National Republican., 1875-06-24
EMERSON INSTITUTE.
Commencement Exercises.

The commencement exercises of the Emerson
Institute, which took place last evening at Lin
coin hall, were creditable not only to that popu-
lar academy itself, but also to the young men
who participated. The programme was composed
of songs recitations, dialogues and declamations,
all Of which were rendered in an excellent and
entertaining manner. and reflected much credit
upon Prof Rhodes, the instructor In elocution.
The following is the programme of the exercises
Music; saiutatSry Original & BlHiT Lee PEsyer aye
F. d. WiIslow; The Way to Do 1t, L. Benet: An
thony and Cleopatra, q. Moore; Mrs. Smiths
BoaTder, D. Moore, p. MaurO; Independence Bell,
g. McNeir; music; Minot's Ledge, NJ. Duncan;
How He Saved st. Michael's, B. Lee; Song Of
the Forge, W. Elliott, +. Bergman, D. Bulkley,
ling, A. Fischer. b. Bulkley; The Bridal Feast,
H. Hosmer; Catiline's Defiance, q. Prettyman;
Tells Archery, P. Mauro; Curran in Defence OF
Rowan, /. Wells; Darius Green and His Flying
Machine, B. Riddle; Last Days of Herculsneum,
H. Zeyerlyi music; Deaf Uncle Ned, Lee, Wins
1Ow 1sTS SvSDnsed s1ssc 6T oSS RSam 9u a. Eu
phreys; Wreck Of the Hesperus, S. Cameron;
Wounded, g; Story; music; Naledictory, (origi-
Alter the excellent valedictory had been delIv-
cred by Mr.. WinslOw, the principal of the insti-
tute, Mr.. Q. B. Young, distributed the prizes and
medals to the following persons:
LIST OF AWARDS.
First Pinkney medal, Leroy Tuttle; second
pinkney medal, Blair Lee; scholarship gold
medal, Hall Lewis; punctislity and scholarship,
V. Mindeleh and 5. L. Cameron; punctuality,
scholarship and first honor for Greek, y. W.
Oker; gold medal for punctuality aud scholar
ship, +. HOlten and George ODER; medal for
punctuslity, Herman Bergman, ID 5uglas Moon,
Dorsey Brown, and n. II. RidenOur. Junior de-
pBrtment-Flrst honor, gold med al, Horace Up
perman; second honor, gold medal, Pcyton Brown;
punctuality, department and scholarship, gold
medals, Richard Middleton, L. Burcheli, q.
Hobbs II. q. Stewart, S. Stott, and A. Aeker:
German. Professor Schaad-irst in German, gold
medal, Leroy Tuttle: second IN German, gold
medal, Z. Schafer. French-Flrst class, medal
to Y. Mindelef, prize TO John Cooper; second
class, gold medal to F. Zimmerman, prize to H.
Casey. Primary depsrtment-First class, con-
duct and scholarship, prize to Henry Bergman;
second class, prize to the leader, c. A. Wills IN,
leader Of the class, and F. Fischer, equal in
standinR; entitled to special csmmendation for
diligence and proficiency in their studies, b.
RIDDLE, Walter Robinson, Janvier Woodward,
and W. Elliott. Z. ZevelY left before the close OF
the term, and wouIu have been entitled TO medal
as leader OF his class through the year. In the
higher English department the following prizes
silver medal to Y. Wells. F. ID. Widslow was
not . contestant for honors, having finished the
usual course last year, and having at present eu-
gagged with the studies of the advanced course.
After the awarding OF prizes for scholarship
and department, the committee on declamative
honors, consisting Of Judge Mccarthy, Rev. DIR.
Vaughn Lewis and Commander Lull, conferred
medals upon the following declaimaints Blair
Lee, first gold medal: Clarence Story and A. q.
Riddle each received silver medals.