Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1921-06-04
REV. j. ANDRlIN BOWLER HON
DRIED Bi Htr; rtIitsS

1uho'E cVhlhS, May "a, the MOUNT
OhEcI BAPTIST Church was crowded.
almost TO overlooking, the occasion be
Ing Il Grand Reunion OF all the !.
Andrew HoWicr fupllS. Ihc purpose
ol inc j. n Il. pupllS was 10 honOl
thcir beloved teacher. q former pupll
by .thc maine Ga George Barnum is th9
ORIGINATOR OF the movement, for thC
io'a ga il reunion was ilrSt conceived
=? MN. lie communicated this idea To
TWO o'hcf members oi ms own ciuiH'
mates. MIS-. Catherine Wilder EvAu$
ana MISS NiDnhh NJ. steward both -
whom became thoroughly CnthuScl
with the project and Nhc three at once
began to draw ~ pans ana % notify
The }. ~. Il. pupils. 10 thc5c three pr
sons, thcn IS due the credit Tor the Re
UNION OF the ). ~ Is. pupils, Tor they
are indeed ihc Founders.
On MarGh Is, l92l tnc pupils were
organized INTO the j. Andrew Bowler
Iupll Association. Inc following OH
GERS were CHOSEN, MY. George Darnuin,
president; Mrs. Catherine Wi IL,
E'"nS' wee ifeSlucnt; Miss AlDuna
M. steward, "ccrctury-trcHsurcr.
fof nearly three months the Found
cra WORKED untlrlnSIy to bring aUuu
nraha Reunion Oh these papi.s.
oh sunday May -, ,hcr efforts
Mele crowned win success, they NOR
'h"n lea'lZeu lhclr expectations wnru
ON INC appointed Sunday evening the
4no""' o'i'e' baptiSt church waa
elo""eo utmost 10 overlooking by
inos' appleciall'c audience. The Com
;l'''ee on Music, Mcssrs. Oliver VIII
nuns, uire'or' Chas. j.. Il. Steward,
ana "liliam "A. Holmes, ali j. y. i.
Huplis oesef'e Speciai credit lor the
.e""'i,u' music rehuered by the }.
u, =" no"ier fupils orchestra.
-, "nl.e rlpDoh SIleamers designated
VIC r"piis' MIS- evans had the non
,'iN', , p4'iiis q S'ro"iicr OH .ths Dc
n,.a .e e'' inc pupils occnp:ai the
iS,,' s'oo VI INC chuIch. oh lh9 rI"-
w., y, "Nl a'' nc ite'' .. Ahare" BOW
a.' "''''""' q" sou'n.oi III appearance
ri,', WV oo '''S' H'ho ochooi
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Inr, n",l,n a., 'i n.i ''"itaoc'' ~ !'ei
thn,, nnra ,,, ""'''.o'H VI 'no l'euili''h
'.no', |.,' nuppS 10 see lhe'r ellor'3
, mo., n"cn S"Ioc'''
mu,ic,I nran,,,,, , .,."i' "h'
.ontod nv 70 > W. VI euil'piy p'c
nil. ma oma,,;',. i'" nom.ci p"-
pnwor ~ Ins,,l, S ,"7, hh ii''i ',''
tho on,iro ,ua;o ~, ""H ""ns ~
,,n, VIII, u,a nn,' '..' "elNin i"'l'E
ecr;nturo ,os,.o,, ~, ~, ~ n''ppy roleeS'
Andrnu. nn,,,Ia, nv p''.o'' wv D.
v,,. n,r,rnd , :. a.. '.''. prayer
A nonton,i,n "Co, ,'' -, ~. -. "'JNt':
,roa hon,,,;,,,,,,- "o ,. D'''oilSo,'.e
CLAWS Imnns .,a hwy ,,., ny MISS
nI,rv ,rho ,nI.o,,, D,..,n n.S:t",
Orchestr, win M OIivor ,vi,,;nr,S
directing and Miss Nary Wosh;not,,'
the pianist. broke forth with bo,u
tiful slcction, which thorouph1v
tho hearts of all nroso,T
This orchesir, had moac cornful n.y.,
paration for This accession and tbo
high grade of beautifu, music which
was rendered certainly din rrodit ~
the whole Orchestra
The welcome address Nv Mr. 7 Alvin
Vaughan broucht back ann ouso from
the audience. Mr., Vouphnn * on;,o
an orator. The Responsc de,ivcrcL
by Mr.. George ,;arnum. nrcsidnnt .nd
Founder was n credit 10 himself and
his teacher. A duct bv Mrs. F,oriro
Mack Ball and hI;ss Arnct - within.
was next creditably rendered. The
audience was then favored with Il
solo by Miss Mamie Evans, the daugn
ter OF Mrs. Catherine Wilder Evans
a paper entitled the Origin o. the
Reunion was well read by Mrs. Ida V
jackson Wood. Miss olivia Scott and ,
Mrs. Alma Scott Chapman mcat
pleasingly rendered II duet which
was much app!auded.
The address of the evening was
delivered by the well known Real Ca.
tate and Business nan, Samuel p. B.
Steward who spoke in glowing terms