Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-06-18
ST. JOHNS COLLEGE.
The Senior Contest in Original Ora
tions-The Base Ball Nineteen
mis- Tournament-Soci Cele-
bration-The Program.

The senior contest i'm original orations
took place at st. John S College yester-
day. The contest was open TO all SEN
iors, and the winner is to deliver his ora
tiOn on commencement day, instead of
the graduation essays, which have been
abolished. Mr.. James A. Fechtig, Jr.,
OF Baltimore, was awarded the honor,
which carries with it a handsome sum
of money. Mr.. Fechtig's subject was
"The Outlook of the Republic. The
judges were Judge James Revell, John
Writ Randall and james Nj. Munroe.
Edgar III. Hilleary, '97. was elected
captain of the baseball nine Of the coll
lege for next year. He pitched and
caught this season, filling both positions
well, and is the heaviest hitter on the
team.
The tennis tournament was played in
the afternoon on the campus. Simmons
and Kemp defeated Stine and Gale,
Ridgely and Hilleary and Boehm and
Claggett in the preliminaries. In the
finals Hilleary and Ridgeley defeated
simmons and Kemp.
The Philokalian Society celebrated its
9th anniversary last night. The ad-
dress of the evening was delivered by
Hon. James III. Preston, Speaker of the
House of Delegates of Maryland. The
programme presented by the members
of the society was ms follows: Presi-
dents welcome address, Leslie A. Oil
yer, of Annapolis, essay, Destiny of
the Republic, I" Eugene w. Iglehart, of
Evil, . Roy ii. Snyder, of Port Deposit,
Md. A dance IN the gymnasium follow
ed the literary exercises.
CLASS DAY RXERcIsEs.
Glass day exercises were held at the
college this morning by the graduating
class. This day is entirely given over
to exercises by the graduating class, and,
under no control whatever, they get a
chance to get back on the instructor for
injuries, real and fancied, inflicted upon
them during their scholastic career.
The class was called to order by the
president, Mr.. james A. Fechtig, Jr.,
of Baltimore. After roll and reading
of the minutes the welcome address was
given by the president Reports of oili-
GERS followed, treasurer by Roy III. Sny-
der, and secretary's. by Il. M. Thomp-
son, both in a humorous vein. Under
the head of general business an oppOrtu-
nifty was given for number of witty
hits at membrs of the faculty, of the
class and other persons.
The prophecy by l.. b. X. Claggett
followed and the class poem by Eugene
w. Iglehart. Presents were then dis
tributed, each one characterizing some
peculiar trait or event in the life Of the
recipient. The comforting of mock di-
plomaS and degrees was one of the most
interesting features. The degrees con-
ferred OH each man was supposed to be
the initials of his lady-love and mucn
merriment was caused when the recip-
lent was a gay society man whose pre-
ferences were well known and much
wonder when he was IN old grind who
was never known to look ut the same
girl twice. The address to the under
graduates was given by Addison K.
Mulliken and much good advice was
given to those who are yet to travel the
road of scholastic learning. The exer-
cises were brought to a close by the rails
| ing of the mock class shield and smoking
of the glass pipe.
The present class is one of the most
popular that has ever graduated from
st. John s. The graduation exercises
take place tomorrow morning at 1890
O'Clock in Mcdowell Hall.