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

Augusta, and Daisy Tanner of Staunton E1
licences Of Christianity-Laura Miller of AT
gusta Zoology-Gertrude Carpenter of Al
gusta, Kittie AmisS of Stanton; History
kittie AmiSS of Stanton; lgebra-Gertrud
| Carpenter of Augusta German-Rosa KIM
| ley of Staunton.
Valley High School.
We gave last week theprogramme of thi
educational institution of which Prof. LIE
is Principal. The following are the Ger
tifcates of Distinction awarded:
History-F. B. Brown, Miss Willie Doyle
F. E. Fulwider; Trigonometry-C. W. Hanger
ger, G. D; Mccormick, J. A. Mcclure; &c
Shultz, IL. B. Sproul, R. c. Walker II. j
Williams; Rhetoric-J. J. Fix, J. A. Mcclure
Miss Sallie Rowan Algebra-F. B. Brown
E E :, Ful NV G. w. Hanger, H. B. spro9ul
Grammar-NIss Blanche Carson- Miss Beulal
Davenport, J. J. Fix, F. E. Fulwider, Mis-
Sallie Rowan, r. q. Walker, II. J. Williams
Miss Lula Wilson Arithmetic-Miss Beulal
mick, Miss Sallie Rowan, II. B. Sproul, II
J. Williams, Miss Hettie Walker German
G. w. Hanger; Creek. A Mcclure Phys
iology-B. O. Shultz; Geography-F. b
Brown, F. E. Fulwider, II. J. Williams.
The Washington & Lee University schol
arship was awarded to q. W. Hanger, will
honorable mention Of J. A. Mcclure.
The Debater's Medal was awarded to J
A. M cClure. and the Declaimer's Medal tt
B. o. Shultz, by a committee consisting O.
Rev. S. w. Haddon, Senator Edward
Echols, Col. John D. Lilley, Col. II. j
Williams and G. S. Lightner.
Programme at the Valley Female Sem
mary Commencement.
The following is the programme of thu
commencement exercises at the VALLEY
Female Seminary at Waynesboro next
week:
Wednesday, June 4th, P M, Cantata.
Thursday, June 9Th, 10 A. NJ, Musicale 6
to 6 ?. NJ, Art Exhibition; p NJ, Address
by Rev. r. P Kerr, d. D., Richmond, Va
awarding diplomas, medals, distinctions and
prizes.
kable's Military Academy.
AT Capt. Kable's Staunton Military
Academy this evening the Commencement
Hop takes place. The Committee on In.
vitation and Reception are Capt. J. Hollis
Rinehart, Lit. g. Lee Jester, Lit. W. E.
Matchett, Cadet R. G. Fleming, Sergeant
S. B. Avis, 1t. W. G. Kable, and Cadet A
S. King.
Tomorrow, Saturday afternoon, from
to o'clock the two companies of the bat
TALON will have a public competitive drill
for the gold medal for the best drilled COM
pany. This will be followed by an in
dividual cadet drill for the gold medal fol
the best drilled cadet. The afternoon will
close with battalion dress parade and re-
view.
Staunton Public Schools.
The closing exercises Of the Staunton
Public Schools will take place to-day, as
follows:
White schools, Building No. Ito a. m.
to II 80 a. M, school exhibit; - m. to 1 80
p. M, delivery Of diplomas, medals, schol-
arships and distinctions.
Colored Schools, Building No. % p.
m. to $50 p. M, school exhibit; p. IN.
to $50 p. NJ, recitations, singing and de-
livery Of distinctions.
Patrons and friends of the schools COZ
uldlIy IIlNIIcu W dUlGIlQ.
Educational Personals.
Miss NJ. J. Baldwin, Principal of the
Augusta Female Seminary, Mss Mamie
Tate, Of the Seminary Faculty, Miss Mat.
Wayt Of Staunton, a pupil, Miss Elizabeth
Mcmillan of Kentucky, and Dr.. N. Wayt
of Stanton, left yesterday morning fol
New Y ork from which port they will sail
tomorrow for Europe. Miss Sarah E.
Wright of the Seminary Faculty, who
goes to Europe with the party, left on
Tuesday for New York.
Of the Faculty of the Staunton Female
Seminary, Miss Annie E. Schroeder the
Art teacher, left Wednesday for Syracuse
n. Y. and goes thence to Europe to visit
the famous Art galleries there; Prof. II. S.
Kirkland left Saturday for Oberlln, Ohio
Miss Julia NJ. Shirley left Monday for Mt
Pleasant, n. c.; Miss Kate Coleman left
Wednesday for her home in Nelson, and
Miss Julia Abbott left Saturday for he1
home in Strasburg.
Of the Augusta Female Seminary teach
ers, Miss Helen T. Fairchild has gone tt
Poughkeepsie, n. Y, for the vacation
M lie A. E. Jacot to the Northern cities
Miss Fannie j. Douglas to st. Louis, and
Misses Mary Lou Bledsoe and Martha D
Riddle to Petersburg. Miss Virginia M
Stricken leaves for Atlanta, Ca, next week
A large number Of the pupils at the
fo,lao oil to1-
shorthand on the stenograph, and type
writing. Among the most successful has
been Miss Mary Werner of S. c., 6
pupil Of Miss Paris, Of No. % New street
who, with about ninety hours instruction
now writes eighty words a minute.
Attorney General r. Taylor Scott was
appointed by the Council of the Episcopal
Church to fill the vacancy in the Board Of
Trustees of the Virginia Female Institute
caused by the death of Gen. Francis H
Smith. This well known school is in {
fiourishing condition under the management
Of Mrs. J. E. B. Stuart.
We are indebted to Mr.. w. A. Bowles
former City Superintendent of schools here
and now Principal of the Richmond High
School, for an invitation to the Commence
ment Exercises at that school, Thursda,
evening, June 18th,
Miss L. d. Mckee, teacher of Modern
Languages at the Virginia Female Insti
tute, sailed yesterday morning from New
York for Europe. She will spend the sum
mer in Berlin pefecting herself in Ger
man.
Prof. Hasseleff, formerly Of Staunton ,ant
teacher of French and German at Ri oh
mond College, sails for Europe this weel
for his vacation.
1t is recorded that Oh the Commencement