National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-06-22
AWARD OF DIPLOMAS.
DISTRIBUTION TO BE MADE TO-DAY.
Full List Of the Successful Pupils in the Public
SchcOls-COmmencemen Exercises of the
Academy Of the Visitation and
the Emerson Institute.

The closing exercises of the fourth and
fifth grades of the white public schools took place
yesterday. Commissioner Morgan visited the
schools of Miss Lazenby (male) and Miss Virgins
! Qemale), in the Force building. and expressed
| himself as highly pleased with the examinations
The coorcd schools in the fourth subdivision also
| closed yesterday, exercises being held in the
Anthony Bowen building in the morning and in
the Randall building in the afternoon. To-day
the diplomas will be distributed to the mertorious
| scholars in the eighth grade, which is the only
| grade in which such honors will be given The
form of the new diploma is as follows:
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Course of study prescribed for the grammar schools
and made good record for punctuality, department
| and scholarship. j. ORMOND WILSON,
l. Superintendent of Public Schools.
| The following are those to whom diplomas will
| be awarded:
FIRST DIYISIoN-MR. II. n. CORP, SUPERVISING PRIN-
School No. 1-Mr.W. D. Parkinson teacher Sam
ucl Henry Chase, Walter Collins Cephane, William
Edwin Cox, Charles Sumner Dover, Louis Lever
| cit Hooper, William Dorrell MCGOWAN, Richard
Whitney Moore, John Thomas Morrow, William
Wallace Nairn, William Chapline Sharpe, Edward
Daniel Smith, Titus Ulke, James Thomas Whittle-
sey, Samuel Lewis Willett, and Charles Joseph
Williamson
School No. miss L. B. Holbrook, teacher
Clara Agnes Eanicre, Cora Exile Brown, Ella Maud
Chase, Alice May Clayton Hannah Agnes Con-
nelly, Annctta Louise Dimmick, Anna Jeanette
Douglass Blanche Roosevelt Fletcher, Edith Re-
bccca Gardner, Blanche Columbia Green Anna
Ella Hall, Annie Monroe Hodgson, Margaret Eliza
beth Horton, Lillian KratZ Hustled, Mary Emma
Reyes, Rose Eva Houston Mary Elizabeth Mallon,
Clcm lrTvin Orr, Susan Elizabeth Pierson, Emily
Rebecca Proctor, Vcsta Richard, Florence Teresa
TOomey, and May Eva Whitney
School No. S-M. P. White, teacher Clarence
Alexander Brandenburg, Edwin Charles Branden-
burg, Wilmont Albert Darlington, George Spencer
Cooper, William Moylan Du Val, Bishop Carlyle
Fenwick, Frank Ross Stutzman, John Kelly Mill
gan, Irving Epson Townsend, Warder Voorhees,,
George William Davis, Thomas Francis Young,
Edwin GGmlcr. and Harry Rust
School No. Miss Kate Rawlings, teacher
Frances Claiming Noerr, Della Agnes Smith,
Rosa Helena Enorr, Mary Alice Breen Alice
Catherine NOerr, Mary Marcella Maher, Mary
Elizabeth Hughes Elizabeth Copenhaver, Mary
Elizabeth Hagcy, SOphora Louise Bettes, Angie
Phillips. Winona Dempster, Mary Ann Theresa
Connolly, Louise Rosile Rheem, Margaret Agnes
Allen, Rose Allen Gibson. Charlotte Bcaman Tyson
Mary Buddy Clabaugh, and Lortie B. Tyson.
SECOND DIvIsIoN-MR. N. P. GAGE, SUPERVISING
PRINCIPAL.
School No. Mr.. S John Thompson. teacher.
Charles Edward Bright, William Joseph Dante
Anthony La Truittee Dennson, James Franklin
Douglas, William Francis EinoIf. Otis Bremen
Goodall. David Lanck Grayson, Edward Norton
Little, John Macauley, and LIE Roy Hartman Will
SON.
School No miss Mary F. Rowe teacher Cora
Adler, Henrietta Adler. Rose Helena Anderson
Naomi RoXana Began. Sarah Julia Began, Virginia
Cooke EStella Constance Crane, Agnes Leocadia
Duffy, Alice Marian Espcy, Eliza Cliff Fawcett
Mary Florence Gordon, Lillian Ascnath Hughes
Annie Leonora kOoncS Annie Junus Maupin
Lillian Maud McElfrcsh, Elizabeth Jane McGiney |
Lucy Van SERVER Mcguire, Belle Carter Price |
Emma Richardson, Emily Maggie Roth, Julia Hall
Catherine Virginia Wilson, and Maggie
Slnes Wolhaupter
School No. $-Mr. ]. NJ Fox, teacher William
Henry Dice, julius EiscnbciSs. Goldsborough Sar-
gent Elliott Fem Fletcher. Glenn Burgess Harris |
Gilbert Hart, Charles Began Magruder, Alonzo |
Jay Marsh, Charles ChanCey Mccormick, Lewis |
Morse Mccormick, Albert Lee Moffatt Minor John |
ESerctte Mitchell, Thomas Porter Reed, Edwin
William Spalding, and James Thompson Watson.
