The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-21
HOPKINS GRAMMAR SCHOOL
ANNUAL GRADUATION EXERCISRS
 HELD YESTERD1Y.

Announcement of Prizes by the Rector
 Two Most Important Prtzes Won by
 uating CIass-The Prize Winning
 Baldwin Essay.
 The annual graduation exercises of
 yesterday afternoon in North Sheffield
 hall and were attended by many friends
 and relatives of the members of the
 graduating class and friends of the
 school.
 One of the most interesting features of the exercises was the announcement of prizes by George l.. Fox, the rector
 of the school. The most important prizes and the ones most sought for by students of the school were the Bald win prize for excellence in writing an English essay and the Rector's prize, prize offered by Rector Fox for the best examination on questions in con- temporary politics. These two prizes were won by brothers and a notewor- thy fact is that in each competition the other brother received honorable men, ton. The two brothers are Alexander o. Fasser the elder of the two, and Charles E. Fasser, both sons of Leon- hardt Fasser, of No. IA Baldwin street, this city. The older brother won the Baldwin prize and the younger receiv- ed honorable mention, while the Rec tors prize was won by the younger brother and the older received honora- ble mention in the competition. The subject of the winning essay was "The Need of a Constitutional Convention in Connecticut" while the subject of the essay winning honorable mention was Success in Life.' The former is published in full below
 Other prizes announced by Rector Fox were as follows:
 Senior class, for the best translation at sight from Homers' Odyssey, first prize, Andrew J. Brown, of Milford; second prize, Urban Cronan, of New Haven.
 Junior class, for the best translation at sight from Cicero's Letters, first prize, Edmund s. Kochersperger, of New Haven; second prize, Franklin A. Lum, of West Haven.
 Third class, for the best translation at sight from Caesars Gallic War, first prize, Lester w. Perrin, of New Haven; second prize, Arthur D. Os- born, of New Haven.
 Fourth class for the best solution of arithmetical problems, Donald R. Ja- cobus, of New Haven.
 As the names of the prize winners were announced each successful stu dent was roundly applauded and cheered by his classmates and school friends.
 A pleasant feature of the exercises | was the singing of several songs by the students of the school One song, es- pecially good, was the school song, Brave Mother Yale" written by Pro- lessor Thomas G. Shepard
 Essays were read by three members of the graduating class in the classi- cal course. Carl Brewer read an essay on Geographical Knowledge Before and After Columbus" Urban Cronan one on Alfred, the Great" and Mur- ray Sargent one on "The French Revo- lution."
 The graduates this year are:
 Classical course--Carl Brewer, of New Haven, Andrew Jennings Brown, of Milford, Urban Cronan, of New Ha- ven, Murray Sargent, of New Haven.
 Scientific course-Erben Smith Allen, of New Haven, Louis Edward Heady, of Milford and John Sutler Ruff, of New Haven.
 The diplomas were presented by Pro- lessor Gibbs, one of the trustees of the school, and the exercises closed by the singing of the old song, "Dulce Do- num-" by the school, and the singing of America" by the audience.
 William E. Chandler was director of music for the exercises and Walter R. Cowles, who graduated from the school last year, was accompanist.
 The essay which won the Baldwin prize was as follows: THE PRESENT NEEDS OF A CON- STITUTIONAL CONVENTION IN CONNECTICUT { The time has come in Connecticut when it is necessary, if We are to have 3 democratic and representa- tive gov- , to amend our constitution AL , though it may be urged that the re- f forms proposed along this line are con- trary to the wishes of our forefathers, i they are in fact reverslon to the first r principle of government. ' When our present constitution was c adopted no one could forsee the changes , which have come to pass. It is equally f rue that if we are to save the princi- , oles embodied in the fundamental order If 1889 it is necessary to change the let CT and spirit of our present constitu- |, |, ion to the needs of the community, c Or, however applicable that instru- . nent might have been in the second lecade of the last century it no longer meets the present conditions or serves he object for which it was originally ramed. E Whoever doubts this has but to turn 5 o the original document of 1889 itself, !. which shows conclusively that the Il ounders of our constitution desired
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