The
final commencement of the old Monroe Institute took place May
12, 1892, with Dr. W. Pope Yeaman delivering the address. The
program presented was as follows:
Piano
duet, Lena Wunch and Minnie Dinwiddie; solo, Susie Smith;
prayer, the Rev. A. F. Pearson; solo, Maggie McConachic; vocal
solo, Meda Branch: address, Dr. Yeaman; solo, Eugenia Hardesty.
Miss
Value Utterback was valedictorian and the other members of the
graduating class were: Myrtie Ransdall and Mollie Cochlin. The
Institute conferred the Baccalaureate Degree.
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Miss Vallie Utterback was
valedictorian of the last class to graduate from the Monroe
Institute in 1892 after which its doors were closed forever. |