Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-06-27
COMMENCEMENT DAY.
Commencement Exercises- Degrees con-
Gerrcd and Honors Awarded.


ferFcd and H0nors Awarded.
Commencement week as st. Johns
College. (which has been one Offhe most
interesting for many years), was brought
to D close to-day. Every available sDace
in McDowell Hall was occnpIed ~ rs'1 -
enthusiastic audience The exercises
Pindle, Of Cockeyssille, OF the class OF
80 A portion OF scripture was them
read by Rev Leighton Parks, or the class
Of % BY action Of the faculty, the
three best essays only OF the class were
read In addition TO the salugat0ry aud val
edictnry orations. The following Il q
list of The speakers with their subjects !:
SalutatorE Grafton, .Gymnastlcs. p
G. G.. Edwards; THE dangers that threat.
en- the republic L. 8. Blades; THE orr.
gin and development OF culture" T.. ID.
Pussy; THE origin Of language" III.
Noble; Valedictory Grafton, Beyond
the Alps lies Italy" @. III. Grace. The
exercises were iuterspersed with music by
the Naval Academy Baud, Prof. Zimmer-
man, leader.
The essays were all excellent. There
was marked improvement in tho style
Of their delivery over the corresponding
performances Of. the last few years at
commencement. The graduating class
numbered 12-and wore the black gowns
and caps for the first time.
DEGREES coNFERRED
Bachelor Of Arts: Graduate De-
grees. l--Cbarles II. Grace. Bosnian, Md. !;
Nicholas Harw0od Green, Annapolis,
Md; Herbert Noble. Port Deposit. Md. j;
T~s 4
William Il. Trenchard, Church Hill. Md !.
Bachelor Of Science Lemuel s.. Blades,
Bishopville. Nd; Thomas LeveTett Brew
Baltimore. Md; John Gibson Tilton,
Norfolk. Va.
Bachelor Of Letters. William G. IT,.
Neale, Upper Marlboro, Nd. Charles H.
Schof, York, Pa John Gibson Tilton,
Norfolk, Va
Mechanical Engineer III. Baker.
Washington. ID. q.
Master Qf Arts james ID. Iglehart,
ter Dixon. ~, Crisiield, Md Louis Dor
sey Gassaway, 81, Annapolis, Md: Clin-
ton T. Wyatt, SO. Goldsboro', Md !;
Charles Brewer, 'S1, Annapolis, Md !;
Will Bush Shober, SO, Cumberland, Md.
Jacob Grape, Jr. 80, Baltimore, Md. !;
John s. Writ. ~; Grafton Munroe, 80,
Springfield. I'll.
Master Of Arts.-( Honorary Degrees.)-
Robert Brooke Dashiell, u, s. N. A.,
Annapolis, Md, Rev. william s. South
gate, b. D.; Rev. Randolph w. Lowrie.
ID. D.; Rev. William @. Winslow. LII.
D., Phi. d. V.,--D. S Rev. John Nc
Dowell Leavitt, L. L. d.; President Thos.
Hall NJ TT n-Dh n
Names of students who received no
dement's during the entire year
Senior Glass IT. G. Brewer, G. Fl.
Grace,
Junior Glass. --E. M. Hays. ]. S. New
man. j. T. Truitt
Sophomore Class w. Fl. Boyd. f. E.
Daniels, w. o. Hurst, j. A. Henderson,
I. w, Offutt. I. w. Claggett.
Clark. j. W. Temple, Wm. Rice, NJ. Q.
Weir.
Fsrst Preparatory Csoss.-B. Rood.
house.
Second Preparatory Olass.-W- shafer,
II r. Smith.
Names OF students against whom no
dement's were standing at end OF AGA.
demic year
Senior Class.--L. L. Blades, &C. Ed
wards, n. II. Green, III. Noble, 9. III.
Hchoff, j.. G. Tilton.
Junior Gu 81. f. Adams. j Canter,
B. o. Cissell, NJ B. Freeman, e. w.
Hyde. A. X. McGraw, J. A. Nyderger,
T. r. Payne.
Sophomore Class &C. e Elinehausen,
g. NJ. Linthicum. w. II. Phillip, G Reg
lister.
Freshmen C9ass w. Bowie. j Cockey !,
N. J. Worthington. ]. w. Johnson. q.
M. Newman, N. 0fFutf, H. F. Oliver, X.
NJ PARROT. J. zimmerman, ]. ]. MUIR
ply. Q. B. Harrison, @. .. Keller.
First Preparatory Class j. b. Joyce,
r. Pennington, II. L. Tilghman. L j,
Christian.
Trenchard, OF the Senior Glass. made
the highest average for scholarship dur
ing the year, 4 81 of the whole body of
students. An address was made by DR..
Fell to the graduating class on Indepen-
dencc, President Gilman of Johns Hop
kins university made few pertinent re
marks to the graduating class 10 which
he advised them 10 cultivate enthusiasm
and self control. This most successful
commencement was closed with prayer
by Rev. Vaughans Collins of the class Of
SO.