Miss WHITCOMB’s Seminary
191 Clinton street, Brooklyn Brooklyn Union Argus June 13, 1882 The commencement exercises of Miss WHITCOMB’s Seminary were given last evening before a crowded audience in the lecture hall of the school, 191 Clinton street. The graduates, namely: Matilda H. SPELLMAN, Pauline BECAR, Mary S. SMITH, Marian P. CULYER, Lillian M. JOHNSON, Alma C. JUNGHANS Susan K. TAYLOR and a number of other scholars with Miss WHITCOMB and Miss GROSVENOR, entered the hall in procession singing the Evening Hymn. The graduates and nine of the other young ladies ascended the platform and took seats there. After Rev. A.J. HUTTON had offered prayer, Miss Lillian M. JOHNSON, a pretty and graceful young lady, spoke. Miss A. C. JUNGHANS, from the West Indies, who has received her education in Miss WHITCOMB’s school, read an essay in French entitled 'Le Grand Corneille.' The Valedictory was by Miss Matilda H. SPELLMAN. Transcriber:Margaret Ransom RETURN to 1880 GRADUATE MAIN RETURN to GRADUATE MAIN RETURN to BROOKLYN MAIN