Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-26

C"pt. wormey, wentworth; professor
Belle somers,, Fred:'s sister. Miss Hell
en- w. Wormley; May Singleton. Fred. 8
fiance, Miss Grace NJ. storum: The
cast was selected by Mr.. Parker N.
Bailey. instructor of German and Eng
lish, who had direct charge of the re-
hearsing, and is responsible for much of
the success.
The Mandolin Club played 1.-The Daughter
of Love- and chorus Of one hundred
pupils, under the direction Of Prof. ]. T.
Layton. professor of music. sang most
credtably Come to Me, Love-" Another
excellent number was The Rataplan Choir
u.s. with dumb bells. by Helen Bell, Sadie
Clarke. Stella Guitar, Edwardena Frazier
Anna Harrison, Beatrice Ridgiay, Beatrice
Warwick, Fannie Burrell, Viola Collier,
Julia Davis, Harriet Gillem. Bertha How
ard, Bertha Saunders, Daisy Wiley Ger-
trude Clarke, Daisy Costin, Gertrude Dowl-
ing, Louise Green, Annie Lawrence and
Helen Shaw. The chorus was accompanied
on the piano by Addie Lewis. The class
was trained by the health directress, Miss
Hattie B. George, and did exceedingly
well, the exercise being in the nature of a
drill, which was executed with as much
precision and regularity as the cadets
drill. After medley by the Mandolin
Club the principal event of The evening, the
competitive drill, took place.
Company A, under the command Of Cap
tain Roscoe G. Bruce, drilled first and 1t
was apparent that the company had a
amount of orange and purple ribbon worn
by people in the audience. Several indi-
vidual errors were noticeable, the principal
one being fire by one of the cadets when
aim was given. Several mistakes were
made in the setting-up exercises, and the
captain gave the command Fire at will''
at the wrong time. With the exception of
these few mishaps the drill was excellent,
and the company scored $40 points against
37j by company b. The drill of the latter
command was probably the best ever pre-
scented by company of the seventh and
eighth divisions. Every movement was ex-
ecuted with snap and precision. Several
individual errors were also apparent in this
company, and the drill was almost lost
by the omission of four movements in the
program, but as the other company also
omitted couple of numbers BIS chances
were not affected much.
While the judges. Capt. G. H. Ourand
Capt. E. c. Edwards and Lieut.. c. A.
Meyer Of the National Guard, were busy
deciding on the winner, the audience was
entertained by a chorus of thirty which
sang Gounod's "Sanctus, under the d.
rection of Mr.. Walter B. Hayson; a tenor
obligato, by Mr.. William Goodrich, and
The Directorate March, by the Mandolin
Club.
Capt c. H. Ourand announced that COM
pany B won the banner and red ribbons
This was received with deatening cheers
from the many friends of the company
After the tumult had subsidized District
Commissioner Truesdell presented the
prizes and silver medal to the captain
In a few well-chosen remarks.
The cadets who received the red ribbons
and are members of the prize company are:
Capt. Clarence X. Wormley, First Lieuten-
ant Archibald NJ. Ray, Second Lieutenant
John W. White, First Sergeant Burrell
Jefferson. Second Sergeant Oliver Davis.
Third Sergeant Jessie Ellis, Corporals Will
lam Beason, James Norris and Privates
VIM. Brockenborough, Robert Peyton,
George Butcher, Charles Shorter, Romeo
Carroll. Charles Turner. Ulysses Houston.
Pierce Ware, James Norris Harry Bur-
CESS. VIM. Robinson, VIM. Butler, Robert
Terrell. Ambrose Gaskins, Charles Wilson,
Edward Lucas. Aaron Bruce, William
Payne; Earl Bryant. Harvey Shirley, Ros-
coe Clayton, John Wright, James Lylas
John Morse.