Evening journal., 1891-06-23
ACADEMY OF The VISITATION.
Twenty-tbird Annual Commencement
Exercises This Afternoon.


Visitation at No. 1109 Delaware avenue
win begin at 3 o'clock this afternoon
The exerciaes will be very elaborate aud
will be participated in By number OF
well known young women who have
already earned more than local name
for musical mplishments. The stu
dents of the institution, many Of whom
will also take part, number 1l9, sixty of
whom study music alone. They "hail
from the following places besides Will
mington: Baltimore; Centreville, Md
Mexico; Atlanta, Ga Church Hill, Md
Evanston. III. Tyrone. Pa Batavia, N
Y Flushing, N. Y; Newark, Del, I;
Buckeystown, Md New York city
Edesvllle,l Md; Philipsburg, Pa, and
Vermont.
The sisters in charge are noted for
giving their pupils thorough training
in virtue and religion, besides develop
ing the mind, and by physical culture
enabling the students TO pursue with
vigor the work OF education as well as
giving that polish OF manner which is
the charm OF society.
Miss Katie NJ Donahoe, the eldest
daughter of Speaker Donahoe, will
graduate In the senior class this year,
having completed the entire English
course, and will receive gold medal and
crown, which is the reward.
The gold medal for uniform good CON
duct in the Senior Circle will be given to
Miss Alise Fahey OF this city. Gold
medals will also be given Miss Margaret
Mahoney, Miss Helen A. Flynn of
Atlanta Ga Miss l. Cation, Mexico
Miss Regina Pie OF Newark, Del, and
Miss Ella Byrne OF this city. The fol-
lowing will also receive prizes: For
painting, silver medal TO Miss L.
Bottlmore, Md; harmony, silver medal
Misses T. Dean Pie, Helen A. Flynn,
Lizzie Neary domestic economy, silver
medals, Miss Katherine Mcdonnell,
Batavia, N. y; Christian doctrine,
silver medal, Miss Anna Horlsk book
keeping, Miss Alice Fahey; composition,
Mi SIS Mary Guthrie.
The following will receive premiums:
First class Of English, Miss Ella Byrne
gets FIRST premium in literature, second
In rhetoric, first in slocution art first In
arithmetic; Miss Alice Fahey gets fret
in analysis of elocutionary exercise,
second in history and literature and
second in harmony. In the second class
of English Miss e. Cation OF Mexico will
get frst premium In literature,
philosophy and grammar; first
in music, first in painting
and crayon drawing second In theory
of music, second In elecution, first in
typewriting, first in domestic economy,
first In third class Of Latin, first in
writing and first In thiId class Of French
Miss Helen Flynn of Atlanta, Ga, will
get first premium in painting, first in
eooo.,d al ,,,,,efr IL.
music, first in second class vocal music
first In fancy work and third in history
Miss Dean Pie will get, beside a silver
medal, first premium in painting, first in
elements of culture and art OF breathing,
frst in second class of instrumental
music and third in second class of
rhetoric, Besides these, Miss Eugsnia
Mc5ann of Tyrone Pa, will get
eight premiums, Miss Julia Tally Of Will
mington, FIVE. Miss Katie Bradford of this
city, three; Miss Lizzis Neary Of VII
mington, ak; Miss L Bottimore OF
Maryland, four; Miss Mary Rogers,
Mary land, three.
In the third class, Miss Alice Moore
will get eight prizes, Miss Mabel Arm
strong, nine; Miss Mary Guthrie, six
Miss Agnes Donahoe, seven; Miss
DihhbHo Aom PIE, It'll MISS Eifu AEhili
six Miss Mary Dougherty, seven
class Miss Mary Rossell will get
seven prizes; Mamie Dougherty. seven
Miss Anna Bickta, ten Miss Margaret
Mshoney, one; Miss Katherine Nc
Donald FIVE; Miss Florence Brennan,
four; Miss Katie Cobb. six; Miss Ida
Gallagher, three; Miss Elidra Schneider,
& D.. ~
Murray, four Miss Nellie Ford, four.
In the fourth class Mics Emma Kirk
Of Evanston, H., will receive seven
pre- miums Miss Annie Horlsk, FIVE; Miss
Sadie Newell. six; Miss Anna Dorsey.
three; Miss Nora Walthers. four; Miss
Agnes Mention, four; Miss Nancy Ford,
ore; Miss Msy Flannery, FIVE.
In the fifth class Miss Eleanor Cum
meIford will receive four prizes; Miss
Margaret Garland, three; Miss Lillian
Gardner, Eve; Miss Blanche Keav ny,
four; Miss Annie CrillCy, eight Mss
Olive Byrne, six,
In the sixth class Miss Margaret
Bradford will receive six premiums
Miss Anna X. Waliher, three; Katie
O'Neil, three. Miscellaneous premiums
for good conduct will be given Miss
Katie O'Brien. Miss Mary O'Brlen, Miss
Helen o Byrne, Miss Nellie Dougherty
and Miss Bessie Gallagher. Crowns
for excellence OF conduct will
be bestowed upon Misses Ella
Byrne, Eugenia McCann. e. Cation,
Margaret Mahoney, Anna Bickta, Elvira
Schneider, Agnes Donshoe, Lizzie Neary,
Regina Pie, Julia Murray, Mary Dough
erty, Katie Cobb, Ida Gallagher, Flor
ence Brennan. Annie Dorsey. Margaret
Garland. Lillian Gardner, Agnes Mention,
Annie Horisk. Anuie Flynn, Mary Ros-
sell, jamie Crilley, Margarite Bradford,
Olive Byrne, Nellie Dougherty.
The blue badge, first honor for polite.
ness, will be awarded to Misses May
Rogers. Mamie Rogers and Lizzie Neary
the pink badge for ''neRtness" to Misses
jamie Crilley, Margaret Garland and
Nellie Dougherty, the green badge for
courtesy" to Misses Helen Flynn and
Mary Wilson. Miss Julia Talley will
receive special mention for lady like de
portment ard observance of rules but
having been pupil for only one season
she cannot receive first mention. Misses
Katie Bradford, Mary White. Mary
Flannery. Nellie Ford and Nancy Ford
will also receive honorable mention.
The exercises this evening will begin
with march, in which all the pupils
will participate, and move to the mxsic
of the piano at which Miss Agnes Curley
will preside This will be followed by a
recitation The Holy Crawl" by Miss
Ella Byrne; Miss Dean Pie will give
piano solo, Miss Helen Flynn a vocal
solo: Misses Anna Horisk, Anna Walther
snd Margarite Bradford piano tito,
"The Mocking Bird" Miss Helen Flynn
recitation. "Absolom;' Misses
F. Gallagher, K. Bonner, and
and N. MeNultv. a vocal trio. ..Hither