The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-18
CLOSING EXERCISES
AT W00DBERRY School \. D !.
State Senator Strobe Was the
! Orator Of the DC
casion.
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ywooDBERRY FOREST SCHOOL,
ORANGE, VA, June H. Commencement
exercises at woodberry Forest School
ended with the final ball on Thursday
night. On tho preceding Sunday Arch.
deacon j. Poyntz Tyler, or Ashland, Va,
delivered the baccalaureate sermon. The
annual supper for the alumni and for
the baseball and track teams was held
>on Wednesday night AS Is the custom
on this occasion. the two basebal prizes
and the medal for the best nll-round
track man were presented. Mr.. HNythe
Davis lBowe. OF Richmond, Va, got the
pin for having the highest batting aver
age, and the fielding prize went to Mr..
Bryant splcer. Orange, Va. The medal
for pre-cminence in track athletics was
awarded to Mr.. Irwin Hardy OF N folk,
Va. Il
After the supper the school assembled
In the Public Hall to hear the declamn.
tory contest. Mr. Geo. Hermann Lang, OF
Savannah Ga, won the medal ns tho
best leclaimer on q splendid rendition Of
."The Polish Boy. The medal for the
second best declaimer went to Mr.. Georse
Thompson, Jr,. OF Fort Worth. Texas.
These prizes were gracefully and impress
siyely presented by Mr. g Z. ~ Bro wnins.
or Madison Courthouse. Va. ss
The headmaster mad his fareWe! az az
dress to the boys on Thursday morning;
and at o O'Clock on the evening Of me
same day the closing exercises began;
Mr. a. II. Lang received the only diploma ON,
81 full graduation given this year GER
tiflcates OF special distinction were s'1e
awarded as follows: 5
81 v. Form: ms First Distinction-Ja mes
Kenneth Campbell. Esmont,iVa. Second co g
5Wythe Davis Bowe. Richmond nd !, a
Third-Richard Brown Saunders Rich
rnond, Va. Fourth Walter Jones Iiar-
rison. Leesburg. Va. Fifth-Joe Stuart
Hume. Portsmouth. Vn. six th---Ge orge
William Truitt. SUFFOLK, Va !.
81! w. Form: First Observation-Disclosures
Lafayette Prince. Wilmington, NJ 9.
second-Harry Herman Wilkinson. Fort
worth, Texas. Third-c atcsby Luctan
Jones, Savannah. Ga. sFourth-hopert
Edwnrd Lee w lson. Memphis 8, sehn.
Fifth-John Victor Granger, wilmington
N. C. Sisth-C Charles y ewton l lem
Tappahannock. Va. e 81 ~ 5S38s
LII. $ Form: First MISUNDERSTANDING
Douglas Duncan. Lagrange Texas. Sec
ond-Ge George Thompson. Jr.. Forth Worth
Texas, Third Francis Leayell Johnson
Crescent, W. Va. Fourth-Samuel Tate
Morgan, Jr., Richmond. Va
II, A. Form: First Distinction-Ch
sRavenoroft Nalle,$ Somerset, va. second
Merrill William Blair " ilmlngton. N. g.
81. Form: First Distlnction--AI eade
Fitzhugh White, charlottesville, Va.
SECOND -Francis King Elliott. Savannah.
Ga. I'll
OF these gentlemen, Messrs. Lang.
Campbell. Prince, Thompson, Male and
White were awarded medals for having
attained the highest standing IN their
respective forms. Mr.. David trwiggs
Chalmers. Alexandria. Va. won tho Latin
medal and Mr. II. II. Wilkinson received
the medal for the best English essay.
The medal for having shown the greatest
improvement In penmanship In ]. Form
was won by Mr.. II. z F.. w ite.s
| Tho ora tor Of tho 8occaslon5Fwa State
senat Aubrey 2. Strobe, OF: Lynchburg.
va. After n humorous introduction. he
spoke eloquently upon the two great fac-
tors which tend most TO bring success IN
life. namely, character and appllca ton.
Immediately after the address dan cling
was commenced and continued until the
small hours OF the morning Splendid
| music was furnished by. part Of the Ma
rine Band OF Washington.