Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-20
FREDERICKSBURG NORMAL
ENDS SUCCESSFUL YEAR
Many Enjoyable Features Mark
Reunion Of Old Grads at Com
mcnccmcnt Exercises.

Special to tn 'D,:,cs- Dispatch
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, June l9.-rhe
hnalA exercises OF commencement t
week OF fredericksburg Norm
school brought to Il close on Monday
the most brilliant week of events and
the most successful session in tho
nine years history Of the school. The
honorable +. i. Claxton. United
States Commissioners Of Education. ir
nastcrful address. delivered tho
Grafton before the graduating class
Inc speaker took AZ his theme, Our
tasks and Ourselves" and develop
Ing the economic and social cost uc
the world war he compared the re-
construction TO the forty years Of
wandering in the wilderness. Speak
ing OF wilson as the greatest thini<-
er of the day, he stated that only the
saving Of democracy is our gain from
the war. Looking over the horizon
Of today. he reviewed Americans tasks
but stated that reconstruction muit
wait upUn education.
President Chandler In his address
10 the srn luatcs. reviewed the prog
r"ss OF the school year and various
improvements for the coming session
Including new concrete walks and i'm
proved roads, extensive laboratory
equipment III household arts. biology
and geography, moving picture n!:n
water tank. Social functions VIII he
grcntly strengthened. The prufcs-
sional courses Will have large addi-
tlonal facilities in city and county
training schools. Two junior hiEl
schools viii be made model and oD-
Sensational. supervised By the de-
AL students in household arts, a com
ncrciai understanding course adj
dtd. an a!n'nnae service and extension
bureaus are among the features Of:
made wonderful strides under the
new adm istrntion, and President
Chandicr has been congratulated On
al! sides tor It's proGrcss and the
splendid c"-orGrhtion Of faculty and
student body during the school year.
IInccniaurcatc sermon.
day was delivered by II. REV. DR..
logical Seminary. Richmond; on the
two events proved the best attended,
by aiunnac and parents In years. 100
alumnuc bcinE on the campus during
the coTnncnccm.n season, and tn"
whole junior class attending in Il
body.
Al the alumnae banquet on Sa,ur-
DAY evening. Miss Ethel Nash. pres
ilcnt Of tao Alumnac Association.
welcomed TIA" old grads. and mes
shs-s from old grads ana new grads
were brOugh, by Misses Garland
Strar,S.n and Louise Harwoui Toasis
were given by heads of departments.
MesSrs ryn.r, Hamlet and Young
aud Misses Atkinson. Matthias and
Williams. The association met and
elected MiSs Grace Tanner president.
Miss NahSI Glenn. president.
Miss Margaret White. secretary An
Impressive and uniqu" event was a
silent toast to the president.
Tho faculty reception was AN en-
ioyabic occasion with II musical pro-
gram and followed by dancing, ac-
CoUpnn!cd by Frankiin's orchestra.
The Class dag exercises were unique.
especially tho class gifts by Ecttlc
LOkcy The following program was
rendered. class poem, Tucker bryan.
junior address. Louise IIarwood; ju-
Nor RESPONSE, Clara Lacrosse: class
history. Mabel Glenn: faculty jinElcs.
class: class prophecy, Jesse Bouldin:
presentation class gifts. Ncttic Lokrt:
class Will, Helen Robertson: class
song, by senior class: burial OF ciass
prophecy. Jesse Nouldin. prcscnia-
i!on OF classic base relief for dining
nall, by Louise Harwood. and accept
ancc. BY President; Chandler,
Arr Exhibits httrncts.
The exhibit Of The arts dcpar mcnts
on Friday evening was attended by
hundreds of people from the city and