National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-06-23
EMERSON INSTITUTE.


butlen Of Premiums.
The ihirty-fourth annual commencement
Of the Emerson Institute took place In the
Church OF Our Father, corner OF Thirteenth
and L streets, last evening The Indictment
weather apparently had hut little effect In
preventing the attendance Of the friends OF
the institute, and when the Marine band
started the strains OF the first musical selec-
ton Of the evening there was a fair audi
cree present. A beautiful display OF floral
designs graced the pulpit platform. The
salutatory was delivered In an easy manner
by j, s. Billings.
The event OF the evening was the com
pctitive defamation, contested by the fol-
lowing: s. Watson, "Plca for lrelandp Il.
Riley, "SmitIng the Rocket Charles Mat
thewson, "Dorkins's Night.n Hugh Dallas,
"John Burns at Gcttysburg;" Thos. Riggs,
"on the shores of TENNESSEE" NJ. Lam
mond, "a Strike Ordered;" John Massle,
"Little Mag;n Robert Breckenridge, "Dec-
Grafton Dayn an extract from a speech by
senator.elect Daniel, Of Virginia; Wright
Smith, "Robert OF Sicily,' J. s. Billings,
"The Revengen Howe Totten, "stand Fast,
CTnighilage9,iei" Aug; King, " ,5,,',
"Herve Riel;'' Ralph Bsbee, "RemInis-
cenccs OF Exhibition Day." A com
mittee, consisting of T. A. Lambert,
Of the Washington bar; Rev. DIR. Shackcl-
ford, assistant rector OF Ascension Church,
and DIR. John w. Buckley, was selected to
decide which OF the boys should be awarded
medals, and reported as follows First
gold medal, Robinson Riley; first silver
medal, Wright Smith; second silver medal,
John s. Billings; third silver medal, Morris
hammond. The decision was received with
applause. All the boys did credit TO their
teachers by the excellence OF their declama-
ton. A dialogue, entitled "Realistic Read
Ing" afforded much amusement.
The valedictoriap was NJ. j. Ramsdell, son
of Register II. j. Ramsdell, who proved
himself worthy Of the honor conferred upon
him, and who was awarded the highest hon
ors OF his class, standing first In all bis
studies. An original poem Of great merit,
by Isaac Morris, was read by Miss Johns.
Prof Charles b. Young, principal Of the
institute, awarded class prizes as follows:
First class-Classlcnl department. class
| honor, gold medals TO MortonJ Ramsdell aud
John 8, Billings: prize for Latin and Greek,
Aug. Il. King. Higher English department.
Pinckney gold medal (gil OF DR.. J. w. Bulk
Icy, Edward G. CLARK; gold medal'for scholar
Second clhss-Classical department. first
| honor. gold medal, Frank Taylor; gold medals
| for scholarship, r. A. II. Clarke, Hugh Dallas,
| and Hugh McCulloch: prizes to Ralph Blsbeo
medal for scholarship, Wright Smith.
| Third chss-Gold medal for punctuality and
Improvement, Presby Hunt; prize IN Latin
ment in penmnnship. Alonzo Church.
French department-First class, gold medal
| Aug. Il. King; second class, first prize, Wright
| Smith.
Gerlnan-Gold medal William Wright.
Honorable mention for prOiiciency,ln particu
| lar studies-Frank Keys, Frank Rittenhouse,
| Willie Brown, Sam. Watkins, Buden jackson.
| ri
| ment-First class, gold medal, Philip King
second class. gold medal. Morris hammond.
English department-Flrst class gold medal
Sherwood Wilson; second class, gold medal
| Junius V. Paulsen.
Gold medals for observation-disclosures Dow
| ling, Elliott Hunt and James Madison. Thes'
boyswere present every day, and were nevei
Robert Brooke lefl before the final examina
| tions. He led his class during the year. anC
| would have carried of the honors had he re-
manned. oliver Catchings would have beet
entitled 10 q first gold medal had he been IL
| attendance the whole year.
MIR. Fishers character medal for the DO!
Clarence Wilson.
Special prize in penmanship, Harry Burdette
| Junior department. first Class-GOl1 medal
second prize, Frank Bailey third prize, Olive
| S. MetZerott: first premium Frank X. Hagner
premium for spelling, Eddie MoCauley; pre-
MUM for greatest progress and effort awarded
Second class--First prize, Mariana Becerrn
second prize Frank HELEN; prizes for punctu
ality, Albert @. Walker. and RobertJ. Walker
Clymer Brooke stood high in scholarship, bu
was compelled to leave before the final examl
nations. owing TO protracted absence
caused by trouble with his eyes, Sydney Baa
was deprived of honors he might othervis
have taken. Special prize for Improvement 4
penmanship, Frank Bailey.
The graduates and the Institutions wher
they have been entered for the next schoC
year are as follows; L. G. Clark, School {
Technology, Boston; John s. Billings
Johns Hopkins University; NJ. J. Ramsdel
Cornell University; w. G. Howell, Corne
University; A. King, New York University
John r. Edie, United States naval academy
Lloyd Moultrie, University of California.