The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-06-13
Cooper Wins Ths Prize,

graduate of the Wilmington Militar
Academy, carried of the honors In the ex
hibitiOn drill yesterday afternoon.
Inc drill commenced at B 30 O'Clock ant
the parents and friends Of the cadet
thronged the campus. Captain Blacktirt
Issued the commands. which were sound
Cd by Cadet Winner the company bUgler
ana two squads were organized. While
squad A advanced In extended order after
firing their opening volley they lay fiat on
the ground whilo Squad b. flrod and ad-
vanced under protecti of the fire Of
Squad A. IL was an interesting exhlbit-
Ion OF the scientific movements IN modern
warfare, and the entire company advanc-
cd IN extended order the length Of the.
campus. Whom this exhibition was finish
cd the spectators, evinced their appreciat-
ion by liberal applause.
After an interesting bavonet drill by
the cadets. the comeptitiW drill was com :
menced, Major BlackfoM and Captain
Blackford alternating In command. Cap
tain A. y. Matlack, OF Company c: Cap
tain f. u. Rutan, of Company X, and
Lieutenant Simon p. Doherty, of Conn
pany f. First delaware Infantry were
judges Of the competition.
Each cadet erring in the manual, was
eliminated from the contest Finally the
competition was narrowed down to Cadet
Alexander B. Cooper Of New Castle. and
Cadet George LeVan. In the next few
movements, Cadet LIE Van erred, leaving
Cadet Cooper triumphant. The gold
medal which he received was donated by
Major Blackboard. 1t was inscribed: drill,
w. NJ. A., and Is in tho form Of % shield,
with the school Colors red and gray.
The attention of the spectators was
er boys are called. The spectators were sur
prised at the proficiency Of the youngsters
each one of whom bore himself erect and
handled his gun wonderfully. The small
est and youngest boy in the squad was
Joseph Pyle and this alone had made him
the synosure of all eyes. When he re.
manned III line after the other ~ idets''
had been retired for tenchdica, mistakes.
the spectators showed their appreciation
In an out.burs' Of cheers and hand. claop-
Ing. Little Joseph took his newly acquir.
ed honors Elodestly, however, and re-
ceived many congratulations. He is but
nine years. old, yet is deeply interested in
the military instruction he receives.
In WyckoT Holl last evening the dec
lamatlon contests were held for the Nor
rison prizes. Mr. Morrison is resident of
Ithaca, N. Y, and is the father Of Profos.
sor William H. Morrison, of the Academy.
The prizes he offered were $3J for tbs vic
tor of the contest and $50 as the second
prize, A friend of tho Academy contrib
uted third prize of $40. Honors vera
awarded as follows
First, James NJ. Munyon Jr., Of Phila-
lelphia. son Of Professor James M. Mum
yon. His Grafton was Yes, I'm Guilty"
selected from Ills fathers literary works.
Second, William Newell Barnard, Jrs son
Of Mr.. aud Mrs. William N, Barnard. His
Grafton was 'Spartacus Of the Gladiators,
by Kellogg.
Third, John Gerry Dobbins of Mont
clair. N. J. son of the Row John Y. Dob
bins. formerly of this city His Grafton
was, "The Lamont Of Absalom," by Will
lis
The committee of award consisted of
the Rev Thomas A. McCurdy, D, D.. pas
tor of Central Presbyterian Church City |!
Solicitor Henry G. Conrad and James T. |
Morrison of lthaca,N. Y. Other contest
ants for the prizes were
Reynolds Driver Wilson Of this city,
Fort Wagner" by Dickinson.
Harry Heron johnson of this city, Sup
posed Speech of John Adams"
Samuel Edgar Francis of this city: "Ad.
dress ut Bunker HILL" by Webster.
a.. Morton Poole, Jr of this cityf 1.-The. |
Traitors Death Bed" by Lippard. burr
ing the evening Mrs. Swithin Chandle-
sang mn entertaining solo. and Cadet Nor
man winner ga n cOrnet solo.
As the winners of the Morrison prize
of this year are ineligible to declain or
the prizes next year, William Alunhall of
Pittsburg last evening announced that he
would give n prze of 49, In the competit.
con for which next year any cadet viii bo
eligible. 1t will be known as the Munhall
prize for defamation.
Ushers at the exercises last evening
were Cadet Captain Forrest b. Munhnll,
Cadet Lieutenant John w. Stott, Jr.,
CABOT Corporal Edgar NJ HOPES. Jr.,
Cadet Corporal John Bancroft, Jr,, Ca.
det Alexander s. Leftwicb, Cadet George
X. 10 Van, Cadet Paul II, Wilson.
This afternoon the commencement ex-
ercises will bo held, when the graduates
will deliver essays and the prizes will be
awarded. Bishop Coleman and Chief Jus.
tice Lore will make addresses.