Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-17
EMERSON INSTITUTE.
An Excellent Program at Its Thirty Ninth
Annual Conn N enceiuel,t-Th GradI,afes

An Excellent Program ut Its Thirty Ninth
Annual Commencement-The Graduates.
The thrty-ninth annual commencement o.
the Emerson Institute took place last night a
the Church of Our Father before larg,
audience composed of the friends and relatives
Of the scholars.
An attractive program had been arranged
consisting Of humorous and pathetic recitation,
and an original comedy by one of the pupils
Torrance Parker. The recitations were all o.
the first order, and the comedy, The Dress
Suit" hugely enjoyed. 1t il customary te
give three medals Tor defamation. One gold
medal for the first prize and two silver onei
for the next best. The judges were Messrs
Henry Wise Garnett and Harry E. Davis. After
hearing all OF the reeitations they decided that
the first prize belonged to Paul Hurst and the
silver medals to Vim. Montague and Leigh
Gignilliat.
The list of graduates includes Torrance
Parker, Charles +. Sensner. Vim. Stone, Leigh
Gignllliat, Guy Huntington. Motohiko Takas-
akl. VIM. Montague, Daniel Bates. Edward La
Fetra. W. L. Webb and Morris Wheeler The
institute prize winners for the year are as fol.
lows: -...
MEDALS AND FRIES AWARDED.
Pinkney medals-william Stone; character
scholarship medal. W. Webb.
First division-Class medal, gold, Charles
Sensner; gold medal Torrance Parker; gold
medal, g. La Fetra; prize for original geome-
try. Z. La Fetra.
Second division-Class honor, gold medal,
Morris Wheeler; gold medal for scholarship
and punctuality, L. Gignilliat; distinction, W.
Montague. =
English department medal, scholar.
ship, Guy Huntingdon; silver medal for book
keeping, W. McGowan; gold medal. physics
and punctuality. A. Gleason; Mr.. Young's gold
medal. Eugene Heald
Second class-Class honor, gold medal Geo
Sensner; silver medal, Fred Brooke.
Distinction in particular studies--W. Brown
low, Elliott Hunt, Archer Roberts, o. Metzerott
Robert Suckney. A. Sellhausen and T. Breck.
! enridge.
Honorable mention-Paul Hurst Graham
Nichols, II. Sellhausen, Theodore n. Wilson
Robert Thomas. and gold medal for pune.
tuality, Robert Thomas.
intermediate department. first class-Gol
medal. scholarship. Max Wiehle: honorable
mention. Woodward Clapp, John Hazen. Ray,
mond Farquhar, Clarence Irwin. Edward Lay
/ Richard Miller, Edwin McPheters, Nosbornt
| Robinson and Fred Schade.
Distinction in special course, Motohiko Taxa
saki; honorable mention. John Jenny.
Second class q old me dal scholarship James
| l.. Norris, jr.; honorable mention. Walter En-
| good, L. Breckinridge. MAYO Cabell Eugene
| Bean. VIM. Clark. Joseph Saks, Richard Vim
| satt and Y. Downing.
Gold medals Tor punctualty and scholarship
Joseph Cobb and Percy Stickney; Mr.. Fisher
| medal. Clarence Ergood.
Primary department. first class-Golt
medal scholarship, John II. Clapp; silve,
| medal, Ernest Schayer; silver medal. Charlie,
| 4. HutchlDs. jr.; silver medal, Albert Scott
| prize for spelling. Frederick Brown.
| Second class-Prizes. Louis Wiehle Breckin
! ridge Bayne and Ransom Norris; prize for i'm
provement in reading, Calvin Swormstedt: Mr.
fuckers gold medal for scholarship and de
| pertinent, Paul Noble Peck honorable men
! hon, Fred Brown, Carey Brown, Marion Dolph
Scott Breckenridge, Paul Scharf, Calvin
Swormstedt and lelverton Garnett