Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-21
NOW FOR VACATION.
Several Schools Close Their Years
Work.
BRILLIANT EXERCISES
Emerson Institute, School of the Immacu-
late Conception and Others Hold Com
mencement Observation-Disclosures Who Car
ried on Prizes-A List of Graduates.

One Of the oldest educational institutions in
this city, and one that has for years enjoyed q
high measure of success, is Emerson Institute,
OF which Prof. Charles B. Young is the princi-
pal. Many OF the leading men Of Washington
in professional and business life have received
their early education at this standard school
and have gone forth well prepared for higher
college courses or to enter at once into the
active business Of life. Now there sons at
the school whose fathers were there before
them.
Last night the annual commencement exer-
cises Of the school were held at Metzerott Hall,
marking the close of the forty-frst year Of the
schools existence Notwithstanding the I'M
pleasant heat Of the evening there was very
fair attendance OF the parents and friends of
the students, who enjoyed to the full
the program Of exercises prepared for their
entertainment. There were a number of very
clever recitations BY about dozen Of the boys,
while the salutatory Of o. S. Metzerott and the
valedictory of George H. Sensner were highly
creditabe efforts. A play entitled 1.-THE Pub
lie Worrier" was rendered in = spirited and
! amusing manner by seven boys, who showed
the effects Of thorough training and rehearsas.
portion Of the Marine Band was present and
enlivened the exercises with music.
AN ENJOYABLE PROGRAM.
The program Of the evening was as follows:
Overture, Marionetten, Guritt; march, U. 8.
S. Dolphin, Fanciulli; salutatory, o. S. Metz
/ croft: 1.-THE Death of the Old Squire" Clarence
Ergood; "A Bows Composition on Noses" Earl
Air antique-La Cinquantaine, Marie; ''Our
Guides" Howard Boyle; Ramon" Max Wiehle;
"Our Baby" Mayo Cabell; waiting for the
Train," Fred Schade; "Fishin." Willis Fisher;
cornet solo, 'Waldenacht," Abt, Mr.. Joseph
Hama; Flying Jim's Last Leap" J. Fauntle-
Do
Chan," James NJ. Carlisle; Different Views OF
Liberty" Herbert Kaufman; 1.-The Boy Who
Cried for the Moon, "Yelyerton Garnet; charac-
teristic, 'Eeinzelm@nchen.' Eilenberg. Play,
1.-The Public Worrier." Characters: Giblets,
H. Boyle; Leek. c. Ergood; Skip,yeH, W. Wiehle;
DR.. Steer. R. Hume: Sooner, P. Hume; Mrs.
Leek, +. Schade; Henrietta, NJ Cabell Selec-
ton. 'Gasparone," Milecker; valedictory Geo.
H. Sensner; xylophone solo, selected, Mr.. 8.
johnson: march. "volunteer." Metra-
AWARD OF MEDALS AND PRIZES.
At the close of ::the vaIodictory Prof. Young
announced the award of medals for speaking to
Howard Boyle, Mayo Cabell and James NJ.
Carlisle.
The first dramatic prize was awarded to
Clarence Ergood and the second to Frederick
| Schade.
In the senior department Graduating class,
Pinkney scholarship medal was awarded to
| George H. Sensner, the Pinkney character
| medal to o. s. Metzerott, silver medal to Paul
| Hurst and honorable mention to Howard BOYLE.
Partial graduates, honorable mention to Clar-
ence Ergood and Frank Hume.
| Middle class-Gold medal for scholarship and
punctuality to Robert Hume, honorable men,
| ton to Max Wiehle and Reginald Walker.
| Junior class-Gold medal and first prize in
Greek to Albert Stuart, second prize in scholar
ship and in Greek to j. NJ. Carlisle, gold medal
| for scholarship to James Norris. silver medal
| for scholarship and punctuality to Mayo Cabell,
medal for scholarship and punctuality to
Marion Dolph and Walter Ergood; honor
able mention, Cyrus Dolph gold medal fol-
scholarship. J. F. Barnes; honorable mention
Clark Nesbit, Walter Whipple, Boiling Robert
son. VIM. Whipple, VIM. Coombs, Conrad Bah
cock, James Tilden and Josas Cobb.
| Junior department-Gold medal, first class
Willie Fisher; gold medal, second class, Louii
Wiehle; gold medal for punctuality and dill
gence, Carey Brown, William Bowen and Harry
| Dolph: teachers medal. Walter Goodwin; prize
| in bookkeeping. Carey Brown; honorable men.
ton, Albert Scott Paul Scharf. Edward Ultey
Arthur Lobs, Samuel Carroll and Fred Gibbs.
| Primary department-First class gold medal
| Paul n. Peck; silver medal, Breckenridge Bayne
prize for improvement, Philip Hichborn; teach
| er's gold medal, Earl Goodwin. and honorable
mention, Yelverton Garnett, Ransom Norris
and Burns Magruder. Second class, FIRST prize
Albert Dulin, and commentator for improve
ment, Henry Wise Garnett, jr., and Coiigny
| Wiehle.
The judges were Henry Wise Garnett, Blail
Lee, Capt. c. W. Whipple and Maj. Babcock.