Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-06-15
Virginia Female Institute.

AND BLIND INSTITUTION.
&C., &C., &C.
Virginia Female Institute.
This college under Mrs. Gen. j. E. B.
Stuart. has during the past session main
tanned its reputation for the perfect health
of its pupils, and kept up It's high standard
as an educational institution for the train
ing of young girls which has caused it to
be sad of it that 1.-THE high tone of its in
fuence'' is an education of itself. The
award OF prizes took place on Tuesday night
last, Prof. Minor, and Maj. T. q. Elder of
the Board of Trustees, representing the
Principal in the delivery of the awards.
The
HIGH EST HONOR.
The Scholarship Prize, considered the
highest honor of the school, was awarded
to Miss L. FISHER of Texas. 1t was a
complete set OF Shakespeares works.
PRIZES.
The following pupils received prizes; Miss
L. Fisher, for excellence in composition :;
Miss S Shedding, of Lowmoor, for i'm
provement in penmanship; Miss F. Fry,
of Ark, and Miss A Miller. of Newman
ket. for greatest improvement in Calls
themes; Miss Denme ad, of Baltimore, for
excellence in painting Miss E. Stuart,
IA niece of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, for great
est improvement in drawing.
MEDALS.
The General Excellence medal to boarders
vuac q WA ri od to Mia, r. (!.,1omap opd that
to day scholars. to Miss A. McCue; Mu-
sic medal, to Miss G. Morrow, of W. Va. !;
Mathematics medal, to Miss K. Halle, of
Staunton. who completed, this session, the
entire course with honor; The language
medal was not given this session not be-
ing won. 1t is given, not for proficiency
but for the highest average in two Ian
guages. the standard being $40.
FULL GRADUATES.
Diplomas were presented by Maj. Elder
to the two full graduates of the session
Miss Della Slaughter, of Texas and Miss
G. McKechney, of Maryland.
Waynesboro Female Seminary.
Last week the Waynesboro Female Sem
mary, Mrs. Annie 7 Stands, Principal.
held its final exercises. The exercises were
varied and entertaining, and the Opera
Hall at Waynesboro was crowded with de-
lighted visitors. Music and tableaux
were the chief features of the first even.
ing, and on the second evening q French
play was admirably given in which that
ready command of a foleign language, ab-
solutelY necessary to render the quickly
passing events of dramatic representa-
ton, was found to be fully possessed by the
young ladies who assumed the characters.
The principal roles we're taken by Miss
Fannie smith of the Seminary Faculty
and by Misses Willie Coyner, Otie Webb.
Willie Jones and Roberta Crawford. Tue
following is list of the medals and prizes
awarded.
The Scholarship Star medal, to Miss
Mamie E. Pratt first honor music medal,
Miss BERTHE Crawford, medals for great
est Improvement in second grade, Miss
Carrie Davis and Miss Nettie Haines !;
General Scholarship, intermediate De-
partment), Misses Willie Jones. Sue Wine
and Nettie Haines; also, medals IN same
department to Misses Hortie Coyner,
Linda Kirkpatrick and Emma Antrim.
PRIZES
were awarded Miss Essie Critzer, for per-
feet recitations; Misses Sue Wine and
Susie Gold. for regular attendance and
department +; for writing, Miss Juliet
Gallaher for improvement in compost
ton, Miss Emma Antrim; for greatest
number of perfect recitations in infant
class, Miss Bessie Fox.
We acknowledge our Indebtedness to
the Messenger for the list of medals
and prizes.
The Institution for the Deaf. Dumb and the
Blind.
The concert on Tuesday night, which
always precedes the final exercises of this
State institution Was, as usual, attended
by all that the music hall would hold and,
we might say, more too. Besides the usual
vocal soloists there was the new feature OF
instrumental solos by the pupils. On We'd
nesday the closing exercises took place,
There was one full graduate, Charles Q.
Owens, Of Powhatan. Gold medals were
awarded to Eliza J. Painter and James
W. McCambridge, Of the Blind Depart
ment, and Aleatha j. Aitches IN aud Jim
u. Pennington, of the Deaf Mute Depart
ment. The DISCLAIMERS medal in the Sen
ior Glass of the Blind Department was
awarded to Samuel Qden, and in the
Junior Glass to Bonnie Carr.
CLASS PRIZES
were awarded i'll the Blind Department to
James w. Hixson. Susan j. Putnam,
John G. Hewlett, Camden E. Lynch, John
T. Hostetter, Ida W. Mehanes, Mary
Grimaldi, Mary w. Anderson, Wallace
Hixson. and Mary W. Anderson, medal
Deaf-Mute Department.-Min j.
King, Sidney A. 'LiDkenhoker, Lavinia
Argabright. Arthur G. Tucker, Lucinda
Viola CatIett, Jos. NJ. Broyles, Vlrgie 7
Tucker. gno. l.. Randolph, Lila L. Bell
Steven G. Jones. Emma A. Burger, Cor
nelius Cutchin, Ethel Blankenship, VIM.
L. Mayse.
THE CONDITION OF THE INSTITUTION.
Prof. Samuel FL. Coleman, j. w. CAL
houn, E. y. Peale, Superintendent W. A.
Bowles, j. L. Hutchens and Prof. J. G.
Dunsmore, committee invited by Princi-
pal Roller to examine the various classes
in the Institution. made an official report
in which they say that the result of their
examination twas in every case most sat
isfactory and gratifying to the Committee.
Tho nrooraaa of the nuDils in their va rionu
branches of study, was, with rare excep.
tions, most marked, and, in some cases
extraordinary. The committee makes