Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-20
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
Closing Exercises of Local Institute
The Prize Winners.
eial Corresnondepce Of The Evening Star

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md. June 10. 1908.
The annual closing exercises of Rockville
Institute were held last evening in the pres
ence of a large gathering of patrons and
other friends of the institution. The only
graduate was Miss Louise Rice Of Travi-
lah The following pleasing program was
rendered.:
Duet Misses Bessie Greene and Mary
Hege: dialogue. George Peter. Keith Ribble
and Misses Gussie Lamar and Margaret
Higgins: piano solo. Miss Helen Packard;
recitation. Parting Of Marmion and Doug
las" Lucius Lamar; duet. Misses Ribble
and Allnutt; recitation, Song of the
Camp" Thomas Dawson: song. Miss Beatty
Griffith. Valentine Wilson and William
Danenhower: recitation. Not Boston
Girl" Miss Mary Welsh: piano solo, Miss
Laura Higgins; recitation. 1.-The War March
of Company A. Miss Anna Stonestreet;
duet. Misses Fannie Peter and Lucy Ma
son; distribution of premiums in primary
department: song. Misses Virginia Edible,
Marjorie Hail. Anna Belle Allnutt and
Smith: duet, Misses Roberta and Mildred
Higgins; recitation. Seven Times Seven"
Miss Virginia Lamar: piano solo. Miss Ro-
berta Higgins: trial scene from Merchant
Of Venice Misses Fannie Peter Lucy
Simpson. Lavinia Dawson, Louise Rice.
Lucy Smith and Roberta Higgins; piano
solo, Miss Mary Hege: recitation, How
Salvador Won.'' Miss Lucy Simpson: piano
solo, Miss Lucy Mason: distribution of pre-.
miumS in academic department and pre-.
sentation of diploma; song. Misses Bessie
Greene. Lucy Mason and Roberta Higgins
Premiums were awarded as follows; Aca-
demic department-Reading. Miss Mary
Welsh; arithmetic, Misses Virginia RibbIe
Fannie Peter: algebra, Misses Lucy Smith
and Lucy Simpson; spelling and dictation,
Miss Roberta Higgins: composition, Misses
Lucy Mason and Beatty Griffith; ancient
history. Miss Louise Rice; English ntera-
ture. Miss Roberta Higgins: geometry
Misses Lucy Simpson and Louise Rice
Latin Misses Roberta and Mildred Higgins
Frank Higgins received honorable mention
In arithmetic. Primary department-Read-
Ing. George Peter; spelling and dictation,
Miss Margaret Higgins: arithmetic Keith
Ribble and Miss Anna Belle Allnutt: eeog.
raphy. Duncan Smith and Miss Anna ReIia
Allnutt: history. Adrian Brunett; best reci-
tation. Lucius Lamar; department Miss
Marjorie Hall: general Improvement Har-
old Smith.
In music the prize winners were Misse,
Virginia Rfbble. Anna Belle Allnutt, Rober-
ia Higgins and Helen Packard
Following the program refreshments were
served. The principal of the school is Miss
Lucy Simpson and the assistant Miss
Imogen Clark. Misses Mary Trail and Mary
Hogg are the instructors in music
Miss Hattie Montgomery has resigned &c
principal OF the public school at Neeles-
vile and has accepted an appointment as
principal of the Kensington school.
A large crowd assembled at Glen Echo
yesterday to attend picnic given by the
patrons and other friends of the publj.
school at that place to raise funds for The
Improvement of the school building and to
purchase additional books for the school
library. 1t was field day for the po.;ti
clans. nearly all the aspirants for demo-
cratic nominations being on hand Haley. q
band was in attendance and emily ,ned the
occasion with music at freuueat Intervals
throughout the afternoon and evening The
affair was in charge of a committee Of
which Mr.. John A. Garrett. president of
the board of school trustees. was chairman.
The sum OF two hundred and fifty dollars
was realized.
An enjoyable feature of the occasion was
base ball game between the Rockville and