School No. miss Metella King teacher
Fanny Lee Anderson. Hattie Jane Buckley Pau
line Baum, Emma Virginia Davis, Susan Helen
Griffin, Maggie Anatasia German, Julia Hunton,
Margaret Van Rensselaer, Morgan, Jane Miller,
Lizzie Norris, Alice Mailhouse, Beulah Elizabeth
Parsons, Josephine Hortcnse Piper Annie Lee
Jane Scrivncr, Lena Helen Silver and
Minnie Amelia Williamson.
THIRD DIvIsIoN-MR. A. T. STEWART, SUPERVISING
PRINCIPAL.
School No ii. J. Chickering, teacher John
Sayers Burton Robert Champion, George Gulick
Eaton, Edgar Trimble Gaddis, Harry Hunt Mckee,
samuel Winfred Shaw. William Henry Sholes Al
red Asbury Smith, Edwin Sloan TaSker, Fred
rick WetheTwax Tower, Phillip Sherwood WEIGH,
md James Gheen Woodward.
School No. Mrs. L. 4. Hilton, teacher Bena |
Ayres Inez Elliott Florence Virginia Ellis, Ger
rude Virginia Etchison, Carrie Isabel Isham
emma Hanford, Mary Frances Agnes Lynch,
lizzie Ferry Macnichol, Clara Willenbucher, and
Hay Jenkens.
School No. 3-Magdelene Catharine Book
Nary Wilson Boston, Carrie Cawood, Charlotte
)essey, Mary Rcbecca Huntington, Sarah Ellen
laginnis, Mary Elizabeth Mathis, Helen Mar
aret Mcfarland, Virginia Elizabeth Prcnder,
Lmma Elena Snowden, Elizabeth Victoria Snow
len, Annie Eugcnia Schneider, Agnes Walden
stevens, Eleanor Hawkins Thorpe, Addie Wheeler
Thompson, Almca Virginia Walker Hannah Glar-
ssa Wilson, Hattie Rose White, and Mary Ellie
Wood.
OURTH D!TiSIoE-JoHN Z. THOMPSON, SUPERVISING
PRINCIPAL.
School No. IL. Fairbrother teacher William
(. Savers, Moses Sanger, Charles H. Refs John
Slakelook, Charles J. Marks, George U. Rose jr.,
Ivan II. Tucker, William H. Caterson Oscar l..
ohnson,. Hugh McKennG, and Albert E. Thomas
School No. 2-M E. Martin, teacher. Madeline
I. Devote, Annie NJ. Lomax Annie Teresa
(Donncll. Carrie Virginia Law, Lille Hannah
,ohen, Rose Mary McCauley. Carrie Boyer jean
tie Cohen, Fannie Campbell Mary Cecilia Kilroy, {
fannie Gertrude Hail. Emma Ballman Emma v
lcIntire, Emma V. Spare, Marion Everett Watson,
.mma Jane Nolan, Mollie V. Leslie, Mamie Z.
carson, Ida Virginia Lee Matte R. Barron, Mary |
J. Vandcpearc, and Mamie Harris Griffin.
18TH DIVlSloN-MR. b. T. JANNEY, SUPERVISING
PRINCIPAL.
School Miss Laura 4. Bradley teacher Carrie |
Cleaner Astead, Lena Louise Blackford, Mary
,ouise DarneiIlc Katherine Hyde Duvall, Jean
ette Cordela Johnson, Ellen Lamton, Margaret
'oucl, Elizabeth OSsire, Kate Robertson, Louise
,anSing Smith, Cora Elizabeth TreXler and
rachael Virginia Naugh.
School No. 2-D. A. Smith, teacher Edward
lidwell Thomas James Vansant, Joseph Grafton | !
hurley, Dennis Kane, Henry Clay Stroman, and
Ohm Maxwell Lamton. ,
THE AMIDoN MEDAL
TheAmdon medal, which is annually awarded {
the pupil in the girls class of the eighth grade
n the fourth school division who shall be {
djudged by the concordant votes of her teacher
nd her schoolmates to be most distinguished for r
amiahility and scholarship" this year Sc 9
urcd by Miss Marie Madeleine De Vote. =
ACADEMY OF THE VISITATION !
The annual distribution of premiums of the !
Washington Academy of the Visitation took place {
esterday at the Academy building, on Connecti- ,
Ut avenue The hall was filed, and many gen.
emen of prominence. as well as several clergy
len, occupied seats upon the platform. The pro-
ramme was interesting and its performance re- C
ected credit upon the young ladies who took q
art General Sherman distributed the premiums, r
s follows: First and second classes of Christian I
octrine, English, French, mathematics, music, Z
einting, drawing, and in punctual attendance b
Misses Mary Merritt, Elisabeth Leonard, Stella Z