Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-06-27

Commencement Exercises at St. Francis
(Catholic) School.

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Reported for the Staunton VINDcAToR.1
Notwithstanding the inclemency of the
weather the hall of st. Francis School
was crowded yesterday, by the parents
and friends of the pupils, to witness the
commencement exercises of that popular
school.
Among the visitors from other localities,
we noticed the smiling face of Father
O'Ferrall. of Fredericksburg, who has
host OF friends in this city; Father Lynch,
OF Lexington, and Father Duffy, of Lewis
burg, W. Va, arc many of our prominent
citizens, among whom was Mayor-elect
A. e. Gordon. Father McVerry presided
over the distribution Of prizes. Father
Donohue acted as master of ceremonies,
and Mrs. Mary Burke, who has charge of
the musical department of that school,
presided at the piano.
AS our space is limited we are afraid
to mention any particular name, for in
fact, all those who took part in the exer-
cises-the whole school was there-per-
formed so we'll, that it would be doing ia
justice to the scholars to deviate from this
rule. The music, vocal and instrument |.
was exceedingly good; the recitations well
rendered and the dialogues splenditiy
acted. By the way we just want to sly
one word about 1.-THE Four Flowers %
little gem, and rendered to perfection;
and that "Quarrel among the Flowers, y
sung in such way that there is no
fear of the decadence of st. Francis
Church choir-the material, and plenty of
it, will be ready before long. yankee
Calisthenics, was greatly enjoy :
ed by all. 1.-The Fan Brigade, muster
ing eighteen of the prettiest young girls
dressed in the highest style of fashion,
was pretty sight to behold, Especially
for an old bachelor.) They drilled under
the command of Capt. Mary Walters, as
sisted by Lieut.. Annie Walters. "Peek-
a-boo, chorus by little girls, was sue
cess. Little Fanny McQuaide. played
"Peek- boo" from behind chair, with
the assurance of an old stager.
The remarks of Father Duffy, at the
advices, sprinkled with fun.
The Sisters of Charity have right to
be proud Of the achievements of their
scholars, and every one who witnessed the
exercises went away well repaid for their
trouble. The following is list of the
distinctions awarded:
GOLD MEDALS AND CROWNS.
In testimony of having passed rough
the senior class Of the English Depart
ment with honor, gold medals and crowns
were awarded to Misses Rose Kinney and
Margaret Stack.
Badges of excellence, awarded to the
most successful in their respective
classes:
LIST class-Miss Mary WholeY
I'd class-Miss A. Mallory.
Sd class-Mamie Burke.
CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE.
1st class-Premiums of excellence to
Molly Burke, Mary Wholey, Mary Knight
", Kate Heinekamp and Lizzie Nunan.
LIST pr to Cora Mahoney.
I'd class-Pr. of excellence to Annie Ma
lony. LIST prs to Bulah Wall and Marga-
ret Sullivan.
Sd class-Division of the Sd class prs Of
excel. TO Maggie Wholey, Mary Walters,
Alice Keefe and Annie German.
4th class-1st prs to Mary Burke, Kate
Kinney, Julia Moran and Mary O'Connor.
5th class-Manie Sullivan and Kate
Burke.
BOYS DEPARTMENT.
Premium of excellence in the 1st class
to John FaIlon. 1st prs to Edward Kin
ney and John Donovan.
I'd class-Prs of excellence to Thomas
Burke and Thos Sullivan.
Sd class-1st pr to Willie Walters, John
Ed Hounihan and Willie Donovan.
4th class-1st prs to Fay Donovan,
Frank Fallon, Cornelius Wholey Edw'd
Burke Johnny Powell and EdW'd Gro
CHAN.
Mary Bu1ke.-1st pr. in comp'n, gram
NAUTICAL analysis, parsIng, grammar, his
tory geography ,scriptural history, writing.
int. arithmetic, algebra, and philosophy;
ID pr in astronomy, reading, and prac.
arithmetic.
Mary Wholey.-lst prs in comp'n,
grammatical analysis, grammar, recita-
tion. parsing, history, scriptural history,
geography, astronomy, writing, philoso-
ply, int. and prac. arithmetic, algebra;
Cd pr reading.
Mary Knightly.-1st prs in grammatical
analysis, grammar, recitation, parsing :,
scriptural history, geography, astronomy.
rhetoric, philosophy. int. and prac. arlth-
metic, algebra. and history; I'd prs in COM
position, and reading.
Lizzie Nunan.-15t prs in written comp.
rhetoric, grammar, recitation, grammatl-
cal analysis, parsing. history, scrip. hlsto-
~, geography, writing, philosophy, int.
and prac. arithmetic, and algebra; I'd prs
in astronomy and reading.
Kate Heipekamp.-lst prs in grammati-
cal analysis, grammar, recitation. pars-
ing. geography, script. history, writing.
reading, philosophy, int. and pract. arith-
metie, and algebra; 2nd prs in compost
sion, rhetoric and history.
Cora Mahoney.-1st prs in grammati-
cal analysis, algebra, scriptural history,
parsing. geography. writing, int. and
pract. arithmetic, philosophy; 2nd pr. in
grammar. recitation and reading.
IND CLASS.
Annie Maloney.-1st prs in grammar
rhetoric, history, geography, script. h:sto
ry, philosophy, int. and pract. arithmetic
and algebra End pr in reading and writ
ing.
Beulah WalI.-lst prs in grammar, his
tory, geography, script. history, -phlloso-
ply, reading, writing, int. and pract
arithmetic; End prs in composition, rhet
ORIG and algebra.
Margaret Sullivan-1st pr in grammar,
geography, scriptural history, philosophy
history, int. and practical arithmetic, I'd
prs in composition, reading and writing
and algebra.
Kate Rrown-1st nrs in grammar peop.