Evening star., 1896-06-24
ST. ALOYstUs' SCHOOL
Many Prizes Given Out at Last Nights
Commencement.
Pleasant Exercises amd List of Those
Who Were HOnored-Music
and Speeches..

charge of the Jesuit Fathers. took place
last evening at Notre Dame Hall. corner of
North Capitol and K streets. The hall was
handsomely decorated and the exercises
were greatly enjoyed by large audience
The program was as follows: Chorus, The
Junior Students Song" written for ST.
Aloysius' School, opening address. Master
Frank Eergir; THE Little Boys Welcome"
Masters William Nolan, Eugene O'Neil
John Manning, Frederick Morgan, Charles
Foulke. William Roche, Leo Geier; song,
This Little Pig Went to Market" Master
Francis x. Mack; "A Boys School, (w!th-
out a teacher), Masters John Newman
Frank Kelly, William Smith, Edward Fitz-
gibbons. James Mckee, James Dalton; "A
Boy is in the Way When Company is Com
irg," Master William Brosnan; two-step
'St. Aloysius' School," orchestra; chorus
1.-The Merry Youngsters" "A Boy About"
Francis X Mack; only a Boy" Master
Arthur Elwood; trio, Evening Song" Fran
els \. Mack, Aloysius S. Fennell, Walter
Lansdale; "A Boy Is Boy For All That"
Plant; chorus "The Star Spangled Banner"
Rev Father Gillespie, president of Con
zaga College. delivered an able and In
structive address after which prizes were
awarded to the pupils named:
Seventh grade-For general excellence in
scholarship and department, scholarships
to Gonzaga College to Masters Harry l.
Quinn, J. Edward Connolly and Walter l.
Plant. Medal in Christian doctrine, the gift
of a gentleman of st. Vincent de Paul
Society, to Master John j. Hartnett also
first premium to Master Patrick l.. Walsh
and second premiums to Masters Daniel l.
Leane and Aloysius s. Fennell Medal for
general excellence in grammar, geography,
history, spelling and arithmetic, the glft oil
Mrs Anna H. B. Ward, to Master John j.
Hartnett; also first premium to Master
Masters Patrick l.. Walsh and Aloysius s.
Fennell. Premiums in penmanship to Mas
ters Joseph A. Kennedy, Daniel l. Leane
and Patrick l.. Walsh.
Sixth grade-Medal in Christian doctrine,
the gift of Miss Mary Mccarthy, to Master
Aloysius J. Brooks; also first premium to
Master Francis X. Mack. and second pre-
MUM to Master Vincent F. Ccughlin
Mrs A J. Shafhirt, to Master Aloys!us j.
Brooks: also first premiums to Masters
Vincent F. Coughlin and Francis \. Mack,
and second premiums to Masters James A
OBrien, Edward J. Kelley and Albert b.
Farrell. Penmanship. first premium to
Master Aloysius J. Brooks; second to Mas
ter Vincent F. Coughlin. Premiums in
roliteness and department. to Masters Vim
cent F. Coughlin, Edward ]. Kelly, Joseph
A. Halloran and Edward Bresnan.
Fifth grade-Medal for Christian doc
trine, the gift of Mrs. Captain Story, to
Elmer A. Brown. first premium to Owen ].
y,
medal for general excellence, the gift of
Miss Josephine Cavanaugh. TO Owen ].
Cleary. first premiums to Elmer A. Brown
and Walter B. Lansdale. second premium
MUM to Theodore A. Sonnerann. second
premium to Edward s. Quinan: politeness
and department, premiums to James r.
Cahill. Edward S. Quinian. Francis W.
Truxell. Robert B. Downing, Edward G..
Vierkorn. Clarence Hayes. George j. Far
rell, Michael A. Healy, Albert J. Hummer,
Charles c. Browne. William f. Spillane.
Fourth grade-Meda1 for general ex-
cellence, the gift of Mrs. M. +. Rover. TO
John j. Meehan. first premium to James
Nolan. second premium to Francis Bergin:
general excellence in Christian doctrine.
reading. spelling, geography and grammar,
first premiums to Francis E. Regan and
Arthur J. Elwcod. second premiums to
William e. Barry Daniel A. Murphy, An
drew Brown, Francis w. Sheridan. Ken
meth Heron, Daniel F. Leahy: arithmetic.
filst premium to James Nolan. second
premium to John A. Shanahan, honorably
mentioned, Daniel F. Leahy: penmanship,
first rrcmiums to Peter ]. Murray and
Francis A. Dougherty, second premium to
William d. Lawlor. honorably mentioned,
Daniel F. Leahy: Christian doctrine, first
premium to John j. Meehan, second pre-
MUM to William Brown. honorably men
toned. Kenneth Heron and Daniel F.
Leahy; premiums for attendance to VIM.
]. Heffernan. John J. Sheedy, John A. Muir
ply, Ambrose l.. Grindley. William ]. Fitz-
patrick and Edward Campbell, premium
for politeness and department to William
d. Lawlor.
Third grade-Christian doctrine, first
premiums to Francis Kelly and William
Brosnan, second premium to Hugh Toomey;
general excellence, first premiums to Fran
els Kelly and John Newman; pcnmanship,
first premium to John Newman, second
premium to Robert Casby; arithmetic. first
premiums to Francis Kelly, John New
man. William Mcclellan and James Nc
kee; reading, spelling and geography, first
premiums to William Brosnan and Edward
FitZgibbons; attendance, first premium TO
Vincent Fealy, second premium to Bernard
Barry; politeness and department, prem
iums to John Newman, Francis Kelly and
Francis O'Brien.
Second grade-First premium for Chris
tian doctrine to James Dalton; general eX-
cellence, premium to Michael Costello; first
premiums for reading, spelling and geog-
raphy to James Dalton, Michael Costello,
Bernard Goodwin and William Smith; pen
manship, first premium to Thomas Foley;
arithmetic, first premim to Bernard Good
win, second premium to John Carroll hon
orably mentioned. Michael Costello; attend
ance, to John Carroll; politeness. to Michael
Costello and William Linguist.
First grade-General excellence, premium
to John Goodwin; Christian doctrine, first
premium to Hugh Lawlor, second premium
TO Thomas kerrgan; reading and spelling,
first premium to Thomas Sheridan, second
premium to Charles Foulke; penmanship,
first premium to John Goodwin, second
premiums to Michael Kelly, Bernard Hal
loran and Charles Halloran: arithmetic,
first premium to William Tinker, second
premium to William Nolan: attendance,
first premiums to Timothy Fitzgerald and
Michael Fitzgerald, second premiums to
Edward Healy and Leo Geier; politeness
and department., premiums to Andrew Nor
rison, John Bergling and John Watson.
Entering too late to compete for class
honors special premium for excellence
was awarded to Andrew Morrison.
Primer class4christian e<ds%tr doctrine, frs, first
premiu1r to Eugene Thomas: reading and
spelling, first premium to Thomas Gard
ner. second premium to Frederick Morgan;
renmanship, first premium to Frank
Fletcher. second premium to Joseph Nc
Weary; arithmetic, first premium to stephen
Vierkorn, second premium to Eugene
ONeil; attendance, first premium to Thos.
Campbell, second premium to Thomas No
len; premiums for being good little boys to
John Manning, William Childs, Thomas
Reidy and Leo O'Brien; for the smallest
good little boy, Frederick Morgan.
Special prizes-Premiums for music to
Aloysius s. Fennell, Frank x. Mack, Alloy