SYDNEY HARRIS
SYDNEY HARRIS WAS A BLACK PRINCIPAL AT BEDFORD COUNTY TRAINING SCHOOL NAMED HARRIS HIGH. HARRIS HIGH WAS NAMED IN HONOR OF SYDNEY. THE FIRST CLASS TO GRADUATE FROM BEDFORD COUNTY SCHOOL RECEIVED THEIR DIPLOMAS ON MAY 6,1890. FOUR OF THE 24 MEMBERS OF THE CLASS WERE MARRIED AND SEVERAL OTHERS WERE MORE THAN 21 YEARS OF AGE. BEDFORD TRAINING SCOOL WAS A FOUR ROOM SCHOOL BUILDING LOCATED ON NORTH BRITTAIN STREET. SYDNEY WAS VERY LOYAL TO HIS SCHOOL, SO IF YOU ARE A STUDENT HERE AT THE SCHOOL NAMED IN HIS HONOR, PLEASE BE VERY LOYAL TO HIM.
T.M.
6TH GRADE STUDENT