The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-12

| ing forward to the eighth annual lawn
| tennis tournament for the championship
OF the Pacific States which is to be held
on the I'd, Sd and 18th of next month at the
| courts of the hotel, the final round to be
played at o'clock P. NJ. on the Fourth.
The winner will be called upon to play
Champion Samuel Hardy for the $500
trophy, which is to go to the player who
can make a record of being champion
three times, though not necessarily in sue
cession.
The tournament committee consists of
Walter Magee, President A. B. Wilber-
force to be the referee. Besides these
gentlemen, A. A. Dewing, A. Starr Keller,
DR.. John Spencer, A. J. Treat and A. E.
Kaeser are officially interested as tennis
enthusiasts.
A grand ball on the evening of the
Fourth, with the distribution of prizes on
nament. The next tennis gathering will
be in September.
There were twelve graduates at the
Mount Tamalpais Military Academy this
year, namely: H. F. Brizard of Arcata,
Frank L. Smyth, Benjamin Upham and
Norman Wright of San Francisco; B. c.
Hatch of Vacaville, Stewart Mcdonald of
Santa Rosa, Hudson Smythe of Stockton,
Louis Simpson and Ed G. Treadwell of
Oakland, Edwin w. Woods OF College Park,
Irvine Noble and Horace L. Sartori of San
Rafael.
Through the courtesy of the Journal the
CALL is informed that the three cadets
showing the highest degree of military
proficiency during the year were: Hudson
Smythe of Stockton, Edwin ]. Woods of
College Park, and Henry T. Brizard of
Arcata.
At the exercises United States District
Judge Morrow presented, in the name of
the ladies of San Rafael, beautiful silk
banner, which little Miss Louisiana Foster
carried up to the rostrum.
Rev. j. w. Dinsmore of San Jose made
the address to the school, duet was sung
by Miss Crosby and Miss Grace Mcdonald,
and essays were delivered by graduates as
follows:
Artillery" Stewart Mcdonald of Santa
Rosa; Mythology Irvine Noble of San
Rafael; 1.-THE Education of the Blind"
Louis Simpson of Oakland "History of
the Development of Culture" Henry F.
Brizard of Arcata, and ''The Crusades,"
Edwin w. Woods of College Park.
The exercises were held in the beautiful
new stone church-the First Presbyterian
just adjoining the school and occupying
the corner of Fifth avenue and E street.
The Mount View Hotel at Ross Valley.
was formally opened last Saturday by a
literary and musical programme, in which
Mr.. and Mrs. Mariner Campbell; Alfred
W1lkle, John IL. HouSman, John Wilson
and Miss Gruenhagen, the violinist, partici-
pated. There was also a comedietta, my
Uncle's Will, the amusing characters of
which were impersonated by Richard Ho-
falling, Frank l.. Matthew and Holbrook
Blinn. As Miss Florence Marigold, Mr..
Hotaling provoked many a good laugh.
About 200 people were present. The hotel
was the old Fisher mansion-a capacious
white building of the Southern plantation
style-wh1ch A. ?. Hotaling has acquired
and leased to Mrs. Martin Leach. He has
built an addition OF sixty rooms.
Among the numerous Improvements in
the building line Frank Johnson's is the
most conspicuous. He is just finishing an
addition to his house east of the Hotel
Rafael for the accommodation of his sister
Mrs. Glass. Lieutenant A. F. Fechteler
has completed his new residence on Irwin
street. The Mahon House has been opened
up. Denis Donohoe Jr. has a new home
and Lieutenant Hasson has remodeled his
domlclle opposite the Hotel Rafael. DIR.
Frank Cornwall is putting up residence
OF much artistic beauty. Mrs. Toner is
also having built model home on Peta-
luna avenue. DR.. Frank Cornwall. whose
ONCE is In this city, is having an elegant
and costly residence erected.
At the commencement exercises of
dominican College diplomas were awarded
TO Misses Margaret 81. Flanagan, Stella
Flem1ng, Beatrice G. Hawkins, Elizabeth
L. kavanagh, Mary E. Randall, May A.
sullivan and Estelle Ward. Father Lagan
addressed the class in happy vein. Miss
EStelia Ward delivered the valedictory.
Medals for mathematics, good conduct
and needleWOrk were awarded respectively