Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-14
ALEXANDRIA, AFFAIRS
81. MARx's ACADEMY CON-
MENcEMENT EXERCISES.
Award Of Medals and Certificates
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Under Investigation

Under Investigation
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va. June II. 1905
The program prepared by the Sisters OF
the Holy Cross for the thirty-eighth an.
nual commencement of st. Mary's Acad-
envy, which was held yesterday afternoon
in Lannon's Opera House, was carried out
by the two hundred students OF the school.
who showed, by their performance, the
careful manner In which they had been
drilled by their instructors I'm the academy
The opening exercises commenced promptly
at $50 o'clock, but it was after before
the closing remarks were made by Rev.
Father H. J. Cutler. the pastor of st.
Mary,s Catholic Church, who spoke In a
highly complimentary manner Of the good
work done by the Sisters of the Holy Cross
and urged the young graduates to ever live
up to the high ideals and examples OF their
preceptors.
The graduates who received the gradual
ing gold medal and diploma for the COM
pletion of the academic course were Misses
Mary Isabelle Nugent Gertrude Gritty.
Matte Chilly and Ethel Iris Mcdonald.
Those who received diplomas for the COM
pletion of the business course were Miss
Miss Frances Leola Perry of Harris Lot.
Md
Medals Awarded.
The gold medals given by the teachers
were in each instance equally awarded to
number of contestants and hence it became
necessary that they should be drawn for.
Gold medal for perfect department In Sc
nior and preparatory departments. awarded
to Nor Ia
ly, Ethel Mcdonald. Mary Sweeney, Rose
Crilly, Georgia lift. Teresa Sullivan. Nancy
Groh Leola Perry, Bernadette Allen, Agnes
Gilroy. Mary Walker, Susie Kidweu. Rowena
Davis Mary Bergin. Ola Pullin. Lillian H0ff-
man. Sue Gerlacher, Mary Hamill, Marie
Green. Helen Green. Bertha Nugent, Ida
Chilly. Marie Gaines. Sadie Gaines, Marga-
ret Fink. Elizabeth Jackson, Cornefia Stout
enberg, Jennie Grammar. Margaret Nu-
gent, Teresa Waters, Irene Devers and Mary
Faber. was drawn by Sadie Gaines
Perfect Department.
Gold medal in junior department for per-
feet department. awarded equally to Misses
Margaret Lucas. Jeanette McMenamin.
Mary Hogan. Kathryn Brill. Marie Drew,
Ethel Allen. Rose Ponnett. Helen Nugent,
Lena Moore. Hattie Bowling, Eleanor Bal
lenger. Sarah Groh. Lizzie Nugent Lena
Moore Cora Farmhouse, Elsie Martin, Cen
evieve Chilly. Marie Martin, Lillian Hill,
Ruth Griffin. Mildred Hellmuth, Eva Chilly.
Mary Quinn Waneta Forbes, Christine
Waggaman. Margaret Alice Marion Grelner,
Agatha Byrne, Virginia Downey, Pauline
Hellmuth. Edftha Roland, Vera McDermott.
Margaret Beck Helen Drew, Helen Mayer,
Mary Lawler. Loretto Kramer, Carmen
Mayer. Genevieve Adams. Ruth Smith, An
ME Tutz Vivian Webster, Cora Trenary,
Teresa Martin. Geraldine Davis. Frances
McDermott Eleanor Nugent. Helen Waddy,
Mary Washington, Marguerite Nails.
Virginia FanuOD Bertha Scheuler
katherine Page, Rena Schlichting.
Amelia Schlichting. Katherine Reece,
Helen Morris Teresa Wagner, Alice
Ale, Katherine Alexander Katherine Ber-
gin, Elisabeth Bergin, Winifred Bayne.
Annie Ballenger. Pauline Balienger, Grace
Butcher. Lillian Brill. Edna Drew, Marion
Klaus. Mary Kelly, Annie Kelly, Pearl Cord,
Florence Evans. Edna Evans, Annie Griffin
Ernestine Hayden. Georgeana Lash. Ada
Lash. Victoria Wiiver. Virginia Reynolds,
Anita Birrel. Regina Fannon, Thelma SpI-
vey. Mary Foley, Catherine Foley. Ethel
Adams. Evelyn Wiley. Mary Magner Con-
stance Ponnett: Masters Lee Donnelly, John
Hill, John Igoe. Marshall Gaines Gus Pohl,
Lee Pohl. Julian Taylor, Madison Ale.
Anthony Chilly. Edwin Brawner and Harry
Kline. was drawn by Carmen Mayer.
Certificates.
Certificates in bookkeeping awarded to
Misses M. Monroe. L. Hoffman, R. Davis
and N. Hinken.
Diplomas in national grade music course
First grade awarded to Misses L. Gritty,
L Gritty. T. Sullivan. B. Nugent. M. swee-
ney, T. Waters. B. Allen, H. Ale, r. Ger
lacher, r. Lash, K. Brill. NJ. Stouther-
burgh and Master E. Wells: first and Sec
ond grades awarded to Misses +. Willis, M.
Cochran, NJ. Nugent, B. Putnam, l.. Perry,
NJ. Chilly and r. Crtlly; first, second, third
and fourth grades awarded to Miss Sallie
Patterson.
Prizes for scholarship in graduating and
first senior class awarded to Misses Ethel
Mcdonald, Nancy Groh, Georgia LIT and
Mary Nugent; drawn by Miss Mary Nu-
gent
Prizes in graduating class for superior
excellence in composition work awarded to
Miss Gertrude Chilly and Ethel Mcdonald;
drawn by Miss Ethel Mcdonald.
Prizes for scholarship in business depart
ment and second senior class awarded to
Misses Ella HILL Susie Kidwell and Mary
Walker; drawn by Miss Susie Kidwell
Prizes for scholarship In the third senior
and first preparatory class awarded equal
ly to Mary Hamili, Ida Chilly, Helen Cor
bett Elizabeth Jackson, Mary Murphy and
Hazel Ale drawn by Miss Helen corbett.
Alexandria Students at Home.
The Alexandria students at the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute at Blacksburg arrived
here early this morning for the summer va
cation. Alexandria is represented at this
school by a larger number OF students than
at any other institution in the state, and
she received a large share OF the appoint
ments in the military department for next
year The appointments follow: First lieu
tenants, Charles nj. Smith and Leo I. Dow
ney; first sergeants, Raymond 8. Hoffman.
Ralph McBurney and r. p. A. johnson;
sergeant, w. F. Helmuth; corporals, A Har-
ris and C. l.. Watkins, and cadet priyates.
Thomas Clarke, A. G. Uhler, Douglas Ram
say, F. H. Rogers and f. r. Westeiaken-
Fined for Larceny.
George williams, colored, was arraigned
In the police court this morning before Jus
tice of the Peace Moore on a warrant
charging him with the larceny Of q pearl
handled Smith & Wesson revolver belonging
to Shirley Johnson also colored. Williams
protested his innocence of the theft in an
earnest manner and stated that the charge
had been brought against him by Johnson,
who, he said, had threatened to fix" him
on account of small debt which he owed
tofi nf Inn