The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-06-14
GRADUATING ExERoIsEs
OF the Asheviue Female college on
Tuesday Last.

College were opened by prayer, and
at Its conclusion the immense au-.
dience of residents and visitors
were treated to the elegant and
brilliant Moroccan Tyrolienne," by
Misses Hart, Summers. Carter,
Johnston, Justus and Dick. Then.
came the programme, which was
splendidly rendered throughout:
Essay-"Our Foundations are in
the Dust" Miss Mary Ferguson,
South Carolina.
Sleep well Sweet Angel"
Miss Mary Pridemore, Virginia.
Essay-"The Thupders and Splen-
dors ere Born of thf Abysses;;" Miss
Ida Ferguson, N. Q.
Essay-"HannibaI at the Gates"
Miss Matte league, North Caro-
lima.
Piano solo-Vaise in E. Flat !;
Bernice Ledbetter.
Essay-"idealism )" Miss Carrie
Lee Summers, Tennessee.
Vocal double trio-Misses Pride,
more, Justus, Love, Atkins. Craw-
ford aud Dick.
Essay-"The Old North State"
Miss Lizzie Crawford, North Caro-
lima.
Review of an Old Brook, the
Germania, By Tacitus;;" Miss Ella
Hart, Nebraska
Piano solo-"Petit Bobero;" Miss
Bessie Latimer.
Essay-"The Price of Success"
Miss Fannie Ferguson, North Caro-
lima
Song-"Rita;' Miss Mamie JUS
tus, North Carolina.
Essay-"American Women;" Miss
Belle Bright, North Carolina.
Piano solo-"Audante, Allegro in
A." Miss Love Hiliard.
Duet-"Martha;" Misses Mary
Ellis Atkins and Jennie Folsom,
Tenn. In reviewing these exercises
we can but make especial mention
of Miss Summers essay on Ideal
isnl," which was a masterpiece Of
English composition and rhe>
toric. The large audience present
fully agreed with the committee in
awardingsMiss Summers the Sawyer
medal. The talented young vocalist,
Miss Mamie Justus. of Henderson
vile. received showers of applause
in her rendition of Rita" and won
the highest encomiums Of praise
from the faculty of the institution.
The "Audante Allegro in A." by
Miss Love HilIiard, of this city, was
another delightful number on the
programme, and showed much pro-
ficieney and skill IN Easid The
duo from Martha" Misses Mary
Ellis Atkins (niece of President Ats
kins) and Jennie Folsom, of Ten
nesFee, was decidedly the most
brilliant, spirited and magnifcently
rendered piece of music on the pro
Miss Atkins, PARTICULARLY,
is a musical genius; the tuiI extent
of her training has been only twenty
thee months, and it would be dif'-
cult, indeed, to find her ec ii
among the young women Of the
South.
Among the graduates we find the
following from North Carolina:
Misses Bright, Ida and Fannie
Ferguson, league and Crawford.
From South Carolina, Miss Mary
Ferguson. From Tennessee, Miss
Carrie Lee Summers, daughter of
P. ofessor T. P. Summers.) From
Nebraska, Miss Ella Hart, ( daughter
of G.. B. Hart, of Lincoln, Neb.)
Revs. C. M, Bishop, G. G. Rankin,
J. c. Orr, and james Atkins,
awarded the medals as follows:
Buttrick medal, for best reading;
awarded to Miss Nav Humphrey,
OF Hudson, Wis.
CraYon medal; awarded to Miss
Ida Ferguson; daughter of w. B.
Ferguson, Esq, Waynesville, N. G.
Sawyer medal, for best English
composition; awarded to Miss Carrie
Lee Summers, daughter Of Prof. T.
P. Summers, A. F, c.
Bearden medal, for best scholar
ship; awarded to Miss Ella Hart,
daughter OF c. B. Hart, Esq, Lin
coin, Neb.
Art medal, for best oil paintings;
awarded to Miss Mary Pridemore,
of ex-Congressmar, Gen.
A. L. Pridemore, of Jonesville, Va.
Art medal, for second best oil
paintings; awarded to Miss Lizzie
Orr, daughter of Hon. J w. Orr,
Jonesville, Va, and also law partner
with Gen. Pridemore.
The closing event of the COM
was reception given
by President and Mrs. Atkins, to
which three hund ed Invitations
had been sent out. 1t was very
largely attended, and q more bril-
liant company Of citizens and visi-
tors has seldom beer gathered to-
gether in AsheYille; and thus hap
PLY ended the commencement
exercises of this most exc ,llent in
stitution for the year 1884.
The number efstudents catalogued
by this College for tie past year was
one hundred and fifty~three, and
many States of the Union were
The Art department
of this institution is one of the finest
in the South, and the other branches
taught are fully up to the standard
of educational perfection. The num-
Der of boarders during the past ses-
sion has been larger than ever
before, and the prospects for a
greater success of the Asheville Fee
male College during the coming
session, are bright and promising.
All success to the A. +. G., and the
scholarly and distinguished gentle