Que-ra-. Lillian G., scott,
John y Ss-eu. Myrtle ~ Spencer Olive Y S--
pdqv Mamie T. Tate Alice s Washington. Annie
b WESLEY. Katlrus Il. Williams. ana Roberta Wi
uams
Business course two years Gertrude Railrv. Fan
IF, l. Rr-ls Thadir1s II. Chase Virginia ID.
Coates Hattie M Coles William A. Conway. John
r. Davis Clifford e. Dove. BzaslaELl T. Duncan.
. o. q 3
. Grgsby Sr-1 f. Harris El'-ilg- T havsrs Anna
p. Kelly Lillian r. Matthews M1rT r. Nchs11-t
Matte z Prise. Rachel e. Rollins. Madeline L.
Smith. Jessie T. Turner. William IT, I0Tns- illIl-is
H. Wade. Narr T. West. and Enma = Williams.
Special stsd-1.z-Caris J. Carter. s-s71 Z. Clark.
Eug,nia T. HAT. Grace =, johnson Helen [. Md
dlcton and Louise 5 Thomas
Steam engineer Ec-us--B---- J.. Wilson.
II. Street High school
Nellie 7 AczarIrr Thomas L. Alexander Irene
p. Allen. Olive Amber Florence u. Barker James
p Bo7rs. CARR W BCviCf. Walter L l.. Brown,
William y Buctrr- Bessie T. Bu-ks. Oswald J.
Burke. Msry e. Bush. Alv5r.a y. Butler Beatrice
r. Butler Dcs1cc CLARK. Es-rlc T. Collier. James
A. Compton B,nDCh T. CTr,V Gertrude a. Cur
lis Helen *. Daviicr. Ere,U q. Denny, Roberta
E. Digs Mar j. Dorsey H'ruln S D7eear,
Charles H. Flaee GLADYS fr.-G87. Lula T. Free
man Garfield A Eilcspi- Na-i7'iu0 ]. Golden,
Irene o. Hcudrrsaa. Alice s, Henson, Martha 7.
Henson Rosa G. Hcrshaw. Fc-i7 @. H1C-Do7.
Fannie Holland RCsabC.ao Lane Isabel y. Lewis.
Pearl Z. Lewis Eupl,mia 2. Lgfr1. Charlotte c.
Loveft Thouaire Clulthlrs llfr- E-s,1c. Oliver
Pcrry Mo'is T. Nfg-~d--. -70-ph II. Martin.
Eta Moss. Grace A. Over Niih-.uiTn Z. PattcF-
son. William c. Pea-s John r. PirErtt Frank Y.
plurmsr, Araminta Prir'. Join T. Blttlry. Viz
rinia Il. Richardson. Bessie y. Robinson. Lillian
R,b:uson. Grace E. Srrauaco, H-rh-rt S.rrthsz,
Frank NJ srowden. Elaine IT, Tsucil. Mabel '.
Taylcr. Ethel Y. Thomas Beatrice Y1nierpool,
Mar r. Walker. Pcrcval ". Webster. Nirv G.
White. Ncttie C. White FREDERICK T. wilkinso-.
Walter l. F. Williams RAYMOND Il Williams.
Margaret ". Wilson Mabel c. Wormlsy. and
Alice r. Freeman.
Normal school No. ?.
Marian G Beverly EleanCr A. S. Boston. Ernes-
tine J. Brent. Willie T. Brown jamie B. Cole.
Rachel " Cornish, Hsdasssh J. Ease, Martha V.
Edeu. Sarah A. Fisher. Msuie f. Fleming.
Nellie Ford Percy A. II. Lawrence, Marie c.
Lewis Naomi " Lewis, Helen L. Mckinney.
Esther VI. Middleton Mar ". Mitchell Helen A.
Moss. Edna r MURRAY Matte q. S-urlock. Marion
T. SUMMER Marion a Svdn1r Gypsy ~ Taylor,
Isabelle 4. Wood samuel D. Matthews, James ".
Saunders, William II. Irvine. ard BENJAMIN A.
Wade
kindergarten departmcut-Tuiia J. Allen, Francis
I. Bostic, Frances H. Buril. Laura T. HsT5s-
worth. Ai.cna VI. Mitchell Marcia r. Mont
gauerv. Lucy p. shaw, and Florence F. smith.
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