Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-15
THE SCHOOLS.
END OF THE SESSION OF 1885,

| STA UNION FEMALE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Ia FEMALE INsTITUTE-vALLEY FEE
MALE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES LATIN
sCHOOL-AUGUSTA MALE ACADEMY
D. D. & B. INsTITUTIoN--LIsT OF DIS
TINGUIsHED SCHOLARS, GRADUATES,
&C., &C., &C.
below we give an account of the COM
mencements at the schools which have
come last
STANTON FEMALE SEMINARY.
This Seminary, Rev. James Willis, A.
M, Principal, has had an extraordinary
share of the good fortune that has attend
ed all of our schools this past session. Its
boarding department has been filed to It's
capacity, besides or 10 boarding pupils
who had to be boarded in the town. The
day school department has had the same
prosperity. There has been neither death
death nor sickness during the session.
The closing exercises took place on Fri
day last when the awards were made by
the Principal. We give only the names of
those of this city, county or vicinity who
obtained distinctions:
PUPILS WHO OBTAINED DISTINCTIONS
FOR COMPLETING A STUDY WITH A
GRADE OF IS OR OVER.
Hattie Hallman, Staunton-grammar
algebra, astronomy and Eng. lit; Irene
Steele, Steele's Internationally, geo.
logy, phys. geography, Eng. history and
Eng. lit; Mary Sieg, acknowledgements
try, trigonometry, astronomy, Eng. lit.
and penmanship; Mollie Carpenter. Wey-
er's Cave-Latln. geology, algebra, trigo-
nometry, astronomy and geometry; Lucy
Baker, Stonewall-phys. geography and
Eng. history; Fannie Keller, West View
phys. geography. Eng. history and astrono-
my; Mintie Shuey. Churchville-Eng.
grammar, astronomy and penmanship;
Maggie Coiner, Waynesboro-pbys. geo.
graphy, astronomy, Eng. history, Eng lit.
and penmanship; Mamie Sieg, Church
ville-history, Eng. lit, mental philosophy,
trignometry. Latin, French, geometry;
Minnie Fulcher, Staunton-Eng. history,
arithmetic; Daisy Tanner, Staunton-as-
tronomy; Leila Johnston, Staunton-as-
tronomy and reading; BERTHE Snapp, Staun-
ton-astronomy, Eng. history; Mary Bay
lor, Swoope's Depot-astronomy arithme-
tic and penmanship; Edna Brown, West
View-astronomy, Eng. grammar and
Eng. history; Fannie Blackwell, Waynes-
boro-French, Eng. grammar, arithmetic
and astronomy; Rebecca Shreckhise,
Rockbridge geography, Eng. lit;
Alice Towberman, Mint Spring-arithme-
tic. algebra, astronomy and penmanship;
BERTHE Hoover, Arbor Hill-Eng. lit, ge-
ologY and French; Gertrude Carpenter;
Weyer's Cave-Eng. history, geography
and Eng. grammar; BERTHE Henkel, Way
nesboro-EDg. lit. algebra, Eng. history
and penmanship; Bessie Tanner, Staun-
tOn-geographY, penmanship and reading;
George Hoover. Arbor Hill-geologY, log
ic, mental philosophy, Latin, French and
history; Mary Funkhouser, Stanton
Eng. History, Eng. literature and Eng.
grammar; BERTHE Tribbett, Folly Mills
Eng. lit, arithmetic, algebra and pen
manship; Ida Doom, Staunton-grammar
arithmetic, reading and penmanship.
SPECIAL MENTION FOR IMPROVEMENT.
Hattie Hailman. Stanton; Mamie
Smith, Waynesboro; Mary Funkhouser.
Bertha Henkel, Eliza Coleman, Staunton;
Emma Hogshead, Staunton.
MEDALS
we're awarded to Mary Smith of Waynes-
boro. for improvement in vocal music;
Mary Rodeffer of Loudoun, for excellence
in instrumental music; Mattel Lasley of
Ohio, for Improvement i'll instrumental
music; Eliza Coleman of Staunton, for ex-
cellence in Art; Mollie Carpenter of
Weyer's Cave, Mamie and Mary Sieg of
Churchville, for highest grade In mathe-
matics; Azula Willis of Floyd G. Fl. and
Lillian Rinker of Harrisonburg, for high
est grade in languages, and George
Hoover of Augusta, for department.
PARTIAL GRADUATES
completing special schools or departments
Belle Crigler, Maggie Guy, Mary Rodeffer
and BERTHE Hoover.
FULL GRAD UAIES.
Georgia Boggs of Liberty, S. G.; Azula
Willis Of Floyd, G. H., Va: Lillian
Rinker of Harrisonburg, Va; Georgia
Hoover of Augusta, Va, and Mamie Sieg
of Churchville. Va.
VIRGINIA FEMALE INSTITUTE.
This college under Mrs. Gen. J. e. B.
Stuart. Principal, has had a year of mark
ed success. and exceeded any year she has
yet had. The number of boarding pupils
was larger than ever and the day school
was full. So impressive has been it's ex-
cellence on the mind of those who have
witnessed the public exhibitions of the
pupils progress, that the Council of the Di-
geese of Virginia which during its session
here last month, attended one OF them in
a body, unanimously adopted resolution
expressing the highest commentator of
the management. There has been neither
death nor sickness among the pupils dur
ing the session. The commencement ex-
ercises ended on Tuesday last with the
awards Of distinctions and prizes which
were delivered by Judge Sheffey and Col.
J. H. Skinner. We give only those re-
ceived by pupils from this city, county
and vicinitY-except in the case of medal
lists:
DISTINCTIONS.
Spelling-L Atkinson, F Baker, ] Bell,
A Cotton, A Conrad, M Cooke, G Elder,
L Powell, M Powers. Louise Powell and
M Ransom of Stanton; Arithmetic-F
Baker, j Bell, Anna Cotton, A Conrad.
M Fl oge. G Shepherd, K Hoge and M Ran
son of Stanton; Algebra-E Berkeley, M
Cooke, E Elder, B Hull1hen and G shep-
herd of Staunton; Geometry-S Rock of
Augusta; Geography Bell. M Hoge,