Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-13
CROWNS, MEDALS AND PREMIUMS.
commencement Day at the Washington
Academy Of Visitation.

| AN EXHIBITION OF ART, MUSIC AND FANCY WORE
YOUNG LADIES WHO RECEIVED THE HoNoRs-
ATTRACTIVE LITERARY ExERcIsEs-PREHIUMs
DISTRIBUTED By FATHER WALTER.
The thirty ninth annual CONNIE ncement and
distribution Of prizes at the Academy Of the
Visitation took place this morning at 10 o'clock
| IN the large hall of the academy building on
Connecticut avenue. Quite while before the
hour for commencing the exercises, however,
the friends and invited guests began to arrive,
and the corridors and rooms were filed with
people, who came to inspect and admire the
work ofthe pupils during the past year. In one
| OF the down stairs rooms an interesting collec-
| ton of specimens Of the handiwork Of the
young lady students was on exhibition. These
| were all Of 80 high a class of merit as to speak
| well Of the teachers and the methods Of in
struction. One large table was set out with
exquisite pieces OF china painting and the fragile
| cups and saucers and the delicate plates
we're most beautifully decorated. Some of the
best OF this sort Of work was done by Miss
! Fanny White and Miss Mary Reeves. There
| were any number of dainty pieces OF embroid-
| cry scattered around where they could best
| be seen. while on the walls we're hung a num-
Der Of paintings in oil and water colors. Of which
| older and more experienced artists would have
no reason to be ashamed. Some OF the clever
! est pieces of work in this line were by Miss
Kathleen Carmody, Miss Maud Mccoy, Miss
Lola Young, Miss Minnie Downing and Miss
Lilly Callaghan.
THE CLOSING EXERCISES.
The large room upstairs was filed, the front
rows Of chairs being reserved for the younger
pupils, while the older ones and the graduates
had places upon the platform. The young
ladies, all Of whom were dressed In white, filed
-.
Marcia, Corteggio (Regina di Saba), by
pianos by Misses May Joyce, Blanche
Brooke. Isabel Johnson and Mary O'Driscoll.
Misses NJ. O'Driscoll. NJ. Joyce, B. Brooke and
Marie Young played selection from Der
Freischutz,' after which the class sang the
chorus from Gounod's ''Mirella"
The premiums In the first and second classes
Of Christian doctrine, English, French. mathe-
matics music, painting, drawing. needlework
and punctual attendance, were then awarded.
Rev. Father McGuirk read out the names Of the
young ladies who had earned rewards OF merit,
and az each i'll turn mounted the platform and
came forward Rev. Father Walter presented
her With a prize, which was either a book, q
Gro VII n medal.
After this the program continued, being
broken at intervals by the presentation Of
more prizes. Misses Marguerite Aylmer and
Belle Gleeson sang Giimberts waltz rondo in
manner to call forth enthusiastic applause.
Brilliant-Walzer, OPP. 49,, Josef Low; first
piano-Miss NJ. O'Driscoll, second piano, Miss
NJ. Young Mai Madre, Campana; Misses
Maude Mccoy, NJ. Aylmer, Mary Reeve
Original poem, Miss Sadie Taylor. Polonaise,
Gobbaerts, first piano, Misses NJ. Mccoy and NJ.
Reeve, second piano, Misses Minnie Murphy
and Mary Ramsay. Junior chorus, Let the
Welkin Ring, Bartlett; piano, Miss NJ Young.
Coronation ode, piano, Miss NJ Young Marche
MIlitaIre = Er Schubert 6rut Miaa
l. Johnson and Kathleen Carmody; second
piano, Misses Elena Zegarra and N. Joyce.
THE PREMIUM LIST
Premiums were awarded for proficiency or
improvement in various studies follows:
First class-Misses Sadie Taylor, Ella Gleason,
Bernadine Fenwick, Maud Mccoy, Mary Reeve.
Second class-Misses Mary O'Driscoll, May
Joyce, Blanche Brooke, Sara Thompson and
Ella Herold. Third class-Misses Mary Sulli-
van, Mamie Dillon, Loretto Hannah,
Lola Young, Maggie Hamilton, Marie Young.
