The morning call., 1891-05-28
TRINITY SCHOOL.
The Glass of '9I Receives It's Hard
Earned Diplomas.

The Glass of '9I Receives It's Hard
Earned Diplomas.
The spacious school-room of Trinity
School presented an appearance at the grad
unting exercises yesterday evening consid-
erably changed from that which it had at
the spelling match on Tuesday. The desks
had been removed and their places filed by
chairs, and even then there was hardly
enough seating accommodation for all the
friends Of the boys, who before 8 O'clock
filed The building to its fullest capacity.
Deft hands had also been busy in deco
rating, and the lofty, well-lighted room was
fragrant with the perfume of flowers and
ferns over the classroom doors and at every
point of vantage. The sides OF the stage
were outlined by sprays OF ferns. and at the
back was suspended thick cluster of ferns
and Gala lilies, bound with a broad purple
sash, while over the front OF the stage hung
a large floral monogram, L. s., worked
in purple and white flowers. The pro-
gramme of exercises was as follows:
Overture, "Algerienue,p Metra; prayer; mel
ody in F, RubInstein: 0ratiou, Experience, a
Grafton, "a Larqe Navy Not Necessary to the
Str ength OF The Nation" George Gibbs; Grafton,
"Ihe judiciary Should Not Be Elective" John
w. Thompson; selection, II PuFitani," BellinI;
award of prizes for the year: waltz, ION The
Waves" Rosas; GRAFTON, Alexander the Great"
Lorenzo ". CarruIhers; grafton, "Magic aud
"
Labor Nations Wealth." George Noble Meg-
rift; selection. "Grand Duchess" 0nenbaeh !;
award Of medals; ballad, Dreams" Streletskyi
Grafton, Orchard T." Percy L. King; music by
Noah BrandPs Orchestra.
The diplomas were then presented to the
graduating class: Edward Erie Brownell,
George Gibbs. Percy Howard O'Brien,
Lorenzo w. Carruthers, George n. Merritt.
Percy l.. King and j ohm w. Thompson, by
the Right Rev. Dr. Nichols, Assistant
Bishop Of the diocese.
DR.. Nichols afterward addressed The
graduating class, and congratulated DR..
Spalding ON the progress made by the school
since it was started in 1876 with four pupils.
There had Been recently piece of testi-
mony as to the rank which the school bad
taken in the fact that il had been added to
the list of schools whose graduates are
admitted to the University OF California
without examination.
Some fresh evidence OF the progress of
the school was given by Dr.. Spalding, who
stated that 40 per cent Of the 6S graduates
had entered college and only one of these
had failed IN his entrance examination.
At the conclusion of the exercises the
Right Rev. Bishop Kip delivered the bene-
dction.
The prize winners and medalists are as
follows:
meni, Nelson I. shaw; nrst form, Thomas Wen
dell; second FORM Gerald G. Lyons; third form,
Ivan Nj. LinfoFIh; fourth form, Joseph i. King;
fifth form, James NJ. Hind, sixth form, Percy H.
King. Conduct-Preparaiory Depal tment, Wal
ter ID. UBrien; first form, Alfred krauss; Sec
Ond form, Hawthorne Doxey: third form, Carl
Emery; fourth form, Harry Chester; 1flh forms,
William A. Norris; sixth form, Percy ID.
OBren.
Special nrlZes - Spelling Christmas term,
Dudley K. BehIow; Easter term. James NJ. Hind !;
Preparatory Department, Walter ID. UBrtcn.
Defamation, lower school, Ivan nj. LinforEn;
commended, Percy Mills. Map drawing, lsaa
n ArCxa nail
writing James NJ. Hind ard Gerald Lyons; ex-
celleBce in voluntary mathematical WORK, done
in vacation Offered Dy Professor Regerl, john
w. Thompson.
Trinity School medal, best In studies and con-
Duct upper scheoD, Percy L. King; GIBBS
medal, for English studies, Cole Saunders Jr.;
Powning medal, for mathematics, 4. Efls
BFownell; Babcoek medal, for Latin, John Z.
Newlauds; Bishops medal, for conduct, Ivaa
NJ. Linforth; Allen msdaL for studies Qowef
school, A. Douglas McBtyde; Alumni medal.
for defamation, Hale 4. Rix.