The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-03
|G|vEN DIPLOMAS
AT STATE NORMAL
Large Class Receive Awards at
Commencement Exercises Of
Good Session.
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Especial TO The Times D!spatch.1
TARMvILLE VA. June 2.-The
twenty-fourtll session Of the State Fee
male Normal School came to close
this morning.
In the absence Of President Jarman,
who was called away Monday night,
DR.. Elmer r.. Jones, OF the department
OF education, presided. Or. Painter
nddressed the graduates upon the sub
ject The Poetic Side Of Life" cmpha-
sizing most beautifully the great and
important truth, Man does not live
by bread alone.
Tho entire program was as follows:
Professional.
Hymn. my. God, My King. Thy Va
Invocation. Rev. Fl. Tucker Graham.
ssAa.i n. Beverly Andrews
,a NV, r., 1Gzibulka). senior MEM
Address to graduates. DR.. r. V. ".
Painter
THE SWEETEST Flower That Blows''
(tInwley). Glee Club.
Valedictory. Grace Bcale
Delivery OF diplomas
The Grniluatcs
Following were those receiving Ill.
plomas. "
Full Diplomas-Eugeni Beverly An.
drews, Francis Thompson Brinkley Mary
Claire Burton, Rosa Blackford Cald-
we'll Vert Davidson, Belle Sarah Dun.
ton. Annie Leonora Garrett. Virginia
McBlair Garrison, Efne Myrtle Grenels
Ida Niloa Hassel Mary Pickett Uorner
n ,Ii,,,a. Bernise Howard Imogen Gordon
Moran Virginia Lafayette Nelson
Georgia Ward Newly. Jessie NI,Ier.
imater Harriet Crute Paulette, Mildred
turner I,,i,il Price. Mary Brumneld Read
L ,:a. rogers. Bessie Eleanor Sampson
Mary Henley Spencer, Helen Mildred
steed, Maggie Austin TAYLOR. Mar,
Louise Tucker. Mary Venuble Watkins
Nedah May Watson.
lace White. I've
Professional Diplomas-Mary Wal.
G fase sMsa ara ar Geraldine Fitzgerald
Birdie May Jones. Mary Katheri Is
Knot. Emily Leweiling, Mamye ss Morri,
Rowe. Pearl Agnes W1ngate.
Other Features.
Inc commencement exercises berar
saturday evening with the followint
te, rn. I,,l program: Glass song. Bon
500. Mr.: Mattoon: class song
alProphecy,' Miss Emily Leweilins
me baccalaureate sermon was de-
iiHerea sunday evening, in the audi
Methodist Episcopal Church. South
Bishop. Atkins spoke from the text,
Art thou he that should come or do
we look for another?'' Matt 1f:3, Civ
ing most forceful and original expo
lsitlon OF this question.
Class exercises occurred Monday eve
ming. with the following program.
Song. History Miss Jessie Nider-
maier; poem, Miss Bessie Sampson: song
Gifts, Miss Mary Henley Spencer:
song.
Following class exercises there was
a delightful reception given to the
graduates. President Jarnlan was as
sisted in receiving by. Mrs. Jarmap
Miss Fauntleroy, Mr. Mattorn and
members of the graduating class Many
alumnae and out-of-town guests were
also present. among them, AIrs. L. f
Burton Lynchburg, and Colonel Davit
Edinburgh. Fort Never; Mrs. Kate
caldwell, Concord: Mrs. Uriah Hevenei
ana a MIS-. g. w. Mauzy. OF Monterey
| Mr. Glen Mauzy, Durbin. w. Va: Mrs
Joshua Garrison. Norfolk; Mr.. Waltel
iWesindouck, New York City: Miss Mar,
/ Lee Savage. Norfolk: Miss Elizabeth
stokes, %: Misses Flora CLANCY anL
lara Chapman. Miss Eta Sampson
Mrs. r. T. Brinkley. Roanoke: Mrs
Robertson, Petersburg: Miss Blanche
Haynes. Franklin county; Mr.. p *
tGravely, Rocky Mount. n. c.: Miss
Eleanor Watt. '07 Gloucester: Miss
Bessie Mccraw, 'o6. Buckingham: Miss
Eta Pultz, Lexington; Mrs r. w. A
Horncr. Miss Susie Lee Horner Lynch.
burg; Mrs. c. S. Hutter, Mrs. j. Risque
futter and Miss Emily Minnigerode
| Lynchburs: Mr.. and Mrs. j. a. An
sdrews. Miss Kenny Patteson, Lynch.
burg: Mr. Tom Boulware, Forest, Mrs
Eugene Adams. Danville; Miss Sa!lie
Royal. Miss Mamie Glass. Mr.. Hol.
comb Read. Lynchburg: Mrs. James
Rogers. Miss Dorothy Rogers, 'O6. Low
iirsston: Mrs. Robert L. Spencer. VIII.
lliamsburg: Mrs. Robert Nelson. SCOTS.
1 burg: Mrs. James Graham, nee Mary
Lou Campbell. '0i; Mrs. w. NJ. David
! son, Jonesville; Mrs. George Il. Beale
williamsburg: Miss Eta Steed, War.
| field: Mrs. r. j. Rowe. Hampton; Mrs
| f. d. Sampson. Manchester: Mr. S. r
Taylor, Lynchburg; Miss Vivian Ben.
nett. Newport News: Miss Mary Steger
!'07, Danville; Miss MYRTLE Rea. '07: Miss
Frank Jones. 'o7: Miss Flora Thomp.
ison, o.: Miss Lillian Thompson. '06
Misses Bevie and Edna Cox. 'O6. Miss
Bessie Nerser '06: Miss Maud Mason
l'06; Misses Marie and Jacnuc Ethe.
fridge. Miss Julia Kent OF: Mrs r. III
Woolling, nee Miss Nellie Jordan 80
Mrs. Jefferson T. Gentry. Petersburg
lDr: r. v. n. Painter, Roanoke College
Salem.