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@file_pinax -> documents -> @commencement_1861:event {description: "Commencement and Graduation records detailing proceedings, resolutions, and voting results for the Ninth Annual Commencement held on March 13 1861 at Medical Fund Hall"}
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@file_a092_001_143_jpg -> documents -> @commencement_1861:event {type: "image", contains: "OCR of motion appropriating funds for entertainment and notes on ceremony"}
@commencement_1861:event {when: @date_1861_03_13, where: @medical_fund_hall, start_time: "16:00", description: "Ninth Annual Commencement and Graduation"}
@medical_fund_hall:place {city: @philadelphia, country: @united_states}
@final_drexel_university:organization {type: "university"}
@commencement_1861:event -> held by -> @final_drexel_university
@a_preston:person {full_name: "A. Preston", role: "Secretary"}
@temple:person {full_name: "Temple", role: "Committee member"}
@russell:person {full_name: "Russell", role: "Committee member"}
@brooksell:person {full_name: "Brooksell"}
@coates:person {full_name: "Coates"}
@kerr:person {full_name: "Kerr"}
@c_d_cleveland:person {full_name: "C. D. Cleveland", title: "Professor"}
@dr_fussell:person {full_name: "Dr. Fussell", role: "Valedictory speaker"}
@mrs_mary_j_reynolds:person {full_name: "Mrs. Mary J. Reynolds"}
@miss_frances_v_davis:person {full_name: "Miss Frances V. Davis"}
@sarah_kleckner:person {full_name: "Sarah Kleckner"}
@sallie_paul:person {full_name: "Sallie Paul"}
@jane_payne:person {full_name: "Jane Payne"}
@rachel_t_speakman:person {full_name: "Rachel T. Speakman"}
@mr_dixon:person {full_name: "Mr. Dixon"}
@dean:person {title: "Dean"}
@students:concept {type: "students"}
@professors:concept {type: "professors"}
@sargent_st:place {city: @philadelphia, country: @united_states}
@valedictory:speech:document {type: "speech", delivered_by: @dr_fussell}
@a_preston -> secretary of -> @commencement_1861:event
@temple -> appointed with -> @russell {task: "make arrangements with Corporators"}
@a_preston -> recorded -> @commencement_1861:event {date: @date_1861_03_05}
@commencement_1861:event -> voting result -> @miss_frances_v_davis {white_votes: 64, black_votes: 6}
@commencement_1861:event -> voting result -> @sarah_kleckner {white_votes: 59, black_votes: 11}
@commencement_1861:event -> voting result -> @sallie_paul {white_votes: 64, black_votes: 6}
@commencement_1861:event -> voting result -> @jane_payne {white_votes: 67, black_votes: 3}
@commencement_1861:event -> voting result -> @rachel_t_speakman {white_votes: 66, black_votes: 4}
@commencement_1861:event -> voting result -> @mrs_mary_j_reynolds {white_votes: 58, black_votes: 12}
@commencement_1861:event -> suspended rule -> @dean {rule: "inform each candidate of the vote"}
@temple -> resolved appropriation -> @commencement_1861:event {amount: 10, currency: "dollars", purpose: "entertainment"}
@dr_fussell -> committee member of -> @commencement_1861:event {task: "entertainment arrangements"}
@a_preston -> committee member of -> @commencement_1861:event {task: "entertainment arrangements"}
@c_d_cleveland -> conferred degree -> @commencement_1861:event {recipients: 6, gender: "female"}
@dr_fussell -> delivered -> @valedictory:speech
@students -> boarded at -> @mr_dixon {location: @sargent_st}
@professors -> spent evening with -> @students {when: @date_1861_03_13, after: true} On motion resolved that our Commencement be held on Wednesday the 13th of March at 4 P.M. Messrs Temple & Russell were appointed to make in conjunction with the Corporators all necessary arrangements for holding the Commencement. Resolved that when we adjourn we adjourn to meet on Monday at 12 O'clock M. A. Preston Sec. March 5th Present Brooksell, Coates, Russell, Kerr, Preston, Temple The voting on the candidates was proceeded with & resulted as follows: <table> <tr> <th></th> <th>White Votes</th> <th>Black votes</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Miss Frances V. Davis</td> <td>64</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>" Sarah Kleckner</td> <td>59</td> <td>11</td> </tr> <tr> <td>" Sallie Paul</td> <td>64</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>" Jane Payne</td> <td>67</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>" Rachel T. Speakman</td> <td>66</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mrs Mary J. Reynolds</td> <td>58</td> <td>12</td> </tr> </table> On motion Resolved that the rule requiring the Dean to inform each candidate of the vote by which she was passed be suspended. Resolved that the Ladies for whom we
have just voted be recommended to the Corporators for graduation. An Motion of Dr Temple resolved that ten dollars be appropriated if needed to give an entertainment to the students of the evening of the Commencement & that Dr Fussell & A. Preston be a committee to attend to the matter. Adjourned A. Preston Note. The Ninth Annual Commencement was held at the Medical Fund Hall on Wednesday, March 13th, 1861, at 4 P.M. Prof. C.D. Cleveland conferred the degree on the six ladies & Dr Fussell delivered the valedictory. By invitation of a few of the students boarding at Mr Dixon's in Sargent St., the Professors & other students spent the evening after Commencement with them.
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