The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-14

Diplomas were presented yesterday to
thirteen young ladies by the authorities
of Georgetown Convent of the Visitation
of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Those who
graduated were: Edith Marmion. Mary
O'Brien, Anne Booker. Josephine Walsh,
Mary Graham. Florence Turtle, Agnes
Romadka. Helen Heinz, Annie Shanahan,
Harriet Manner. Valerie Etheridge Moran,
Viola Palms, and Helen Lavell.
The exercises were conducted in the main
building Of the convent and drew thither
a large number Of alumnae and other
friends of the institution. Many of those
who attended the alumnae meeting Of
Monday remained in Washington in order
to be present at the award Of medals and
premiums with which the school year
concludes.
Archbishop Sebastian Martinelli, Papal
Legate TO this country. presided. The adj
dress was delivered by Monsignor Con-
atty. rector of the Catholic University.
The programme began with a Kowalski's
March Hongroise," rendered on four
pianos and four harps by students at the
convent. Then came an address to Arch
bishop Martinelli by Miss Helen Heinz OF
Colorado, chorus and the salutatory ad-
dress by Miss Valerie Moran, Of Michigan.
About a third of the premiums were
then presented by Archbishop Martinelli.
after which the students rendered two
musical numbers. Monsignor Conaty then
delivered a brief address. The pupils, he
said. had been subject to rigid discipline
while in the convent. They had, no doubt,
thought that discipline unnecessarily hard.
But it was as nothing compared to the trial
and exactitude of the world outside the
convent There were occasional lapses Of
the rules in school; outside there were no
such vacations. But the graduates from
Georgetown Convent went to life's duties
with unusual advantages. They had the
advantage of a thorough, cultured, and
scholastic training. They had also the ad-
vantage OF sincere religious instruction.
The class poem, by Miss Mary Turtle. of
Florida; the valedictory address by Miss
Mary O'Brien. Of Pennsylvania, and the
distribution of the medals by the Papal
Delegate concluded the exercises.
Following is the complete list of acad-
emic honors for the school year just
ended:
The Academic HOnors.
The Loretto Medal. for genera! excel
lence of department and scholarship, given
by a former pupil, was awarded to Miss
Valerie Moran, Of Michigan.
In the post graduate course diploma
was awarded to Miss Estelle Story, OF
Massachusetts,.
In the first senior class graduating
medals we're conferred on Misses Edith
Marmion. West Virginia; Mary 0'Brien.
Pennsylvania; Anne Booker, Virginia;
Josephine Walsh. Missouri; Mary Graham,
Colorado; Florence Turtle, Florida; Agnes
Romadka. Wisconsin: Relen Heinz. Colo
RADIO; Annie Shanahan. Kentucky; Harriet
Manner, Kentucky; Valerie Etheridge
Moran. Michigan: Viola Palms. Michigan,
and Helen Lavell. Montana.
First honors for deportment-Misses
Anne Booker. Virginia: Valerie Moran.
Michigan; Agnes Romadka. Wisconsin;
Mary O'Brien, Pennsylvania; Josephine
Walsh, Missouri; Helen Heinz, Colorado;
Helen Lavell, Montana, and Annie Shana-
han, Kentucky.
Second honors for deportmeAt-Misses
Harriet Manner, Kentucky; Mary Gra-
ham. Colorado Edith Marmion, West Vir-
GINA; Viola Palms, Michigan; Florence
Turtle, Florida.
In the second senior class first honoFs
for scholarship and department were
awarded to Misses Mary Healey. Pennsyl-
vania; Charlotte Yonge, California; Mar
garet Keane, District Of Columbia; Mary
Ellen Mcmahon, Pennsylvania; Lucy
Brooke. Virginia; Elizabeth Rend, Illinois;
Elizabeth Rixey, Virginia; Clara Hum
phrey, Illinois, and May johnson, Massa-
chusetts.
honors for department, to Miss Gertrude
Finley. Ohio, and Miss Elizabeth Doyle,
Virginia.
First honors for department, second
honors for scholarship, to Miss Anna Car
~, District Of Columbia.
Second honors for scholarship and de-
pertinent to Miss Rae Walker, Indiana,
and Miss Alice Seep, Pennsylvania.
Medals for department to Misses Flor
ence Rieger, North Carolina; Maude Blaine,
District Of Columbia; Helen Keane, Dis
trict of Columbia; Josephine Pettingill.
New York; Anna Blake Bickers. North
Carolina; Rose Agnes Shea, Tennessee,
and Mary Clark, District of Columbia.
The medal for Christian doctrine, given
by Mrs. Marion Cutting. of New York, in
memory Of Sister Mary Bernard Graham
was awarded to Miss Mary O'Brien, of
Pennsylvania.
Colorado, and Helen Lavell, Montana
Second premium to Misses Viola Palms,
Michigan, and Edith Marmiop, West Viz
GINA
Honorably mentioned, Misses Agnes Ro-
madka, Wisconsin: Florence Turtle Flori-
da, and Valerie Moran. Michigan.
The medal for Bellies Lettres, given by
Mrs. Josephine Dickson Walsh, of St.
Louis, No., was awarded to Miss Helen
Heinz, Of Colorado
First premium to Misses Mary O'Brien
Pennsylvania Helen Lavell Montana; Va
lerie Moran. Michigan, and Harriet Man
men, Kentucky.
Second premium to Miss Florence Tur-
tie. Florida
Distinguished Misses Anne Booker, vir-
ginia: Agnes Romadka. Wisconsin, Edith
Marmion, West Virginia; Josephine Walsh,
Missouri: Annie Shanahan. Kentucky. and
bonorably mentioned, Miss Viola Palms,
Michigan.
The medal for Intellectual philosophy.
given by Mrs Harriet Lane Johnston. was
awarded to Miss Helen Lavell. OF Mon
tana. First premiums to Misses Helen
Heinz, Colorado; Agnes Romadka, Wis
cousin; Florence Turtle, Florida; Harriet
Manner, Kentucky. and Valerie Moran,
Michigan. Second premiums to Misses
Josephine Walsh, Missouri, and Viola
Palms. Michigan. Honorably mentioned.
Misses Mary Graham, Colorado; Annie
Shanahan, Kentucky: Mary O'Brien, Penn
sylvania. and Anne Booker, Virginia
The medal for science, given by Mrs.
Katherine Moran Hendrie, Detroit, Mich,
was awarded to Miss Helen Heinz. of
Colorado. First premiums to Misses Helen
Lavell, Montana: harriet Manner, Ken
lucky; Mary Graham, Colorado, an Anne
Booker, Virginia. Honorably mentioned,
Misses Agnes Romadka, Wisconsin: Flor