The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-25

Commencement Exercises - Presentation
Of Priyes-The T~heOlogIcal seminary =

commencement Exercises - Presentation
of Prixes-The Theological seminary -
ALEXANDRIA, VA, June 2i.-The
commencement exercises of the Episcopal
High School. Mr.. l.. M. Blackboard. princi-
pal, took place at 3 o'clock In afternoon
at Liggett Hall, and many visitors, In
Guiding ladies from Washington. Mary
land and Virginia, were present. friZes
were delivered as follows:
For Reading at S~ight-Second prize.
Edmund Ruffin Jones. OF Albemarle. First
prize, James Woods Price, Of Albemarle.
For ReadIng-Second prize, w. William
YIN. of Shanghai. China First prize,
Roger Atkinson Wake, of stanton.
ifor Declamation-Second prize, Wythe
l.. Kinsolving. of Halifax. First prize,
Roger Atkinson Wake. OF Stanton.
For Scholarship-Whittle Prize-Stod-
dard's Glimpses OF the World. full Rus
STA, TO Edgar Snowden, of Alexandria.
Johns Prize-Stoddard's Glimpses Of the
World. full levant, gilt, TO Charles Hart
well Cooke, OF Mississippi; Green's His
tory Of the English People. 1 vols. three
fourths calf. 10 Fontaine Adger Cooke. OF
Mississippi; Boswelps life of johnson, .
vols. S vo., half leather, to Rutherford
Fleet. of Ashland; Prescott's Ferdinand
and Isabella. Philip II, Mexico and Peru.
IA vols. TO Benjamin Cecil Hodgman. OF
West Virginia: McCarthy's History OF
Our Own Times, 4 vols. s vo., gilt, 10
william Coleman Worthington, OF FAR
fax; Green's History OF the English feo-
pie. 4 vols, three-fourths cali TO way
Ching Williams YEN. of Shanghai
Mead Prizc-Knights History OF Eng
land. . vols, th~ree-fourths calt' 10 Eu-
mund Runin Jones, of Albemarle; the
NJ >-ff. r,IoxoH fhTlTN Alias oil
the World. to Hugh Skipwith Worthins-
ton. of Fairfax.
Reading-W. William Yen, "Dick the
Settlers Fix" Chambers Miscellany;
Roger A. Wake. Buck Fanshaw's Fun
eral." Mark Twain.
Medals were awarded as follows: Talia-
ferro prize medals. For Improvement IN
penmanship second to Henry Bally Mel
vim Watkins. Of Halifax; first TO BenJa-
min Cecil Hodgman. OF West virginia.
Wilson Prize Medal-For excellence IN
English composition. to way ming WI
Hams Yen. of Shanghai.
Hoxton Memorial Prize Medal-For ex-
cellence I'm mathematics. 10 Fontaine Ad-
ger Cooke. OF Mississippi
Bib Prize Medal-For 6Ncrllence III
Shakespeare, CRomeo and Jullet. Juilus
Caesar and Hamlet) TO Edmund hsunlh
Jones. OF Albemarle.
Lfggett Junior Prize Medal-For excel
lence in general scholarship, to CharieS
Hartwell Cooke, of Mississippi.
There were a number OF visitors from
various sections Of the country at the
closing exercises of the Theoioslcal
Seminary, near this city to-day me
Alumni of the Seminary held its annual
meeting tnus morning. Bishop Nhiltle
presided a while then Bishop Peter
kin TO the chair. Rev. Robert A.. Good
win. of st. Johns church. Richmond,
delivered the annual address. Al :
o'clock =. NJ. the Alumni dinner was serV-
ed and the early afternoon spent pleas
antly. Will
During the Alumni meeting bishoP
Whittle was. by ~acclamation, congratu-
lated on attaining the fiftieth year OF,
his ministry. Addresses were delivered
by Rev. A. \. MARBLE, fifty-one years Il
graduate: Rev. DR.. Bollin. fifty years a
.aduate and also by Rev. William TIL
Iinghast. Of South Carolina, II Kew.
DR.. McKin. of Washington.