The Washington herald., 1920-06-03
Alexandria.
THE HERALD BUREAU,
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727 King Street.


Alexandria. Va. June a. The
nnais OF the Episcopal Theological
seminary of Virginia were opened
tonight with a sermon before the
students Missionary Society. The
sermon was preached by the Rt
Rev. Arthur S. Lloyd, DID,
tomorrow will be commencement
and alumni day, and exercises will
begin at 10 o'clock. The address to
the graduating class will be deliv-
cred at 1880 o'clock by the Rev
canon William H. De Vries, Ph.D
AT noon the alumni meeting will be
held, and the essayist will be the
Rev. Middleton s. Barnwell, At
o'clock the alumni dinner will be
served.
The exercises will end Friday at
IL O'Clock with ordination service,
and the sermon will be preached by
the Rev. william A. Brown, DID.
Members of the senior class are
George julius Cleaveland, James
Cope Crosson, Philip Ayres Dales,
Mortimer Worth Glover, jr,, Theo-
dore Patrick, jr.. Noble Cilley Pow
ell and Francis Bland Tucker.
The board of trustees of the Prot
estant Episcopal Education Society
met at 10 o'clock this morning In
the seminary library, and the trus-
tees of the Episcopal Theological
Seminary and the Episcopal High
School heldtheir annual meeting to-
day. New members elected at the
last meeting attending were Col
Robert Z. Lee, of Ravensworrh. Va.
and Taylor Burke, of this city.
There is a total school population
In Alexandria OF 5,721. according to
the school census for this city just
taken. This is an increase of l,38s
over the census for the schools
taken five years ago, or an average
of a fraction more than 81 a year
or the foregoing number, 4,1o9 are
white and 1,612 are colored-
Work of taking the census was
done by C. NJ. Ray. principal of the
High school and r. s. Hayden, a
teacher in the High school, under
the direction of Capt. w. II Sween-
ey, superintendent of schools, and
j. Gilbert Cox. clerk of the city
school board.
The school census is taken for
the State schol authorities and
from the school population they
base their apportionment OF school
funds for the next five years.
William A. ]. Clark. 20, unmar-
ried. died yesterday at his residence
1928 Prince street. The deceased
was clerk. and a son of Mrs,
Mary Irene Wagner and the late
William s. Clark. He was a men,
Der of Fitzgerald Council, No. 459
knights of Columbus. the Holy
Name Society and st. Mary's Dra-
matte Club and also a member OF
the Old Dominion Boat Club. His
| funeral will take place at $3.50
o'clorI Friday morning from St
Mary's Catholic church.
The Y. NJ. c. A. has elected Judge
]. X. NJ. Norton. W. S. Risdon, and
h. +. Wallace, the local secretary
delegates to the State convention ol
that organization which will be
held in Richmond June Is and 10
and they also have elected U. S
Lambeth and Gardner L. Boothe as
alternates to the convention.
Mrs. Sarah Murdock. 81. died las,
night at the residence of her
daughter. Mrs. Ida Zimmerman
1012 Duke street. Her funeral will
take place at 4 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon from her residence and
services will be conducted by Rev
o. p. Lloyd. pastor of the Second
Baptist Church.
The newly elected officers Of Alva
Aerie, No. 81, Fraternal Order oI
Eagles. were Installed last night Al
their hall on the fourth floor OF the
Alexandria National Bank Build.
ing.