Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1906-08-03
St. Johns Scholarship.


Commissioners to Mr.. Clarke Brown, of
BrookevIle, subject to the approval Of State
Senator Blair Lee.
The provisions of the law, referred TO In
the SENTINEL of last week, requiring evil
dence as to the moral character of the appli-
cants and the inability of their parents to
defray their expenses ct college, were com.
piled with by the Board by allowing each
applicant an opportunity to submit such
evidence.
1t developed from the evidence submitted
on behalf of Mr.. L. D. Parsley, who re-
ceived the highest grade in the examina.
ton, that his brother had just enjoyed q
scholarship at st. Johns College for four
years and that his father has property to
the extent of $4,000 in excess OF any lia.
bilities.
The parents OF all of the other applicants
were shown to be unable to give their re-
spective sons q college education.
Mr.. Brown received the next highest
grade to Mr.. Parsley In the examination.
There were two ballots taken, the last
ballot resulting as follows: For Brown,
Commissioners Cooke, Farquhar, Lamar
and Stonestreet; for Tolson, Commission
ers Cashell and Rice.
On the first ballot Commissioner Farqu.
har alone voted for Mr.. Parsley.
The action of the Board will be made
known to Senator Lee, who will also be
supplied with the information sought by
him from the Board on the subject.
WESTERN MARYLAND SCHOLARSHIP.
Upon receipt Of the letter Of County Su-
perintendent White TO the effect that be
would prefer that the examination papers
of Messrs. Lewis and Maxwell should not
60 out of the Office of the School Board,
State Senator Blair Lee wrote to Mr.. W. A.
Maxwell, stating that he desired to act i'm
partially in the matter, and that, IT Mr.. Max
well SO desired, he might get some compe-
tent teacher TO go over the papers. II the
conclusions of such teacher should differ
with those Of Mr.. White, it might then be
appropriate for Mr.. Lewis to choose another
teacher, and the two, 80 chosen, could select
a third, and that the three persons could
then re-grade the papers and report the re-
suit of their conclusions.
Senator Lee sent copy Of this letter to
the School Board. with the request that the
necessary access to the papers should, If de-
sired, be accorded In the Office of the School
Board, and the Board has granted the re-
quest.
Mr.. White read to the School Board
letter from Mr.. W. A. Maxwell In which
the latter assured the former that his effort
to have the examination papers re examined
did not involve any reflection on the fair.
ness of Mr.. White in marking the papers.
but merely to guard against any possible
mistake, which would mean so much to his
son, whose grade is very close to that of Mr..
Lewis.
The principal competitors for this scholar
ship are good friends and were class and
room. mates at the w estern Maryland. They
are both bright, stood toward the head of
their class and have been waging their con-
tests for the scholarship and for class honors
In the best of spirit. 1t is pity that they
cannot each get scholarship.
Mr. James M. Proctor Promoted
In Washington city, on Monday last, Dis
trict Attorney D. w Baker announced the
acceptance OIL the reslgnsuon oil james ..
Easily Smith, one Of his assistants, to take
effect August 31st. James M. Proctor, at
present law clerk, assigned as a special as.
sistant by the Department of Justice, will
be promoted to fill the vacancy.
Mr.. Proctor was born in Washington city,
September 4, 1882, but when young boy
removed to this county with his parents,
where he has lived since. His early education
was received at the public schools of this
county and Washington, including high
school of that city. At the age of fifteen
he started to work as a clerk In the ONCE OF
Justice of the Peace in that city, but soon
gave up this position and took special
course of studies with private teachers. His
next employment was with the Columbia
Title Insurance Company, of Washington,
which he left to fill position with the
Washington Title Company. He remained
with the latter company for several years,
rising to the responsible position of exam
iner. While holding this he took up the
study of law at Columbian University NOW
George Washington and graduated from
that institution with the degree of LII. B.
Upon reaching his majority, he was sd-
mitted to the bar OF the Supreme Court OF
the District OF Columbia and also the Court
of Appeals. About the time OF his admis'
sion to the bar he was chosen by Justice
Ashley NJ. Gould, of the Supreme Court OF
the District, as private secretary, remaining
| 10 this position until his appointment BY
the then district attorney, Morgan H. Beach,
| 10 the district attorneys office. Since this
time he has acted as law clerk, and his
duties have often called him. before the
courts as the representative of the district
attorney. He also assisted In the prepare
ton of many of the large criminal cases
which have recently come to trial, and bis
ability and energy in his work strongly
commended him to Mr.. Baker for the pro-
motion he has just won.
Mr. Proctor Is married and has one chird,
q boy two years old. His wife was formerly
Miss Mae s. Harrington, Of Washington
He is now residing with bis family at Ken
sIngton, this county.
Farmers Meeting and Fair The
Upper Country Tobacco Growers Associs-
ton and the farmers OF the four counties Of
Howard, Carroll, Frederick and Montgom-
| nru will hold a two daYa, meeting and fair