Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-06-21
THEIR COLLEGE WORK ENDED
st. Johns Men Are Graduated From
The Venerable Institu-
tion Today.
EXERCISES WELL ATTENDED.
Degrees Conferred And Certificates
Awarded = Military Ap-
pointments.

| JOIfn OOllcEb WAS pullNu 0li tHiS
morning, when the Glass of 1905 re-
eeived their diplomas at the hands of
DIR. Thos. Fell, president of the col
lege.
At about 10. 30 in the morning, or
a little later, the orchestra struck up
aud the procession of candidates for
degrees. alumni, board of governors,
the faculty and president of the col :
! lege started up the aisle, led by Mr..
Merritt G.. RasiD, president of the
class. Immediately on reaching the
stage the Rev. A. @. Powell opened
the ceremonies by reading of scripture
and prayer. Then, after a selection by
| the orchestra, Mr.. Arthur William
Harris, of Glyndon, Md. the second
honor man in the class, delivered the
salutatory address,. AS is always the
case. this address was quite affecting,
although rot as much so as the vale
diotory.
The prize oratiOn was next delivered
by Mr. John Howard Fox, of Perry
Hall, Nd With this Grafton Mr. Fox
during the past spring, secured second
place in the intercollegiate Oratorical
Contest, and first in that for members
of the Senior Glass lie delivered it
splendidly, and was much applauded
when he finished Prof j. O. johnson,
head of the English Department of st
Johns, then, in short address, pre-
sented to Mr.. Fox. the medal for sec
ond place in the intercollegiate con-
test. In his speech Professor JohsEon
gave history of the Oratorical Asso-
citation, and was very complimentary
in his remarks about Mr. Fox In con
clusion, he said that tho medal he was
presenting bore a name which he
hoped would always be written on the
heart of the recipient-that of St
Johns College.
After the orchestra had rendered
" Moonlight in impressive style, the
awarding of certificates of distinction
and prizes took place. Among these
was a special prize awarded by the
faculty to Mr.. Benjamin Duvall
Chambers of five handsomely bound
volumes. Then DIR. James ID. Igle-
hart, of Baltimore, on behalf of the
Baltimore Branch of the Alumni AS
sociatioD, presented Mr.. John Vincent
Jamison, Jr., of HagerstowD, Md,
with the prize medal given annually
to the man whom the faculty and
senior class agree upon as the best
all-round man in the class
The orchestra then played another
selection and afterwards degrees
were conferred Admiral Willard II
Brownson, former superintendent of
the Naval Academy, not being present
to receive his degree of Doctor OF
Laws in person, sent a substitute,
who said that A dmiral Brownson re-
gretted it greatly but was unable to
be present. DR.. John q. Hemmeter,
of Baltimore, Md, then delivered the
address to the graduating class. DR..
Hemmeter started off on an argument
about his colleague, DIR. Osler, taking
DIR Osler's saying that "a man should
be perfect physically at thirty, wise
mentally at forty and perfect spiritual
ly at fifty,or never" and picking
it to pieces saying that man nearly
always does his best work after forty
years of age He gave some good adj
vice to the class about working and
closed by saying he hoped the words
he had spoken would help the young
men in their life's work.
The valedictory address was then de-
livered by Mr. Clarence A Mcbride, of
Middleton, Nd. Mr.. Mcbride said
that people were demanding original
ity in everything, even in valedictory
thanks to the faculty, the fond farewell
to friends and fellow students could
be expressed better than in the old
way. This address means, for some
of the class at least good bye forever.
Major Thompson, in well delivered
address, in which he complimented the
battalion and especially Major A. w.
Smith with the way the military de-
partment had been run during the
past year, presented cavalry saber TO
Mr.. Smith. The Major said that Mr..
Smith had done great deal by his
original method toward building up
the military department of st Johns
College. and had left the department in
better shape than ever before The
appointments for next year were then
made and tie college ode was sung
The class then gave their yell.
The shield was then unveiled. 1t is
rectangular and of bronze, with raised
letters. one of the prettiest shields on
the wall. The names of the members
of the class are put on in raised let
ters, and the class pin and motto are
raised above the names
The following appointments were
made at commencement this morning
of officers to lead the st Johns bat
TALON next year:
Cadet Major. + L CLARK; Cadet Cap
tain and Adjutant, j IL Sinclair; {;
| Cadet First Lieutenant and Quarter
master. w @ o Morris; Cadet Captain
of the Band, Il A Rouse; Cadet Sec
ond Lieutenant in charge Of Signal
Corps, " l. Moore; Cadet Second
Lieutenant and Commissary, NJ )
Keene: Cadet Lieutenant and Drum
Major. ]. j.. McCardell; Cadet Ser
geant- Major, A Z Kelly; Cadet Color
| Sergeants, L + Hearn, A Il Hutch
ips. r H Hodgson; Cadet Captain
Company A, WP Cutler: Cadet First
Lieutenant Company A, J. b. Wells
Cadet Second Lieutenant Company
A, j. Thompson Cadet Third Lieu
| tenant Company A, q. 4. Lloyd
| Cadet Captain Company b, Z. L.
GosneIl; Cadet First Lieutenant Com
pany B, A. ID. L. Walk; Cadet Second
Lieutenant Company b. q. ID. Riley
Cadet Third Lieutenant Company b
A I Houston
The following grade certificates
were awardedsin the-seyeral classes
Senior Class-First GTade-C A Nc
Bride Second Grade-W A Harris
b ID Chambers, n x. Neville, d O Wal
ton, J Y Jamison
Junior Class-First Grade-H
Sturdy Star Second Grade-C !