The Washington times., 1906-06-07
Interesting Commence
ment Exercises at His
tOric Cid Convent.
SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED
LOrettO Emblem for General
Excellence Was Won by
Miss Williams, St. Louis.

In the long list of commencement pro-
grams there is none which excites mora
interest than that Of the historic old
Georgetown Convent. and when the
graduating exercises were held vester-
day afternoon the hall was completely
filed with friends of the institution.
Aside from the comforting of diplomas
the chief event of the year is the award
ing of prize medals. This attracted con-
siderable attention yesterday for the
reason that the medals are unusually
handsome and valuable from a material
and sentimental standpoint
Won Loretto Medal
The Loretto medal for general excel
lenCe in studies and department is the
highest prize offered by the convent and
yesterday it was presented to Miss
Juliette Williams, OF St Louis, No. who
led the graduating class. The honor is
distinctive and when Miss Williams re-
ceived the medal she was enthusiasticaI-
ly applauded by her associates Of the
class and the school generally.
Other prize medals included the fol-
lowing:
Medal for Christian doctrine. given by
i
memory Of Sister Mary Bernard era
ham. Miss Clare Foy. Pittsburg. Pa.
Medal for belles-letters. given by Mrs.
Josephine Dickson Walsh. of St Louis,
Miss Alicia Gamble, New Haven. Conn.
Medal for intellectual philosophy.
given by the late Mrs. NJ +. Seaman.
of St. Louis Miss Marion Ramsay Stat
ford. Alexandria. La
Medal for moral philosophy, given by
Mrs. Ellen Walsh Mafhtt OF St Louis,
Miss Genevieve Smith, Heathsville, Va.
Medal for science. given by Mrs. kath-
crime Hendrie Moran, OF Detroit, Miss
Mary Casey. Erie. Pa.
Medal for ancient history, given by
Mrs. Helen Abel Baughman, Of Fred
erick. Md. Miss Mary Kelly. Spring
Forge, Pa.
Medal for modern history, given by
Mrs Isabelle Walsh Palms. Miss Ida
DowlinE, Lawrenceburg. Ky.
In the second senior class the prizes
were:
Medal for Christian doctrine, Miss
Rose Agnes Shew. Tennessee.
Medal for excellence, Miss Stephanie
Moran. Michigan.
In the first intermediate class:
Medal for Christian doctrine. Miss
Mary Joseph Lavelle, Pennsylvania
Medal for trigonometry, Miss Eliza
beth Mullen. Ontario
Medal for algebra, Miss Evelyn Cock
rell. Florida
Medal for arithmetic. Miss Bernadette
Shea. Washington. D. c.
Medal for elocution, Miss Mary Casey,
Pennsylvania
Medal for music. Miss Mary Anna
Kelley, Pennsylvania
Medal for French, Miss Helen Malo-
ney, Pennsylvania
First Honors for Department.
Miss Eleanor Connolly. Iowa; Miss
.Fanchette Mullen, Ontario; Miss Mary
Sheerin, Indiana; Miss Marguerite Ken
ny. Indiana; Miss Alicia Gamble, Con-
necticUt; Miss Mary Casey, Pennsyl-
vania; Miss Juliette Williams. Missouri
Miss Ida, Bowling, Kentucky; Miss
Genevieve Smith, Virginia.
SeconC. 4onors.
Miss Clare Foy, Pennsylvania; Miss
Helen Boyle. Maryland; Miss Amy Nc
Carthy. Nebraska; Miss Marion Stafford
LOUISIANA; Miss Mary Kelley, Pennsyl-
vania-
Second Senior Class.
Medals for first honors for scholarship
and department were conferred on Miss
Stephanie Moran. Michigan; Miss Isabel
AIcNabb, Michigan; Miss Jean Cossitt
Illinois: Miss Elizabeth Mullen. Ontario:
Miss Margaret Chatterton, Illinois; Miss
Ruth Quinn. Arkansas; Miss Virginia
Dorrance. Texas.
First hOnors for scholarship, second
FOR department were conferred on Miss
Florence Sheedy. Colorado; Miss Mar
garet GOlley, Ohio; Miss Nelsie Ben
nett. Washington; Miss Katharine
Maryland; Miss Helen AIaloney, Penn,
sylvania-
Medals for second honors for scholar
ship, first hOnOrs for department were
conferred on Miss Maude Oracle, Ar
kansas: Miss Rose Agnes Shea, Ten
ncssee; Miss Louise Dinner, Ohio. The
medal for second honors for scholarship
and depOrtm' Mt was conferred on Miss
Zoe Schotten, Missouri The medal for
department was conferred on Miss Heller
Ryan. Iowa
Miss Stafford VaIedictorian.
Miss Marion Stafford. Of Alexandria
Louisiana, was the valedictorian of heI
class and the salutatory The Valiant
Woman" was given by Miss Alicia
Gamble Of New Haven. Conn Musica /
numbers were included In the program,
one OF the features OF which was Abt's
The Water Lily chorus for female
voices.
The graduates who Yesterday received
their diplomas and medals Of gradua-
tion were Emile Juliette Williams. ST.
Louis. Mo; Marion Ramsay stafford.
Alexandra. La; Mary Anna KeIley'
Spring Forge. Pa; Mary Dorothy CASEY.
Erie. Pa; Genevieve de Sales Smith.
Ma Ma MslSP MsfEertey hy rs8ya rB2y
Kenny. indianapolis, Ind, Mary Agnes
Sheerin. Indianapolis. Ind; Eleanor
chette Norma Mullen. Amherstburg.
Ont. CathaTine Amy Mccarthy. POnca,
Neb-: Alicia Veronica Gamble. New
Haven. Conn. Clare Cecilia FOy. Pitts
ton. Pa: Ida Marie Downing, Lawrence
burg. XIV.
Georgetown Convent is the Oldest edu-
cational institution for girls in Wash
ingtOn. 1t was founded in 1923 and has
numbered among Its students many
prominent women.
SHE SIGNED, ALL RIGHT.
Wearing a pink frock and a hat Will
a pink bird OF paradise feather slanteC
a = ro.z- sNrng gr1Ta ~aT