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Commencement at B F C features student performances and address
The article describes graduation exercises at the B F C, with Miss Baith Powell leading a chariot barn reading, Miss Estella Orth and Miss Maud McIntyre delivering piano and dramatic pieces, and Miss Ethel Gibbs chosen as a future vocal teacher. Mayor James A. Reed delivers the keynote, urging independence from corporate power, while President White confirms diplomas for graduates across multiple departments and announces faculty changes and future improvements for the Lexington school.
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Ken Har
Geo. Lew Wallace
Baith Powel
Estellw Orth
Ref. Richter
Miss Orth
Tine
B. Mo
Fra Giacomo
Buchanan
Maud McIntire
McIntyre
Department of Expression
Leah
Daly
Edith Powell
School of Expression
Freischutz
Weber
Ethel Gibbs
Miss Gibbs
Don Jose
Egypta
Zingarella
Denza
Opera House
Gohoel
Elder
J. Fenstermacher
The
Christian Church
Preade
White
Mayor Reed
Ella Loulee Rice
Elizabeth Chiles
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Claudia Mey Turner
Elisabeth Chaffin
Irene Anderson
Betelle Gertrude Orth
Neile Marshall
Maud Elizabeth McIntyre
Sarah Edith Powell
Department of Art
Lillian Logram Cromwell
Mary Beile Hays
Col
Lexington
Richter
H. H. Savage
Virginia
Fish
Hebel Gibbs
Misa Gibbs
New York
Doctor Shakespeare
London
Kreher
Carlotta Newbrandt
B. F.C
B. F.O
Messrs. White
Cook