Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-06-21

4 9Th u no -..--
polscopAL HIGH SCHooL.-The
IHs :a III ceIebration of the Fairfax
P9' oII5 u1, Literary societies OF the
sd D. asi HIN School, near this city,
G9.;c 9giS At Licgett Hall last night,
rs; ns,G largely attended, many persons
sad WI wis rjty and vicinity being pres
t'al ' Tsa nrogrsmme, as published in
''i .j ir Gazstte, WAS we'll rendered
ys;e aIia;,ed the hearty applause of the
500 S,. audience. The following
'P9''' ,be committee of arrangements
g''s ., ~, D}rsey Waters. of Maryland,
h'''s s.sirmal; B c. Hodgmau, OF West
,9p. Me-. sherwood Moore, of Firgiuis;
ll' s, iBs,rnwelI. of South Caroline; 7.
+ + W. W. ncnre. of Virgins; r. K. Waters,
T. V,Is II, and r. f. NcCabc, of
Virginia. o,..,;-a, 81 +ho
u. n school, the siXtieth year, were
i.i 4 a, Lipget. Hall this evening be-
~" ss,' = very large audience.
vi ~ allowing was the programme:
5.oyar. delivers of certificates; music;
,. i," Of certificates; Gaudeamus.
Catering certificates of graduation
..ESarles Harlwell Cooke, of Missis-
~ Tlqsr Snowden, of Alexandra;
,5 ,.;, These are the first gIa ,tes
,1 1,be EI-copsl High School, ths
',5,oi never before having awarded
c.r, 5cstes Of graduation.)
P-s.enla. ION OF priZes-.For resd ng
q, .ipbt. second prize, Fields Yester.
3.y. with Authors, 10 Argus Melon
ii Crawford, Of Fairfax. First prize,
6,n6snt's Makers OF Florence and
Tsksrs of Venice, , vols, to Herbert
gsriolph Gait, OF Loudouu. For
adm, second prize, Don Quix-
DE- large vo., illustrated, to
Herbert Randolph Gait, of Loudoun.
Fr:t priz9-Knight's Half Hours
NTH Bts. Authors, 6 vols to Griswold
lIsms of Maryland; for defamation
Second prize. Rand, McNally Il
Cd: Library Atlas, to Robert Pegram
Holt. Of Surrey. First prizs. Motley's
Dlich 4 public, , vols. half calf, 10
Charles Cheves Haskell, of South Caro-
lns.
For Scholarship hittle Prize.
Pre:cott's Ferdinand and Isabella and
Philip II, ) vols, to William Ruffin
C9l-man Cooke, OF Fluvanne; complete
work. OF Thomas Gray, 4 vols, to
B r5eley Minor Fontaiue, OF Hanover;
Prescoti's Conquest of Mexico and Con-
QUE, of Peru, . vols, to Paul Micou, of
Fairfax; Tr-velyan's Life and Letters
Of Macausy, } vols s vo., to Oscar De.
Wolfe Randolph, of Illinois.
J0nus priz4.-Worcester's Dictionary
unabridged, to Thomas Pinckney
BRIAN, of Henrico; Complete Works of
Washington Irving, to Charles Hart.
vel Cooke, of Mississippi; Encyclo.
-se1c Dictionary. + vols / to-, to P nilip
3srraui Camptell, OF Fluvar n Works
of William Il. Prescott, II vols, to
William Johnson, of Nebras-
i; Lppiocott's Biographical Diction.
Try, to Z igar Snowden, of Alexandria.
Ms1de Prize -Liddell & Scott's
ireek Lexicon and Harper's Latin
4ezlcou, TO Richard Dunnica Micou, Of
Fairfax.
Music Reading, Recitation and Dec
sm,ion Herbert Z. Gait read Sam
N-lleI's Valentine, Dickens; Robt. P.
iot nc ted, Eiinburg after Flodden,
-ylol; Griswcli Adams read Myself
10 Niss Conway, Short : cries; Charles
Haskell decieimel Icillus, Kellogg.
Music. Presentation of Medals. Will
or prize medal, for excellence in Eng
81 composition, to Herbert Randolph
ilIt, OF Loudour; Hoxton memorial
rze medal, for excellence in mathe-
l''ics, to Frederick Wilson Johnson,
N-brasks; Bibb prize medal. for ex-
s.ence in Snak speare (Merchart of
enlce Macbeth, Othello), to Berkeley
llnor Fo1taine, of Hanover; Liggett
iaior prize medal, for excellence in
eneral scholarship, 10 Oscar D. Wolf
lodolph, OF Illinois.
Gloria 10 Excesis.
Blessing.
Du!ce Domum.