The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-06-22
THE POSTS AMATEUR AUTHORS.
They Receive Their Gold Medals from Sec
retary Noble.

THE POSTS AMATEUR AUTHORS.
They Receive Their Gold Medals from Sec
retary Noble.
The awarding of prize medals to the success
full competitors of the Posts "Amateur Au-
thors' Club" took place yesterday on the lawn
in front of the Smithsonian Institution at 4
o'clock p. NJ. Owing to failure on the part
of Gen Greeley to have on hand stock of
sunshiny weather. the attendance was net
so large as last season. Still there was goody
showing of some hundreds of proud fathers and
mothers sandwiched in the seats among thou
sands of bright-faced children, who had come
out to honor the happy winners of the prizes
The main stand was occupied by the Marine
Band on the left; the dignitaries of the day on
the front row of chairs, and Immediately be-
hind them nine of the successful competitors
one from each grade of school, from the lowest
to the young lady from the third year in the High
School. There were two of the successful
girls absent from the city. One of the boys
was colored, thus obliterating prospectively
the color line from future competitions in the
wider fields of professional literature. The
gold medals were all in a neat paste-board box
on the table in front of the stand and consisted
OF Maltese crosses, circular disks, sx-pointed
and octagon stars with appropriate inscriptions.
Among the notables on the front seat were
Secretary Noble, Or. Bartlett, of the New York
Avenue Church, Mr.. Frank Hatton, editor of
the Post, Professor Powell, Superintendent of
Public Schools; Mr.. William E. Curtis, Pro-
fessor Henry Spencer, Mr.. Walter Stilson
Hutchins, formerly editor of the Post, and Mr..
ii. l.. West, the eminent Wagnerian musical
critic and city editor of the Post The prize
winners were Joseph Flint, Alice Pollock, Kate
Brown, Edward Syphax, coored; Fred. Sallade,
Ella Robinson, Mary Elliott, Grace Hamlin,
Bertha Lee Bennett, Anna Hallam and Grace
Ross. On the platform were seated many of
the parents and friends of the pupils. Among
them were noted Mr.. and Professor Cabell, Mr..
G.. Lansburgh, Mrs. May Bash, Miss Mary
Murphy, Miss Elizabeth B. Johnston, and Mrs.
Hagan Promptly the Marine Band appeared
in fatigue suit of blue, and taking their places
opened with a fine selection Of music, after
which Mr.. West, of the Post, referred briefly to
the Inauguration of the club last year, and
its objects, and then introduced DR.. Bartlett,
of the New York Avenue Church, who made
the opening prayer. More music followed by
the band, when Superintendent Powell was in
troduced and told the method of selection.
Mr. West then introduced Secretary Noble,
the orator of the day, who made an interesting
address
At its close the medal winners stood up in
row in front and received the medals won and
the hearty hand-shake and congratulations of
the Secretary of the Interior. The names of
those deserving of honorable mention were
read by Mr.. West, and after hearty applause
the assembly was dismissed to enjoy the con-
| cert of the Marine Band that followed or to
wander about the lovely grounds.
Following are the names of the medal win
ners and those who obtained honorable men
ton:
MEDAL WINNERS.
| First grade-Annie Hallam, 90S Pennsylvania
! avenue southeast, Towers School; Miss n. NJ.
Shields teacher, third division.
| Second grade-Kate O. Brown, 3041 street,
High-street School; Miss Blanche Beckham
| teacher, fifth division.
Third grade-Mary Eliot 1885 street.
Franklin School; Miss Wise teacher, first di-
vision.
Fourth grade-Grace NJ. Hamlin, 459 street
northwest, Arthur School; Miss E. G.. Drane
teacher, second division.
Fifth grade-Frederick Sallade, Brightwood,
Phelps School; Miss S. E. White teacher, sec
Ond division.
Sixth grade-Edward NJ. Syphax, 1881 L
street northwest, Sumner School; G. L. Syphax
teacher, seventh division
Seventh grade-Ellen Robinson Page, 291S P
street, Addison School; Miss T.. L. Cooley
teacher, fifth division.
Eighth grade--Grace Ross, II l. street north
west, Twining School, Miss Brown teacher,
| second division.
First year High School-Alce Pollock, 457
NJ street.
No 16 Third street southeast.
Third year High School-Bertha Lee Bennett
sos 7 street
HONORABLE MENTION.
First grade-William McKibben, 800 street
| southwest, Greenleaf School; Miss Henrietta
Henrichs teacher, fourth division.
Second grade-Fannie Bartscher, sos X street
southeast, LenoX School, NJ. V. McCathran
teacher, third division.
Third grade--Emily S. Boardman, 1882 I
street, Dennison School; Miss Clements teacher
first division,
Fourth grade-May Griffin, sl2 North Caro-
lima avenue southeast Towers School, Miss
Tindle teacher, third division.
Fifth grade-Nannie j. Perry, 17lS Thirty
second street, Addison School; Miss +. j
Young teacher, fifth division.
Sixth grade-Isabella Byrn, 1888 Rhode Is
land avenue, Force School, Miss Chase teacher
first division.
Seventh grade-James r. Gregory, Howard
University grounds, Cook School; Miss S. G
Lewis, eighth division.
Eighth grade-Rose Parkman, 122 Eleventh
street southeast Maury School, third division
First year High School-Fannie b. Slater
1912 Ninth street
Second year--Edgar Stanley Olmsted, 10 New
York avenue.
Third year-May p, Shipman, 1910 Q street