Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1896-06-19
Commencement Exercises.

The closing exercises Of Andrew Small
Academy, Darnestown, took place on last
Friday evening, 18th instant, in the hall OF
the Academy, at which there was the usual
large crowd in attendance. The stage, which
was new and substantial one, was taste
fully decorated by the pupils, and when the
curtain was drawn the happy young faces
behind the footlights showed an eagerness
of expectation, as well as confidence in
themselves, and the latter was fully justified
by their subsequent performance. Miss d.
L. Briscoe, assistant teacher, presided at the
piano, and as each name was called by Prof
William Nelson, principal, the participants
stepped forward with promptness and alac-
rity. And from the quiet and good order
maintained by the audience, as well as the
close attention accorded the youthful speak
ers, it is fair to presume that the two hours
and a-half consumed by the following pro,
gramme were not at all tiresome:
Opening address Of welcome, Bernard
Lyddane; Music, Welcome chorus, by the
school; What not to do, Willie Gassaway;
Playing railroad, Beulah Miller; Playing
carpenter, Norman Gassaway, Maurice
Reading, Raymond Lyddane, Terry Keeter
and Willie Gassaway; Love of country,
Walter Collins; How Cyrus laid the cable,
Jack Reading Cripple Ben, Miss Alice Nc
Aztec; Terpsichore in Flat Creek quarters,
John Snyder; Two ways of seeing things,
Tow ph;l;Do and M;nnia RAIL. Enpat,o
Reply, Alex. Biggs; Music, Away, to the
Fairgrounds, by the school, Warren's Adj
dress, John Gassaway; Erlenkonig Ger
man poem) Miss Helen Nourse; Erlenko-
mig, (translation) Miss Maude Broome; Use
ful precepts for girls, Miss Amanda Griffith;
Battle of Waterloo, Thomas Lyddane; The
town of "used to be-" Maurice Reading;
Courtship under difficulties, Miss Lizzie
Tschiffely, Howard Dufef and John Sny-
der; Music, Old Kentucky Home, by the
school; The gamblers wife, Miss Elsie
Byrd; Singing in the rain, Misses Ivy and
Ursy Yeake Her letter, Miss Vandelia
Tschifiely; am dreaming, james Broome;
Speech at debating society, Terry Keefer;
The duel, Fred Reading; Essay, Advan
tages of Universal Peace, Paul Dyson;
Vocal solo, They all love Jack, Paul
Welcker; Spartcus to the Gladators, Roger
Darby; Uncertainty of wealth and fame,
Frank Biggs; Aunt Betsy's Rose, Misses
Mary Tschitfely, Elsie Byrd, Maud Broomc,
Amanda Griffith and Roger Darby Music
vocal solo, Misss ID. l.. Briscoe; Delivery of
certificates of proficiency and distinction to
Miss E. T. Rice and Paul Dyson; Essay,
Miss Elberta I. Rice,
"When the shore is won at last,
Who would count the pillows past?"
Sword and flag drill, six boys and six girls,
Lizzie and Mary Tschitfey, Maud Broome,
Amanda Griffith, Elsie Byrd, Van Tschiffely,
Jack Reading, Fred Reading Walter Collins,
John Gassaway, Bernard Lyddane, Howard
Dufief Ode to the Andrew Small Academy
Boys, 10y Mrs. Bessie Starr Keefer,) read by
Master Terry Keeter Music, Patriotic Med.
lev, by the school-America, Columbia,
Maryland.
Miss E. Il. Rice daughter of our fellow
countyman, Mr.. Geo. X Rice, earned the
honor of certificate of proficiency in algebra,
geometry and arithmetic, as did also Mr.
Paul Dyson, son of Mr.. b. T. Dyson, of near
Jacksonville. The latter also attained
proficiency on chemistry, and they both
gained a distinction on all other studies.
The essays of these pupils were remarkably
well written and delivered, showing the re-
suit of much faithful labor.
JAN QUILL