Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-24
ST. JOHNS COLLEGE
commencement Exercises OF ths
Preparatory School

commencement Exercises of the
Preparatory school
The annual commencement of the Pre-
paratorY School of St Johns College
took place this morning. Mcdowell
Hall was well filed with friends of the
graduating students. and the exercises
were Of very interesting character.
The exercises were opened with prayer
and selection from the scriptures by
Rev J. Watson Case. The president of
the class. Richard Hughes, then deliver
ed the address of welcome. An essay en-
titled An Irreyocable Loss written by
q. +. Bennett, was read by Garland Fay
la the absence of the writer. The class
history was prepared and read by Eli
colt IL. Worthington 1t was well writ
ten, and the numerous hits were witty
and well received. Mr.. 9. G.. Roche
discharged the duties of q modern pro-
phet with much credit to himself and as
sured the audience that the'class of '96''
was destined to fill high place In com
ing years. The minutes of the class pre-
pared by the secretary, Thomas Bond,
were very well gotten up and the arti-
cles presented to the individual mem
bers afforded much amusement. The
following graduates Of the preparatory
school were then presented with diplo-
mas by DR.. Fell George K Bennett,
Barren Greek, Md; Thomas Bond. Balti-
more, Md; Walter L. Brady, Annapolis.
Md; Alexander r. Cheston, Philadel-
phia. Pa G.. Ashby Duvall, Parole, Md !;
w. Garland Fay, Annapolis. Md Rich
ard Hughes, Annapolis, Md ; Clifton G.
Roehle, Baltimore, Nd Ellicott ii
Worthington, Annapolis, Md
The address before the school was de-
livered by Mr.. Beirne Lay, of the Balti
more bar The address was a most ex-
cellent one and MIR, Lay held the close
attention of the entire audience during
the delivery,
The presentation of prizes concluded
the exercises. Mr. j. Writ Randall made
the presentations, prefacing them with a
brief address of advice and encourage
ment. Prizes were conferred upon the
following students For highest aver
ages for the year in the first, second and
third preparatory classes, to Thos. Bond.
G. w Duvall and W. r. Winchester,
respectively; for bookkeeping, Q. A.
Duval for best composition, q. K. Ben
nett; for greatest Improvement in spell
ling, writing and composition, w. r.
Winchester and Benjamin Bays.
The prize TO the student having made
the greatest improvement during the
year was awarded to George Houck, of
the third preparatory class, the students
themselves having decided him to be en-
titled to that distinction.
Those students who received no de
merits during the year were q. Il. Ben
nett and G.. A. Duvall, of the first class.
+. r. Dashiell, c. w Duvall, L. Mel En-
gle, nj. Hunter, j, s. Vansant and +. X.
Ridout of the second, and Benz. Bays
and w X. Winchester of the third. Those
students who had no dement's at the
close of the yerr we're Thomas Bond and
Ohio Tolbott OF the first class, II. b.
Baker, G. w Smith, f. II. Cassidy. X.
f.. Strange, ]. o. Fowler, j. w. Robin
son, X. W. Tate of the second, and G.
G. Houck, Cecil Baker and c. N. Joyce
of the third class.
First grade certificates were awarded
to students receiving over 400 for the
year and not having failed on any exam
nation They were obtained by Thorn.
as Bond, G. A. Duvall and Richard
Hughes, all of the first class Second
grade certificates were awarded to stu
dents who had received between 4 and
4 so, and had not failed on any exami-
nation, and were obtained by Garland
Fay of the first class with an average of
400 by g. w. Duvall, 30; and j. w.
Robinson, 03, of the second class, and
w. II. Winchester 3.32 of the third class.
Honorable mention was given to all stu
dents who had received not less than
$50 in the study named. and had not fail
ed in any. as follows:
Thomas Bond-Algebra. Greek. Ply
steal Geography, English q. A. Duyall
Science, Bookkeeping, Physical Geog.
al, Mx,Nh
Hughes-Latin, Greek, Punctuation,
Physical Geography, English: c. w.
Duvall Physiology. J W. Robinson
Physiology. W. r. Winchester Read
ing and Spelling
The exercises were concluded by few
words of farewell from DR.. Fell. The
preparatory school OF the college is al
ready In every way an excellent institu-
ton, and next year will see 1t greatly
improved.