Evening star., 1896-06-11
HONORS
Commencement Exercises at the
Convent of the Visitation.
AND MEDALS AWARDED
Those Who Have Shown Profi-
cheney in Their Studies.
G OOD P r o G r A NJ

The Academy of the Visitation, Connecti-
cut avenue, will soon celebrate its golden
Jubilee. Today was the forty-sixth annual
distribution Of premiums and the scene
In the music hall this morning was the at
tractive picture with which all the friends
| OF this institution of learning are so long
familiar. The platform, with the pianos
and harps. set amid palms and Towering
plants, the pyramids of crowns and
premiums, with here and there gold and
silver medals shining, were Incidental at
fractions. but the young ladies and little
girls themselves made large part of the
beauty Of the picture. Some of the older
pupils were on the stage and the others
sat on white-covered benches in front of
it, Rev. Father Lee, rector of ST. Mat
thew's Church; Rev. DIR. Stafford, Rev.
Charles NJ. Bart and other clergymen were
present on the platform. The entrance
| march. 'Marche Slave" Tschaikowsky,
was played by Misses Bertha Carroll, Re-
gina Elliot Edith Brown and Adele Glib
son. A delightful program of vocal and
instrumental music, interspersed by the
awards of premiums. followed.
The Program.
1t consisted of chorus, THE Hermit 8
Harp" F. Abt; La Belle au Bois Dor
mant," ballet, Tschaikowsky; pianos. Miss
es Edith Grimes, Margaret Devine, Dolores
Morton and A. Gibson; Meditation Geo.
A. Mietzke: violin. Miss Bertha Lucas;
harps, Misses r. Elliot and Clara Ross:
pianos, Misses +. Grimes and B. Carroll:
song, "Eternemente," A. Moscheroni, Miss
Angela Small: harp, Miss r. Elliot violin,
Miss b. Lucas; "Valse Brillante,' quartet,
MosZowski; pianos, Misses Carrie Gibson,
B. Carroll, E. Brown and D. Morton; vocal
quartet, La Carita.' G. Rossni, Misses
a. Gibson, G. Small A. Small and Josie
Foertsch; piano, Miss E. Grimes; original
essay, '.On the Christian Home by Miss
E. Brown; read by Miss Marie Webster;
harp solo, "Fantaisie Op. 35 Parish AL
vars, Miss Clara Ross: song. THE Two
Languages" P. Henrion, Miss G. Small;
| harp, Miss C. Ross; junior chorus Tam
BOURNE March, Treolar, Misses Blanche
| Hardin and Mamie Gibson: harps, Misses
c. Ross and r. Elliot; Coronation ode,
| G. Hoffman; piano, Miss b. Carroll; march,
| Schubert pianos, Misses Emma Clark, May
Harvey, N. Gibson ard 3. Hardin.
Premiumx Awarded.
Premiums and medals were awarded as
follows: Senior department-First class,
Miss Edith Brown-First premiums, En-
glish studies. composition, literature, his
| tory, plain and ornamental penmarship;
second premium, ecclesiastical history.
Second class, Miss Josie Fosrtsch-Frst
premiums, English studies, literature, his
tory, German, ornamental pei msnshir and
vocal music; second premiums, compost
| ticn and elocution; third premiums. arith-
metic, algebra and penmanship. Miss Marie
W ebster-First premiums, Christian doc
| trne English studies, composition, litera-
ture, his tory, arithmetic anl algebra: second
premiums, elocution, bookkeeping, French
plain and ornamental penmanship. Miss
Dolores Morton-First premiums, comp D
sition, literature, history bookkeeping,
French and piano; second premiums, En-
glish studies and arithmetic; third pre-
l.mium, elocutiol. Miss Florence Coiford-
Iref inv, Ntv~Zs sfla Gnpf rtn w
| glish bookkeeping, arithmetic, algebra and
French studies Of the fifth class: third pre-
miums. literature and history. Miss Edith
Grimes-First premiums, French, Latin,
ornamental penmanship piano and china
painting: second premiums, Christian doc
! trina. bookkeeping and penmarship; third
premiums, English, arithmetic and algebra.
Miss Ethel Colford-First premiums, Chris
tian doctrine, English, bookkeeping and
French in the fifth class; seccnd premiums,
arithmetic, algebra and penmanship; third
premiums, literature and history. Miss
Carrie Gibson-First premiums, water col
ors and piano: second premiums, arithme-
tic, algebra, ornamental penmanship and
French studies in the fourth class; third
premiums, Christian doctrine, composition.
literature, history, elocution and book
keeping Miss Genevieve Small-First pre-
MUM, vocal music; second premium, elo-
cution; third premium, Christian doctrine
second premiums, composition, elocution
vocal music and painting in water colors;
| third premiums, Christian doctrine, arith-
! metic. algebra and special English stud
les. Miss Regina Elliot-First premium,
harp; second premiums, Christian doctrine
and elocuton: third premium. bookkeeping.
Miss Emma Clark-Third premiums, elocu-
ton, bookkeeping, French in the class for
Harvey-A premium for having given per-
feet satisfaction in all her studies during
| the short time she has been in the acad-
! emy. Miss Margaret Devine-First pre-
MUM, piano. Miss Bertha Carroll-Ffrst
premium, piano.
! Third class. Miss Mildred Williams-First
premiums, litera ture, history. arithmetic
and object drawing; second premiums. COM
position, elocution and Latin; third pre-
miums, English studies. Miss Sarah Devine
First premiums, history and literature;
second premiums, Christian doctrine and
object drawing; third premiums English
studies, composition. elocution and arith-
metic. Miss Clara Ross-First premium,
penmanship; second premiums. Christian
doctrine. English studies, composition. elo-
cution and arithmetic. Miss Frances Jones
First premiums, literature and history
second premiums, Christian doctrine and
elocution; third premiums, English and
arithmetic. Miss Marie-Louise Green-sec-
ond premium. Christian doctrine; third pre-
miums, English studies. literature history,
elocution and French in the fifth class.
Division of the third class. Miss Clair
Kirby-Second premiums, Christian doc
trine, English studies, composition, elocu-
ton, arithmetic, penmanship and French in
the fourth class. Miss Mary Sheridan-Scc-
ond premium-English and Christian doc
trine. Miss Marian Reeves-Second pre-
miums, Christian doctrine, English and
arithmetic; third premium, composition.
Miss Isabel Boyd-Second premiums, sacred
history and elocution; third premiums. COM
position, literature and history. Miss Con-
suelo YZnaga-First premium, composition; :;
second premium, Christian doctrine. Miss
Cordelia Gross-Thrd premiums Christian
doctrine, English studies and arithmetic.
Miss Rosamond Niles-Third premium,
French.
intermediate Departments.
Fourth class and division-NI1ss Fanny
Harkness-First premiums, Christian doc
trine, English studies, compositian. arith-
metic and penmanshfp; second premium,
French studies; third premium. reading.
Miss Blanche Harbin-First premiums.
Christian doctrine, English studies, arith-
metic and French; second premium, COM
position; third premiums. reading and
piano. Miss Genevieve Davis-First prem
iums, Christian doctrine, English and
French; second premium. composition; third
premiums, arithmetic and reading Miss
Annie Murray-First premiums, Christian
doctrine English and arithmetic; second
premiums, French and reading Miss Juliet
Ayers-First premiums, English and COM
position; second premiums, French and
reading; third premiums. penmanship and
object DRAWING Miss Katie WhiteseIlL