Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-05-20
THE new MEXICO
MILITARY INSTITUTE
The Commencement Exercises Last Week Were
Very Interesting, the Contests We're
Spirited and Attendance Large.
MAJOR ". \. LLEWELLYN MADE the
ANNUAL ADDRESS TO The CADETS

Wednesday, May IA. The exercises
commenced Sunday and occupied four
days. The proceedings were very inter
esting, the competition for honors spir.
tied and a large audience was in at
Tendance at every meeting,
The commencement sermon was
preached by Rev. p. r. Wilson Of the
Christian church, Sunday morning II
the church building which was not
large enough to accommodate all who
wished to attend.
The annual tennis tournament was
held Monday morning. There were
eight entries and the play good. Will
lam Bell of Ration, won the racket Of
fered as a prize, defeating F. r. Gram
dali of Santa Fe, in the finals.
The field day exercises Monday even
| ing produced two new records and on
the whole We're very good. The usual
events were contested. B. M. Thomas
of Santa Fe, established a new record
for throwing the 16-lb hammer at 81 it,,
2 inches, and D. e. Pruit Of Roswell,
won the 100 yard dash in the remarka-
bly, fast time of 10 seconds. G. r.
Dwire Of Taos, made the best record
and was awarded the medal.
The military features of the finals
were the battalion parade Monday ev-
ening, battalion drill and the sham bat
tie Tuesday evening and the compet1-
tive drill Tuesday morning. The drill
and battle were observed by Adjutant
General Whiteman, representing the
governor, Colonel J. w Fleming Of Sill
yer City, of the governors staff, and
Colonel Wilson in the full dress uni
form Of their rank. The competitive
drill medal was won by d. r.. Prult az
ter a close contest, his nearest compe-
titor being III. H. Howell, s. r. Smith
third. One of the little boys, Harold
Clifton of Clifton, Arizona, held his
place until he was among the last five
The baseball game Tuesday evening
with the Carlsbad team resulted to z
| IN favor Of the cadets. A second game
with the same team was played We'd
nesday evening, the cadets again WIN
ming by a score of to 3. The Institute
PLAYERS were Lohman, c.. Thomas ana
Burns, D.. Neher, b., Bell, "a d.
Brownell, ss., Kunz, Burns and Thorn
as Sd b.. Crumpacker, IT,, Bedell, CT.
land Miller rf The cadets again de-
constrated their talent, playing excel
l1ently.
The orators medal was won Tuesday
evening by L. G. Gallegos of Clayton
subject "Ancient Aztec Civilization
The other contestants were B. M
Thomas Of Santa Fe, subject "Oppor-
tunity," and r. H. Wren of Lacrosse
Arkansas, subject Napoleon" All OF
the speeches were very creditable. The
Judges were Rev. G. W. Read, Messrs
IL. o. Creighton and III. Leland.
The exercises Wednesday morning
CONSISTED of the valedictory address by
Lloyd T. Buell. Of Cerrillos, of the
graduating class, the annual address tt
the cadets delivered this year by MaJol
W. H. H. Llewellyn Of Las Cruces, ant
the delivery Of commissions to Buel
and Read by General Whiteman. Gov
Iernor Otero was detained at the las
moment and sent General Whitema1
as his official representative. The diplo
mas were delivered by Judge G. W
Richardson Of Roswell, in polished
and appropriate speech. The speech O.
. General Whiteman in presenting thu
commissions was a gem in composition
and was impressively delivered. Th
, graduating class consisted Of Lloyd I
Buell. of Cerrillos, George w. Read, Jr.
Roswell, and Earl Patterson, Roswell
who have completed the course will
distinction. The cadets were then dis
missed by Superintendent Willsol
| whose remarks were eloquently an
, feelingly spoken.
All of the exercises were intersperse
) with music by the orchestra, the cade
|quartette and solos by cadets.
The medals were awarded as follows
: Scholarship in collegiate department
! H. H. Howell, Roswell; scholarship
3 preparatory department, Clay Pride
lIHOTe, LSlCHdIuSOIls COhlPCeiliNC Nihit
E. Pruit, Roswell; orators medal, L. {
Gallegos, Clayton, and athletic media
' lC. r. Dwire. Taos.
g The following averaged above 90 II
S the session: l.. r. Buell., Cerrillos; III. F
J. Howell, Roswell: T. H. Wren, La
9 Crosse, Arkansas; r. H. Crews, Hills
boro; G. e. Kunz. Albuquerque; and
M. Thomas, Santa Fe; in the collegia,
: department, and Clay Pridemore. Ne'
> Pridemore and Leonard Slinkard in tn
preparatory department.
OF the Santa Fe boys. the grades II
, the session are B. M. Thomas 81, 6tf
&c. F. Easley, SO, 10th; J. G.. Miller, 8
> I21st; F. r. Crandall "a, S5th, and j.
Chaves, "a, 35th. On the honor roll 9
= receiving no demerits for the sessio
. are b. M. Thomas and J. G. Miller.
DRANK Concentrated LYE.
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