Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-06-04
SCHOOL LIFE ENDED.
CLOSING EXERCISES OF RICHMOND
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
BaccaIaureate Sermon Before Young La
dies This Morning-rhe College ana
High-schooi Commencement.

Ihe season or SCHOOL commandments
and sweet girl graduates is now at
hand. The Richmond educational institu-
tons have had an unusually prosperous
year. and their closings will be OF special
interest and significance.
The Richmond Female Institute be-
gan its final exercises on Friday night
with a splendid reception by the Eloeu-
ton Glass. This morning the baccalauroate
sermon TO the school will be delivered at
the Second Baptist church by Rev. Dr.
W. W. Landrum. The Board Of Trustees.
faculty. and the young ladies Will attend
the services in body. The final musi-
cae will be given at the institute to-
morrow night. commencing at s O'CLOCK
The programme ot this feature Is Is toll
lows:
Part 1.-Chorus, June" (Bullard).
vocal class. Piano duo. Andante and va
rIations (Schumannl, Misses Hcarn and
Burnett. Vocal solo. Farewell Sweet
Flower, the Summers Dying Barney.
Miss Eflie Johnson. QuaItette, La Flute
Enchante" Mozart, Misses Vaughan
Barnes. Daniel. and Baldwin. Vocal solo.
The DAISY" (ArditD. Miss Eva Porte
Double quintette. "Alvnrado Waltz "
lHelnlein)-mandolin Misses Tompkins.
Wood, Dennis. Rosser. and Hearn; guitar.
Misses. Powell, Smith. He lrn, Hammer,
and Grimsley. Vocal duet, Land of the
Swallows" CMasinD. Misses Pulliam and
kenlck ,Quarte,tit!e,i Milan Milano w,li,nn, M%rCn
and Grlmsley. Vocal solo, My Heart at
Thy Sweet Voice" (Saint-S9ns). Miss
Lillo Matthews. Duet. "Polonaise lie,
roiquep (RIve King. Misses Vaughan and
Brett.
Part IT. Ouartette, Symphony in BIB,
No. ? lHaydn), Misses Pate, Williams,
Johnson and Mr. Ide. Vocal solo " Bran
bury Town - Macy, Miss Ida keesee.
Piano solo (d) Fruhlingslied Op. - tHen-
selt. (bl Polonaise A Maj. Op.. 10 Chopin
Miss May Johnson. Vocal Trio, Sum
mcr Fancics" (SIItra). Misses Barnes. Por-
ter, and Renick. Piano solo ta) Recor-
date ,Gottschalk). b) Mazurka, Op. 33
(Chopin). Miss Annie Powell. Guitar quar-
tette, "Elsie Waltzes," Op. ESQ Haydn.
Misses Grimsley. Hammer, Powell. and
Smith. Vocal solo. Now lhou Art
Nine. ."-Nm best dl men tMeycr-hel-
mund Miss Mamie Carrlthers: Piano solo,
Bamboula, OGottschalk), Miss Dalsy
Province. Vocal solo. nv NoGle
Knights" (Liete Slgnor) from the
Hugucnots" (Meyerbeerl. Miss Lii
lian Caldwell. Quartctte, Caprice Ilorol-
que, Op. llj (kentskn, Misses Wood,
Cone, Burnetto, and Massey.
THE GRADUATING EXEECIsF7.
The graduating exercises take place Mt
the Mozart Academy Of Music tuesday
night. They will open with an overture
which will be followed BY PRAYER by kev.
DIR. w. Y. Tudor. The diplomas will be
gwen the graduates and the annual adj
dress will be delivered by Rev. j. {. Hldeu.
Rev DR. Nelson, the president. Will confer
the degrees. At II o'clock Tuesday morn
ing the awarding Of the distinctions viii
Toe made by Professor winston. after which
the young ladies' Will be addressed by Rev.
Dr. Cooper.
EGcHMOND-COLLEGE CLOSING.
The closing exercises of the Richmond
College viii be of profound interest. lhe
annual sermon before trustees, faculty.
and students will be preached June 18Th
by Rev. George Dana BOardman, ID. d., OF
Philadelphia. Dr. Boardman enjoys ma
tioral regulations devCut and scholarly
preacher and author, and has the adj
dttional distinction of being a son of
| George Dana Boardman, missionary 10
the Karens, and a stepsOn OF Adonram
Judson. .,
On Monday evening. June 10th. Will
occur the annual celebration OF tho lte-
rary societies. Salutatnor,,aan' - II. Seott n,9
| Mn SIGMA Ro Orator. G. w. Duke: PhllO-
| locian Orator. II. L. Allison; Veledicto-
ran. l.. III. Long.
ST. George Tucker Will address the 80
| cietios: Judge J. G. Lamb viii preside
and Rev. ). {. Hiden, ID. d., will deliver
| the medals.
on Wednesday the trustees VIII be III
session, and in the evening the Society o'
| Alumni vii have "A banquet Tho degrees
| Of honors will be awarded Thursday eve
nlng.
THT PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
| All the public schools of the city will
close on the 18th except the COlored Normal
| School, the commencement exercises oi
| which take place at the tlrst Baptist churcn
| (colored) on the night Of the l3th, when
| Rev. j. y. FAIR Will make the address. The
closing of the High School this year VIII
| be the most auspiclOus III its history. MT.
| Julian Thomas, the principal, IL making
| extensive preparations for the exercises,
| which are to take place at the Academy OF
| Music on the evening of tho 18TH. The pro.
| rramme will consist of instrumental ana
| vocal music. Rotations addresses. DC, and
the awarding of the diplomas. There Will
be fully as many graduates a. on any pre-
| yiOus wear The examinations are now 90
ing on In the High School and IN the dis
| trict schools they will begin on Monday
| There Will be no special closing exercises
| of the district schools. but the certificates
| of mer, will be awarded on the morning
| of the 18th. Rev. DR.. J. &. Hiden will de,
| liver the address before the High SchooI
at the Academy on commencement night