Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-09
COLUMBIAN ACADEMY
Five Young Men Now Ready fol- COL
lsge
President Whitman Presides and
Presents the DiplOmas-The Grad
yates, Prizes and the Orators.

The Columbian Academy of Columbian
University last evening sent forth as
graduates five young men, amid surround
ings that were in every way ideal. Proud
parents and admfring friends constituted
an audience that taxed the capacity OF
Metzerott Hall, and the scene was as pic
tureSque as could be desired. The stage
was a mass of foliage, with blossoming
plants lining the outer edge and large
palms rising high in the rear. Flags and
bunting galore had been used for decorative
purposes, with the national colors as a
background. Suspended from the balcony
were huge rosettes and streamers crossed
to and fro, with the blue and gold Of Co.
lumbar predominant. The light summer
dresses of the many young ladies in the au-
dience added to the pleasing effect, and all
in ALL the seventy fifth annual commence
ment of the Columbian Academy was as
pretty in every respect as any in the his
tory of the university.
AS the audience was being seated the or
chestra rendered several selections, and
then to the strains of The Columbian
University March, composed by Thatcher
Clark of the Columbian College, the gradu-
ates, undergraduates and the faculty of the
academy, together with President Whit
man and Rev. Charles A. Stakely, ID. D.,
appeared upon the platform. When the
applause that welcomed them had subsidized,
after which the orchestra played another
selection, and Mr.. William Dent Sterrett
delivered Latin saluta tory, the effort be-
ing enthusiastically applauded. An ora
ton, What We Owe 10 the Greeks" by
Mr.. Arthur Prince Spear followed after
which Mr.. Raphael Newman Gwynn told
In an Interesting and pleasing manner of
Americas Progress in Science" Amer
ica's Foreign Policy and the valedctory
were ably looked after by Mr.. Manfredi +.
LanZi.
President Whitman, attired IN the col
legiate gown and cap, then presented the
diplomas to the graduates, and as each
name was called the recipient was warmly
greeted. The dean OF the academy, Prof
w. A. Wilbur then arose for probably the
most interesting feature OF the evening
the announcement of the prize winners and
the award of prizes. Amid deep silence
Professor Wilbur advanced to the front of
the stage and stated that the scholarship
medal for the graduating class had been
won by MIR. Nanifredi F. lanzi, and the
silence was broken most completely. The
scholarsf ip medal for the third class was
presented to Mr.. Weston Brown Flint, and
the scholarship medal for the fourth class
to Mr.. Davis Fonvlle Stakely In the I'M
dergraduate class medals for department
and punctuality We're awarded to Ray
mond Ourwater and Amos Lawrence Hop
kinS. Mr.. LanZi carried off the Henning
medal for excellence In French, and Mr.
J. E. Van Auken the Sayre medal for ex-
cellence in debate The latter also received
the Hermesian Society medal for excellence
in composition.
Appropriate musical selections were in
terspcrsed throughout the evening, one, a
XyiCphone solo, being worthy of special
mention. Rev. Dr. Stakely pronounced the
benediction. and to Sousa's Liberty Bell
march the audience departed many, before
doing SO, pressing forward to congra tulate
the graduates, who We're: Raphael Newman
Gwynn, general course; Manifredi +.
Lanzi, classical course; William Dunlop
Owens, general course; Arthur Prince
Spear, classical course, and William Dent
Sterrett, general course. Mr.. Owens was
excused from speaking last evening.
Mr.. Ciark'S composition, THE Columbian
University March," is to be played this
evening at the commencement exercises of
the law school of Columbian University.