Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-07
DIPLOMAS ARE AWARDED
TO 1888 YOUNG WOMEN
state Normal School at Farmvillc
Graduates Second Largest
Class in It's History.
sALUTATIoN BY MISS BARNES
Faledictory Is Delivered by Miss
Madeline Warburton, OF James
City County, Winner OF First Hon
ors In the Senior Glass.
Especial to The rimes-Dispa,ch !


FARMV1LLE, June 6.-The An
""ai commencement exercises OF the
state Normal School for Women closed
'o-oay' with the school putting it's
stamp OF approval on the largest grad
""''ns class II ever has sent out. with
one exception. One hundred and for
.E-ionr seniors entered in the fall and
me hundred and thirty-eight came
'hrouSh safely to graduation.
e'' cosby NJ. Robinson. pastor OF the
rarmrille Baptist Church. opened the
"Aercises to-day with prayer, which
vas loliowed by the salutation. deliv-
.red by Miss Marcclla Barnes, of
amelia County. Acknowledgement John
tarland Pollard, who was scheduled to
"eiVcr the address to the class, was
prevented from being present on ac-
count OF Illness and Rev. Mr.. Young.
pastor OF the Presbyterian Church. Of
ooFihston, took his place and deliv-
cred splendid address.
After the Glee Club had rendered
so to Sleep. My Dusky Baby" Miss
Madeline Warburton. of James CITY
county. the first-honor graduate de-
il"ered the valedictory. President j. L.
iarman. delivered diplomas TO the fol-
rowing one hundred and thirty-eight
graduates
Is Allen. Richmond: Alice Moore Arm
strong, Portsmouth; Grace g. Arm
strong, Richmond Amelia g. Balm.
portsmouth,: Margaret r. Barnard.
Hor'olk; Marcclla Barnes. Amelia G. H.:
iaa Barnhart. Galloway: Mary O. BEN
Hett, Stormont; Dandridg" H. Blakey.
Gordonsvillc: Esther X. BowIes Card
well; Mozel!e F.. Bradcn. Paeonian
Springs; Olive NJ Branch. Smithicld:
julia Birmingham. Hampton: Evelyn
H. Brooks Portsmouth; Martha King
Bugg. Farmville: Mary Louise Bunch.
Lynchburg: Margaret Byron. Pocahon-
tas; Margaret Caldwell. New Castle:
Leila r. Carter. Crewc; Dreama Cham
hers, Clifton Forge: Julia Chamblin.
Hamilton; Annie Chcadle Newport
News; f. Louise Chiles. Strasburg:
Elizabeth Clarke, Lancaster c. H.:
Hazel Cobb. Farmville: Lena Cohen
Norfolk; Gladys Cooley, WILLIAMSBURG:
irene Cooper Sontag; Catherine Cover
CovinS,on: Mae Cox, Earlysville: Char
loue Crawlcy. Courtland: Harriette
Curling. Portsmouth; Charlotte Dad
mum. Norfolk: Mary DARBY. De witt.
Eleanor Daughtrey. Franklin; Sarah
Davis, Hampton; toto Dixon. Rural
Retreat; Mary Dorsey Downcy. Ports
mouth; Kathleen Drnkard. Appomat-
tox' Myrtle Dunton, Nassa wadox Marie
Edmunds, Blucheld. W. Va: Ruth Ed
N6ius. .>'"ppT news, iedfi Elicit. TO
cahontas: Ruby Elicit Pocahontas; Et-
tic Fearing. Norfolk; LESSEE Louise
Fletcher. Gloucester: Annie Fulton.
Critz; Louise Fulton. Critz Mamie
iarnett. Farmvillc Annie Calling
Prince George; Winifred Ciettcl Nor
folk, Isadore G!lle. Ballsvillc; Ellen
Goodwin. Buckner: Helen Gray. Wythe-
VILE Sudie Greenwood. Vernon Hill:
Br.uda Griffin. Everett: Grace Groves.
Remington; Josephine Guy. Blackstone:
Florence Hall. Portsmouth: Ruth Han
kins. Springfield III: Willie Harris,
Washington. D.. c.; Myrtle Harrison,
Rocky Mount: Rita Hatcher. Chester:
Hazel II. Hcatwole. Covington: Louise
liundley, Ivor. Irene Hunter, Pulaski;
Ruth Jamison. Boone Mill: Elizabeth
Jarnan. Farmvillc; liza Duke John
son. Churchland; Lula NJ. Jones. Taze-
we'll: Thelma Donnie Jones. New Cas-
tie: Aurelia kayto., Farmvile: Esther
Kline, CovinGton: Ellen Linn Lash,
Portsmouth; Lily May Lee. Crcwe: Viz
rinia T. Les" Bealeton. Nancy Ellyson
Lewis. Lynchburs; Eunice r. Logwood.
Bedford City; Dixie +. McCabe. Nettle
Ridge; Mary Norris McCabe. LcesburE;
Mary NJ. Macon. London Bridge; Mar
jorie Matthews. New Church; Rather
inc Middleton, Rich Creek: Kathleen
Monroe, Brookneal: Mary E!iase Nor
rs, Farmvi!le: Minnie r. Murphy. Mag
net; Olivia Newbil. Hardy; Helene
Nichols. Portsmouth,; Marie f. Noell.
Johnson City. Tenn; Margaret Page.
Charlottesville: Agnes Thelma Parker,
Franklin: Ellen Parsons. Capeville;
Julia 7. Phillips. Charles Town, w.
Va: Mary Pond, Wakefield; Doris Por-
ter, Portsmouth,: Lucy j. Powell,
Hampton: Gertrude r. Prince. Jarrat,:
Mabel Lee Prince, Yale; Elizabeth Pull
liam. East Radford; Irma Raney, Smoky
ordinary; Alice T. Richardson. Farm
VILE: Leila Richardson. Farmville;
Minnie EidCway. Roanoke; Irene
Rogers Waverly: Sadie Rothwell. Char
lottesville; Elizabeth Rowe. Achilles :;
Ruth Russell, Waterford; Mary Russell.
Waterford: Cornelid 4. Seabury, Pet
ersburg: Beulah Sedwick. Rileyville:
Fitzhugh Shelor, Salem: Lucille II.
shepherd, Covington; Matte Sinclair.
Hampton: Jane c. Slaughter, Mitchells;
Alice Smith. Arab, Ala: Emma Reese
Smith, Altavista; Eunice Smith. North
Garden: Lois Smoot. Woodstock; Flor
ence Minor Snead. Gainesville; Ruth
Soyars. Brim. y. c.; Mary Squire. En-
pora: Mamie L. Stewart Portsmouth;
Honoria Q. S;robecker Lawrenceville;
Mary 4. Swain. Danviiie; Lillian Todd,
Hampton: Doris Turner, Suffolk; Gill
liam Walker. Union. w. Va; Madeline
Warburton. Williamsburg; Dorothea
Ward, Portsmouth, Eloise Watkins.
Rocky Mount. y. c.; Virginia Watkins.
Midlothian; Elizabeth White. Amelia
c. H.: Mary Williamson, Charlottes-
Vile: Margaret Wonycott. Portsmouth;
Carrie Wood. Hampton; Lucille Wood
son, Crozet: Lizzie Young, Vera.
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