Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-12

in the colleges and universities of the Unit
ed States, were won respectively by Walter
c. Calhoon, class 'o3 of the Western Col
lege of Pennsylvania, and Miss Ruth b.
Young, class Co. Columbian College George
Washington University, Washington, d. c.
The judges Were Nicholas Murray Batter.
president of Columbia University, N. Y;
Albert Shaw, editor of Review of Reviews.
and John Huston Finley the president of
New York City College, New York. Miss
Ruth b. Young is the youngest daughter
Presbyterian Church, Alexandria county,
Va. She was born in Des Mo:nes Iowa,
and came to Washington in 1898. She grad
uated from the Western High School in
1902 and entered the university the follow
ing autumn She is a candidate for de-
gree of bachelor of arts in the classical
course of Columbian College.
The wedding of Miss Florence Frederic
Lester to Mr.. Benjamin Rush Kennedy of
Pueblo, Col, will take place in the Ascen-
sion Church In that city Tuesday evening
June 20. Miss LASER is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas ]. LASER of this
city and has been spending several years
in Pueblo with her sister, Mrs. James Will
son Kennedy.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. F. Eiseman of 1922 It'll
street northwest were at home yesterday
after pm. in honor of the confirmation
OF Their son, Clarence.
Mr. and Mrs W. Rice of 1892 Tth street
northwest were a home yesterday from
to 10 in honor of the confirmation of their
daughter Helen.
Grant Cramer, nephew of the late Gen.
u. S. Grant. and Mrs. Grant Cramer will
sail for Europe on June 81. They will first
visit some of Mr.. Cramer's friends in Dem
mark, where his father was United States
minister for many years before being trans
ferred to Switzerland. After leaving Sean
dinavia. Mr.. and Mrs Cramer will travel
south through the continent and spend the
winter in Italy and the south of France.
They will probably return to America next
spring
Mr.. Fred V. Murphy of the supervising
architects office of the Treasury Depart
ment. popular member of the Washington
Atelier, will sail from New York tomorrow,
for Queenstown. on the steamship Caronia
of the Cunard line. The travelling scholar
ship of the Washington Architectural Club
for 1905 has been awarded to Mr.. Murphy,
and he Is taking advantage OF the opper-
tunity which this award affords to spend
the summer months en- tour of the British
Isles. Holland, Belgium. Italy and France,
architecture of those lands, and studying
especially the great cathedrals.
Mr.. Murphy made a brilliant record | in
the schools of Chicago. whence he came to
washington, and has, by his professional
work here, given promise of great things
after he has completed the course in archi-s
lecture in the famous Ecoie des Beaux
Arts, at Paris, where he will matriculate in
the autumn
Quite a large party of friends will ac-
company Mr.. Murphy to New York.
Invitations are out for the marriage of
Miss Jane Ellis Tucker, daughter of the
Reverend and Mrs. Beverly d. Tucker of
Norfolk to the Rev. Luke M. White. The
ceremony will take place in old st. PauIs
P. E. Church, at Norfolk. Tuesday even
ing June q. The bride has relatives and
friends in this city and at Alexandria.
Miss Bessie Taylor, daughter of Mr..
John Taylor of Westmoreland county Va,
and Mr.. Robert II. Gouldman, also OF West
moreland, were married last week. the
ceremony taking place in ST. Peters
Church, at Oak Grove, Va, and Rev. w. {.
Latane performing the ceremony. Many
of the friends of the young couple were
present
Mrs John P. Story has gone to her sum-
mer home White Hail. near Annapolis.
Md.
Mrs and Miss Deering are going TO Bar
Harbor this summer
Col and Mrs. Craig are at Nantucket for
the summer