Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-20
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
Closing Exercises of Institute - Gen
eral and Personal News.
Special CORRESPONDENCE of the Evening Star.

ROCKVILLE, Md. June 10, 1904.
The annual closing exercises of Rockville
Institute, Miss Lucy Simpson principal.
were held at the school Friday evening in
the presence of large number of friends
and patrons of the popular institution. The
program rendered was pleasing throug hout
and included the following: Piano duet,
Misses Mary Trail and Lucy Mason; recita-
ton, THE Dolls Tea Party Miss Frances
Froment; piano solo. Miss Anna Belle ALL
Eutt; recitation Betty Experience" Miss
Louise Mobley; song. IF Dolly Was Alive"
Misses Frances Froment, Virginia Lamar
and Marjorie Hall; piano duet. Misses Anita
Welty and Evelyn Weir; recitation, The
Bogie Civil" Duncan Smith, Adrian Burnett,
Basil Mobley, George Peter and Harold
Smith; piano solo, Miss Mary Welsh; dia-
logue, The Fractions Man." Valentine VIII
son ami Washington Danenhower; piano
Guet. Misses Clark and Fannie Peter; reci-
tation, Elmer Brown" Misses Anna Belle
Allnut and Virginia Lamar; piano solo.
miums; riano solo, Miss Anita Wety; recita-
ton, The Black-eyed Rebel Miss Evelyn
Weir; piano solo, Miss Mildred Higgins;
recitation, They Went Fishing Miss Vir-
recitation, 1T Isn't the Thing You Do"
Misses Lucy Smith, Laura and Mildred Hig-
gins; song. The Whispered Vow" Misses
Sallie Bonifant Lucy Mason, Fannie Peter
and higgins, piano SOLO, MISS Lucy SmltH,
piano colo, Miss Lucy Mason. The program
concluded with farce entitled six Cups
O. Chocolate the characters being taken
by Misses Anita Welty, Virginia Lamar,
Fannie Peter, Sallie Bonifant Lavinia
Dawson, Lucy Mason.
Premiums were awarded as follows: Pri-
mary department-spelling and geography,
Basil Mobley; history. Harold Smith; arith-
netic, George Peter; natural philosophy,
Duncan Smith; second-class arithmetic.
Gussie Lamar; second-class geography, An
ma Belle Allnutt; reading, Anna Belle ALI
mutt. Academic department-second-cla
arithmetic, Miss Fannie Peter; frst-class
algebra, Miss Lucy Mason; second-class
algebra Miss Salle Bonifant geography,
Miss Evelyn Weir: English history, Duncan
Smith, United States history, Valentine
Wilson; American literature, Miss Lavina
Dawson; English literature, Miss Lucy
Smith, astronomy, Miss Sallie Bonifant;
dictation. Miss Mildred Higgins; dictionary,
Miss Sallie Bonifant; first-class Latin. Miss
Lucy Mason; Second-class Latin, Miss Anita
Welty; first-class composition, Miss Sallie
Bonifant second-class composition, Miss
Evelyn Weir; punctual attendance, Miss
Anita Welty; music, Misses Anita Welty,
Lucy Smith, Anna Belle Allnutt and Fam
ME Peter.
Following the program, refreshments
were served.
Miss Edith Byrne has been appointed
principal of the public school at Avery,
this county. in the place of Miss Ella Rob-
ertson, resigned
Albert Johnson, the twelve year-old son
of Mr. Louis G. Johnson of this place, has
from early childhood had a passion for
catching snakes, squirrels and other inhabi-
tants of the fields and woods, but his lat
est exploit in this direction is his record,
at least so far snakes are concerned.
While walking along the county road
short distance from Rockville a day or two
ago, he spied a monster black snake maxi
ing Its way across the thoroughfare. He
unhesitatingly decided to capture the rep
tile and, making a dive for 1t, grabbed 1t
by the back of the neck and brought 1t
to Rockville where 1t is now on exhibition
at his fathers place of business. The snake
measured six feet and two inches in length
and nearly six inches In circumference.
Young Johnson has captured numerous
snakes of various kinds and sizes and has
not yet been bitten and seems to have not
the slightest fear of being harmed
The funeral of Mr.. John E. Knott, who
died of consumption at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Griffith Clark. near Brooke
Vile took place yesterday morning from
was largely attended. The services were
conducted by Rev. Philip MCGUIRE, pastor
of the church. and the interment in
the Catholic cemetery, near Rockville.
Mr.. John W. kelchner, eldest son of Mrs.
Martheda Kelchner. of this place. is criti-
cally Ill, of typhoid fever at Providence
Hospital, Washington. He has been in
failing health for several years, and in
view of his weakened condition, the de-
velopment of typhoid has, 1t is understood,
rendered his recovery unlikely.
In one-sided contest the District team
of the Royal Arcanum Base Ball League
of Washington was defeated by the Rock
Vile aggregation at the fair grounds here
| yesterday afternoon the score standing 8
to 0. The batteries were Harris and Daw-
| son for Rockville and Walker and Kraus
| for the Washington boys. A large crowd
| witnessed the game.