Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-08
DEGREES FOR GIRLS.
THESE HoN0Rs RECEIVED AT w0-
MANS COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT.
ARE MASTERS AND BACHELORS NOW.
Medals Awarded and Glass Diplomas
Presented-BrfIItant Address by
Rev. MIR. swecney-The Academy n
Scene of Beauty.

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last evening TO witness the passing ava
OF the school year of the Womans Col
| lege.
The exercises were impressive an
beautiful. The scene, made up OF tn
faces of middle-aged men, with tn
sterner lines relaxed; the motherly coun
tenances Of matrons, flushed with pride
OF the manly and unfurrowed brows o
the young men, and last and beyont
| them all, the fair sweet faces of tn,
girls themselves, was one rarely eve
witnessed, and as impressive and in
| spring as beautiful.
The graduating class formed a semi
circle on the stage, and DR.. James Mel
son, the president of the college, form
ed the keystone of the arch. Those Of
the students who received one or more
diplomas OF graduation I'm the varlou:
schools OF the college, and the student
body occupied seats just outside the
orchestra rail on the north side of the
house. The costumes of the young ladies
were spotless white. with an occasional
one OF blue.
Members Of the Board of Trustees, the
orators of the evening, Drs. u. T. Swee-
ney and r. j. Wlllingham, and Drs. j
c. Hiden. w. r. L. Smith, ]. r. Gar
lick. pastors OF the city, and the faculty
of the college, occupied seats on the
stage or in the proscenium boxes to the
right and left. Professor Moses Stems
orchestra furnished music for the occa-
sion.
SCHOOL DIPLOMAS AWARDED.
The opening feature of the exercises
was the delivery of diplomas of gradua-
ton in separate schools. These were pre-
sented by DR.. Nelson, assisted by Profess
sor Chandler, of the college. These d.
plomas We're awarded to the following
young ladies'. as they stood facing the
audience In semi-circles:
English-Misses Madge Bagby. Annie
X. Barnes, Edna G. Butler, Katherine
Foster, Mary Franklin, Rosa " Gary. NJ.
Gasena Griffin, Edith l.. Hatcher, Mamie
Mcmillan and Elizabeth II. Ryland.
I.atin-Misses Alma Boaze, Nellie Bur
ton, Gay Broaddus, Maria Childress, Alta
Cooper, Katherine Foster, Bessie b.
Davis, Mary Franklin, Mary Goode, Mary
Hatcher, Mary Mop. Johnson, Hattie
Il
Katherine Quarles. Lena Rudd, Alys Tay-
Tor, Katherine o. Vanderslice. and Mary
T.. Womack
Pedagogics-Misses Edna G. Butler,
Mary Fitzgerald. Mary Goode, Mary Mop.
Johnson, Laura NJ Lemon, Harriet A.
Rudd, Alys Taylor. Lucy A. Thornhin,
Katherine o. Vanderslice, Nina Wayland,
and Mary Womack
Philosophy and Economics-Misses Ma
ria Childress, Bessie Belle Davis. Kathe-
rine Foster, Rosa V. Gary, Mary Goode,
Laura M. Lemon. Florence Myers Lallah
Pollard, Elizabeth II. Ryland, Alys Tay-
Tor, Lucy Thornhill, and Mary Womack.
History-Mlsses Mary Allen, Edna
Barnes, Rosa Block, Alma Boaze, Lucy
Bowers. Gertrude Clash Annie Dunn,
Mary Franklin, Daisy Goldback, Carrie
Goodloe, Alma Jackson, Mary Johnson,
Florence Lee, Minnie Lifsey, Miriam Mill
hiser, Hattie Fuller, Katherine Quarles,
Edna Shelton, Lizzie Thommasson, Kate
Vanderslice, Lucy Vaughan, Ora Vaughan,
and Maggie Williams.
Literature-Misses Annie X. Barnes,
Edna Barnes, Lillian Barnes, Cleora
Bachelor, Rosa Block, Maud Coats, Maud
covington, Mary Franklin, Bessie Hogan,
Edith Hatcher, Margaret Harvard, Flor
ence Myers, Emily Raab, Clyde Swift,
Mary Vanderslce, and Lucy Vaughan.
German-Misse5 Julia Brown, Gertrude
Clash, Maud Coats, Alta Cooper, Mary
Miriam Millhiser, Claude Street,
md Clyde Swift.
French-Misses Bell Anderson, Mary AL
en-, Lucy Bowers, Gay Broaddus. Berta
3urruss, Nelly Burton, May Fitzgerald, I!
Mabel Fitzpatrick, Carrie Goodloe, Mary |
ellen Scott, Alys Taylor and Mary Wo- |
mack
Natural Sclence-Misses Belle Anderson, |
Nary Allen, Edna Barnes, Emma Bowe, |
Annie Dunn, Katherine Foster, Rosa |
iary. Margaret Harvard. Minnie Iifsey,
Kate Mcmillan. Florence Myers, Kathe-
inc Quarles, Emily Raab, Allie Ratree,
hyde Swrt. Alice Taylor, Nina Wayland,
iaggie Williams, and Mary Womack
Stenography-Misses Margaret Bates,
lnnie V. Davis, and Adele Tyler.
PRESERVATION OF MEDALS.
At this point followed a most interest
lg feature-the award of medals. DR..
'elson announced that the first medal
'as for scholarship, carrying with IL the
oxen that its wearer had received the
ighest averages Of her class in the class
OOih anu at tAdmludllOn, ana mat tins |
inner was Miss Alta Cooper 1t was
resented by Rev. j. p. Hutson. of this
Ity This medal is founded by the presi-
ent of the college.
DR.. George Cooper presented the medal
Or proficiency in elocution to Miss Annie
!. Barnes.
DR. j. p. Smith, the distinguished edi-
Or of the Central Presbyterian" Dr. Mel
IN said. would present the Tanner Medal
'r instrumental music TO Miss Lena
udd. This medal is donated by Mr.. c.
7. Tanner, of this city. in honor OF his
randmother. Right gracefully indeed,
d DR.. Smith perform the pleasant mis-
on.
Last came the Writer'S Medal. donated
Y Mr.. John Garland Pollard. of this
~, and Won by Miss Maria Childress.
was presented by DR.. II. W Battle, OF
etersburg. DIR. Battle was very happy
his remarks, and the audience as gen.
GUS and sympathetic in its applause.
HoNoRs NOT LIGHTLY WON.
When the house had again assumed a
'tening air, DR.. Nelson rose and said:
We have now reached that point In our
ercises for which we have mainly as
mbled. The college has been empow-
ed to confer degrees, and It was a happy {
y for the institution when this became
For student TO know that at the
d OF her path Of toll there awaits her a
own IS a great incentive to push for {
srd. Some OF our girls have been at the
hool five or six years. and. beginning