The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-05-26
Augusta Female Seminary.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCIsEs-ART EXHIBITION
--CoNCERT-DIsTRIBUTIoN OF RI YES,
DIPLOMAS, &C.

DIPLOMAS, &C.
The season of commencement exercises IL
Staunton was inaugurated on Monday nigh
last by the annual concert at the Augusta Fe
;. male Seminary. On the Saturday preceding
the art gallery was thrown open for the in
spection of visitors. It presented q scene wei
worth witnessing. The result of the students
labors were arranged with exquisite TASTE
around the large and beautiful gallery, form
ing picture that few could fail to appreciate
Madame Caracas and Mr.. Coleman's classe!
made exhibitions of work in water colors
crayon, pen and ink, and charcoal, of which
any teacher and any pupil might well have
felt proud. There were some three hundred
specimens displayed, some of which bore the
marks of decided talent.
! On Monday night the annual concert was
given in the Chapel. In accordance with the
request heretofore published, the citizens Of
the town gave way to the visitiNA strangers
and the result was that Che Chapel was not SC
overcrowded as to render it uncomfortable
The programme consisted of vocal and lnstru-
mentql music by the classes of Profs. HameI
and Hintz, and Miss Mary Crawford. The
Ieputation enjoyed by this justly popular
school found renewed support in the excel
lence with which the difficult and beautiful
masterpieces of music were rendered on Mon
day night.
The limit of space compels us to forego a
detail of the programme, every selection OF
which was performed with a thoroughness
alike creditable to the fair musicians and their
| instructors
The exercises on the second night (Tuesday)
consisted of calsthenics, vocal music, and
| pantomimic motions. interluding the reading
of the reports and awarding of prizes, and a
most beautiful address by Rev. Dr. B. NJ Pal
mer. AT the conclusion, DIR. Hoge of Rich
| mond made a few remarks in his happest
| vein
| The report Of the Principal stated that the
school had been larger during the present ses-
sion tlan ever before, day pupils and boarders
numbering about $50 Applications for places
| in the boarding department far exceeded the
| accommodations afforded by the buildings.
| During the past year one new department has
been added to the school, viz: Culinary A
number of young ladies were trained most
successfully in this important art. The aim of
the Principal and teachers is to raise the
standard in each department from year to
year. To this end rigid written examinations
are still enforced. The reading of the results
Of these examinations was omitted this year
for the first time, in order to prevent the ex-
ercises proving too tedious.
CERTIFICATES
of Proficiency were awarded as follows in the
several schools mentioned:
Astronomy-Mis Bessie Dedman.
Physsoy0gy- Josephine Herring, Kate
Mccall, Sophronia Stackhouse.
| B0tany-Misses Jeanette Ballard, Sallie
Craig, Fannie Ivy, Kate Mcclellan, Nellie
Paxton, Sophronia Stackhouse, Annie Lee
| Thorn. Willie Turner, Agnes Ware.
| Chemastyy-NIsses Ella Cameron, St. Law
renee Flemming, Mary Gray, Minnie Heck,
| Josephine Herring, Kate Mccall Mary MI
| gent, Lula Oliver, EVE SWoope, Fannie Tay-
| Tor, Lydia Dunlop.
Natural PhiSosoply-M Misses Jessie W. Bones,
| May Brooks, Fannie Hunter. Minnie Heck,
| Nellie Paxton.
| English Literdture-Misses Jessie W. Bones,
Florence Childress, Maggie Davidson, Bessie
| Dedman, Minnie Heck, Mary Mcdonald,
Fannie McCreery, Lizzie McCue, Fannie Hun
ter, Fannie Rose, Genie Stubbs, Lottie Wood
row, Marion Woodrow, Kate Sexton, Hattie
Barnes, St. L. Flemming.
| Morat Pti5osophg-Misses Mary Lou Bedsoe,
Ella CamerA, Florence Childress, Matte Fra
zier Mary McDannald, Lila Ripley, Kate Sex
ton, Agnes Ware.
Latdp-Misses Ada Converse, Matte Frazier,
Mary Forman, Mary Grattan, Emma Well
ford, Lotte Woodrow, Marion Woodrow.
