1888 Miner Normal School Graduates
The Miner Normal School, sometimes referred to as the Colored Normal School, was headed by Dr. Lucy E. Moten for 37 years. She retired in 1920, and while traveling in New York, she was killed in an automobile crash on August 24, 1933.
Commencement Program:
Presiding Official: Lucy E. Moten.Invocation: Rev. Dr. T. G. Steward, former Pastor of Metropolitan A.M.E.
Address to the Graduates: Rev. Dr. T. G. Steward, former Pastor of Metropolitan A.M.E. Church.
Presentation of Diplomas: Commissioner Webb, assisted by Secretary Fairchild.
Music: Marine Corps Band, Directed by Prof. John Philip Sousa.
Location: Metropolitan A. M. E. Church
The Miner Normal School Graduating Class of 1888 (List of Gentlemen):
Henry N. BowlesDaniel B. Thompson
The Miner Normal School Graduating Class of 1888 (List of Ladies):
Amaletta Alexander Anne L. B. Alexander Medora Allen Julia M. Alston Nettie G. Arnold Mary E. Barney Narcissa E. C. F. Beale Marie E. Bowie Annie D. Brooks |
Mary E. G. Brown Mary E. Clarke Marie A. Deitz Sarah L. G. Dickson Sarah E. Dorsey Mary M. Dowling Emily E. Francis Emma V. George Celestine Glascoe |
Isabel Kinner Josephine D. Lewis Marguerita L. Lucas Fannie Martin William Anna Nichols Emma L. Pindle Maggie B. Saunders Alice V. Shorter Frances A. Smith |
Sarah E. Smith Charlotte V. Stewart Mary A. Stewart Katie F. Wall Mary L. Watson Eulalia Wheeler Marie I. Williams Mary E. Wilson Ida C. Winslow |
Details about the commencement exercises and graduate names were taken from the June 20, 1888, edition of the Washington Post, Washington, DC, page 3.