The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-06-16

VIRGINIA FEMALE INSTITUTE

liz ulo1 oCooIOu VI tulS cACcllCub OCllludi y
under the management of Mrs Gen'l j E. B.
Stuart, closed with appropriate exercises on
Tuesday night and Wednesday morning last
At night most delightful musical entertain
ment was given under the direction of Prof
Devallay, and yesterday the distribution ofthe
various honors was made before an audience
that completely filled the house.
Certificates of distinction were awarded to
those who reached eight-tenths of the maxi
mum in general average of class, and eertif-
Gates of proficiency, in any completed study,
to those who reached nine-ten of the max
imum. ...,..
No distinctions were given for music but
those specially mentioned were Maria Faison,
Carlotta Morrow, Alice Eastman, Alethea
Hawkins, Annie Duncan, and Mary Fridley.
tlsHssi PRIZES aIA}
were announced as follows:
To Miss Lucy Lee Powell for greatest I'M
provement in Penmanshlp.
To Miss Annie Duncan for greatest improve
ment in English Composition.
To Miss Glenn Atkinson for having reached
the highest grade of scholarship in English.
To Miss Lizzie Holley for improvement in
Elocution.
Judge Sheffeys prize for department in
church and general excellence was presented to
Miss Mary Fridley.
THaM1,l MEDALS lG Al
were awarded
To Miss Glenn Atkinson for highest grade
of the completed course in Mathematics.
To Miss Minnie Slaughter for the highest
grade in two languages-Latin and French
To Miss Mamie Phillips for the greatest i'm
provement in Music.
To Miss Annie Duncan for the greatest i'm
provement in Calisthenics.
To Miss Maria Eaison for general excellence
among boarders.
To Miss Kate Bell Baker for general excel
lence among day scholars.
FULL GRADUATES.
Full diplomas were awarded,
Miss Minnie Slaughter. ........ Texas.
Evelyn Smith,. ........... Va.
81 AUeUsrA MALE ACADEMY.
An institution that reflects credit upon a
section famed for its educational advantages, is
the Augusta Male Academy, near Fl. Def
ance in this county. Within few years the
principal, Prof G. s. Roller, has established
reputation for his school that is not bounded
by State lines, and which each succeeding
season has served to widen and deepen. The
result, is that his ample accommodations are
found too small to meet the increased patron
age, and although commodious improvements
were added last year. still farther addition
will doubtless be made before the session OF
'81-S2 commences.s.ia 81 aoai7s,im -
On Wednesday night OF last week, an audi
ence that crowded every particle of space as
semblcd to witness the closing exercises of the
Augusta Male Academy. Music, furnished by
the Stonewall Band, interspersed the pro-
gramme which was as follows Salutatory,
j. 6, Alexander, Of .Rockhridge; Chas. 3.
Kemper, Rockingham, Final Orator, subject,
"The heroes of the Lost Cause )" T. E. Woods,
Elocutionist, subject, "The Last
Man," w. II. Lands, Bath, Essayist, subject,
"The Future determined by the Past and
Pr esent;" J. W, Hevener, Highland, Declaim-
er, subject, "The Navy;ps Arthur Wilson, Au-
gusta, Essayist, subject, "A good cause makes
a Stout Heart" s. Fl. Parkins, Augusta, De-
claimer, subject, ''The Red Kings Warning :
n. PaTkins, Augusta, Essayist, subject Honor
and Shame from no condition RISE" F. H.
Hull,' Highland, Declaimer, subject, TELLS
address to the Mountains !" G. D. Curry, Au.
gusta, Essayist, subject, "Man an Epitome of
the Universe" P. s. Roller, Harrisonburg,
Dcclaimer, subject, Marco Bozzaris."
DEBATE.
Resolved "That this Republic will finally
result in Imperialism" The question was ar
gued in the affirmative by Messrs. j. L. Row.
an, Monroe county, W. Va, and T. s. Conner,