German-Mlsses Emma Wexford, Fannie
Smith
H5stoqy-Msses Eugie Annspaugh, Florence
| Childress, Ada Converse, Lizzie McCue, Annie
McNutt Lydia Wadley, Annie Walker, Ma
rion Woodrow.
| Mathematics Misses Eugie Annspaugh, Flor
ence Childress, Mary Forman.
| French-Misses Eugie Annspaugh, Matte
| Barnes, Mary L. Bledsoe, Ada Converse, Lydia
| Dunlop, Mariana Foster, Mary Grattan, Lizzie
| Howard, Minnie Heck, Kate Mcclellan, Mary
Mcdonald, Nellie Paxton, Grace Shanks,
Cantey Venable, Agnes Ware, Nellie Thomas.
| Neatness an Ro0m-Misses Mary Nugent,
Sidney Ballard, Ella Taylor, Matte Alexan-
der, Bel TanLear,, Eve swoope,, Marion
| Woodrow, Fannie Lyon, Lottie Woodrow,
Bessie Craig, Libby Imbrie, DIollie Winger,
| Helen Brotherton, Drusilla Hess, Alean Dun
nington, Mariana Foster, Cora Cochran, Susie
Williamson, Emma Wexford, Claude Simmons,
| L0ula Harris, Ella Cameron, Annie Lee Thorn
Matte Harwood, Clara HARDWOOD Mollie Ford,
| Sue Belle Fible, Grace Shanks, Nellie Paxton,
| Lillian Brown, Hattie Camp, Florence Chill
dress, Jennie Dale, Mary Forman, Minnie
Heck, Fannie Ivy, Minnie Macleod, Kate
Murchison, Lila Ripley, Fannie Rose, Lydia
Wo61 I1lljo il
Annspaugh Emma Lee Meadors, Lizzie Pace,
Fannie HUMPHREYS, Cantey Venable
| Instrumental MuSe-Misses Florence Chill
dress, Lizzie Howard Annie McNutt, Genie
Stubbs
Haymo1y-Misses Eugie Annspaugh, Sidney
Ballard, Lydie Dunlop, Lucy Ferguson, Mary
McDannald, Emmie Mickle, Lizzie Pace, Cliff
| ford Putnam, Carrie Snead, Annie Thorn, Mol
lie Winger, Carrie Whitlock, Bessie Adams,
Sallie Craig, Fannie HUMPHREYS Minnie Hun
! ter, Pattie McLeary, Kate Mccall, Minnie Nc
Leod, Kate Rogers, Cora Robertson, Cammie
sites, Agnes Ware, Mary Winn, Emma Well
ford, Marion Woodrow,
School Of Art-Embracing Perspective, Art
Criticism, and Art History-Misses Jessie
Bones, May Brooks, Molie Gone, Matte Fra
zier, Mary NUgent, Nellie Thomas, Madge
Whitney, Mary Vim, Florie Willingham.
| ElOcutsoaa-Misses Esther Bayless, Kate Nc
| SlClldu, JOScpHIuo pidAiCI,
Bessie Anderson, Agnes Ware, Mary L. Bled-
soc, May Brooks, Genie Stubs, Lila Ripley.
C0Ol5ing-Msses Susie Cochran, Jennie Dale,
Kate Murchson, May Nugent, Bertha Ruff
ner, May Silva, Fannie Warren, Susie Will
hanson, Julia Worth, Tommie Young, Matte
Harwood Kate Mccall.
| PRIZES
were awarded as follows
Preparatofy Experimentation improvement
in Dictation and Letter writing-Misses Mat
tie Wayt, Clifford Baker, Charlotte Ransom.
For improvement in Handwriting ISIS
Belle Goodman.
For greatest number of perfect Rotations
Gold Badges-to Misses Lillian Arthur, Fannie
Blackley, Ella Huffman.
intermediate Experimentation improvement
in Handwriting Lizzie Pace, Mariana
Foster, Addie Boulware.
For best Compositions-Misses May Brooks,
Cantey Venable, Mollie Winger, Genevieve
Gray.
For Excellence in Latin-NIiss May Brooks
Senior Departnaent-F excellence in entire
History course-Miss Marion Woodrow
i DIPLOMAS.
School Of Notwithstanding Piano, Har-
mony, Singing and History of Music-Miss
Jessie W. Bones
For Piano, Organ, Harmony, Singing and
History of Music-Miss May Silva.
| For Piano Harmony Sinpinu and History