The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-18
HOPKINS, coMm ENRICHMENT.

HULL III NuEth uAtl 1eSteruay AI(eT-
 noon-Several Fine Essays Read-Eng- fish Prize Essay by Arthur s. Wheeler
 Prizes Awarded-Names of the Gradu- ates.
 The graduation exercises of Hopkins Grammar school were held yesterday afternoon at North Sheffield hall and owing to the indictment weather were
 not so largely attended as they would probably otherwise have been There was, however a good attendance. The exercises began with prayer by Rev. pr. Brastow of the Yale divinity school. The program was made up largely by selections by the Hopkins Grammar School Glee club. which acquitted it. self with great credit. A song, '"The
 Phantom Horseman," by the school, followed the opening prayer, and next
 the glee club sang "A Social Toast" Frederick Morton Jourdan of Bran ford then read an essay on "Modern
 Naval Equipments" The essay de- scribed the structure of modern navies, and gave a comparative summary of
 the strength and complement of the
 navies of the principal countries of the world. Mir. Jourdan showed a good knowledge of his subject, and at the close oE his essay received loud ap- plause.
 "Welcome Pretty Primrose" neat little song was then sung very credit ably by the glee club. and then ''The
 Shippers of St. Ives" was sung by the school.
 Charles William Futile of New Ha- ven read an essay on "The Satellites of the Solar System" MT Futile spoke of recent astronomical discoveries and outlined the planetary system and it's uniform movement. The essay was in | teresting and was loudly applauded Next on the program was a solo, Italian Serenade," by Henry Dutton Warous of New Haven, and The
 Resurrection" by the school. This song
 was written by Shelley. who was for merly Hopkins boy.
 The next essay by Rogers Blocker Miller of Galveston, Texas, was a most interesting one, and described the life
 of cadet at that famous military school.
 The last essay on the program was that of Arthur Stanley Wheeler of this city on "Silas Warner" by George
 Eliot The essay received the prize offered by Judge Simeon E. Baldwin
 for the best English essay, the compe- tition being open to the entire school. The essay was really fine literary production, and only lack of space pre- vents our giving it in full.
 After songs by the school and glee
 club came the presentation of diplomas
 by Prof. Gibbs and Principal Fox of the school. The school then sung 'Dulce Domum'' and the exercises closed with
 the singing of America" by the school and audience.
 Principal Fox announced the follow
 ing prizes: To A. S. Wheeler of the
 junior class the first prize for the best
 sight translation from Cicero's oration,
 and for the best Latin composition; to
 Thomas Hooker, jr, of the junior class,
 first prize for the best sight transla-
 tion from Caesar, and to w. W. Her ricks of Tampa, Fla, of the junior class,
 second prize.
 Prof. William E. Chandler was direc-
 tor of the music of the exercises and
 w. w. Chandler was the accompanist.
 Those who graduated are as follows:
 Classical course-Ezekiel Stoddard Bronson of New Haven, Edward David
 Brown of Albany, Ga, Arthur Philip
 Callahan of Chicago, H. William Ed
 ward Davis, jr., of WhitneyviIle, Will liam Frederick Fanslow of New Haven,
 Rutger Bleecker Miller of Galveston, Texas, Henry Dutton Watrous of New
 Haven. Scientific class-Charles Gran dall Drummond of St. Louis, Mo; Reb-
 ert Thomas Easterbrook of New Ha- ven, Henry De Breton Forbes Of New Haven, George Rufus Johnson of West Haven, Frederick Morton Jourdan of Branford, William Washburn Mursicl of Nyack, N. Y, Charles William Tut tie of New Haven.