Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-18
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Commencement Exercise s
Held Today.
.KRETOL STOCKHOLDERS
A LIVELY TIME AT COMMITTEE
MEETING.
Receiver Browns Plan of Reorganiza-
ton Was Adopted After
Hot Debate.
Evening Star Bureau,
No. 701 King ST.,

| The S1Xty-th1rd annual commencement
exercises of the Episcopal High School of
| Virginia took place this afternoon in Lig-
| gett Hall on the school grounds, near this
city. The hall was crowded with students
! and many of their relatives and friends
! Music pleasantly interspersed the various
features of the program. DR.. L. NJ Black
| ford, the principal, delivered the prizes
| and certificates of distinction.
The program opened with prayer, which
was followed by the delivery Of certificates.
| Then the presentation of prizes was made.
| The following were the prize winners: For
| reading at sight, first prize Alexander
Watson Williams of Washington, D. c.;
second prize, Paul Micou of Fairfax, Va.
For reading, first prize, Samuel Watts
thinner of Petersburg, Va; second prize,
Charles Whiting Powell of Leesburg, va.
For defamation, first prize, John Minor
Blackford of Fairfax: second prize Cllnord
King Pullen of Portsmouth, Va.
The following prizes were awarded LOT
scholarship: White prize, John Minor
fax; Johns prize, Richard Pardee Williams
son Webster Harlan of Maryland; Meade
prize Alexander Watson Williams OF
Washington, D. c. Alter music oy tne Or
chestra there were selections OF reau'HS'
recitation and defamation. FRANCIS "
Powell read 'Bardell VS.. Pickw1ck; Cut-
ford X Pullen rected "Maclaine's Chlld,
and Samuel w. thinner read How the La
Rue Stakes Were Lost" The Battle OF
Chickamauga' was acclaimed ny ooiiii
Minor Blackboard. -
Then followed music and the presentation
of medals, which was as follows: Rahuolpl
Fairfax memorial pre- medal, for excel
lence in general scholarship, AWARDED 10
Alexander Watson Williams of Washinstoi'
Pembroke Lea Thorn memorial prize meoai'
for excellence in historical essay, PAU MI
cou of Fairfax; Llewellyn Hoxton memorial
prize medal, for excellence IN mathematics
Lewis Dabney Crenshaw of Baltimore Nd
Robert Taylor Wilson prize medal; for ex-
cellence in English composition, Alexander
w. Williams; William Garrett Blbb pr-Ze
medal for excellence in Shakespeare (Mer-
chant of Venice, Macbeth and Othello),
Paul Micou and the H. S. Liggett memorial
junior prize medal, to James Smith Rust OF
Alexandria.
Certificates of graduation were conferred
upon the following: Francis Edward Car
ter of Richmond, John Moncure Daniel, Jr..
of West Virginia. John Daniel kurtz Smoot
of Fairfax, Va, and Alexander Watson
Williams of Washington, d. c. The eXer-
ciseS were concluded with the pronunciation
of the blessing.
The joint final celebration of Fairfax and
Blackford Literary Societies of the Episco-
pal High School took place last evening be-
fore large audience in Liggett Hall. The
program opened with prayer, after which an
address of welcome was delivered by w. H.
S. BurgWyn, jr., of North Carolina, preSi-
dent of Fairfax Society. The presentation
of the Blackford Society declaimer's medal
was made to Francis w. Powell of Lees
burg, Va and the presentation of the Fair
| fax Society debater's medal was made to
Alexander w. Williams of Washington The
readers medal from Bla oxford Society went
| to Oscar Dew. Randolph of Illinois, and
Paul Micou of Virginia received the de-
| Chalmers medal from the Fairfax Society.
John Moncure Daniel, jr., of West Virginia,
| won the Blackford Society debater's medal
| and the readers medal from Fairfax So
| ciety was awarded to Samuel Watts Zim-
l nT NirCri rio fI,t,,t a11l;
| dress was delivered by Oscar Dew. Ran
dolph. The dismissal of the audience was
made by ]. Richard Phillips, jr., of Mary
| land, president of the Blackford Society.
Kretol Stockholders Meet.
Sensational charges of fraud and corrup-
ton, mingled with bitter personalities, char
acterized the adjourned meeting of the
stockholders of the Kretol Chemical Com
pany held at the Office of the company in
this city yesterday afternoon. Since the cor
poration. was placed in the hands of a re-
ceiver March 10 by the courts of Wash
ington and Alexandria many turbulent ses-
Sions have been held, but probably none
have been more stormy than the meeting
which lasted until I O'Clock last evening.
1t called to order shortly after
o'clock by Rev. DIR. Alexander Kent of
Washington. Thirty-four stockholders or
their proxies were present, representing, it
is stated, considerably more than half of
The prime object of the meeting was to
hear a report from a committee appointed
at the last meeting to formulate a plan
of reorganization. writteIr-statement was
submitted by this committee to the effect
that four meetings had been held, but that
it finally considered useless to recon-
mend any plan, it understood that
most of the stock of the Kretol Company
had been absorbed by the National Dsin-
fectant Company of New York 1t was
suggested in the report that Mr.. Rollo w.
Browne could outline plan by which
holders of the Kretol stock could dispose
of it with the above mentioned company.
At the conclusion of the reading some one
wanted to know what right the committee
had to transfer it's responsibilities.
This ELECTED a statement from Miss
Fauntleroy, who had acted as chairman of
the committee. She said three meetings
had been held, at every one of which it was
impossible to transact business owing to the
absence of essential data. At the final
meeting held, she stated Attorney Frank
f. Anderson, counsel for the kretol Com
pany, and also member of the committee
delivered a message from Mr.. Browne in
which he stated that he had made arrange
ments whereby all the difficulties of the
company could be relieved and asking that
he be met by two members of the committee
| for a private conference. She and Mr.
| Hodges, Miss Fauntleroy stated had met
| Mr. Browne, but the meeting was far from
| being satisfactor She said Mr.. Browne
| was a member of the committee but mad
not attended any of It's sessions.
The action of the committee was defend
ed by Attorney Anderson. who asked that
| careful consideration be given to the plan
| of Mr.. Browne. While Mr.. Anderson had
| the floor some asked if the plant in
| this city was earning any money. A Mega
tive reply was made and Mr.. Anderson also
stated, apparently to the surprise of some
| of his hearers, that the receiver had been
compelled to borrow 5000 on the building.