Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-06-08
THE COLLEGE COMMANDMENTS.


CTIoNs-sTAUNToN AND Angus
ia WELL REPRESENTED.
The annual commandments at the fe-
male colleges have attracted more stran-
gers to Staunton than any similar occa-
sions, since the panic of rs. The Vir-
ginia and American Hotels have been fill
ed with the relations Of the scholars from
abroad, aud the railroad agents, who have
come on to get the carrying of the girls
home-a very large job, by the by-as last
Tuesday and Wednesday not less than 200
passengers left for points varying in dis
tanco from ten miles to twelve hundred
The exercises of the Augusta Female
Seminary may be said to have commenced
On Sunday night last, when sermon was
delivered by Rev. T. P. Mullaly, of Lex
ington, before the young ladies of the
school and large congregation drawn
from the community. The sermon was
ore Of great ability. On Monday evening
soiree was given at the urinary. The
scene at the building was one of much
| beauty. The first thing that struck the
visitor, and it struck a.l-for we have never
heard more general complimentary com
ment from people abroad-was conserv,-
tory some twenty feet high, filed with rare
| flowers on stands and sWaying in hanging
baskets, the whole being Illuminated by
! lets of gaslight-a scene that was occa-
sionallY added to by groups of lovely girls
leaning over the balustrade. Further on,
the same attention to elegance had been
paid, and the Seminary hall and stage pre-
sented a perfect bouquet Of beauty, both
in tile settings of the stage and the per-
sons who were on and around it. The con-
! cert was of the same character and pretty
much the same progra mme with which the
regular visitors of the soirees there are IA
iailiar, but the excellence Of the perform
;snce was new, and if we may judge by the
EXPLANATIONS of delight, surprising to the
visitors from elsewhere. The hall was
crowded, and the programme went off adj
nirably.
On Tuesday night, the final exercises
took place The following is list OF the
full graduates, who received diplom IS
JEANETTE BALLARD, of Louisiana.
LEILA QUINN, of Georgia.
ANNIE JOHNSON, of Georgia.
MARY LARA, Of Staunton, Va.
CORA SIMPSON, Of Florida.
To receive these diplomas, the scholar
had to have taken q certificate in every
school of the college, and to have passed
, through d rigid general review.
THE sTAuNToN AND AUGUSTA
GRADUATES.
] There were 10 graduates in the School of
! History, including Fannie Bright, Mary
Lara and Kittie Waddell, of Augusta; 90
graduates in the School Of English Iitera-
! ture, including Mamie Euritt, Kate Kerr,
] Mary Lara, Matte McCue, Fannie Smith,
g Janet Woods and Kittie Waddell, of Au-
+ gusta; 25 graduates in the School of Moral
q Science, including Eva Baker, Fannie
, Bright, Ida Fletcher, Lille Gilkeson, Jen-
ME Kayser, Lira McChesney and Alice
Reid, of Augusta; q in the School Of Ma
= tural Science, including Alice Reid, Fan
ME Smith, Nellie Tate, Mary Tapscott and
Janet Woods; 10 in the School of Chemls-
try, including Fannie Bright and Mary
] Tapscott; in the School Of Natural His
tory, including Matte McCue; - in La
+ tin, including Lille Gilkeson, Jennie Kay
SGl, 1JlDt NkCCItSISI. anu AllCC ht1U,
IL in French, including Eva Baker, Lille
Gikeson, Lima McChesney and Janet
Woods; 4 in German, including Annie
Heinekamp; in Music, including May
Erwin, Ida Fletcher and Kate Kerr.
About sixty young ladies received certi-
tcates for the perfect order of their rooms,
among whom were Lille Gilkeson, EVE
Swoope, Willie Hanger, Mamie Euritt and
Mollie Antrim.
Among the pupils who obtained certi-
ticates for having received no dement's dur
ing the year were Mollie Antrim, Mamie
Eurtt, Lille Gilkeson. Willie Hanger and
Evie SWoope.
Among the pupils who received prizes
were Alice Mcclure, for improvement in
writing; Susie Cochran, for perfect re-
citation; Lizzie McCue and Minnie Bum
gardner, for department.; Cornelia McGuf-
fin, Tor writing; Mary Tapscott for best
impromptu letter; Mamie Euritt, for COM
position; Kate McGufin, for Improvement
in music. and Fannie Bright, for Lest re-
citations in &ncient history.
MEDALISTS.
Gold medals were awarded to Alice
Reid 1.-TWO medals) for elocution and vocal
music; Annie Smith, for Rotations i'll
( French; Nellie late, Annie Moffett,
Fannie Tannehill and Lizzie Koerber, for
improvement on piano; Mollie Antrim
for improvement in vocal and instrument
al music, and May Erwin, first honor) for
performance On piano.
Miss Sallie Matthews, of Va, received
| the full diploma in the school of music.
Virginia Female Institute.
! At this seat Of female education Rev.
| r. H. Phillips inaugurated the system OF
brief commandments, which he announced
q year ago. 1t was very welcome to the
faculty of the school, for an exhibition was,
given in honor Of the presence of the Epis-,
copal Council here, and one OR two soirees
since. The final exercises took place OH
Tuesday morning. and were limited to two
hours, and those hours were relieved of
routine sameness by the brilliant nansical
performances OF the pupils. The only
young lady who got through the entire
course at this institution and obtained tho
diploma Of full graduate this s,ssion
was Miss. ADDIE NJ. W Fed, of New York.
AUGUSTA AND sTAUNToN GRADUATES.
Among the graduates who received di
plonas with star honors in the schools
were the following residents of Staunton.
and Augusta: School of Natural Science
Maria B. Catlett, Annie Cochran, Nettie.
". Foster and Annie M Hendren, School