The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-30
CLOSING EXERCISES
At SOCIAL SCHOOL
Has Successfully Passed Its First Year
of Instruction and Direction.
FIFTY-THREE ARE GRADUATES
Rev. George Floyd Rogers Principle
Speaker-Dr j. J, Scberer Says
That Good Results Are Due TO
City's Cooperation.

F'OrtV-thrCc students VIII ' receive
their certificates at the graduation ex-
ercises on Friday afternoon at 4
O'Clock when the chool of social work
and public health viii end its first
session. Rev George Floyd Rogers
win deliver the graduation address.
Tho exercises. which will be held at
the school. 1ll2 Capitol street, will be
followed by reception to the
graduating class. Friends of the
school are invited TO both.
This school was established last
summer and opened its doors on Oe-
tober J. In a statement to The Viz
gInian Or. J. J. Scherer, Jr., chairman
of the board OF trustees, said even
tho hest friends Of the institution are
astonlshed to see the great success OF
the school during its first year No
other school of this type in the coun-
try has turned out such large num-
Der Of students until their third or
fourth of year.
The remarkable success of the
school in such a short period OF time
said Or. SCherer. is due to the or
iginality and persistent work of the
director. Or II H. Hibbs. Jr. Before
DR. Hfbbs began work none OF the
members Of the board expected more
than fifteen students during the first
year Notwithstanding the difficulties
always standing in the way of the
success of a new enterprise, the school
under the fostering care and unselilsh
devotion of DIR, Hibbs has grown IN
numbers and service until we have
this large graduating class and, in adj
dition. have increased our staff of
paid teachers to three instead of the
one as originally called for.
Much credit is also due to the
whole hearted cooperation received
from the city and state health depart
ments. the public school nurses, the
Instructive Visiting Nurses associa-
ton. the juvenile court and. in fact. all
the social and public health agencies
Of Richmond The finance committee
organized by Mr.. John NJ. Miller Jr
chairman. has put the school on a
safe financial foundation for the period
of the war,
This is the only school of it's kind
in the South Dr. Scherer continued
and Richmond may well be proud
not only of the fact that it was
chosen as the location of the school
but also because il has been so sue
cessful during it's first year The
school will be of a great advantage tc
Richmond. and we predict that 1t viii,
prove to be one of the best known in
stitutions in the South.
The members OF the graduating
class are as follows:
Department OF Social Work-Mary
Purcell Dupuy, Worsham. Va. Alice
Hopkins, Penn Laird, Va; Mary Hop
kins, Penn Laird. Va; Elizabeth
Johnston. Warm Spring, Va.
Department OF public Health Nurs.
ing Mrs Emily w. Bennett, Rich
mond. Va; Mrs. Myrtle CONQUEST
Newport News. Va; Mrs. Vera 3
Jones, Camden, Tenn; Misses Marion
! Day, Charlottesville, Va; Helen L
Donaldson. London, Ky: Helen A
Ernest Abingdon, Va. Draper Fultz
Fairfield, Va; Elizabeth Harrison
Lenior, n. G.. Helen Russell Hearne
Albemarle, y, c.; Hannah Lee Mar
| tin Glade Spring. Va: Caro- Belle Nc.
Leod, Lynchburg. S, c., Margie Me
Laurin, McColl. S. c.: Mettie Anne
owen, Wilmington, N c.; Ess her Ote
man Owens, Richmond, Va; Viviar
Adair Tignor, Richmond. Va. julia
Waddill, Richmond, Va; Bette Jane
Wingfeld Richmond. Va: MAUD
! Elizabeth witt, witt. Va.
Red Cross Home Service Institutes
Minnie Adkins, Salisbury. Md Mrs
| Elizabeth Boiling Cameron, Peters
burg Va; Mrs. Morgan l.. Combs
Grundy. Va Mary Purcell DupuY
Worsham Va: Brenda Earhart. Roa
noke. Va; Lucetta Buck Hill, Locust
| Dale, Va, Mrs. Walter A Holland
DanVllle. Va; Mary Hopkins, Penn
Laird. Va. Alice Hopkins. Penn Laird
Va, Flora Beatrice Hume. Philippi
w Va. Mrs w Martin Johson
Warm Springs. Va. Virginia Kite
Somerset, Va; Bessie Belle Laing
iewisburg. ". Va. Lois Lyon. Lynch
burg, Va Mrs r. N Mallory, Law
renceville. Va; Cora Munger. New
Bern, n. G.; Mrs. Olivia Patrick
Nixon, Petersburg. Va; Margare'
Clifton Payne. Lynchburg, Va; Susar
Perry kinston, N. c.; Lucy Ashton
Plaster, Bluemont. Va Minnie Rider
! Potts, Salisbury Md; Hattie Marie
Scott, Asheville, N. c.. Lucy Temple
witt, Richmond, Va; Mildred White
hill. Richmond, Va.