Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-06-01
EDUCATIONAL.

AUGUSTA FEMALE sEMINARY--sTAUNToN
FEMALE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MILL
TARY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BUSINESS
CoLLEG E-sTAUNToN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
the past few days have given the city quite
an animated air and been quite relief tt
the Outlines look which has prevailed sc
long,
The Augusta Female Seminary sustained
its reputation for fine music during the
final exercises and it's Art Exhibit was de-
cidedly one of the best ever seen there The
following is list of the graduates
Full Graduates-Mary Roberta Macatee
and Kate St. Clair May Of Va.
Graduate in Academic Department.
Julia McGehee Alexander of N. G,
Graduates in Conservatory of Music
Nola Blanche Beoman of Miss; Loula
Earle Mathews of Ark, and Bessie Leigh
ton Summerson Of Va.
Graduate in Arbitrary Ellen William,
son of Va.
Graduates in Elocution-Helen Stuart
Page Williamson of Va, and Charlye
Louise Wheatley of Ga.
Graduates in Bookkeeping Margaret
Lear Haverhamp of Miss; Mamie Rector
Lowe of W. Va, and Ida May Taylor of
Texas.
The programme for the formation of an
Association of Alumnae, given by us last
week was followed out with this result:
Miss NannieL l.. Tate, of Virginia, Pres
ident. Vice Presidents-Mrs. John R.
Sampson, Virginia; Mrs. Andrew Hill,
Georgia; Miss S. B. Stribbling, West Viz
ginia; Mrs. Mansfield House, Tennessee;
Mrs. W. F. Cummins, Montana; Mrs. S.
S. Hicks, North Carolina; Miss Marion
Woodrow, South Carolina; Mrs. M. B.
Spratt, Alabama; Mrs. J. S. Williams,
Mississippi; Mrs. John P. Richardson,
Louisiana; Mrs. NJ. A. Moore, Texas;
Miss Flora Firor. Kentucky; Miss Helen
Mar Bridges, Maryland; Recording Secre-
tary, Miss Gussie Bumgardner, of Staun-
ton; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Nellie
II. Mccullough, of Staunton; Treasurer,
Mrs. Edgar Timberlake. of Stanton.
sTAUNTON MILITARY ACADEMT.
The final exercises Of Capt Kable's Mil
itary Academy took place on Tuesday last.
Gold medals were presented as follows:
For highest stand in Algebra, to Cadet NJ.
Gearig; for best series of compositions to
Cadet S. 7. Stratton; for highest general
average in the school to Cadet L. Walker.
Oa1, 1o1 4 ~; 10 b.
by Rev. WI E. Cox, with few well chosen
words.
Captain W. Fl. Kable delivered the di-
plomas to the graduates as follows: Ca
diets S. p. Browning, of KY; G.. r. Dor
sey, of Virginia; M. Dinkelspiel, Of Lousi-
ana; F. l.. McCaleb, Of Louisiana; II. C.
Roller, of Virginia; G. w. Starck, of Tex
as; E. S. WEIGH, of South Carolina; G. J.
Winter and j. G. Winter, of Texas,
Rev. Robert G. Jett made brief address
to the graduating class.
sTAUNToN BUSINESS COLLEGE.
The following were the graduates of this
college at the final exercises last Thursday
night-Miss M. A. Cady and Messrs. C.
Fl. Williams. f. l.. Simpson, G. B. Barton
and G. L. Hanger.
STAUNTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Nothing could be more interesting than
the exhibit in the white Public School of
the work of the children which has been on
view there for three OF four days past. The
exhibition room which was handsomely
decorated with flowers by Miss Sallie Graf
tan, one of the teachers, has been thronged
The tour through the industrial exhibit
from the LIST year to the 9Th. showed the
remarkable work Of the pupils much of it
original. From the stick laying and past
ing, on through work by which the head and
eye are trained in geometrical work,
through the modelling in clay, the free hand
drawing, and finally the beautiful carving
OF panels, and manufacture of wood work
all called forth expressions of admira-
ton. An admiration which was increased
by the exhibit of the chemical cabinet of
salts made by the children themselves; for
when this generation of grown people were
taught chemistry all that work was done
by the professor for the class, and no pupil
ever had the privilege of taking hand at
it.
The sewing Of the girls showed some
beautiful specimens. The map drawing
exhibited some fine specimens of work. In
continuation of the wonderful advance in
practical education the schools are making.
we learn that it is quite certain cooking
will be introduced in both the white and
colored schools next session. One could
not help feeling i'll going through the progress
sive exhibit of the schools, that Staunton
is fortunate in having a Superintendent
MI. j. II. Bader, enthusiastically abreast
of the times, and School Board that sus-
tains him in the progress he devises. The
public schools OF Staunton would do credit
to any city in any section Of the Union.
Yesterday there was a large crowd to
witness the final exercises at the white pub
lie school, which were opened with prayer
by Rev. A. M. Fraser, and closed with pray
Ell by Rev. W.Q. Hullihen. Judge Chalk
ley delivered the medals Hon. Jacob Yost
the dipl6 m IS, Judge Grattan the specia,
prizes AMI Maj. Hotchkiss the A. f. S.
scholarship, while patriotic songs inter-
spersed the proceedings
Books, presents from their teachers, were
presented r. p. Bell, Jr., and Maurice
Barnes for general excellence.
The following is a list of the full grad
yates. the medalists- and the chief winners
of distinctions:
GRADUATES.
Frazier Bell.
SaIlie Withers Bell
Maggie Walker Daniel.
Theresa Haislip.
Kate Wellington Mcclure,
Eva McCue.
Bessie Monger.