Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-05-31
THE commandments.
TIE AUG STA FEMALE SEMINARY-THE
UNIVERSITIES-BLAC COLLEGE
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
&C, &C.

TIE AUGUSTA FEMALE SEMINARY-THI
UNIvERSITIES-BLAC COLLEGE
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
| Augusta Female Seminary.
This educational institution of wide
spread fame closed it's session on Tuesday
morning last. 1t has been session of unusual
health among the pupils. The boarding
department was as usual, full to overflow
ing, and the entire number of scholars was
225. Though this has been what is called an
off session-the pupils graduating only every
three years and there were to be. no full
graduates, the studiousness on the part of
the pupils has been so marked as to take
precedence Of any former year. The Art
reception which preceded the final exercises,
showed most creditabIe results Of the in
truction of Miss II. II. Fairchild, who is
the head of that department. We take from
the list of those who received distinctions
and premiums, those of this city and coun-
ty, OF who are well knoWnhere:
Certifcates.-ForI Improvement on the
Piano-Emma Faust and Matte Wayt;
Improvement in DraWing-Gussie Bum
gardner; Improvement in Vocal Music
Maria Pratt and Georgia Stubs.
Certificates of observation-disclosures
Margaret Crawford, Annie Walter; Piano
-Pattie Myers, Bette Morrison, Fannie
Paris; Vocal Music-Annie Child; English
Literature-Minnie Bickle, Maria Pratt,
Ella Paris; History-Kate Faust, Lizzie
Hanger, Jennie McCue, Virginia Young;
Natural hilosophy-Minnie Bickle; b.
tany-Lizzie Hanger, Charlotte Ransom;
Mental and Moral hilosophy-Minnie
Bickle, Maria Pratt; German-Bettie Nor
rison.
PRIZES.
Primary ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Bertha Meyer, Fannie Peck, Sallie Fam-
tleroy; General Excellence Mamie Butler,
Abbie Nc Farland; Improvement in Free
hand Drawing-Abbie Mcfarland; Great
est number of perfect recitations-Nan-
ME McF arland, who had not missed a reci-
tation during the whole session.
Preparatory acknowledgements
ment in Penmanship-Bessie Conrad; Gen
eral Excellence-Bessie w. Conrad; Excel
lence in Latin-Laura Summerson.
Intermediate NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
in Arithmetic-Nora Anderson; Improve
ment in Penmanship-Virgie Skeen.
Senior DepGrtment.-Anc History
Matte Wayt; English Observation-Disclosures
Pratt.
GOLD MEDALS.
Teaching Juvenile Calisthenic Glass
Annie Child; Improvement in Painting
Kate Faust; Improvement on Piano, Mrs
Crawford s class-Susie Kinnear; Improve
ment in Vocal Music-Miss Douglass class
Lila Bridges, Daisy Holiday; Prof
Hamer's class-Bettie Morrison; First
Honor, Star, vocal music, Prof. Meyers
class-Virginia Buttermore; Piano, Prof.
Meyers class-Carrie Tipping; Piano,
Prof. Hamer's class-Annie Child.
DIPLOMAS.
Diplomas were awarded as fOlloWs-In
Music, to Miss Annie Child, Va; Miss
Mary Hudson, Arkansas; Miss Irma Jeter
Arkansas; Miss Carrie Tipping, Va; Miss
Annie Wallace, South Carolina. In Liter
airy Department, Miss Minnie Bickle,
Staunton, Va. Post Graduate in Music,
Miss Janet Meetze. Va.
Washington g. Lee University.
During the closing session, there have
been 1853 students at Washington & Lee
University, of whom 10 were from Virgin
ia. Among the VirginianS ale the follow
ing from this vicinity-James Lewis Bum
gardner and William Cowardin Morton,
Staunton; Isaac Sellers Ewing, Weyer s
Cave; Frank Boude Kennedy, Greenville;
Addison Melvin Smith, Eugene E. Sproul,
and Archibald Abraham Sproul, Middle
brook; Joseph Aaron Thomas, Steele's Tav-
ern; John Paxton Moore, Fairfield; VIM
Andrew Guy Bratton, Millboro; John AL
bert Bowles and David Allen Williamson,
Clifton Forge; John Edwin Allemong,
Bridgewater; Edward Marshall Craig,
Craigsville; The commencement exercises
begin Sunday morning, June 18th, II A. M.
with the baccalaureate sermon by Rev. w.
w. Moore, D. D., Of Union Theological
Seminary; address before the Y. NJ c. A.
Sunday night by Rev. Randolph III. McKim
of Washington, (if he returns from Europe
in time) ; address before Alumni Associa-
ton Tuesday, June 18th, II A. NJ, by
Prof. W. Taylor Thorn of Hollins Insti-
tute; commencement day June 10Th, ad-
dress by Senator Gray of Delaware, before
Literary Societies.
University of Virginia..
The programme of the Finals at the
University of Virginia is as follows
Sunday, June 23d, Celebration of the Y. M.
G. A., Sermon at P. M. by Rev. Samuel
Rodgers, D. D., Of Staunton; Monday, June
24th, Celebration of Washington Literary
Society; Tuesday, June 25th, II A. M,
Address Of Henry w. Grady of Georgia be-
fore the Society of Alumni, and award of
Magazine medal; s P. NJ, Celebration of
jefferson Society; Wednesday, June Goth, 8
A. M, Meeting of Alumni; 10 A. NJ.
award of degrees. Address before Alumni
by IL. Thompson Kent of ST.. Louis, Mo,
Roanoke College.
Through the courtesy of MI Paul Seio
Of Augusta, a student at Roanoke College
we have received a programme of the com.
mencement at that institution. 1t is as
) follows-Sunday, June 9th, Baccalaureate
sermon at II A. M, by Rev. James G
Vose, D. D., of Providence, R. l.; at 8 P
NJ, address before the Y. M. C. A. by Rev
!. Mosheim r. Rhodes, D. D., of st. Louis
Monday, June 10th, 8 P. NJ, contest fol
medal in oratory; Tuesday, June 18th, II
A. NJ, address before the Alumni by Rev
), John E. Bushnell, A. NJ, of Roanoke: s P,