The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-09-05
HONORS WON BY WOMEN
FIRST IN LAW, IN MEDICINE AND IN
SPECIAL SCHOLARSAIP.
A Legal yaledict0rian Who Ices set
Intend to Practfce-Dr. Grace Riches
Attachments Record Of Two Bright
Girls at Oxford.

This is II record making age for
woman. All sorts of bIight and beanti-
tul gills are coming to the front and
demonstrating theil right to existence
on other grounds than those of social
accomplishments or domestic ability.
They nave not ceased to shine III
society or to queen it over the home.
but they have widened the horizon CT
their activities and are now recognized
authorities on important subjects out
side those once classed as d%istinctlvely
belonging to woman's domain.
"Prstty. piquant and lovable are
the complimentary terms applled TO
the valedictOrian of the first woman's
law class in the world. She recently
received her degree from the Universe
ty of New York, and in connection
with her companions was highly COM
%plin,enred by Judge Noah Davis, who
declared that he had never examined
a class that gave such ready answers.
and that he had learned more law at
the graduating exercises than Il he
had staid in. his office a year. kvl-
IDENTIFY the knightlv courtesy for which
Judge Davis has long been distinguish
ed suffers nothing from the lapse OF
years. His words of praise, however.
are less remarkable than the announ-
cement of the fair valedictorian that,
having won all the glory of an exacting
course, she doesn't intend to practice .
She is the wife of Mr.. Theodore
Sutro. a young attorney of New York
city, and that her honeymoon has not
ended after five years of matrimoIy is
evidenced by her recent utterances.
Said she the other day II eve in
tend or want to be a lawyer. | desire
to be familiar with that which means
so much to my husband, that may be
able to converse with him and his
friends intelligently. | know | am
better fitted for the duties of a wife
for having studied law and trained
somewhat my intellectual faculties.
Our union is a partnership, and it
seems as if companionship was the
real basis of a happy marriage"
'M. d. c. NJ" otherwise doctor of
medicine and master of surgery.'is the
title recently won by Miss Octavia
Grace Richie at Bishops college. Mon.
OiCdls Miss AltCulC Is LIC HlSU NOlltu
in the province to attain this distinc-
ton. She is the youngest daughter Of
the late Thomas w. Richie, Q. c.. and
her school career from girlhood up has
been Il brilliant one. In 1884 she took
a university certificate of associate in
arts. Two years later she was the va,
ledictorian for the first class OF lady
graduates at McGill university, and sc.
cured special praise for her attain.
ments in natural science. Then she
event in" for medicine, and having
learned all that the excellent Domini
on colleges can teach her of that pro
fession has now gone to continue hel
studies at Edinburgh, London and
Paris.
Chief among equals must also b,
numbered Miss j.. w. kirkaldy ant
Miss E. C. Pollard, who hayeiu lust pass
ed with high honors the Final Schoo
of Natural History at Oxford. and are
the first at that famous English seat o
learning to make a special study Q
animal morphology. Each has ais,
passed the rigorous university exami
nations in chemistry, mechanic les an,
physics, botany and physiology.
FRED C. DAYTON.