Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-06-27

the platform erected for the occasion the grand |
white and blue, made their Appearance, assaui.
ing their appointed seats In perfect order.
The music was very good, and many sweet |
Abel and Curtlss and all did themselves credit |
In their perfJtmaDces OF nne music on the harp |
and plano. The premiuhs were numerous, and
bore testimony 70 the industry Of tho pupils |
throughout the year Towards the close u the |
exercises the academic honors were distributed |
The honors in tho senior circle, consisting Of =
.crown and gold medal, were conferred tor uni.
form excellence Of conduct on Misses Ida Honore,
~. S.tsllns DAVIS; Mass TSnnle ABEL Abel MI
Mary Tyler, Md; ImOgon Uaperton, Ella MIX
and Irene Forrest ID. q.
The second hOnors consisting Of . silver medal,
were conferred on Misses Marie Patterson, Mo-
Amelia Dawson, Nlcaraeuai while Belt Ca
Annie o. Bfien, Pa; Susie Dixie, Annie SheW'
Nd; Nellie storsr, Mabel smith, N. vi Ada
Dudley, N. o.; Dayiette Corbell VAT Minnie
Mahoney, MIDI Llllie Knapp, Moi Katie Olnu.
N. HI Anna MarsteiiSf, Va; Roxie McOomb,
Lullo Patterson, o. Annie MeOarihy, lndi
Ida Rhcdler Maggie Boucher, Maggie Brown,
| Annie Fletcher, Alice Leishoar, julia Wright,
Rose Trunile, LiEEie Young, Maggie Splllman
| and Innocentia McUill ID, y.
The following young ladies had given satisiac.
tlon but had not been a SUFFICIENT length Of tlmo
| In the institution 10 ontltle them TO the acal'
omlc honors; Misses Meta Mcl.avs, jennie ~.
ilott, Ca carrie sims, y; IA he'gl.s Da"n's'
Tho prizes were then awarded 10 tho merit0
rlOus pupils, each of whom received the applause
VI T m gS,eTnor SddTSssed Tho young ladies in
few happy remarks, aud then proceoded to con.
fer the gold medals on the graduating class,
| consisting Of two-Miss Ida HOnOre, OF Vhicago,
| and Miss Catalina Davis, Of Boston, Mass. Als
Excellsucy being the irst TO confer those mod
Als, Accordlng 10 the new arrangement q classes
/ in doing 90, aud made other remarks In his
usually agreeable manner
/ All concluded we'll, and not a few fingered TO
admire the beautiful work In tho Iecroatlon
hall, via; Exquisite wax flowers by Miss Ella
i MIX and Miss Amelia DaWsoni palntinga OF
/ mofit by Misses Catalina Davis and Paris Cody;
| pencil pieces by Misses Nellie Storor, Mabel
| Smith and Bonnie Rumbough; drawings 10
/ India Ink by Misses ~, u Patterson, Moi q.
Davis, Mass Emma Helskell, MIDI Paris Only,
| Colorado; 4. Dawson, NicaTaEuai Katie Nor.
/ gan, S, O., and Emma Etherldge, Tenn.i
| aighans by Katie Clanton, Ga Lillian Draw.
ner, Tenn; Annie Abel, Baltlmorei Allce
Col. !. 5. Mosby,) Va; L. Casey, Ga, and ].
/ Casey, QecrgetoWn, ID. CT ornAmented chairs
BY Misses Daisy Aeell tdaugh!et Of MI Abel,
Ga. 4 Van RIswick, warrington Mary
Boyle, Washington, aud LlIIle dOotee, Md;
mspIS pSt,. ~ MS NARY HsssSSr
Mamie Gibson, ia, and others; painting In
water colors by Miss Emma Ethcri1ge, Tenn.i
raEua, and Ella Mix, Georgetown, u. q; otto,
mans BY Misses Ada Dudley, N, o., Mlllle Belt,
ua., and Isottie CROOK, baltimore. Several
Miss Ida RodIer, Of Georgetown, u. o., were
also on exhibition, as was also large lowered
| sofa cushion by Miss Laura whitney, OF Wash.
| lngtOn, ID. a.. Rlchly.workei chairs, aIghAnH,
ottcmans, SO, stood or hung round the room,
and nns embroidery and iaucy work Of various
kinds occupied the centre.
The school exercises will recommenco the hrst
Monday In September, and all necessary ar.
rangenents viii be made for the gool accOmnO.
datiOn Of tho school until the new addition ls Gu
tirely nnished.
CoIaBblgR College.
Lincoln Hall was donsoly crowded yesterday
morning with tho friends and relatives Of the
pupils 10 attend the iortY.iuqrth annual com
| inSneomeut OF columbian College. The platform
was occupied by llt. yelling, president VI the
college, tho faculty, and the idllouing gentle
mcni W, W. OOrSoran, !esql president ~ tho
Secretary stlokney, Rev. Dfs, Brahtloy and
williams, Of Baltimore, Rev. Dfs. Cuthbort aud
Parker, Of this city, DE-. nunton, j. o. Wilson,
e.g, supsrln'endsn' Of District schools aud
The graduates were James y. Bangs, d. u. /;
J. IL. Bremmetnan, ID. c. y. w, y. brown,
ner, ID. o. John 4. Judd, aud each Of these gen.
tleTnen received tho degree Of Bachelor VI Arts
from President yelling.
and at intervals performed choice music. The
exercises were commenced with prayer by
Rev. DIR. Brantley, AFTER which tho programme
| was carried out n follows.
