The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-14
A SUCCESSFUL COMMENCEMENT.
A bright Entertainment Given by
the Scholars OF the school for

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The annual commencement OF the
School for Boys. conducted by Messrs.
W s Lawrence and J. Raymond Nor
ton, took place last night at the hail
Of the Guards arsenal, which was well
hlled with the relatives and friends Of
the boys who participated in the bright
and interesting exercises Of the evening.
The exercises consisted mainly Of dec
iamations and essays. followed by the de-
livery OF diplomas and awarding Of prizes
Won during the year. Music was fur
nished by ROsenfeld's orchestra The first
feature Of the programme, and one Of
the most interesting, was the spelling
contest by the fifth class. The boys stood
up well, but all OF them were finally de-
feated by Campbell Krenson, who was
declared the champion speller of the class,
and 10 whom was awarded the prize, a
handsome silver pin.
The declarations and essays were ex-
ceplonally well rendered. The boys were
We'll trained in these features and seem
10 have a proper understanding of the
work. Those who took part in these fea-
lures OF the programme were Willard Sui
ivan, defamation, A Child's Dream of
a star by Dickens; Lester Karow, dec
Iamation, Seeing Things at Night" by
Eugene Field; Richard a. Charlton. or
-ginal essay, Heroes Of Antiquity"
James J. Waring. defamation. '.The
Building Of the Ship" by Longfellow;
campbell Krenson. defamation The
Revenge" by Tennyson; Julian schley.
original essay, william Pitt, Earl of
Chatham;' McCay bearing. defamation.
Lite Orphant Annie" by James Whit
COMB Riley; Sidney Stubbs, defamation.
MY ships by Ella Wheeler Wilcox: q.
Haldeman Finnie, defamation, Jus Fore
'-hIlst mas,' by Eugene Field, and George
AFTER an original story, "A Burnt Bit
OF Faper.' All the participants were com
piIIheuted upon their excellent efforts.
SeI uHcates were awarded to each of the
scholars who made a general average of
90 per cent or higher Each of the bows
was eheered as he advanced to receive his
award. They were Marcus S. Baker Ir
Bernice *. Buularde, Gordon Carson
RIchard NJ. Charlton, McCay Dearin.g
charles u. Ellis, Haldeman Finnie Ed
ward q. harow, Morris Ketchum, John
hnoN' Henry Knox, Campbell krenson
Ihomas Lawrence Daniel Mcmillan Pc
ter SchaIer, Julian Il. Schley Sidney
Stubbs willard sullivan, George Walter
Antonio Waring and James j. Waring
Inc prizes, medals and scholarships were
awarded by Mr.. George Il. Cam who
A+4tNNN a AIW AtAAtA AS concentrating the
boys upon their efforts. Both the spelling
prize and the reading prize We're AWARDED
to Campbell Krenson. the latter being a
copy Of The Spy by Cooper The writing
prize, handsome gold pen. was awarded
to Willard Sullivan. The class medal wa
M Hie r by d r. b aalasm2 was E T65
by Gordon Carson of the fifth class.
and the second honor by James j. Warins
OF the second class. The first honor car
ries with it tuition for the next sessions 10
the amount Of $50 and the second honor
tuition to the amount of $40. Campbell
Krenson was close second on the schol
arship, missing it only by a small frac
ton. Antonio Waring, who has held a
scholarship for the last three years wa
beaten by his brother this time, and had
hard work to do il.
Diplomas were awarded to Julian Schley
and Richard Malcolm Charlton, both of
them having completed the hve years
course. The former expects to enter
Princeton and the latter will go to the
At the conclusion of the entertainment
the floor was cleared for dancing, which
the young people enjoyed until a late
hour Refreshments were served and the
evening was made most entertaining
one.
Maj. Edward Karow and Mr.. J. A. C.
Carson have rendered the teachers and
scholars Of the school and their friends a
complimentary excursion to Tybee next
Tuesday afternoon. The boys and their
friends will meet at the Tybee depot to
take the $3.50 o'clock train, city time, for
the island.
Messrs. Lawrence and Morton will en-
large their school next session. A prepar-
atory department will be added which win
be under the direct supervision of the
principals, and will be in the same build
ing with the academic department. The
teachers will be Miss Fill and Miss Law
renee. Mr.. Morton will teach summer
school for six weeks, and Mr.. Lawrence
will 20 to Camp Northen with the Guards
before leaving Savannah for the summer.
TO LET HIS PULPIT REST.