Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-05-30
MARY BALDWIN SEMINARY.
Close of Most Prosperous Session In His
tory of the School.

Again holiday has come to the teach
els and pupils of the Mary Baldwin
Seminary. This time it marks tn
close of the fifty seventh session, th
most prosperous and satisfactOr,
scholastic term every enjoyed by tina
! institution. During the session Jus
closed, the attendance and disciplin,
has been good and the work done b,
the pupils is most satisfactory. Sat
urday morning last began the series
OF exercises which had so long beer
looked forward to by parents and pu
pills and which marked the close of the
scholastic year. This was the art ex.
hibit made by the pupils of M ISIS
Sarah Il. Meetze and was visited b,
quite number of patrons and friends
of the school. On this occasion the
Art Department was thrown open to
visitors both morning and evening, a
departure from the usual custom-tbe
arrangement of electric lights at night
made a pretty effect and showed
the pictures to good effect. Among
The many works of art that merit com
ment were the pen and ink sketches
and pencil drawings by Miss Bessie
Hoge, who won the prize for the best
sketch in the Seminary Annual. Most
excellent work was also shown to the
credit OF Misses Margaret Surber.
Marie Brunson, Sallie Stout, Phebe
Jones, Lou Fauntleroy and Lucy
Bowles.
Sunday morning the annual sermon
TO tie young ladies was preached at the
FIRST Presbyterian church by Rev F.
L. Nc taden, pastor of the First Pres
Dyterlan church of Lynchburg. The
text was from Luke xix. and 26 verse
and was followed by an able discourse
closely heard by the vast audience.
Mr.: M cFaden also addressed large
audience at the night service. The
Daccalaureate sermon at the morning
service, however, was the occasion
around which centered the greatest
interest. The young ladies from the
seminary took possession of the choir
and crowded to its utmost the space
about the organ rail with a galaxy of
sweet voices and all arrayed in a uni
form of white. The "white column
Too as 1T moved from the Seminary to
the church, with It's several hundred of
bright school girl faces, contrasted
most pleasantly with the many color
ed costumes of the other ladies in the
congregation.
Monday evening the annual concert
Was given in the chapel before rein
ed and appreciative audience. The
program was g. most excellent one
showing much good work on the part
OF both pupils and teachers and would
be published, but for space reasons.
tuesday morning the distribution |
OF honors and the closing exercises
took place, Rev. DR.. G.. W. Finley, open
ing the same with prayer. Rev. Dr. |
A. M. Fraser delivered the certificates |
OF proficiency, prizes and medals. Rev. |
e. L. McFaden made an eloquent ad-
dress to the graduates and deIiyered |
diplomas to the following:
Misses Ruth Morgan Kit |
tie, il ssle Hamline Tredway.
Vocal Music-Misses Josie Charleton |
Gllkeson, Stella May McGuinnity.
instrumental Music-Misses EVELYN
Houston Chase, Lonella Gillian, &C.
liza Mason Undertake.
University COurse-Misses Mary
Helen Barnes. Margaret Hartman
Kable. Celia Mason Timberlake.
Post Graduate Course-Miss Nora
Fraser.
instrumental music-Prof Eisen
berg S class-Miss Evelyn Chase. Prof.
Hamer's class-Miss Celia Mason Tim
berlake.
Vocal music-Miss Hopkins class
Miss Stella McGuinnity.
Scholarship-Miss Celia Mason Tim.
oerlake
Before the exercises closed DR.. Fin
pV PrpaiHnnf of H. |
most touching talk to the pupils and
n the course of his remarks took oc
'aslon speak In most complimentary
terms OF the teachers, of the Principal
u lss E. Z. WeiInar and of Mr.. W. w.
Alng, the business manager, to whose
active and we'll directed efforts be at
.rIbuted the unusual prosperity of the
seminary the past session.
NJ B. S. ALUMNAE
The Alumnae Association at the an
nual meeting on May 23rd, elected the
following officers for 1902 Oh: Presi-
lent, Mrs N. Ii. McCullough; Record
ng Secretary, Miss Kate Eichelberger;l
Cor. Secretary, Miss Margaret McChes-
ley; Treasurer, Miss Janet K Woods,
stanton, Va.
vICE-PRESIDENTS
Alabama: Mrs. e. M. Sims, Mrs. NJ.
B. Spratt. California;: Mrs. l. J.
Brown, Mrs. N. T. Johnston. South
Carolina: Mrs. E. b. Irvine, Miss Isabel
Scott. Colorado: Mrs. H. W. Welles.
District of Columbia: Miss Ella Moore.
North Carolina: Miss Mildred Watkins,
Miss Isabel Scott. Florida: Mrs. M. S.
Denham. Georgia: Mrs. Anna Davant
Berrieu. Illinois: Mrs. l.. McC. Case.
Miss Claudia Hill. kentucky:
Miss Flora Firor, Miss Mary Small
louse. Maryland: Miss Helen Bridges.
Montana: Mrs. Laura Brown Zook.
Missouri: Mrs. Grace Kemper Toll.
Mrs. s. V. l.. Cowan, Miss
Mary Sharp Williams. Nebraska: Mrs.
". G. McAllister. New York: Mrs.
K. J. Bastianeli, Miss Jessie Cohen.
Ohio: Mrs. N. Thomas Summers.
Miss Nina Ravellscroft.
Tennessee: Mrs. M. Andes Duoley, Mrs.
NJ. Taps colt Paxton. West Virginia.:
Mrs. K. L. Wilson, Miss Virginia
Lucas. Missionaries: Mrs. Libbie Abby
Bull, (Korea.) Virginia: Mrs. l.. B.
Mrs l. p. Moffett, Mrs.
Eva Bowe Stern, Miss Nora Fraser.
Texas: Mrs. B. Keeran Coleman, Mrs.
Ida S. Austin.
Miss Helen Opie was elected for a
third year for the Alumnae Scholar
ship. The faculty commencing her de-
pertinent and diligence. Mrs. Cald
well and Miss McCue were appointed
to invest the funds for the Scholarship
Endowment. The Treasurer reported
5000 90 in her hands; while the Staun-
ton officers had issued five hundred
copies Of the third issue of THE Re-
cord"
The members who died during 1900
y were: Mis- Lille Harrls-Fisher,
Texas. Mrs. Mary Aldrich- Moore,
Texas Mrs. Pattie McLeary-Bur-
ford. Texas. Mrs. Flora w elch-Farm-
Or, Virginia Mrs. Lottie Witherspoon-
Bell, Korea Mrs. Julia Farrior-San-
tord, N. G..
The aim of the M. B. 8. A. A. now is
to raise SIS, 900 90 to endOw the scholar