Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-06-26
st. Johns Academy.

doing so. 40 unusually large oumber OF per
SONS from Washington and Georgetown were
present, probably seventy or eighty, besides
some from Maryland and other parts Of Vir-
GINA.
The stage and beautiful decorations arranged
for the Distribution Of Mt. Vernon Institute
| had been kindly left, and the addition OF 4 beau
! tilul array Of flags, made The hall present very
! handsome appearance IS the visitor entered.
A fue brass baud, under Prof. Medley, march
cd down with The cadets and cnIlvcncd the cX'
erclscs with appropriate Music Tic two com
pancs entered by different doors and stacked
arms TO the right and left Of the stage before
taking seats upon it. rs the clock struck iour
the exercises commenced, the following heinz
the order:
Address, The Ingenuity of Mau. Joseph Pur
ipgton Broders, Alexandria, Va; Essay lntem
pcrauce, John Henry Greene Alexandria, Va.
Essay, Discipline, John Slater Bradley, Harris.
ouburg, Va; Address, Oven High, Samuel
Brunet Loeb, HarGisonburg, Va; Essay, Never
too late to learn, Edgar Mounlioy, Alexandria,
| Va; Address, DEMONSTRATION. Charles Odcll
Lowiuder, Alexandria, Va; Essay, The Evils
of Public lille, viii Henry Wunlcr. AlcXan..
dria county, Va Address, The Influence OF
Honor, VIM Tinsloy Hyde, LarrisonLurg, Va;
Address, The Isle Of Dreams, Robert Randoiph
Cooke, Alexandria, Va; Essay, Thought, Love
and Labor, Harry Stevens Barker, Alexandria,
Vs.; Address, From Youth to Manhood aud
the Close Of Life, George hecso Blizer, Alex
andria, Va.
70 all these and TO Walter Benjamin Dent,
who afterwards delivered q touching Nacdlc
tory, diplomas az 'Graduates in English Stu
dies" were delivered by His Homer, Nlayor
JohusUu.
A beautiful address was then delivered hy
Julian Taylor, esq, of the class OF Is, tie ora
tor selected by the Patrick Henry Society. HIS
theme wa:, The Lords o! Creation, AID he
haDdIed it in mas!erly manner, rr0lTay'n%
the characters OF Caesar and ShaEsrhtc VITA
no uuskiIful hand
Then came the award Of the \ ale p'iz, OF
S2j, awarded to the best cssayst by commit
tee consisting Of Mr.. Nea!e himself aud 5. l..
Beach aud NJ. Slaughter, esq. y written re-
bort was read by the Principal statlug that
they had agreed upon awarding it tn the author
If biographical sketch OF Talleyfa1d slHn1i
Frank. This writer proved to be George l"
BilZer, to whom our able young delegate - the
General Assembly, George H. Simpson, esq.
presented the check at Mr.. Ncale's request 10
a most felicitoua though brct address.
Mayor Johnson then distributed Tie ho1oTD
Of the session as follows:
For Diligence 10 Studlea--5cni6r Glass
Second Year-SiIver Medals to W. i. Datt, Of
St. Mary's Co., Md; John 5. Bradley aud
VIM. L. Hyde OF Harrl51nburri WIN IL. Wan
der Of Alexandria comfy; and Harry ). Bar
Kerr joseph p Btoder5, Elgar Moun'loy,.
Charles O. l4avindcr and Robert Q. Cooke. OF
this city.
Premiums to George l.. Bitter and John II
| AZ This fity Mammal /, ,jch I'll
Harfisopburg.
First Yoar-Silver Medal to Frederick Wa
Hart, Of Alexandria county
Premiums to Wilfrsd {. Potter, Of E!n:na
N. T.; J. Albert Arnold, Of Fairfax %, Va,
and Paul f. Wills, Of Charles Co., Sid.
intermediate Class-Silyar Medal; il !. Il.
Archa Burke, of Stafford Co, Va, AID T..
Maurice Fitzgerald, OF Washington, II, {.
Premium TO Fraucis Il. Carroll, CT this ely.
First Ycar-Gold Medals to Joseph NJ. Mon
roe and Braxton B. Snilh, Of this city.
Silver Medals to Lewis II. Griffith, OF Ba'n
more Co., Nd, aud Robert l.. Nloul1e, {.
Harry Yohe, Albert s. }. Price, Samuel Bend
helm, Ephraim NJ Adams, FRAU. NJ. Smith,
John T.. Taylor, G. r. Lee Zoe, Eugene Z.
Padgctt, aud Lewis L. Bragcr, OF this city:
Premiums TO Charles X. Heath, Of Wash.
iugtop; VIM. i. Mariner, OF taulul"r Co., AID
lhirlc5 lu'lcl, il1Dtll ~ iiiih'"9 a'''' ''''''
f. Nugcnt. Of this city.
Junior Class old Medals t. Joseph Par
cell and Charles Bendhrm, Of this city.
Silver Medals To Frederick Schn:.ll"r, 81 this
city; j. Harry Cats, Of Fairfax Co., aud Geo.
W. Heath and Benjamin +. Wiser, Of Wash
ingon D. &.
| Premiums to Auburn G. Price, lanhou Cole.
aud VIM. L. Carne, it,, OF this city:
First Ycar--SilScr medal To William j.
Premiums to Carl Voltcu and BtrnaeL !.
Donnelly, of this city.
Gold medal to Lewis H. Griffith, Of Bali
more Go. Nd, for Perfect Observance CT House
and School Rules.
Silver medals to Harry $. Barker Of ibis
city, Frederick VIM Hart Of Alexandria Co.,
and Edward l.. McWiliams Of Fairfax Co.,
for Perfect Observance Of Schoo! Rules and
Willard Z. Burgess OF Northumberland Co..
II. r. Archie Burke oil Stafford Co., Edwin \.
Dent f. Maurice Fitzgerald, and Charles IL.
Heath Of Washington, u. g., VIM. W. Ven.
tress of IberviIle Parish, lI:, and Paul +.
Wills of Charles Co., NIL, for Perfect Ob+cr
vance of House Rules.
Premiums for Strict Observance Of School
Rules 10 Joseph p. Broders, Robert r. Cooke,
and G.. Harry Yohe, Of this city.
For Puucluaty-SiIyer medals to Ephl,iM
Nj. Adams and Eugene i. Padgrtt, oI his
city, who lave not missed roll call for three
years.
Premiums to Charles Bendheim, Louis l..
Brager, W. Benjamin Dent. Charles DedeI,
John 4. Taylor, and Frederick Schneider, who
have not missed for a year, and Joseph NJ.
Monroe, who has not missed for two years, and
loJ. Albert Alnoll, Frederick VIM. Hart,
Auburn G. Price and Albert J.. Price who at
tended every day, bnt were once late.
At the conclusion Of the egerclse.', about
7:3. j. H., the cadets marched back to thr'r
school house, and, after trass parade we're
finally dismissed.
Everything passed OF pleasantly, except that
the conduct of few boys aud not few young
girls was so bad As to call, three times. for re,
proof from the Principal. They chartered and
laughed so that some of the speakers, whose
voices were not loud, could scarcely be heard
lust around the stage. II any means can be
| E,unj m ,ycIude them thee should never