The daily gazette., 1878-06-14
Rugby Commencement.

Rugby Com Omnlencement.
MUSIC, DECLARATIONS AND ESSAYS
ADDRESS BY CHAs. DUDLEY WARNER
ROLL OF HONOR.
Rugby Academy Commencement drew
| a large audience to the Grand Opera
| House, last evening and was very plea.
SAINT occasion. The programme was en-
| liyened with good music by Prof Richie's
orchestra, and opened with stirring
| defamation, "The Revenge" by LeollI
Il Bennett, followed by another .'Fugi
tive Slaves" by Perry Nields. Both were
| delivered IN excellent style.
| Walter l.. Butler read an essay on "The
| Coliseum at Rome," in which he
pleasantly described some of the barbar.
| GUS scenes that were won't to be enacted
| at this ancient institution. Master Butler
| took the ground that the Coliseum bar
bari+ms found their modern counterpart
in pughsm and pri ze-fghting, partlcu-
larly in this country and England. He
| strongly commended the action of the
State of New Jersey, which severely pun
| ishes prize-fighters instead of making
them objects of public alteration.
John w. Leithead declaimed the affect
ing poem, "The Little Hero" in a mast
trly manner, and Chas G. Phillips thrill
lingly declaimed "Custer's Last Charge, ~
Edward II. Eckel read a carefully-pre-
pared essay on "Politeness," in which he
analyzed the true meaning of the word
in all its bearings, and urged the consis-
tent practice of the virtue of politeness
in all departments of life. Then Leigh
ton Coleman Van Trump, little fellow
of the Primary Department, still in short
pants, came out and recited a poem,
"The Ambitious Boy" in such pleasant
self-possessed manner that it fairly
brought down the house.
The address before the Rugby Literary
Society was then delivered by Charles
Dudley Warner, the popular author and
tuerdteur The address referred to the
prevailing American characteristic of a
desire to make money ,and reviewed this
trait in all its various phases. 1t was
pleasantly delivered, and was listened
TO throughout with close attention.
Each of the participants in the above
exercises received gifts of flowers, books
SC, from their friends in the audience,
and at the conclusion the front of the
stage was lined with packages and beau
tiful bouquets.
DIR. Murphy closed the exercises by
awarding the prizes. The first honor,
the gold medal, he said, was awarded
for the highest standing in all classes the
best general average, diligence and per-
severance. The second honor was the
silver medal, but as it was impossible,
this time, to decide between two of the
contestants, two medals had been pro-
eided. The penmaLship prizes COM
prised handsomely written and framed
diplomas, and the merits of the recipi-
ents were decided by the teachers at
Bryant and Stratton's Philadelphia Col
lege, who examined the specimens. The
other prizes consisted of valuable and
useful books, and the whole were award
ed as follows
ROLL OF HONOR.
First honor-gold medal-John w.
Leithead.
Second honor-silver medals-G gorge
Lodge, of Claymont, and Frank w.
Pierson, of Wilmington.
Mathematics First Prize-L. Heisler
Ball; second, Charles G. Phillips.
English Grammar-George Il. Hof-
fecker and John S. Spruance.
Classics-First Prize-George Herbert
Murphy; second, w. Frank Tatnall.
Spelling-J. Smith Brennan and w.
Frank Tatnall.
Elocution-senior department-Chas
G. Phillips junior Washie
n. Ralston and Eddie Candy primary
department-Percy Nields and Ernest b.
McNair.
Geography-william S. Hilles and
Il
Penmanship-s senior department-Ed-
ward B. Downing and j.. Herbert Muir
ply; junior department-Harry NJ.
Walker; primary department-J. Perry
Seward.
Natural philosophy-Herbert b. Cause
and John q. Patterson.
Composition-senior department-Ed-
ward IL. Ecl<el and Leoline e. Bennett
Junior department-Walter l.. Butler aud
and Norrie Robinson primary depart
ment-Christie l.. Ward and j. Danforth
Bush.
Punctuality-Frank w. Pierson, G..
Parke Postles, Clarence S. Robb, j. Fer
ris Belt, William S. Hilles, George II.
Hoffecker, Ulysses S. Pierson, G. Gle
land Jones.
Excellence of conduct and diligence in
general studies-J. Latimer Tatnall, Will
liam ii. Savery, j. Perry Seward, NAL
colin McLear, William g. Jackson, Ed
die G. Sawdon, Louis NJ. Sawdon, Leigh
ton Coleman Van Trump.