The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-07
DIPLOMAS CONFERRED
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Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
! Fredericksburg state Norma!
School, June Diplomas were con-
| ferred upon sixty-one full graduates
of the Fredericksburg State Normal
school at the final commencement ex-
ercises, which were held Monday
evening.
| The graduates were seated upon the
! stage, which was beautifully deco
rated with large American flag and
the portraits OF President Washing
ton and President Woodrow Wilson
as background; and on either side.
at the front, the flags of England
and France Professor Franklin and
his orchestra furnished the music for
the occasion and a patriotic key
dominated here, as in the decorations.
DR. Henry Louis Smith, president
! of Washington and Lee university, the
commencement speaker, made an ad-
dress to the graduates on The Per-
sonality of the Teacher" pointing out
that a winning personality is the best
asset that a teacher can take with
her into her work. Vigorous, abound
/ ing health as the basis for such a per-
sonality; will power as the backbone
and guide; the habit of love, loyalty,
affection and unselHshness that lifts
our human nature into the divine;
sincerity that takes the veil from our
| personality and evidences 1t to the
world. and high mindedness, that is
steadily building itself away from
earth and lifting itself towards the
skies-these were the five traits that
he urges teachers to" cultivate; traits
! that are the very evidence of a strong
and vigorous personality.
AT the close Of DR.. Smiths address
President Russell made brief ad-
dress to the graduates, bidding them
Godspeed in their work and sending
them out with the assurance that the
school has an abiding faith in their
character and success He awarded
diplomas TO the following young
I ladies:
Senior Glass of 1917.
! Abbie Ballard, Berea Stafford
/ county; Calphurnia Bailey, Richmond;
Daisy Emma Bargamin. Portsmouth:
Eftie Berry, Cape Charles; Mamie Bis
coe, Fredericksburg; Sadie Maud
/ Bowles, Glen Allen; Lucille Hooe
Boggs. Washington, d. c.: Elizabeth
Maria Brewngton. Grvington: Mildred
Louise Brown, Phoebus; Mabel Pau
! line Brown, Ednburg; Bessie Belle
/ Broache. Edna. King and Queen; Ed
ma Earle Carter, Lent. Caroline coun-
J ty; Elizabeth c. Carter, Fredericks-
burg; Mary Ball Connellee. Lenora,
Lancaster county: Hermine Coghill
I Downing t'Ieeh, feFlIe crane, EN-
merton; Margaret Dix. Irvington: Mil
dred Imogene Ellis, Lloyds, Essex:
LYDIA Monroe Ellis Lloyds, Essex;
Nancy Buckner Eubank. Miller's Tav-
ern. Essex. Carrie Carlton Fox, Ash
land. Hanover Ruth Ivanhoe Ford
Newport News; Lean 3. Snow Flip
pin, Hopeweli. Elizabeth r. Finegan.
Newport News; Mamie Davis Good
man, Beaver Dam, Hanover. Mary
! Rebecca Harwood, Saluda; Martha
Frances Herndon. Richmond: Illus
Hutchinson, Ashland; Anne James,
lrvington; Margaret Travers James
Belle Haven, AcComac; Mary Tyrold
/ Kidd Newtown King and Queen;
Ruth Gertrude King. Suffolk, Elsie
Mckann. Samos. M,ddiesex county:
Rachel Messick, Irvngton. Viola Vir-
GINA Matthews, Charlie Hope. Bruins
wick; Lille Lee Niche, Ivy Depot.
Albemarle; Eugenia Constance Mill
ner, Norfolk; Anne E. Moncure stat
ford; Edna Watkins Morton. Fred
ericksburg; Maybe Ada Nash. Glen
Allen; Ruth Oliver, Nathalie, Halifax:
Lucy Payne, Parker. Spotsylvania
Brancis Virginia Phippins. Owenton
King and Queen; Ada Pearl Powell
Hampton; Blanche Webster Roberts