Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-15
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Sixty-Fifth Anniversary Of
Episcopal High School.
ORDER OF EXERCISES
PRESENTATION OF MEDALS AND
SPECIAL PRIZES.
st. Mary's Academy Finals-Meeting
Of City Council-General
and Personal.
ORDER OF EXERCISES


ALEXANDRIA. Va, June 10. 1904
commencement exercises marking the
close of the sixty-fifth year of the Episco-
pal High School of Virginia, near this city
! took place this afternoon in Liggett Hall
on the school grounds before large audi
ence. Prof. l.. NJ. Blackboard. the principal
presided and had charge of the awarding of
certificates, diplomas and prizes. The fol-
! lowing received certificates of graduation
John Minor Blackboard of Fairfax county
Edwin Hanson Webster Harlan of Mary
land. James Smith Rust of Alexandria
county, Calder Gilliams Smoot of Fairfax
county, Lewis Wake Whittle of Staunton
! and Richard Pardee Williams, jr., of Wash
ington. ID. c.
Inc exercises opened with prayer fol-
| lowed by the delivery of certificates, inter-
spersed with music. Then followed the pre-
sentation of prizes, which were as follows
For reading at sight. first prize. Edward
Henry Powell of Vermont; second prize
churchill Jones Gibson of Richmond. For
reading. first prize. Edward Henry Powell
OF vermont; second prize Churchill Jones
Gibson of Richmond. For defamation, first
prize, Claude Lorraine Girardeau of Geor-
gia; second prize. William Berry Marbury
OF MARYLAND The following prizes for
scholarship were awarded: White prize
Samuel Miller Gallaher of West Virginia
Robert Nelson Rust OF Alexandria county
Calder Gilliams Smoot of Fairfax county
and Robert Llewellyn Whittle of Peters,
burg; Johns prize John Gwynn Cough of
Maryland. Howard Meredith Hicks of
Texas James Smith Rust of Alexandria
county and William Henry Seamon, jr.. of
Iexas; Meade prize. Edwin Hanson Web
Ster Harlan of Maryland. William jackson
Mann, Jr. of Fauquier county and William
Pardee Williams. jr.. of Washington.
Music was rendered by the orchestra and
exercises IN reading. defamation and rec-
tation took place. Churchill ]. Gibson read
Guessing Nationalities,'' William B. Mar
bury acclaimed "Brutus and Cassfus" F.
Henry Powell read 1.-The Mount of Laws. )"
and c. L. Girardeau recited DE Lanyy
Stuyvesant in a Horse Car"
The presentation of medals was made rs
follows: The Randolph Fairfax memorial
prize medal, for excellence in general
HARLAN of Maryland; the Pembroke Lea
Thorn memorial prize medal for excellence
IN historical essay, to William Jackson
Mann, tr.. of Fauquier county; the Robert
Iaylor Wilson prize medal for excellence
IN English composition, to Richard Pardee
Williams jr., of Washington; the Lieweilyn
HoXton memorial prize medal for excel
lence in mathematics. to Richard Meredith
Hicks of Texas; the William Carrot Bib
prize medal, for excellence in Shakespeare
to f. HI. w. Harlan of Maryland, and the
H. 5. Liggett memorial junior prize medal
for excellence in general scholarship to
Howard Meredith Hicks of Texas The ex-
ercises closed after the comforting of the
certificates of graduation.
st. Mary's Academy Finals
A large audience gathered in Lannon's
Opera House this afternoon to witness the
annual commencement exercises of ST.
Marys Academy of this city. The follow
ing are the members of the graduating
class of 1904: Miss Mary Agnes Baker Miss
Mildred Thornton Ficklin, Miss Myrtle
Overton Goods, Miss Lucie Helen Davis.
Miss Mildred Thornton Fick,in Is also a
graduate in music.
An attractive program had been prepared
and was being rendered when this report
closed. 1t reflected much credit alike upon
the management of the academy and the
pupils. who showed thorough training in
the rendition of the various exercises. The
following was the program: Chorus, "Over
the Hills Geibei vocal class, Misses NJ
Ffcklin and NJ. Goods, accompanies; Clip
sy Dance, Wachs, piano A, Misses ]. Daily,
]. Rowen, ]. Ballenger. and piano B. Misses
l.. Martin, l.. Perry and B. Nugent; Moth
er Earth's Treasures minims. accompa-
nists Misses ]. DAILY and L. Martin; "Galop
de Concert, Hoist, piano A, Misses F.
Cowhig, NJ. Flynn and f. Willis and piano
b, Misses G.. Reed, A. Moore and L. Crilly;
poem, Where Music Dwells." Miss NJ.
Ficklin; grand concerto, OPP. 90 Ffschetti,
piano A, Misses b. Pullman, A. Sullivan,
and piano b, Misses NJ Goods and M. Nu-
gent; physical culture, class B, interme-
dates; essay, What is Success? Miss NJ
Goods; "Pique Dame" overture, Suppe,
piano A, Misses NJ Ficklin, NJ. McWil-
liams, and piano B, Misses E. Hill and NJ
Baker; poem. The Sunny South Miss H.
Davis: physical culture, class A, seniors;
Rhapsodie, No. IA, List, Miss NJ Ficklin;
valedctory, essay, Christian Woman
hood Miss NJ. Baker; chorus. Commence
ment March, Bartlett, vocal class, Miss NJ
Goods and Miss NJ. McWilliams, accompa-
nists; closing remarks by Rev. II. ]. Cut
ler pastor of ST. Mary's Catholic Church;
comforting graduating gold medals and di-
plomas, awarding of prizes and the distri-
button of certificates in the Palmer method
of business writing.
Medals and Diplomas.