Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1891 — A Noble Girl. [ARTICLE]

A Noble Girl.

A graceful incident occurred tb» other day at the commencement of the girls’ high school in Brooklyn. Among the graduates was- a colored girl, who had made- an honorable record in her studies and bad passed the examination successfully. When the time came for the distribution of the diplomas, the- young women, marched to the platform, as usual in. couples, each choosing some favored companion. Tho colored student arose with the rest and looked timidly about, expecting to have to cross the room alone* but Miss Holden, tho most popular girl in the class, holding the position of its president, stepped to her side and accompanied her to the platform. Such an act of considerate kindness stamps Miss Holden as a woman of noble heart, and of courage also, for it needed some heroism to do what she did. The career of such a girl may be looked forward to aa promising ex* ecllent things.—New York letter,