Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-16
HONORS ARE GIVEN.
EXERCISES OF
RICHMOND FEMALE SEMINARY.
AN OCCASION OF GREAT INTEREST.
DciishtfuI Musical Programme Rem
dcred and nm Address Made ny
Mr.. McGuire-Thosc Who Receive"
PrizcN-The Graduates.
Prizcs-The Graduates.

Mems Christian Association last night
and were OF a most interesting character.
The audience was large. The stage was
artisiically decorated with palms and
shaded lamps. and the numerous bouquets
received by the fair graduates gave a
touch OF vivid color TO the scene.
The programme. which was almost en-
tirely musical. was very charming one.
and was rendered with skill. splendid ex-
ecution, and great feeling.
Judging from the great number OF d.
plOmas given, the work Of the school for
the past session must have been excellent.
Seven young ladies were full graduates
and as they stood I'm a semi-circle in front
Of the stage TO receive their much-covet-
ed "sheepskins" Mr.. Merriweather Nc
CURE addressed them in brief but eX-
tremely clever, speech. life" he SAID
"has been likened 10 n volume, and ]
think graduation forms the pages between
tho Introduction and the real part of the
! book" He said work done at school was
a fair sample Of the work that would be
done hereafter, and one who succeeded at
school would succeed in life.
In conclusion. ne said: LET the girl be
taught as the boy is taught; that in after
lite she may not only be a pretty play
thing, but truly an equal a work-fellow,
and a companion"
PRIZES AWARDED
Prizes were awarded as follows:
Best Essayists-Graduatin Class. Miss
Virginia Male Boyd; Senior Department,
Miss Margaret Darlington; intermediate
Department, Miss Leslie Terry, Primary
Department. Miss Elise Hodgson; Sub
Primary Department. Miss Parke Taylor.
Best Readers-Senior Department. Miss
Moss Wertherell; Intermediate Depart
mcnt, Miss Lillian BinfOrd Junior Depart !
ment, MISS Matte Lambert; Primary De |
partment. Miss Julia Joynes: Sub Primary |
Department Miss Floyd Taylor.
For neatness Of room and punctuality, |
Miss Lavinia Carter.
Graduates in English, Mathematics, and |
Science-Miss Kate Byrd Jones, Miss
jeanette Douglas Baird.
. THE GRADUATES
The full graduates were Misses Anna
Deane carr, Virginia Male Boyd, Jennie
Hughes, Augusta Tinsley, and Helen CAR
nina Waddey
The graduates IN the several schools
were as follows:
In spelling-Misses Nettie Eastman and
1t Rhetoric-Misses Mildred Hill, Mil
dred Boyd. Josie Keppler, Anita Clark,
Katie GOddin. Macie Fleming. Elizabeth
Morrison. Fannie Bland Mary Curtis |
and Imogen Fitzgerald.
In Intermediate Literature-Misses
Margaret Darlington, Lila Wimbsh, Mel
lie Thompson, Florence Mayer, Lilly Pc
gram. Connie Knox, Margaret Noting.
Alma Reiffert, Margaret Tabb, Connie
Reese. Mary Curtis, Alice Reddy, and
Virginia Bland.
In senior IAterature-AIisses Nettie
Eastman, I'y Watkins, and Lizzie
Easley.
In fitcr1.r. Misses Jennie Mccarthy,
Cora Harrsu Susie Dayis, Bliss Will
liams Mary Leigh. Octaya Crenshaw,
Sadie Sutton. and Katie Jones
In Early Engsh--Miss Taisie Man
In English-N1lsses Katie Jones, Anna
Carr, Augusta Tinsiey, Nette Baird,
Helen Waddey, ana Cora Harrison;
Eastman. Mary Curtis, Susie Davis. Gre
mora Payne. and Sadie Sutton.
In Ancient HlstOry-Misses Bliss Will
liams. Susie Davis, Naomi Ford Matte
Lambert, Leila Blair Dora Reinhardt,
Helen Waddey, Enise Morris and Cora
Iundy. and Helen O'Ferram
In English Hstory-Misses Josie KEEP
per DOId I(cllludIul, + ANNE bIdHu, |
Bliss Williams Connie Knox, Susie Da-
Wis Lila Wimbish, Bernard Cooke, Mil
dred Boyd and Maysie Fleming.
In French HistOry-Misses Lucy Ma
son. Margaret Noting Florence Mayer
Octavia Crenshaw, Mary Leigh, Elise
Clark and Cora Harrison.
In Modern History Misses Nettie
Baird. Waller Jeffress Katie Jones, Rose
Morris. and Ruth Bryant.
In History-Misses Katie Jones. Helen
Waddey. Nette Baird. Dora Reinhardt,
and Susie Davis.
In Physics Miss Elizabeth Harrison.
In Chemistry-Mss Virginia Bland.
I'm Natural Science-Misses Katie Jones.
Jennie Boyd. and Nette Baird.
Susie Davis. Augusta TinSley. Anna Carr
Jennie Mccarthy Cora Harrison, Helen
NaddeY Nettie Baird. and Katie Jones
In Mental and Moral PhilOsophy-Misses
Helen Waddey, Nettie Baird. Mary !
James. Augusta Tinsley Katie Jones,
Jennie Boyd. and Anna Carr.
In Arthmetic-M Misses Minnie Beers,
Bernard Cooke Cora Harrison. Nellie | |
Gordon. Edna Davis, Mildred Boyd, Mar ,
saret Noting. and Anita Clark.
In Algebra Misses Connie Keesee. Fam |
ME Bland. Margaret Noting. Anita Clark. |
Mary Leigh Connie Knox, Lizzie Easley,
and Cora Harrison. '
In Mathematics-NIiss Netie Baird.
Augusta Tinsley, Jennie Boyd. Katie
Jones. Anna Carr and Helen Waddey. I
In French Syntax-Misses Lizzie Eas- ]
lev Rose Morris. and Bliss Williams.
In French-Misses Anna Carr Jennie ]
Boyd Helen Waddey, and Augusta Tins I
lev
In German-Miss Helen Waddey.
In Iatin-Misses Jennie Hughes, Liz
zie Easley, Anna Carr. and Jennie Boyd. | '