Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-01-04

: DELIGHTFUL REUNIoN.-A large
,,nmber of the graduates and other for
,ner students of St. Johns Academy,
MN from this city and Washington,
lraJrbrated the coming of new year,
NJ flst for their old school, by BAN
o-et al Brill's Opera House Restaurant
l.-t evening.
IL $50 the President being unavoid
osi, absent, the assembly was called
,,,etber by the recording secretary,
Mr. Richard NJ. Latham and Mr. James
p G1nn. was called to the chair.
committee consisting of Rev. Rich
.rj Carne, of Richmond, and Messrs.
pobsrt A. Arnold and Lawrence ",
Corbet., OF this city, was appointed to
nominate officers and upon their recon-
meudation the following were unanim-
oasly elected
President. George I. Klipstein, Id.
,ir,..presidents. Norval Z. Foard, Mary
Ina Theodore II. Ficklin, \. NJ,
.r.I,ia Martin VIM. Wigg, South
C,r,fna John Harper, Mississippi
Ireoiy h. Matthews, rs, Texas Err
Yr-I u Lambert. %, California Col.
Fairfax Mclaughlin, Ill d., New
York Buter w Springer, A. B., III.
r Illinois Richard f. flanagan, Mich
,u Charles c. F. Waller, Kansas
Ira,5 L. Clarridge, d. c. Henry Il
I,.relt n. d., Pennsylvania Com
nlat,Ier J. IL. Lee Hoicombe, I. :.
Nlly Asst. Chief Engineer d. Me-
couaz French, u. :. Revenue Marine
Cant John Young, q, Merchant Ma
riac Ernest J. Simpson, 81, Indian
Territory lewis 4. Smallwood, North
cao!T.l. W. Marshall Odds, Ohio
solomon t.ei.sberSer, Montana Viii
liam Wallace Whitney, So, Massachu
-e,t, Milton H. Price, II, Tennessee
james II. Causten, 81, Washington
santiago j. Powers y Payne, 80, Cuba;
John NJ. Burke, Idaho; Charles +. Cid
djnrs NJ. d.. Georgia Capt. Edwin a.
lonas. Louisiana Ira X. Browning,
colorado; sidney Levy, Alabama Ar
thnr w Lambert. Missouri Fielding
Lewis. LII. b, oklahoma Core
spending Secretary Henry J. hewitt.
Recording Secretary Richard NJ. La
than. Assistant Sccre airy William II.
Sweeney. Treasurer Lycurgus +.
l'hler The chair then appointed
NIessr-s VIM. F. Carne, Walter w. Nc
Canrev. IS, s. Mason Lee. IS, Raphael
:. Roche and Robert W. Arnold TO
constitute the executive committee for
the year.
The following resolution, offered by
Rev. Richard L. Carne, was then unan-
imously adopted
Resoired That the chair appoint a
committee of seven to apply to the
General Assembly for charter for st.
Johns Academy.
The chair subsequently appointed
Rev. Richard l.. Carne and Messrs.
James Il. Cation. NJ. B. Harlow, Leon
ard Marbury, William F. Carne, Law
renee w. Corbett and Samuel G.. Brent.
On motion of Mr. Will f. Carne ali
old students over Is, whose names are
on the grand roll of the schools, were
elected to membership, and the society
adjourned to the Wednesday after the
Isl Of January, 1895.
The members then proceeded to the
elegant dining room, where they found
three tables loaded with everything
good for the inner man, served up in
the style which Mr. Brill understands
so well, and to which ample justice was
done. At 10 o'clock, toasts being in
order, one was offered complimentary
to the former principal, to which ne
replied, and the following were respond
ed to in short, but excellent, speeches :
st. Johns Academy" by Lawrence
w. Corbett, esq, '73; "The Legal Pro
fcssion," by Leonard Marbury, esq, II;
Progressive Alexandria" by James r.
Cation, esq, and "The Press" by VIM.
+. Carne, esq Father Carne then call
cd for "reminiscences, giving some him
self, and was responded to by Messrs:
Frank NJ. Hill and Robert w. Arnold
in amusing accounts of incidents which
occurred during the trips up the c. 4
O. canal made by the cadet corps in
the earlier seventies, after which the
company separated with regrets that
the evening had passed away so rap
idly.