The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-06-14
FEMALE-NsTTTuTE COMMENCEMENT.

The commencement exercises OF the Rich
mond Female Institute were held last eve.
ming at Mozsrt Hall. The building was
literally packed with an audience compris.
ing the beauty and culture of Richmond.
The exercises were opened with PRAYER
by Rev. DR.. John Pollard. Miss Mamie
Tupper read beautiful and chaste essay
entitled "The Test OF Genius Its Rise"
Miss Mamie b. Winston also read very
pretty essay OIL "The Ideal and the Real"
Miss Minnie WORKMAN had nm essay on
" The Jewish Character, rs Portrayed by
George Eliot, Dickens, Scott, and Shaks.
peare," written, but at her request she was
excused from reading it. These three
young ladies' were the only full graduates.
Rev. DIR. III. A. Tupper, on behalf Of the
Institute, presented the scholarship medals !;
Rev. DR.. John Pollard the department
medal Rev. W. Schaeffer the music medals,
and Rev. DR.. w. +. Hatcher the spelling
medal.
Rev. DR.. j. b. Hawthorne delivered the
closing address and presented the full gradu.
ates their diplomas. The exercises then
closed with the benedction by Rev. DR..
Tupper.
The display OF handsome bouquets and
hower-baskets was quite extravayant, and
the young ladies indeed looked charming In
their pretty pure white dresses.
Surely the managers OF the Institute.
especially the principal miss Lizzie Ham,
ner), have every reason TO feel proud OF the
great success which has attended the school
during The session Just ended. She de-
serves 10 be congratulated upon the pro.
gress OF her pupils during the past year and
the general proficiency Of all the scholars.
Below we give a list OF those who distiu.
guished themselves in their studies during
the session:
FULL GRADUATES.
Misses Mamie {. Tupper, Minnie worbam,
GRADUATES IN THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS.
Enroughty. va '"" A'e'''e
English Literature Misses Ola Fowlkes. Jessie
nally. Susie Lowell, Mary King.
I:aun Misses Ola Fowlkes and Anna Lafferty.
y frenen Misses Cora shepherd, Anna Lafferty.
Mary Carpenter. Mary Pollard
History Misses hdna Matthews, Lizzie Conway,
Mathematics: Misses Mary Pollard, Jessie War
rep, Kaie Rennold-, Anna Lafferly, Mamie win.
ston, sallle Coleman, Netie Euroughty.
Natural sciences: Misses Mary Carpenter Lizzie
Conway, Sallie Coleman, Ola Fowlkes, Kate Rem
\, English Misses Annie Lafferty, Kate Rennods,
Mary Fox.
PRoFICIENTs.
Rhetoric Misses Birdie DE Priest. Mary Carmen
ter' Edna Matthews. Cora Shepherd, seldom Dick
inson, Cora Gwaltney, Lena Watkins, Fa ME
Moody, julia West, Mary King, Jessie Green Snl,ie
Moseley, Lottie Upper.
Physi0ogy aud Mythology Misses Martha Brown,
Otlie Ware. Susie Lowell. Josie NRnnally Emma
Gauding.
Arithmetic: Misses Matte Graham, Lena Wat
kins, Birdie DE Priest.
Algebra: Misses Lottie Tupper, Jessie Green,
Birdie DE Priest.
Grammar: Misses Martha Grown. Leigh jones,
Moilie Grubbs. Emma Fossett. Lulu Powers.
Latin Misses Louie Tupper Nettie Enroughty.
Pollard, Annie Burch, Jessie Warren, Fannie
Moody Susie Lowell. Lena Watkins.
German Misses Matte Graham, Willie Gray,
Annie Burch.
Medals Medals were awarded by Misses Hummer
and Thurston for scholarship In their classes.
ents OF these In senior classes. and Miss Emma FOs-
seIt In the junior. Misses Willie Gray and Moll:e
Gentry were the recipients Of Miss Duslman's
medal for instrumental Music, and Miss Odia
DInd1idge rec lived medal for improvement in Nu-
Sic. The Department Medal was awarded TO Miss
Miriam Dandrdge; the Spelling Medal 10 Miss Mat
tie Gaulding.
DISTINCTIONS.
History-Junor: Misses Moe Grubbs, Alberta
Berry, Leigh Jones, Lena Watkins. Emma FOsselt,
Juliet Powers, Martha Brown, Helen WOrtbam.
History-Preparatory Misses Ida Powers, Miriam
Dandridge, .Odle cambridge, Estelle Courtney, Lii
lie Staples, HeDnle Wade Cora Wallace.
Arithmetic: Misses Leigh Jones, Emma F0ssett,
Martha Brown Homie Wade 0die DaEdridge Car
RE Elicit. Mary DodsOn. Cora Wallace. Ida bowers
Lille Staples, Miriam cambridge, JAMIE Steel, Ida
GRAY, Minnie Wallace,