Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-07-23
LOCAL MS.

Thursday afternoon with the friends of the
above institution; every seat being filled
long before the hour fixed for the ceremo-
MES of the day. About y, the students to
Tn, number Of GG, arrayed i'll their uniform
and bearing their beautiful banner, entered
in procession, and took their seats upon the
stage.
Precisely at , o'clock, the curtain rose,
and Oscar F. Baggett opened the proceed
inss with poetical SaI"tafory enumerating
the studies through which the school had
zone, giving expression TO the joy of the
students IN view of the approaching vaca-
tion. and deprecating the criticism of the
audience. He WAS succeeded by Patrick +.
: U'Gormnn, of this city, and James h. Dow
linz, of Peru. III The Irish Interpreter, the
mart of the latter young gentlemen being
entirely in the French language. and 10y
/ n lille f.. Latham, who rerlted Park Ben
;,miu', beautiful poem. THE Departed.
/ Bernard j Cnyle of Fairfax county, fol-
lowed with IN address upon The C,U"dsrS
/ L,G,, l,f;och; William B. Price with Al
6h 10 lIyinia; Richard ii. Lyles with Il
humorous description Of The .MoiI Fireman,
and J. Samuel Wimsatt with Oiheiio'S Ij'oi-
oly from Shakespeare.
An original dialogue entitled 4 LIFE IN
Mr Wants was next spoken by ii. Clay Elm
crson, john K. Edrlrn, James II. Crump,
Charles V Ilus-ey, and VIM. =. Woolls; fol-
Iuw.I bv Markly's TuLm Cam rerited by
/ Charles II. Mr,ilue, nt Orange &. H., III ad-
,lr.sS ON the character "f Th"mds JrHirSon
/ hv Rudolph johnson, Of Montgomery rcun-
~, Md. and a poem hurlesuuing The Fa$h
;ouy by Henry Clay Emerson, of this city.
Tn, Urru of Eirolom. an address com
memoraryr OF the settlement of Maryland,
was gracefully delivered by Clarence b.
,;wvru of Prince Georges County in that
State: Pur's Raven WAS rccited with much
/ r,.,linr b, G.. VIM. Hunter: Il dialogue en-
/ titlcI 4 Var, for L"ng Iacafions, III which
4 rubir meeting Of the boys came down
! pretty hard upon one "i our correspondents,
WAS spoken by ). }. Fletcher Dyson, Samuel
/ + Field. James +. Wood, Thomas 5. Now
land. Richard D. Massey, James A. Ncalc,
! j, Bernard IIiglnn. John Stevenson Tyler,
| Franklin DYSON Joseph I. Collins and OS-
car f. BagGrtt.
Miton's Snan. SIN. and Deoih. was next
recit,d hy Bernard }. C"ylr. followed by }.
/ Somuel Wimsatt. whose address on THE
/ DEATH Of Epami"o"daS, gave much Sat'sar-
! ton. and Jesse H. Edclrn, Of Prince Georges
/ County. Md, i'll n poem on Tine Surge ~
/ Sig,M An address commemorative "l the
services of Henry Clay WAS then delivered
| by q. William Hunter i'll Il highly pleasing
manner. and Ilallrrk's .Mrr" Bo==driS WAS
recited hy Rudolph Johnson, OF M"ntg"Ine-
~ County. Md after which, the il"n"rs oil
/ the 10Th session wcrc distributed 10y VIM. ID.
/ Massey. esq, Mayor. ~ follows:
Gold Medal Tor observance of school rules,
I, Walter Harrison Reid "i Fairfax County.
! Va. Silver Medal Tor the same To Clarence
Il. Gwynn. IF Prince GEORGES County Md,
! Silver Medal for the Observance of house
rulrs to Clarence g. Gwynn uf Prince
Georges county. Md, Silver Media for Pune
mality to ". IT. Reid, j. Samuel WimSatt,
and Samuel B. Field neither Of whom had
been absent ar late during the session, and
| Premiums IL John K. Edclrn. James a.
/ N-al-. James IT, Crunp and John H. Pad
4rtt.
For Diligence in Study, the following
| honnrs were awarded in the various classes:
! Senior. General Studies, Silver Medal IL " {.
/ n. Reid ut Fairfax County, l>t Premium t"
j. ). Wimsntt ct this city, and ID do. to Der
nurl j CnyIe nt Fairfax County. Premiums
tu ". IL. Reid III Mathematics and Prnman-
ship: b. J. Coyle in b excepting. and W..
/ Il. Reid aud J. s. WIm,att III Latin.
intermediates C!;.ss: General Studies: Sil-
yer Medal t. Clarence b. Gwymn, Of Prince
GEORGES Co, Md. lSt Premium 10 Jesse
Murray. ~. To- Richard II. Lyles. Sd, to
Joseph +. CulIiuS. 4th. IL Il. William Hun
fer. 9TH. Ia Charles =. Lambert. Premiums
to G. Is. Gwynn. Of Prince Georges County,
Joseph T. Collins. OF this city, and Thomas
J. Johnson. Of Montgomery County, Md, Tor
Arithmetic: 10 Rulol rh johnson, of the same
county for Algebra, and Richard II. iyirS
for PcnmanSlip; Il. VIM. Hunter and L. Il.
Gwvnu aud Il. Johnson and u. +. o''"r-
man. Tor Latin, and &. Il. Gwynn, i"r Grrrk.
Junior Class: General Studies: Silver
Medal Ia II. &. Emerson of this city. lst.
Premium To- James A. Nralc, n t" }. II.
Crump. I'd To VIM. i. Price, nth 10 >. u.
Field. 9TH To Willie +. Latham. Premiums
for Prnmanship Ia II. G. Emerson: for Ar'll'-
meti, Ia IL. G.. Emerson. Jesse L. Edr!en, at
Prince Georges County, Md, john IL. Bal
lev, ir.. aud j. II. Crumr; and for French |"
James f. bowling of Taena, Peru, ). a.
Entrance Class, -General Studies: Silver
medal to John H. Bailey, lr., of this city; lsl
premium to j. Bernard lIigdon, John W.
kcunrr. Thomas ). Nuwland, Noble Lind
saw. and Dennis A. Prallr. Premiums. tor
peumanship Ia Thoma, ). Rowland. and ior
Arithmetic to Benjamin Tubrnan. Charles
II N,,;lur, olOram..r c. IL. and Gh,rirs /
Clark.
In the Preparatory School, premium. were
awarded to 4. Jackson Balenger Tor P"nr
tuality: To Vim. G"odiIand lar Observance "'
Rules, and To Stephen Woods, Jr., i"r DIi'
.ence u, Studies.
After the distribution, the Nalrdlct"ry
was delivered by Walter Harrison Reid oI
Fairfax County, and it is due to this young
gentleman To- say that hr performed the part
ASSIGNED him IN Il masterly manner, his I'd
Irrss being exceedingly we'll written and ar
nr,uriatr IN Itself. and being delivered III
the most graceful manner.
The Principal then announced that the orr
ciual dialogue Honesty the best P"iiry, re-
nuired the cleaning "t the stage and change
in dress on the part al some al those "h'
v,.r. f.. take part in 1t: II Iad been "mlte'
at its proper place IN tn" proSrHln''r' a"'
w,,Id conclude the exercises. and 1t WAS ;i'
cordinsinsy performed IN character by u"
renee i. tiwynn. Richard II. LyleS, Henry