Latin salutatory, J. n. Brommerman, ID. q !
.Selenee made lu.!rous BY belief, an Grafton,
az ~ Cra sSrnSs p R E Sa' g. yaiiGs.o.
ply not inlmcal 10 poetry" an Grafton, J. II.
Brommerman, ID. u; nus,ci "fhe trlumphs VI
truth" the philosophical OratiOu, John 4, Judd,
u. u; "An American literature" an Grafton,
James L. Bangs, ID. o. "Sympathetlc enthu.
SLASH as motive power, the master OF arts
dress, james 4 Hangs, b. o.; music; present.
ing u the prize medals Of tho Enoslnian aud
! PhllophreniAn socletitsi awarding OF prize
. medals, presenting OF special certificates aud
diplomas, and comforting VI degrees by the pros.
| ldent; benedictiOn-
The contestants for the Davis prize medals foI
| composition aud defamation were james Il.
J Hangs, j. ii. Bremmerman, d. +. BroWning, W
: | X. AAycnner and John 4. Judd, all Of this Dis.
| trlct. The committee TO award those prizes
| were Rev. Dr. Brantley, JaUes q. Wilson aud
Prof. 5. NJ. Shute, and alter consultation they
: awarded the hrst prize to james h, hangs, ana
!. the second to W. Il. HRyenner.
0 The StAughlOn prize Tor Latin was awarded
/. to J. II. BrcmmerinAh, OF the Dist let Of Ooium
, bla; tho Eaton prize fof Greek, To J. H. Edwards
\ | u Florida, and tho Young prize Tor metaphys
!, los, 70 James 4. Bangs, oi tho District oi 20
. lumbiA.
/ The medal for the EnosinIan society, for ex
!, celleneo In debate, was awarded 10 MT. Andrew
n A. LipscOmb, Of the District VI Columbia. TIL
) medal Of the PhilOphTenian society was awarde,
o | To Mr.. II. W. H. brown, Of Maine. These med
ais we're presented on behalf vi tho aOcictIes b!
y | Prot A. j. Huntington.
: The degree Of master Of mis- was couforrg,
o upon X. boston, b. II. kericot, Val L.
Z, Ward, Pa
a special cortlh catos OF proficiency wero awarde,
!. TO Thomas Fleming, Va, ehenlslTSi A. l.
. lreen, ID. y, chemistry, mathematosi q; II
j. DOT, md, Ensiishi WIN johnson, W, Va
70 | chemistry, mathematics; ThOs. /. King, ID. U
o English, Latin, Greek, mathemAllesj u. II
!, Thompson, N. j., English, Latin, ureek, NATL
o ematIcsi T. l.. y. Ward, N. a., Englishi J. II
!! Wilson, ID. o., English, Latin, Greek, nath'
a matissj and diplomas In schools we're aWarde
10 as follows To ]. IL. OuthDert, ID, a., mOdor
languages; J. II. Edwards, =. q modern Ian
I -
= ID. o., modern languagosi h. Il. Hay, ID. y
+ modern Languages Il. q. Parker, W. Va, ph
o losophyi Y. ,. Rowe, ID, o., modern languages
81 Benl white, Md, modern languages, LatiI
y, | natural science.
Is The literary exercises wero fully up TO III
o. high standard Of the college, and the address
In | Dr. yelling one OF the most finished pfOdu
st lions OF that gentleman.
Il The National Deaf Mate College.
a. The eighth anniversary commencement Of N
y; National Deaf Mute College, at Kendall Groot
IL took place at the college yesterday afternoon,
inc sSd ,i ~ A ay b oI pssutaS FSe or
H. Tons, as delivered by the graduates, were into
proted by one Of the professors following then
/. thus making the audience o0nyersaut With u
: addresses, and at the same time making tho o.
A. tsrLainment both novel and interesting, GA u
nd plAtiorm with Prot. 4: ~. Dali tudet presl,ien
", Interior; Hon. WIN. SIickney, Rev. Byron SUI
81 dsTlAnd, j. q. Me0uiTe esq., Professor Chloke
y, Ing, and Rev. DR.. Parker. ~.
ll;I The order Of exercises we're opened ullhptnyi
ls' by Dr.. Sunderland. The salutatOry address
10. and an GRAFTON on "The Progress OF Moral SO
IA | timsnt as an Element Of Political Power" pr
ne pared by Amos a. Draper, Of Illinois, was rei
81 by Prof Ohlekerlng, and Interpreted To the u
lie IdeTstandlng OF the mutes by Prot, Fay, Il
IT. author being unable to be present on account
IL Mr.. CHARLES il. Hubbard, Of Michigan, {,
IN, lowed with an essay, entltIed "rho Periodic
Or. PTels," IN which he spoke Of the rapid progre
rio made by the press In the past few years, and
lie serted that the iirst paper published was n