Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-02


Prizes were awarded and presented by
Superintendent Wainwright as follows:
For excellence in target practice with
great guns: Cadet Frank D. Hall OF ] y
nois first prize, gold medal.
Cadet Frank C. Martin of Illinois, cond
prize silver medal.
Cadet J. H. Blackburn of Massachusetts
third prize, silver medal.
Cadet Clayton NJ SINNERS of Pennsylva-
MIA, fourth prize. bronze medal.
Cadet Walter G. Diamond of Massachu-
sets fifth prize, bronze medal.
Cadet Mel E..NicholS of Michigan, cap
tain and full back of last years foot ball
team and this year stroke of the academy
crew, was accorded the honor of having his
name engraved on the Thompson silver
trophy cup for having done the best athletc
work during the year at the academy.
! Cadet Emory S. Long of Wyoming, hand-
some sword, for having done the most for
| athletics in the past year.
Cadet Semmes Read of West Virginia,
special sword, as testimonial of the
| athletics committees appreciation OF ms
| excellence and personal influence In attn
| leticS.
Cadet Francis S. Written of New Mexico,
| gold medal for being of the champion
| fencers of the Intercollegiate fencing tour
| nament held in New York last March. He
| also received gold medal for oeihs the
| champion cadet small swordsman.
Cadet James Patrick Lannon of Virginia,
| silver medal, for being the champion cadet
| fencer with broadswords.
Cadet Gilbert j. Rowclift of Illinois, sill
yer medal, for being the best cadet cane
| fencer
Cadet Duncan l. Selfridge of Washington,
| pair of binoculars as first prize, for hand
| ling boats under sails. He Is the only
member of the academy outside of the
| first class to receive prize.
Cadet Earl p. Finney, pair of binoculars,
as second prize, for handling boats under
! sail.
List of Graduates.
The men given diplomas In their order of
| merit were: l. Henry G. S. Wallace, Green
Vile, Ala; 2, Horace s. Kyce, Fayettes-
| Vile. Ark; 3, Frank War Stirling, Chicago,
| H.; 4, John w. Woodruff. Ludington,
Mich; 5, James o. Richardson, Paris, Tex. !;
! G. Emory Scott Land, Laramie Wyo.; Z,
| clifford Darst, Cottageville, ". Va; g.,
| Franklin w. Osburn, Eugene, Ore; o, Roe
Reed Adams, Springfield, ILL.,; TO- Semmes
Read Elkins, w. Va; il. Clayton NJ. Sum-
| mers Phoenixville, Pa; u, Edwin Graham
! Kintner, Harrison, Ind; ID, Henry A. Bal
bridge Willow Springs. Mo; IA, James
Reed, jr.. Ashtabula, Ohio; 15 William Lee
Pryor. ST. Louis, Mo-; 10, George Julian
Meyers, Council Bluffs, Iowa; II, Edward
]. Marquart, Valparaiso, Ind; 10, James P.
Murdoch, Cold Springs. N. Y; 10, Andrew
A. Peterson. Brooklyn. N. Y; 20, Donald
Cameron Bingham, Talladega, Ala; 81,
| Ralph NJ Grswold, Worcester Mass; %,
Leroy Brooks, jr., Wyoming, Ohio; %, Rob
| ert Wallace, jr Louisville, KY; "A, Will
liam w. Smith, Versailles, Ky; 25, Francis
| S. Written, Albuquerque, NJ M; 26. Gill
bert ]. Rowcliff, Peoria. ILL.,; p. Louis b.
Porterfield, Greenville, Ala; %, Thomas l..
Ozburn, Murphysboro, ILL.,; %, Harold B.
| Childs st. Adams, VT; 80, Walter G. Di-
mon, Lawrence. Mass; 81, James Patrick
Lannon, Alexandria, Va; 30. Richard VAIN
| wright, ir, Washington, D. c.; 3d. Frank. C.
| Martin Fairfield, ILL.,; "a, Ralph Payne
| Craft, Potosi, Mo-; 3d. Adolphus Station,
| Tarboro, N. c.; SO, Frank David Hall, Mil
! ford, ILL.,; 81, David Allen Weaver, Lexing-
ton Ga; 3S, Neil Ernest Nichols, Bay City,
| Mich; 80, James A. Campbell, jr, Philadel-
phia, Pa; 40 Charles William Early, Wood
lawn, Va. Al, Otto Carl Bowling, Sangus
| Mass; a, Robert Henderson, Brockton
Mass; 43, John Hall Blackburn, Cambridge
| Mass; A, julius c. Townsend, Keokuk
Iowa; 49, Wilson Brown, jr., Camden. N. j.;
| Joseph Otto Fisher, Lewiston, Me-; 4S. Will
| liam T. Conn., jr., Baltimore Md; 40, Frank
| B. Freyer. Marietta, Ga; 80, Carlos Beane,
| Kiigore, Tex; 81, Oscar Fleet Cooper,
! Clinton, N. c.; g. Roscoe Conkling Davis,
! Ashland, KY; SO, Kirby B. Crittenden, Kan
/ sas City. Mo-; "a, Earl Peck Finney, Win
| nebago, Wis; 55, William D. Puliston, Mon
| ticello, Fla; S. Charles S. Kerrick Stock
| ton, CAL; 81, M. Sherman Corning, Palmyra,
| N. Y; 50, William J. Moses, New York
city; 50, George Patton Brown, Los An
| geles, Cal.
The first six men above written are
known as the star members of the class,
| having received an average Of So per cent
! or better during the entire four years
1 course. ss.-te ,-e>.s