Katie Harvey and Lille Wright Division of
the third class-NIisses Mary O'Hara, Isabel
Johnson, Kathleen Carmody, Katie Keane,
Minnie Murphy Mary Ramsay, Madeleine
Sievin. Agnes Brooks. Elena Zegarra and Lilly
Smart. Blanche Herold, Blanche
Soussiat Clara Howard. Victoria Zagarra,
Genevieve Berberich and Florence Merritt.
DlNI5lOu OI the ciHsB-MlSSeb NlOIet
Miles, Ro berta Howard Lille Cropiey Katie
Bryant, Maggie knight, Maria Ewing, Eleanor
Ewing, Mary Sheridan. Fifth class-MissesNel lie
Kirby, Irene Sheridan. Josie Foertch, Louise
Sheridan, Mabel N. Howard, May Harvey and
Eugenia Brooke. Division of the fifth class
Misses Marie Webster. Evelyn Penn, Helen
Scheller, Bertha Carroll, Gertrude Clagett,
Ruby Thomas, Ruth Thomas, Fannie Clarke,
Hattie Peacock and Hortense Zegarra. Sixth
class-Misses Ida Tickling, Aimee Powell Rose
Nal / MOI MIR ia
Kolb, Louise Penn, Frances Jones, Dolores
Morton, Alta jenkins, Mamie Marmion. Maggie
McSwiny and Sailie Burritt. Seventh class
Misses Charlotte Carmody, Louise Chase, Marie
Dooley, Nellie McKnew, Addie Sinclair and
Bertha Soussiat. Division Of the seventh
class-Misses Mary Carmody, Genevieve Davis,
Fannie Hardness, Florence O'Brien. Lucie
Powell, Kathleen Ewing and Annie Yates.
THE AWARD OF MEDALS.
The distribution of medals was as follows:
Senior classes, Christian doctrine. Misses Sadie
Taylor and Ella Gleason being equal in merit
the medal WAS drawn by Miss Gleason Inter-
IN ediate classes of Christian doctrine, Misses
Mary Ramsay and Mollie Mudd being equal in
merit, the medal was drawn By Miss Mudd.
In the elementary classes Of Christian doctrine
Misses Louise Sheridan, Helen Scheller and
Evelyn Penn being equal i'll merit, the medal
was drawn by Miss Sheridan. In the primary
classes OF Christian doctrine, Misses Ida Flick
ana Lucy Taylor DtlnS equal
in merit, the medal was drawn by Miss Powell.
Mr.. Tickling presented medals to the others,
Misses Tickling and Taylor. Senior classes
be!les-lettres, presented by Miss Z. Brooks.
was awarded to Miss Sadie Taylor; second
class, literature and English composition, Miss
Mary 0'Driscoll; fourth class. French CONVEX
saton Miss May Joyce; fifth class, French
conversation, Miss Violet Niles; Sixth class,
French conversation, Misses Evelyn Penn and
Gertrude Clagett, equal in merit, the medal
was drawn by Miss Gertrude Clagett; primary
class, French conversation, Miss Aimee Powell.
French conversation for beginners, Miss
Kitty Dyer. German class Misses May Joyce
and Marie Webster, equal in merit, the medal
was drawn by Miss Joyce. medal for polite
and amiable department to Miss Sadie Taylor.
CROWNS AND HoNoRs.
In the senior circle the frst honors, consist
ing Of a crown and gold medal for excellence
Of conduct, were conferred upon Miss Bernadine
Fenwick, Miss Sadie Taylor and Miss Ella
Glee son. The second honors were conferred
upon Misses MAY ODriscoli, Ella Herold, May
Joyce, Maggie Hamilton, Mary Dillon, Isabel
johnson, Sara Thompson, Blanche Brooke,
Lille Wright, Mary Sullivan, Mary o Hara and
Elena Zegarra.
In the junior circle the first honors were
conferred upon Miss Marie Webster. The
second honors upon Misses Blanche Herold,
Lille Cropley Josie Foertsch, Louise Sheridan.
Ruby Thomas, Marie Kolb, Mollie Smart,