Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-06-24
ST. JOHNS COLLEGE.


A lawn tennis tournament was played
Yesterday afternoon at ST. John's
College. o. j. Yellotl and Victor Torbert
won the first set from ]. T. YeIlott and
Geo. r. Wilcoxen, Prof. j. w. Cain and
j. l.. Chew won q set from Eugene Hyde
and #. w. Adams Messrs. Cain and Chew
then played againt Yellott aud TorbeFt,
and won By a score Of TO 0. The prize
was q set of six tennis balls.
SOCIETY CELEBRATION.
Mcdowell Hall was filed last night
with citizens and strangers. the occasion
being the celebration OF the PhilokalIan
Society Of 81. Johns College. The exec
utive committee 10 charge OF the arrange
ments were :. Newman. o. J. Yellott,
j. f. Adams; reception committee, a. L.
Ewing, g. K. Wilcoxon and ii. ID. Cramp-
ton.
The programme opened with an address
BY the president Of the society, Mr.. Thigh
man Johnson, OF E4ston. Talbot county,
which was followed by an essay with the
socIety's motto: The Impress of
Life," for the subject. by A. K. McGraw,
OF Sharpssburgh. Md. After an Grafton
The March Of the New Crusade" by
Oscar Burst, Of Vienna, Nd, the annual
address before the society was delivered
by j. Harwood Iglehart. Of Annapolis.
Md. His subject was "A Philokalian
Man"
TIE HOP LAST NIGHT.
After the literary exercises hop fol-
lowed. which was q very brilliant affair,
more pretty girls and strangers being
present than on former occasions of the
kind. Dancing begun at 10. 80 aud was
continued until ~ O'clock. Among those
Math -
Baltimore, II. Tate, Marchand, Randall,
Dilehunt. Owens, of Washington. Mccoy,
Sherwood, Misses Thompson. Magruder
and Messrs. Marbury Johnston, Tilton,
Schley, Newman, g. Brewer, Hyde,
Payne A. Brewer, Roodhouse, MunToe,
Yellott and others.
CLASS DAY ExERCIsEs.
large audience assembled this morn
| ing In Mcdowell Hall TO witness the Glass
Day exercises OF the class Of go. which
are generally the most interesting Of COM
mencement week. The following was
der by the President. B. IT, Truit. Read
| Ing Of the minutes by II. Ross Payne,
secretary; reports of officers; miscellan-
eous business. Then followed reading Of
by theclass statistics by Chas. @. Marbury
class statistIcian. This was bright aud
witty and the many hits" made on the
class caused much laughter In the aud
fence. The class history was read by
| Tilghman johnson, which showed that
much attention had been paid to events
of the class during the past year. Al
though some time had been consum
ed In the reading, the interest never dag
| ged for moment, aud almost every sen
tence was received with laughter and ap-
plause. Then followed the reading of
the class prophecies by Aaron K. McGraw,
and the class poem by b. Vernon Cissel,
comforting OF degrees and the distribution
Of the following presents which caused
much merriment:
+. j. Adams, marriage license; B. v.
Cissel, leather medal, for highest attain
ment In courtship; N. B. Freeman, deck
OF cards; e. Al. Hays, tin sword 20 use
at West Point; E. w. Heyde, billiard
ball and cue; NJ T. Johnston, q lion; A.
X. McGraw, new testament; @. @. Mar
bury, bottle OF Duffy's malt whiskey;
j. s. Newman, q copy of the Sun newspa-
per; j. A. Nydegger, 9 pony" L. IL.
| Payne, cane chair to replace the one he
wore out In the city In the sophmoore-
year; w. s. Phillips, aturtle; ]. Fl. Rams
burg, doll; j. t. Truitt, plug OF to
bacco.
After the distribution of the class pres
ents and the comforting of degrees and
the valedictory address, the exercises
closed with the singing Of "Auld Lang
Syue' by the class. While this was be-
ing done the class shield, bearing the
name OF the graduates. was raised, and
the class of 90 disbanded as q class for
ever to take their places In the business
world.
Tonight the Philomathean Literary
Society celebrate their twenty first ami
vsrsary. The welcome address will be
delivered by j. T. Truitt. Of PItsville,
Nd; Essay-"Our County," Jas. A.
Nydegger, Of Oakland, Md; Grafton
'Reactfve Philosophy" Chas. G. Mar
bury, Croome, Md. The Rev. G. I. Wy
att, OF Rexana, Del. will deliver the ad
dress before the society, on The g.
ments that insure success. The exer-
cIsesswIl be interpreted with music by
the Naval Academy band. After the lit
erary exercises ball viii follow.