Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-06-26

COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES highly ap.
rrccatvo and select audience filled Sarepta
Hall yesterday aitcrnooI, CO the occasion of the
ltrueth annual oonmeUcencnt Of st. john s
Academy. The stage was conspicuous by the
tota! absence Ct the Eeautiiu! decorations Of
las! year, the distribution Of s.. Mary's hcsd
cray IN III" morning rendering any attempt at
ornamcntallon Impossible. as the scenery Was
oay, was drapei with The American flag and
Wreathei With flowers. For the same reasoD,
probably, the floral tributes were not 50 puncr
Gus ~ Tor scm: years past, though mary OF
them we're Very tasty ard elegant, and few. if
any recipients vi tOD0ra were left urremcmbcr
cd By their friends. 1t had bceu expected that
the ALEXANDRIA Musical Association would as
sis bus sonc OF its members were unable to
obtain leave Of absence trom their employers
and the csGeis, after mar9uveriog on their
drill sroucd, marched down to q single drum,
the mu;c icing furnished By fac orchestra
under tho ds,c!on OF Prof Il. II. HeymaD,
who presided Of a Gno piano, kindly furnished
By Mr.. T. L. Van Aukep.
The Salutaory, by Francis Eugene Carroll.
OF this city. was humorous production crcd-
tably delivered. Ii vas followed by Oar
prsc!;c.i IRA, u wcl written essay, by Joseph
Maria Monroe, also OF this city. Tho Wanis
OF the Age" uuo.her excellent and practical
essay, vas thea scad by Edward Norman Car,
pentcr, OF ST. Mays county, Md" followed
by "Eom', siupe, set beautiful production
ty ohm Cook B:Oadus, Of this city, the young
est Of the Cass. whose sweet clear voice
added muca to the pleasure Of those who heard
him. The best speech, however, By reason OF
It's excellent delivery was that OF Robert lac
Moor0e, ui This city. Ambition. Not Oas
youog man in iIuuGr,!, in his maiden speech
eauHd co lal the sGlt possession aud line e1cutio2
OF this your goot!t who i he cGnlGu,s
10 suly and praotic. wjl make bis mark az 40
orator 10 the ucar luu:e. With few happy
remarks TO tho graduates. llo |! nor, Mayer
I4npsr, then hand, i their Il !,!enlas ot grad
ualon 10 l.. 'clish s;ud!is 20 TIC above named
ycucg g@nlleGC1, and 10 Eht lHas Robert Archie
Burke, vi St.iio!d cGG1:y. tjcEc'ly ct Essex
who immeCn;tiy delivered i. teaching Fslcdlc'
Tory Mr.. Hurkc is the franCs1u 81 the ls!c
Robert i. Andrews, AID i SCH Of Mai. Thomas
Burke, Of the 5J.h Virginia, who Tell, while
fighting sslsrtly Ilr lis native State in the
Seven Days Fight. sad h:s gaic:e many friends
;mopg our c.Z Iia Gu:!nG hia SIX year, stsy
at tho Academy
Major Dont, President Of tbs Patrick II apry
Society, then Introduced their orator, Samuel
e. Brent, esq VITO delivered cAasctc end
beautiful address, !sv0riug clssslca! culture rs
Il m.aus Of i, tiliog tho taste and ctVit!ng the
fentimens Ct cur people. This SIC believe,
Was Mr.. Brent $ frs. effort 1t pIb5 speaking
,y,ept 10 debating sCcle:los any ut the bar,
aud it is but justice to him to cay that he m,rc
than surpassed the rDos saoguioc expectations
Of his host OF friends, by Nhom he was %arm!y
concentrated.
Hon. VIM. NJ. Springer, ol liiaois thcn,
by request ct the Principal, presented the
Foard Pre-, share OF tho stock in the AtEin
dria Library Company, to E?beEt lee Monroe,
for the best fiual examination, ::.as!Gg very
few but Highly appropriate marks.
