The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-02
CLASSICAL SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT.


Yesterday witnessed the closing exer.
clses for the tenth year of the Girls Classi-
cal School. In the morning q special exer-
else occurred. Mrs. Sewall made a brief
address on ''Punctuality." and pointed out
its merit. She then presented prizes to three
girls who had been neither tardy nor ao-
sent during the year. To Marion Rond-
thaler she gave Letters aud Msxims Of
Lord Chesterfield; TO Louise Fletcher.
Table Talk and Maxims of Napoleon
Bonaparte." and To Pearl Landers. Letters
of Chevalier de Bayard." Miss Mary Fos-
ter was entered AS a pupil when there was
the possibility of a school. and had been in
con attendance for ten years. Her
gift was a ring of amethyst and pearls. and
from Mr.. Sewall a book. Misses Deborah
Moore and Gertrude Lynch also entered,
but have passed from the school. In the
afternoon interesting class-day ex-
ercises wore held. A tree was
planted and n funeral pyre Of
old hooks was lighted. The programme
included the class song. composed by Flor
ence Day; GLASS history. by Sarah Elizabeth
Butler; class poem. by Harriet Cleland;
class prophecy. by Harriet Shepard; ora
ton. by Marion Rondthaier; dialect sketch,
By Grace Armstrong. and ode. by Estelle
Ward.
AT night the action was transferred To
the Grand Opera-hOuse, and the stage was
filled with beautiful girls all in white. q
very attractive picture. The order of ex-
ercises included invocation by Rev. N. A.
Hyde. two school choruses, a line address
on education by Dir. 4. l.. Sewall, A. NJ,
and the presentation of diplomas and al.-
nual prizes. The graduates with ~certifi-
Gates were: Mary Eliza Adams. Yellow
Springs. D.; Amy Daisy Avery. Frankfort,
Ind; Sarah Elizabeth Butler. Estelle Fran
ces Ward. Evanston. iii.
Graduates with Diplomas-Harriet Maria
Cleland, Florence Day. Josephine Bowen
Holman. Estelle Rogers. Helen Finch Con-
nor. Mary MacIntire Foster. Elizabeth
Katharine Hough. Marion Rondthaler,
Harriet Elizabeth Shepard.
lows:
Highest General Average-Josephine b. Hoi.
man, Burns's p%oetical works. Given by Mrs.
Lillian Wright Dean.
The Classics-Upper classes, Helen Holman,
LoweiPs "Among my Books" given By Mrs. y.
A. Hyde; lower classes, NeIna NJ. Whitcomb,
Essays of Ella given also by Mrs Hyde.
Observation-Disclosures classes, Nellie ). Thorn
ton, Bartletts Quotations." lower
classes, Clara F.. Haueisen, Riley's Rhymes Of
Malott.
English--Upper classes, Pearl A. Landers.
works of Amelia B. Edwards: lower classes.
Nema NJ. Whitcomb, "Pendennis." Books given
by Mrs. Sewall.
French and ~German-Upper classes, Helen
6OlInan, tOSb 'Idles Oh Ancient GreeCe. Iearl
A. Landers, Snider's walk in Hellas;" Marion
RonGthaler, Howells's venetian Life" low err
classes. Nema NJ. Whitcomb, BuIfnch's age Of
Chivalry." Books given by Mrs. Mary Jameson
Judah.
History-Upper classes, Marion Rondthaler,
FIske's discovery OF American" lower classes,
Winifred Harper, Tennyson's "Idylls Of the
King" Prizes given by Mrs. Henry Coburn.
Science-Upper classes, Marjory Ellis, Haw-
thorne's Marble Faun," and Italian Note.
books" lower classes, l. Maud Cummins, "Lifo
of Agassiz." Prizes given by Mrs. 8. L. Ballen-
tine. Port Huron, Mich
Defamation awarded May 27l-First prize,
'Ben-Hur," Olive h. Chafiee. shelbyville. ILL.,;
second. Butcher aud Lang's Odyssey" Lottie
+. Wtles; honorable mention. Nema NJ. Wilt
comb. Prizes given 10y Mrs. Chaplin G. Foster.
Drawing awarded May 27l-First prize,
Breton's The Life of an Artist" Olive X
Chaftee. Shelbyville. Ill; second, Jameson's
sketches OF Art" l.. Louisa Fletcher. Prizes
given by Miss Mary f. Robinson.
The honor scholarship. awarded annually
by the Indiana University to 1.-The best
student IN the graduating class" was
awarded jointly to Josephine Bowen Hol-
man and Marion Rond thaler. Miss Hol.
man. who is going to Bryn Mawr. accepted
the scholarship with Miss Rondthaler, and
then presented it to her entirely, "a grace
full act, which was warmly applauded.
The school has 1S5 IN attencauce, and en-
ploys eighteen instructors.