Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-06-13
Ys1s oNANCecEs ACADEMY.
commencement.

EnenlC Qrlll. fteV. O0OFSOr w iodi NJ,
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
offered prayer, after which the fol-
flowing programme was then gone
through with much credit to teachers
and pupils, and to the great delight
of the audience.
Polonaise-Misses Iottie Parker
9nd jamie Ames; Impromptu, No: l.
Miss Fannie Taylor; Valse de COR
cert-Miss Hortense Kellam; S,oln-
ming Song-by class; Pizzicatti-Miss
Edith Oldham: Observation-Disclosures
LEILA Baker, George Lewis and Mary
Burke; Idyl-Misses Lizzie Wise and
Cecile Powell; Ropdo-Miss Annie
Fosque; Quis est Homo-Mrs. Brent
and Miss Sable Pitts; Allegro-Miss
Annie Fisher; On Songs Bright Pin
ions-Miss Ella Kellam; Andante-
Invention n deuX voix, No. S-Hliss
Marrarat Groton:Annie Laurie-Mrs.
Brent, Miss. s. Pitts. Mr.. Riley and
Mr.. Burke; Sketches, Nos. ] u -
Misses Carrie Pitts and Annie Fisher;
Fantasic-Mis Gcorgie Qninhy: Hun
garian Dances-Misses Bagwell and
Gr,ton: Mein Schatz Vocal so!ol-.
i Miss Sable Pitts; Spring Song-Niss
Ruth Keator: Polonais,-MissL ottie
Parker; Rondeau Brillant-Miss An
na Bagwe!l.
The Calisthenic drill which closed
the exercises of the evening was n
beautiful spectacle, in which about
thirty of the young ladies' of the
Academy participated. The move,
ments, postures, marching. ard all
were done in the very best manner.
The gold medal for best progress in
mueic during tho year was awarded
to Miss George r. Quinby, the pre-
sentation speech being made by Ssh.
ator Blackstone, in very felicitous
styln. A prize for best marks in the
junior department of instrumental
music was awarded to Miss Edith
Oldham, of Accomac G. Fl.
Tho following programme very cflt-
GENTLY rendered on Thursday even
ing, received the enthusiastic APP
plru.o Of the audience:
observation-disclosures Maui Guthrie.
Fannie Taylor, Georgia lanes and
Essie Marsh: Sonatina-Missns Alpha
| Doughty. Eta Hurst and Virnctta
| Nnrthnm; F;arcarollc-by Class; The
Mountain and the Squirrel, (llecita-
tion)-Master Frank p Brent; La
Trot Il Cavalier-Dlissns India Lillis-
ton, Olivin Iilliston. Virginia Gard
ner and Bette White; Valse Brillante
Misses George Quinby and lula
White: Softly Dream. tQnartettel-
Misses Vida Kelly, Carrie Pitts. Molle
Gillespie and Maggie S. Battaile; Qii
Va La-Misses Ellen I,illiston, Annie
Fletcher. Messrs. Grshur St1rgie and
!. Fl. Kilmon: In Old Madrid, Vocal
Solo)-Mrs. +. p. Brent; The Face
Against the Pane, (Recitation)-Niiss
Fannie Taylor; Valse premiere
Misses Bessie Tavlor, Bessie Lillston,
Maud Guthrie and Ruth KeatOn;
Come, Dorothy. (Quartcttel-Mrs.
Brent, Miss Sable Pitts, Messrs. Ri
ley and Burke.
MEDALS AND PRIZES.
The Powell Scholarship Medal for
highest excellence in senior classes
was presented to Miss Ella e. Kellam,
by Stewart X. Powell, in an appro-
pirate and eloquent speech.
The Childrey Scholarship Medal
for highest excellence i'll Preparatory
Department was awarded to Miss
Lillian NJ. Nelson, the presentation
speech being made by Rev. w. w.
Wood, in his usual happy and grace
full manner.
Prizes consisting of valuable books
were awarded to Ella E. Kellam, in
3rd Latin and modern languages;
Warner Alnes, 5th Latin and 3rd
Arithmetic; Bernice Guthrie, Spelling;
Geo. W. Burke. Jr., in Penmanship;
Annie S. Doughty, excellence in all
| Preparatory Departments; Annie
! Fosque, Geography; Edith Oldham,
I English History, Physical Geoera-
phv and Ord English: Constance Tex
| ior, 2nd Arithmetic: Walter Alnes, 1st
Arithmetic: Anna BaGwell. LIST Latin
and End English; S. U. Hopkins, 1st
History, Mental Science and Higher
! Mathematics.
Distinctions were conferred on the
following pupils:
PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT..
Edith Oldham, Jennie Ames, Maude
Bundick, Gus Garrison, Meta North
am, Warner Ames, Annie Doughty,
Ethel Guthrie, Cecile Powell, Jessie
Quinby. Lizzie Wise, Annie Fosque,
Sue Robertson, Hattie Kelly, Leila
Baker, John Ames, Bessie Duncan,
Winnie Guthrie, Lille Nelson, Geor
gle Lewis, Mary Burke, Clarence Hol-
land, Essie Marsh, Will Bagwell, Hen.
rietta Quinby, Stanley Scott, Thos.
Robertson, Roland Latham, Lemuel
! Waller, Nettie Parker, Lolita Bag
well, Henrietta Wise, Pierce Brent.
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT.
Maury's Manual-Warner Ames,
Newton Bagwell, Annie Doughty,
Annie Fosque, Clarence Holland,
Howard Lilliston, Wilmer Parker,
Cecile Powell Jessie Quinby, Ethel
Guthrie and Nellie Scott.
French-Anna Bagwell, George
Quinby, Bessie Taylor, John Rev,
Margaret Groton, Fred Robertson.
Observation-Disclosures Parker, Nellie
Kendall.
AIgebra-Walter Ames, Clerville
Himel, Sidney Kcllam, George Burke,
Luther Hyslop.
First Latin-Anna BagwelI, Geor-
gia Quinby, Sydney Kellam. Second
Division-Annie Fisher.
Second Latin-Bessie Taylor, Os-
car Powell, Clerville Himel, Robert
Oldham, Herbert LiIliston, John Rev.
Second Division-Bernice Guthrie.
Intermediate-Mau Bundick, Jen-
ME Ames, Lottie Parker, George
Powell.
Third Latin-Luther Hyslup, Up
shur Stnrgis, Thomas Dix, George
Burke, Edward Hyslup, Annie Fetch
er, Ella Kellam.
Fourth Latin-Claude Kelly, Crit
fin Holland, Constance Taylor, Eddie
Bagwell.
Fifth Latin-virnetta Northam,-
Clarence Holland, Warner Ames,
John Addison.
Second German-oscar Powell,
Herbert Lilliston.
u. S. History-Wilmer Parker,
Newton Bagwell, Clarence Holland,
w. A. Garrison, Nellie Scott.
Geology-John Rev, Herbert Lii
liston, Robert Oldham, Harry Mears,
HarmansOn kilmon.