The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-06-14
COMMENCEMENT AT
FAIRMONT NORMAL
EXERCISES HELD YESTERDAY
MORNING WE'RE VERY
INTERESTING.
Or. Armstrong Of w. v. v. Delivered
the Commencement Address and
Fifty Graduate.
special Dispatch 20 the Intelligencer.

Special Dispatch 20 the Intelligencer.
FAIRMONT. W. Va, June l3.-At
the forty-second annual commence
ment exercises OF the old Fairmont
State Normal school. held here this
morning a class OF fifty graduates re-
ceiyed their diplomas from the hands
OF Hon. William Findley, member OF
the state board OF regents of Parkers.
burg
In the absence OF former Governor
William f. Glasscock. who was TO
have delivered the commencement ad.
dress. but who is appearing before
the United States senatorial invest.
eating committee at Charleston, DIT
Robert Allen Armstrong. professor OF
English at West Virginia university,
delivered the commencement address
The exercises OF the day were OF
an unusually interesting nature. Dur.
Ing the afternoon the annual alumni
meeting was held and officers chosen
for the ensuing year. At the evening
session the annual alumni banquet,
presided over by Hon. g. /. Butcher.
retiring alumni president and attend.
ed by 400 former graduates OF the
school. was given.
The morning program was made in.
teresting by the presentation on the
part of DIR. o. |. Woodley TO Professor
". A. Hustead. superintendent OF the
| Union district schools Of this city.
with honorary degrees from the Fair
mont State Normal school
Gift Of $500.
Jaw Snoderly. president OF the grad
uating class. presented the school
with the sum az $500 to be- used In
erecting n new Mound. on the site for
the new school 20 soon be erected In
West FHirmont where the state now
owns a tract OF eight acres and upon
which It is proposed 10 erect an elab-
crate Normal College plant
The Mound" which occupies a
prominent position O.. tho present
schol campus. and which is honored
with a huge sycamore tree. ana after
which the school annual. The Mound
considered the finest college publica-
ton issued I'm West virginia is named.
will thus be perpetuatcd In the new
college grounds.
The graduates follow.
Helen Allen. Remington
bert.a Rice. Bridgeport.
fe~Sle Berry. sutton
G'orSe RiihucSl-a. WOrth.ngton
J. Homer Rell. Auburn.
J. \. BRADLEY. Grafton
Addi- liurnette. Pennington
Pearl Brake. Auburn.
I'll "a beth tOnaway. Fairmont
lrma Conway. Bsrrackville
TriNie 'l-lIand. Catwaba
John Erwin. Cumberland. NJ.
Alberta Groves Earl. W. u
Mary Rite. Fsirmont.
". d. HalleE. Pennington.
Glenn Hall. Pullman
carrie Harper. Davis
Earl Harvey. Sewhurg
\. =. Hildreth. Warrington
Roberta Jackson. Grafton
Lester Jackson. Jane Lew
Laura Jones. fairmont.
,,"nrgia LemaSters. ParAersburg.
Mabel Love, Clarkshurg.
West Manley. Fairmont
n. " Mcmillan. MaSontown.
katherine Morris HaCanr
". r. Matthews. Independence
Estelle Mccain. Tniontown. Pa
Myrtle Michael. FaruiugtOn.
Winnie MusErove. FafrfnonJ
Grady Morgan. FairUont-
Jessie Price. Fairview
Lucy Ross. Selma Ind.
X Ronesburg. clifton Mills
Alta Reeves. Fairmont
Harold Rodgers. MoundsvilIe
flva Stalraker. F1atwoods
Jaw Snoderlv. Fa'rmont
Bees Tuttle. Wheeling
o. e. Tustir. Cork
l. r Tustiu. cork
Neleta Van Tromp Fren,f Creek
r ~ Waf,inS Watson
A. Wil-on. iIarrfsville
Verona clayton. Rivesyiila
Norris Showalt--. IRirmont
Ethel Iiarmlson. Charleston
Edith Frey. I1irmouf.