Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-05-30
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The Commandments Gf The Year 1890.

The Commandments Ct The Year 1890
AUGUSTA FEMALE MISREPRESENTATION
FEMALE sEMINARY-KABLES MILITIA
ACCOUNTABILITY FEMALE SEMI
kRY-THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS-INTER
EsTING PERSONALS ABOUT EDUCATORS
AND EDUCATION.
&C, &C., &C.
We give below an account of the schoo
commandments that have already taken
place, together with a good deal of persona
and other information relative to education
and educators.
Augusta Female Seminary.
The Augusta Female Seminary closed it's
session Oh Tuesday last. The record has
been the usual annual one-a school crowd
ed to the extent of rejecting applicants for
admission, perfect health among the pupils:
no deaths, the usual strict discipline and a
fine record of study. The final exercises
opened with the Art Exhibition which re-
flected credit on Miss Fairchild the teacher,
and Miss Bessie Young her assistant. 1t
was crowded during the two days OF exhl-
bition. On Sunday the First Presbyterian
Church was packed to hear the sermon be-
fore the pupils by Rev. Peyton Hoge OF
Wilmington, n. G.
THE sOIREE.
With the superior corps OF teachers dis
OH f., fo1ay aI1
experience-employ by Miss Baldwin,
when soiree is announced the public have
a right to expect a programme OF rare eX-
cellence, both i'll preparation and rendition,
and that the large and appreciative audi
ence present at the closing soiree Oh Mon
day evening in spite Of the threatening
aspect of the weather, were not disappoin-
ted in their expectations, was abundantly
evidenced by their enthusiastic applause
and frequent encores, notwithstanding the
unavoidable length OF the programme.
Our space will not permit us to give the
programme entire, and where all did SO
well, individual mention would be invidi-
Gus, yet we cannot refrain from mentioning
the special excellence of the piano solos rer-
dered by Misses f. Paris, NJ. Tinsley, (Who
played without notes from memory,) B.
Morrison and J. Warner, and the vocal
solos of Misses n. Dew olfe, n. Estes, B.
Coffey and P. Osborne.
Miss L. Gilmer was suffering from q
severe cold and was unable to sing the
number allotted to her on the programme,
and her place was very acceptably filed by
Miss N. Heneberger.
The flute obligato to Miss Coffey's solo,
played by Mr.. Wm. Harnsberger, and the
violin obligato by Mr.. Holstein to Miss
DeWo lfe S solo were well rendered and
added greatly to the effectiveness of these
numbers.
The concerted pieces were unusually in
teresting. varied and well rendered; the pre-
cision with which the different performers,
varying in number in the different pieces
from two to eight, gave their num-
bers was most highly commendable,
and gave evidence of the careful
training of the pupils and preparation of
the pieces. Conspicuous for their excel
lence may be mentioned the piano duette,
.k, usalem, the Descriptive Military Fan
tasia (for four pianos, the double
Quartettes, "A pianos, the Finale from the
5th Symphony, and the Overtures, Stradel-
la and Merry Wives of Windsor.
Take it all in all Miss Baldwin has every
reason to feel proud of the excellent work
done by her faithful and efficient teachers
during the past session, so well and brilli-
antly displayed on so trying an occasion to
timid and nervous school girls as a public
concert.
We give below the names of those pupils
from this city and county receiving dis
tinctions except in the case of diplomas,
where we give all the names:
Dipzonaes- Music-Bettie Morrison, VIZ;
ginia, Fannie Paris, Staunton, Va, Mabel
Tinsley, Staunton, Va, Jessie Warner, Miss.
Art-Iilla Beatty, S. c., Lillian Starr,
Texas, Annie Tate Staunton, Va, Bessie
Young, Staunton, Va. Literary Department
Certtfcates-For Neatness-Misses Maggie
Hogshead and Maggie McCorkle, Augusta;
History-Misses Gussie Bumgardner, Mary
Guy and Matte Wayt, Staunton; GERMAN
Staunton; French-Miss Ella Paris, Staunton;
Latin-Misses Lizzie Hanger and Charlotte
Ransom, Staunton, and Maggie Hogshead,
Augusta. Music on Piano-Misses Maggie
iStaulton; Harmony Minnie Bickle
and Mabel Tinsley, Staunton Improvement
in Voca! Musc-Miss Mabel Tinsley, Staun-
Son.
Preparatory Departnssnt.P1Tiiz7es for pill Dill,
excellence-Misse Virginia Abby, Staunton,
and Jessie Bowling, Augusta; Greatest mum,
Der Of perfect itations-Misses Mamie and
Abbie Mcfarland, Staunton;- Improvement
in Dictation--Miss Fontaine Ransom, StauI-
ton; Excellence in Primary Latin-Misses
Mamie Mcfarland and Marguerite Powers,
Taternaedjate Department. Improvement in
Dictation and Composition-Miss Margaret
Lane Staunt0N.
Gold MedaEs-C alisthenics-Mis Mary NIL
Ter, Stanton; Senior Glass in German-Miss
Carrie Bell, Staunton; Latin-lntermediate
Class-Miss Matte Wayt, Stanton: Latin
Senior Class-AIiss Lizzie Hanger, Staunton
A3t DepGrtment-EXcellence in Crayon-
Misses Gussie Bumgardner and Bessie Dung,
Staunton; Music-Second Honor on Piano.
(Prof Hamers class)-Mss Annie Walter.
Staunton: Vocal Music Miss Douglass
class)-Miss Maggie Splitter, Stanton, First
Honor-Star Medal Prof. Eisenberg class
Miss Mabel Iinsley, Stanton.
Staunton Female Seminary,
The Twentieth Commencement Of the
Staunton Female Seminary was held OF
Friday, the sd inst, the exhibition Of
the work of the Art Department occupy
ing the period from 10 A. M. till z. NJ
A large number of pieces were exhibited
including crayon, charcoal and Oil paint
ing. All showed an unusual degree of care
full work and excellent training
Many of the pieces were life-siz
cra>- on portraits, and two were studie
from line in oil. The studies from still