Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-05-06
Closing of the Lexington Colored
Graded School
ReboIlcd Tor Tie Gnrelle

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Or colored Graded School were hel
~r In the Odd Fellows hall on Mai
2. Street at $3.50 Pm.
l. The school assembled at tn
lr school house on Randolph stree
b and marched to the hall. A pro
n gram was then rendered, consist
e ing of music by the school, includ
e ing two national airs, America,
e and "Columbia the Gem Of tn,
Ocean" Addresses were made BY
@ Rev. j. L. Brown OF Randolph
Street M. E. church and Horace
b Abrahams, chairman of the
trustee board. REGULATIONS were
: given by the TWO graduates from
| the Grammar Grades. They were
1.-THE Reaper and the Flowers, "
Longfellow) by jamie Gooche /;
1.-The Bivouac of the Dead, :"
Theodore Hara) by Lydia Jane
Hawkins.
This is the first year that the
school has been conducted under
the new graded system Professor
Harrington Waddell, who outlined
the work of the grades, was pres
ent at the exercises.
The showers on Saturday. to-
gether with the rush of business
that is Usually noticeable on that
day, perhaps account for the small
attendance, as the hall easily &C.
commOdated ELL who came.
From the spirit with which the
pupils entered into the singing 1t
is evident that some arrangement
ought to be made for the teaching
of vocal music.
Certificates of graduation were
presented to Lydia Jane Hawkins
and jamie Gooche.
The teachers in the several
grades are: Leroy Gilmore, prin-
cipal and teacher Of the Seventh |
Grade; Misses Amanda j. james.
9th and 9Th Grades: Sarah Hoffman,
4th and Bird Grades; Rosalia Ed
mondson, 2nd Grade, and Elaine
Evans, 1st Grade. The enrolment
of the school for the past year was
about 100.
The following promotions were
announced by the principal:
From Seventh to Eighth Grade, AZ
ranged In order of standing in class:
Emma l.. Peasants, Mabel Barnett,
Annie Holmes, MARY f. Moore, Willie
B. Gilmore. Annie II. Hhnce.
From Sixth TO Seventh Grade, ar
'anged Alphabetically: Leroy Clark,
Willard Corrothers, Samuel Richard
on, Letcher Styles, Aurelia Greenee, |
Ieana Gilmore, Ange!ine Hamilton, L
fary w. Johnson, Alice Morrison,
BELLE Lyle, Laura f. Price, Annie I
PAUL. Il
The prize in the Sixth Grade was r.
warded to Aurella Greenlee. IL
From Fifth TO Sixth Grade, arranged q
alphabetically: Alice Cary, Lilly '
lark, Virginia franklin, Hettle "
ooche, Elizabeth Hall, Nathaniel 81
awklGs, Lula Kenney, Alfred Lyle, n
homas Paul. Wonderful Pettlgrew, M
axter Rowland, Margaret Rowland, OF
'phia Stuart, Reid Styles, James 10
oodfOrd.
The prize In the Fifth Grade was w
Varded 10 Virginia Franklin. ~
From Fourth to Fifth Grade, arrang- ue
in order Of standing: Andrew Wash 10
ton, Orpheus Les Evans, Walter Le- =.
y Gilmore, Levi Gilmore, Frank IA
,Iand, Robert CLARK, Stuart Chand-
=, Catherine Chandler, Rlanch Ken
y, Percell Jones, Maurice Jones,
'len Ross Frances H. Lee, Beatrice lie
~ Holmes. pc
The prize 10 the Fouith Grade was W
arded to Levi Gilmore. 1a
rom Third to Fourth Grade arreng- VIC
in order Of standing Oliver Mack, "a
nry Oorrothers, 'Mable Harris o."
muel Carpenter, tSilvester Green e
sarah Styles, Arthur Wilson, Hal
.hn Morrison, 'Jeanetta Rome, 'Ray- q
nd Jackson, gar
he prize IN the Third Grade was Ho'
arded to Oliver Mack, u
rom Second to Third Grade: Letoh- Iol
'arber, James Morrison, Douglas 'Ge'
lgfeld Eliza Alexander, Mary B. q
by, Laura Chandler, Gertrude Can
ndler, Rcsetti Davis, Anna Frank VIII
Mary L. Franklin, Agnes Gooch, son,
lah Gooch, Susie Gilmore, Mary- I'll
Holloway, Odell Jones, Mallnda Mcl
ney, Mary Kenney, Jessie Morrl- Birn
Lydia Mckinley. Estella Russell, f'orr
y Ross, Frederick Ross, Daisy I'll
es, Margaret Hamilton. Den
ne prize In the Second Grade was bell,
'ded to Lydia Mckinley. or
ON First to Second Grade: George Ham
adler, Carl Hughes. Leo .Jobnson Macl
ton Jones, Freeand Saunders. dr
| Washington, Helen Bowyep Harl
,aret Flemming, Margaret Gilmore, near
, Tlnsley, Mamie Walker r.
LEROY GILMORE, Principal
same stand.
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