The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-06-08
DISTRIBUTION DAY.
The Academy of the Visitation
the Scene of Much Interest
and Pleasure-Students Re-
ceive Medals and Premiums
Alumni Exercises.

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this year marks the sixtieth ami
versary of this excellent inStitu.
tion in the pathway of ednca.
tiOnal instruction. No special
celebration was held, but among
those who remem bered back into
the past far enough, or whose
happy school girl days we're
spent at the academy, there were
vivid memories in many minds of
those by-gOne days which the
present one so signally resem-
bles.
Distribution Day at the Acad.
envy of the Visitation now de.
parts very little FROM the days of
yore, and the old pupils love to
get back for this event and 90
over again those gladstone DAYS
when they were school girls at
the convent.
One of the most pleasant feat
ures at this annual gathering is
the active interest and co-opera-
tion of the members of the
Alumni Association, who do so
much to make the affair a sue
cess. Their annual meeting takes
place on Distribution Day, and
one and all extend to each other
the most cordial Fluctuations.
Each graduate is made mem her
OF the Alumni and then follows
the banquet when the good
things of the season are served
and the tOasts are responded to
by the old and new members.
This year the distribution of
premiums and the annual exer.
ciSeS took place on Tuesday morn
ing, the 9th inst, at $50 a. IN.
A large crowd was present and
each number on the program went
off in a most satisfactory manner.
The students were assisted by
the Choral Glass, which rendered
some pleasing numbers. Much
regret was expressed at the alb.
sence Of Colonel Il. l.. Hay, who
was to have delivered the adj
dress. He was detained on &C
count of illness. Rev. Father
Kane made a few remarks incl
dent to the occasion and then
presented the medals and pre-
miumS to the successful scholars.
In Testimony of having passed
creditably through the gradual;
ing class, diplomas and gold
medals were conferred on Miss
Annie Sophia Staley, Frederick;
Miss Emma Brady Lynch, Hall
town, West Virginia; Miss Mary
Loretto Brosius, GAINESVILLE, Md;
Miss Ida Cecilia Jarboe, POoles-
vile, Md.
rrize gold medals in Chris
tian Doctrine were awarded in
the graduating class to Miss
Anna S. Staley; equal in merit,
Miss Emma b. Lynch; first senior
class, Miss Mabel L. Donnelly;
second senior, Miss Anna W.
Kengla; equal in merit, Miss Mar
gsret NJ. Reardon; third senior,
Miss Pauline Diffendal. Prize
silver medals to Misses Margaret
B. Bennett, Helen j. thinner
man, Elizabeth CrOmelin, Anna
Il. Harmedy, Madeline ID. Carr,
Margaret +. Long, Virginia E.
Frazier, Anna NJ. Diffendal.
For distinguished success in
the respective English classes,
the Alumn8 gold medal, the
highest honor of the graduating
class was awarded to Miss Anna
s. S;aley; other medals were
awarded to Misses Elizabeth
Munro, Margaret Reardon, Ber-
nadette Donohoe, Margaret b.
Bennett, Helen j. Zimmerman,
Anna G. Harmedy, Rebecca Sta
ley, Aileen and Virginia Frazier.
The Benedlcta gold medal for
general excellence was awarded
to Miss Mary H. BrOsiuS; a gold
medal for composition, Miss Anna
S. Staley; gold medal for liter
ature, Miss Emma b. Lynch; gold
medals for Improvement in music,
Miss Annie S. Staley, Miss Bessie
Il. Ramsburg.
The "Loretto" gold medal for
deportment was awarded to Miss
Ida Cecilia Jarboe; gold badges
in the senior department were
awarded to Misses Mary Il. Bro
sius, Anna S. Staley, Emma b.
Lynch, Elizabeth Munro, Mabel
f. Donnelly, Anne W. Kengla'
Lillian NJ. Jamison, BernadetIe
J. Donohoe, Katherine NJ. Stone
braker, Elizabeth b. Rodock,
Florence f. Windsor; silver
badges, Misses Deborah M.
Digges. Edna Il. Blandford,
Helen j. Zimmerman, Elizabeth
Cromelin, Blanche and Pauline
Edelen, Ada Middletown, Alice
McAyoy. Amelia Savage, ana a