The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-22
LARGEST CLASS WILL
HOLD FIRST REUNION
President Claude w. Woodward
Sends Notices to 1853 Members Of
Glass of 1919.
CELEBRATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Entertainment Committee Working
Hard On Arrangements Tor Dance
In Gymnasium of John Marshall
High School.

When the 1853 members of the class
of 1915. John Marshall High School,
meet in reunion Wednesday night for
the first time since the picnic follow
ing the graduating exercises last
June, there will be shown all varieties
OF laughter and JOY. Mem bers of the
class will return from college and
university and from business to
mingle once again with the friends
made during the senior year at John
Marshall. Claude W. Wood ward
president Of the class, will today send
out notices OF the reunion to all mem
bers, and. assisted by publicity
through the press, he hopes to be able
to inform all who belong to the class
Letters coming in response to requests
for dues by the treasurer of the class
indicate that nearly every member
will be on hand to participate in the
festivities
The entertainment committee, ap-
pointed last June. has been giving
considerable thought to the plans for
the first reunion and 1t Is rumored
that some delightful surprises will be
sprung after the business meeting Is
completed. Arran gements completed
so far has a business meeting first and
general jollif1cation and dance, fol-
lowed by a service OF refreshments,
afterward.
Members Have Spread.
Many members OF the class will
come long distances to attend the
reunion. Two are students at the
University of Pennsylvania, one is
enrolled at Tulane. one at Carnegie
Institute, Pittsburg; several at the
University of Virginia, three at V. p
l.. one at Trinity College, Washing
ton. d. c.: one at V. NJ. l.. several at
Randolph Macon woman's College,
Hampden Sidney and William and
Mary. and fourteen at Richmond Col
lege. Thirteen female graduates are
enrolled at Westhampton College.
More than a score OF members have
entered business in Richmond and
nearby cities. having become clerks
stenographers. bookkeepers. theater
employees and piano and dancing
teachers Three graduates In the
commercial course will take the civil
service examination for Federal posi-
tIons at the spring examinations
here. Principal ]. c. HARDWOOD re-
CARDS the class as one OF the most
complete ever dismissed from the
school, For the first time the An
nual at the school proved q financial
success in 1915. considerably more
than slea having been cleared on the
publication. This fund was unani-
mously donated to the Students Loan
Fund OF the ]. NJ. Fl. s. Alumni As
ISOLATION. after necessary expenses
had been paid.
Faculty Is Expected.
Members of the faculty are expect
ed TO attend the reunion of the class
Thomas J. Stubs, Jr.. professor of
history at the school. to whom the
annual OF 1916 was dedicated. has
not as yet notified the committee in
charge whether he will be present
Miss Ray Van Wort. Miss Eva Branch,
J. T. Robinson. assistant principal,
and Arthur James. head OF the public
speaking classes OF the school last
year. but who Is now on the Mexican
border, were advisers of the class
last year, and IT 10 understood that
should they attend few remarks
Will i>e heard from each.
Besides President Woodward, other
officers Of the class are as follows:
ce-president, Katharine Vaughan:
secretary, Scott Sutton: treasurer,
Ralph l. Dombrower; istor!au. Mary
Fr.skhorn. and reporter. Henry p.
Fuller.
As a gift, the class has presented .
statue OF John Marshall IN the In
s;itutton