Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-06-12


bly, selected and the rendering Of the music
was unusually fine. The Instrumental de-
partment is in charge of Prof. +. r. Webb,
who also has the general direction of the
entire school of music, and the Vocal de-
partment was in charge of Miss Belle
Shinn. The session just closed has been
one of the most successful Mrs. Gen. J. E.
Is. Stuart has had since she took charge of
the Institute, and there has been no sickness
OF death among the pupils. We give be-
low a list of the graduates and honor Win
ners:
FULL GRADUATES.
Elose Elder of Staunton, Va, Cora Shep-
herd Of Staunton, Va, and Lizzie Talbot of
Va.
Graduate in the school of music, Mary Mar
row of Va; Graduate in the school of English,
Maude Bryan of Miss.
GOLD MEDALS
were awarded Maude Bryan of Miss, for Cal
isthenics; C. Shepherd of Va, for Scholar
ship in the Collegiate department.; r. Ander-
son of Va, for Scholarship in the Academic
department; l.. Splitter of Va, for scholar
ship in the Primary department; NJ. Marrow
of Va, for Instrumental Music; E. Dunlop,
District of Columbia, for Vocal Music; L.
Talbot of Va, for General Excellence
among the boarders Meta Hullihen of
Staunton, for General Excellence among the
day pupils; NJ. Marrow of Va, Excellence in
Drawing.
Prizes were awarded l.. Tucker of Colora-
In for (ompoSitiop. p AndarcoO of Va for
Penmanship Maude Cooke of Va, for Calls
themes; N. Hammond of Nd, for Plain Sew
ing; j. Bronse of w. Va, for Drawing, and
W. Brewer of N. j.. for Painting.
DISTINGUISHED STANTON PUPILS
The young ladies from Staunton who re-
ceived high distinctions were-Eloise Elder
and Cora Shepherd who received diplomas as
full graduates; Cora Shepherd who received
the scholarship medal for the Collegiate
course; Lena Splitter who received the schol-
arship medal for the Primary course; Maude
Cooke who received the prize for the greatest
improvement in Calisthenics; Meta Hullihen
who received the medal for general excellence
among the day pupils, and Eva Tyree who
received prize for general excellence among
the day pupils
MOVEMENTS OF THE FACULTY.
This summer Mrs. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart
will go to Detroit; Miss Duval to Washing
ton and Virginia Beach with a party of
young ladies; Mr.. Berkeley Minor to Han
over; Miss Belle Shinn to Boston; Miss 1.
d. Mckee to summer on the Hudson river
in New York; the Misses Whitfield to
North Carolina; Miss X. Duval to Lexing-
ton; Miss Little to Atlantic City; Miss
Ballard to Massachusetts,; Prof. Webb to
Pocahontas, W. Va, with the Green
brier Club for two weeks, and thence to
spend the summer with relatives and
friends in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana.
CHANGES IN THE FACULTY.
Miss Little who has had charge of the
art school for the past eight years will not
return. Miss S. G. Jones of Syracuse, N.
Y. takes her place.
Miss Shinn, in charge Of the Vocal and
Elocutlon departments will he succeeded
by Miss M. e. Lowden of Honesdale, Pa.
Miss Ballard does not return. Miss M.
P Ramsay of Baltimore, a former teacher,
and a graduate of the Institute, will re-
sumo her place as assistant teacher in
English.
Augusta Military Academy.
The closing exercises of the Augusta
Military Academy at Fort Defiance, eight
miles from Staunton, of which Prof. Chas
S. Roller is Principal, and which stands in
the front rank of preparatory University
schools in Virginia. took place on Thursday
last. At 6 P. NJ. there was a dress parade
and drill conducted by the Cadet officers
without assistance from the instructor,
and the display of efficiency was most re-
markable. AT 80 2. M. the hall Of the
Academy was packed with ladies and gen
tlemen, a large numoer of whom We're IRON
Staunton, to witness the annual celebration
of the Ciceronian Literary Society of which
G. E. Conger is President, J. W. McFad
din, Vice President, and w. N. Green
Secretary. The programme was handsome
ly carried out.
THE AWARD OF THE SCHOLARSHIP.
The scholarship at Washington u Lee
University awarded annually to the Cadet
of the Senior Glass who attains the highest
per centage on all his studies at the final
examination, was awarded this year to r.
B. Hamrick of Augusta, who attained the
extraordinary average Of SO per cent.
DISTINCTIONS.
The following pupils received distinctions
Preston Boggs, Chas B. Bosworth, Thomas
g. Bowling, Harry Bowling, Jas. L. Bow
man. II. W. Brock, Claude Burke, T. j. Chris
tan, G. e. Christian, W. A. Cline, G. E.
Conger, Frank Crawford, Ernest B. -Craw-
ford, j. B. Et1inger, E. H. Foster, Jno. Glib
son, VIM. N. Green, Jr., r. B. Hamrick,
Kenton Harper, W. j. Heatwole, W. I. Her
ring, S. d. Huffman, E. H. johnson, A. B.
Jones, Jos. L. Mauzy, Frank McCue, J. e.
McCue, A. B. Norton, .Jr., G. V. Parkins, W.
e. Phares, r. r. Richardson, Ralph Riddle
berger, Frank Q. Richey, Frank Roller, VIM.
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