After brief tXplaGatJu, F'y the Ifrclpai.
OF tho plan pursued 10 awMd:ng honois, SIX
goll ard sixteen slqr medals and hity'!our
hanGsomu premauns WIRE tHcn distributed as
follows:
Supplementary Course JuGi9f lesr--Prcia!.
um TO Frederick VIM. Hart. ci Aex'adria
County. 76 per ce2.
j. Cook G. B:oadus Sc. Premiums TO 1. IL.
A. Burke, Stafford cJutty. Va, S. ; to Rob-.
L. Monroe, 81 FIancis r.. Carroll, 70. First
Ycar-Go!d medals to VIZ. Il. Springer, u
Springfield ILL.,, %. atd ". tra0k h1mbert'
95. Silver medals TO Charles y. De-tl' s.
Franklin }. L. Wc1zel. 80, and }. Beau'egart
Kelley. Ct Stauulou, Va, 50. Special r'c'Dl
um to r. Lee Hoy. 81. Premiums to JamGs
IL. Birch Washington, d. g., s.; Lewis Il.
Griffith, Baltimore couoty, Md, 81 q.
Douglas Carpenter. s.. Maiys cJunty, Md,
So; Albert S. }. Price, 50; Bfaxton L: Smith,
So; p. o. Budd. Charles cluu'y. Nd, 81
Charles +. DicdeI, 50 Epbrsim NJ. adams,
50; Eugene Z. Psdseit, 10; HOifnlao Alag,
of Rchrloud. %; Louis l.. Biarer, 70; u.
W. Budd. Charles county. Nd, Is and lu4e'
tual attendance.
intermediate Class, y Ycar-Goll medals
10 Charles B2nGheim. &c. aud CO.. u. HOP
kius, %. Silver medal to Charles Ii. \ ohe
o.. Premiums to Thomas f. MeDgmott, IS
Frederick II. Schneider, So; 1. Lee liii, 81
First Ysar-Prtmiuns 10 James Callan, 81
Frank L. Delca, OF New York So; Soiom.n
Bloudhcim. 10 John 7. Rafferty,, IS :; Samuel
Driefus. rs; special premium 10 Walter =.
Blackjack, of Charles couaty, Mo-, who made
s. per c. pt. 10 five months.
Junior Glass, I'd lesr-SiiVcr medal 10 Il.
w. Wcrzel, 90. Premiums to Weston H.
Atkinson, IS; j. Edward Waddey, 81; y.
Bernard Dcuney, &c; Charles bragsr, 49,
First Yea1-Premiums 10 David "A. Makeiy,
50; Robert f.. Lucas, ir, ~ Special silver
medal to VIM. Gibson, IT,, who made 9G per ct.
10 seven months
For Observance Of Rules aud Ofders-Goid
medal to Lewis II. Griffith and silver medal.
(psrt Of session. to Walter e. Blackjack. Tor
perfect observance of both HON" and school
rules. Silver medals to James II. Birch, e.
VIM. Buad, 7. Il. Archie Burke and VIM.
Il. Springer, and plemium 10 illlIWan Alia1.
Tor observance Of home rules, aud James Z.
Quinn, Charles II. Iohe, George ID. Hopkins
and Eddie II. kenper for observance Of school
rules.
Attcndance--Goid medal 10 oscph NJ. Mon
roe, who bad answered at every io'l call 10:
four years.
Silver medals to Erhram III. Adauis AID
Eageuc g. PGdgctt, who had ans%erea every
roll call tor five ysnIs. and TO Charles i. piedei
aud frederick ii. Schneider, who had 10;
missed Que Tor three.
Premiums Wero awarded to Frederick j.
Paf, who lad not missed enc for two years,
and to Cbas. Bendheim, l.. h. B'aser,. Jas.
CaIan. F. +. Carroll, t. p. DeIea Of New
York, G. d. Hopkins and J. I. Rafferty,, who