The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-14

first schoIarship medal te Mr. William Martin Teakue. Jr.. the well known hard ware merchant on Commerce Street. The following year Mir. Teague was again sue .cessfrl in winning highest honors. The policy thus inauaurated, of awarding the scholarship medal to the best scholar or each session. regardless of his previous success or failure. has been steadily pur- sued. Consequently. what took place yes terday in the neat little brick structure on Dexter Avenne now the home of the Schooi. was not without pre- ccdent in the schools history.
 About g o'clock the roll was called. af- ter which some time was spent in hav- ing the pupils sign their names to the following letter which explains itself:
 Montgomery, Ala. June i3. 19Je. Mrs. J. NJ. Falkner. Montgomery Ala: :: Dear Madam-we take great pleasure ir enclosing herewith check for Ss7b7 which amount ,presents the net proceeds of our boat excursion and other efforts of ours in behalf of the Soldiers Home at Mountain Creek.
 I've thank you for giving us an oppor- tunity of sharing in the noble work of providing a home for needy Confederate soldiers. We feel that we owe the South ern soldier debt of gratitude for the brilliant record he has left on the page of history His example commands our admiration and incites us to emulate him iE self-sacrifce. in unswerving devotion to duty, in patriotism, and in sublime courage.
 We beg the honor of having our names and signatures placed in the corner stone of the Confederate Soldiers Home at Mountain Creek. Ala.
 "Very respectfully yours.
 The Boys of University School. < E, Montgomery. Ala
 Then came the distribution of certihs cates, after which there was a pause In. the proceedings while Mir Tresslar took first one photograph of the whole school and then a second one composed of those p,S5ils only who represented the Senior Latin, Physics and second year Latin classes. and the three small boys standing highest in the lower depart ment.
 This done. the roll of honor for the year was read. when it was disclosed that Master Virgil c. Griffin, youngest pupil of the school had made tSs417e points out of possible 700 and. there fore. was entitled to the medal awarded in the lower department for excellence in attendance. punctuality, scholarship and department. Though only Il years old. his record is the best ever made in the lower department
 In the higher department the name of Henry W. Alexander was first on the roll and that of Dixon Kendrick came second. Applause greeted MT. Alexander when he stepped to the platform and received for the third session token of the fact that in a school whose total enrolment was nearly one hundred boys. many ot them bright and diligent. he had fairly earned the distinction of standing first Next in order was tte presentation of tre Holtzclaw Ready Writer prize. "A True Hero" was the subject set by Mrs J. A. Kirkpatrick who offered this prize to the school. Albert Hanson. Boiling Hall, Fred wilkerson, Henry Alexander Rcubon l.. Haas. Dixon Kendrfck, Frank P. Glass and Frank Woodruff were tht e ntestants.
 Mir. G. w. Craik decided the contest and MT. Thomas W. Martin, himself 2 fcrner medalist! of the school. presented The medal with appropriate remarks. In the course of his speech. Mir Martin l paid fitting tribute to the memory oi the founder of this medal. James Thad deus Holtzclaw, Jr., whose untimel, death at sea several ycars ago cut shor' | a young life, full of hope and promise. | At the conclusion of his remarks. MT | Martin announced the symbol attached | to the composition that had been ad. | judged the best There was short pause, no one acknowledged the. symbo as his own or seemed to claim the hand some trophy which Mir. Martin held IT
 his hand. The symbol was then writer l on the board. moment later. and C storm of applause burst forth as Henr, W. Alexander went forward to receive Eanother honor. namely. the Hoitzclaw
 Ready Writer prize.
 | The compositions of Messrs. Albert l Hanson. Boiling Hall and R. l.. Haas I shared euually the second place.
 1 Roll of Honor. 10O1- 1-1oO2-Higher