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.
Miss Vallie Utterback was
valedictorian of the last class to graduate from the Monroe
Institute in 1892 after which its doors were closed forever. |