The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-15
'STARKE BOYS SCHOOL
NINETEENTH SESSION CAME TO A
 CLOSE YESTERDAY.
Exercfsea Were Informal But stu dents Were Awarded Medais. Young Virgil Grimn. Wins
 Holtxclaw Prize.

The nineteenth session of the uni- versity School for boys came to q
 close yesterday morning. As usual tne exercises were entirely informal, frin-
 cipal J. M. starke himself deliverins ] the medals and most of the distinctiohA to the'fortunate pupils.
 | Some friends and patrons or the
 school were pres nt
 A large number of certificates Of dis
 tinction were awarded. ranging rom Latin. Greek. Gc Ian, Trigonometry, Physics. Chemistry. Literature ana Rhetoric. down to the lower branches
 in English and mathematics.
 At the University School certificates of proficiency are awarded in arithme-
 tic only. This year the successful pu- pills were as follows:
 Proficient in Mental Arithmetic-J. l. Alexander, Fred Bingham, Ava Fitz- patrick, John Hastings, Grady Jones. Nathan Kahn. Raphael Loeb. Edmond Ragland. Richard Rizer Walker. Proficient in Practical Arithmetic John D. Ribb John W Durr. Myron Lobman, Richard R. Walker
 Several pupils who did not attain to the yearly roll of honor were never the-less recipients of commendation De- cause of special merit in somo one or more particulsrs Among these were
 William wilkerson, Lawrence Kelly. Carnot Dexter and Mcleod Rice. William McGregor Snodgrass was his receiving a book from Professor Starke in recognition of his general | conduct and especially of his very help
 fuI leadership in the gymnasir-rr | In the Holtzclaw Ready Writing Contest were entered Virgil c. Griffin Jtonel Well, Clarence Dawson. Ed. | wadsworth, Paul Hannon John A. fna ax,H ot. ny q The Panama Canal" a.id the contest
 was decided by w. craik In favor Of Virgil c. Griffin, Jr., with John A. Rice and Paul Lucius Hannon as his closest competitors. The papers this year were probably of a higher order than the
 average. and, hence his triumph brings a greater honor to the winner.
 The Holtzclaw medal wGs establish.
 ed by tho late James Thad.eus Hcltz- claw. Jr.. and since his death has been
 kept up by his sister, Mrs John A. Kirkpatrick. of Montgomery. as memorial of Tim.
 Raphael Loeb. last years winner or tho small boys medal. was again suc- cessful this session fer that honor. He is the bright little son of Jacques Loeb of Montgomery.
 First honor in the higher department has long been known to lie between John Wesley Durr. medalist of last year. and John Dandridge Bibb. young in years, small of stature. but gifted with an unusually quick. clear and comprehensive mental grasp, and quite successful in mastering the principles of subjects taught in the up- per departments of a boys training school. The race was indeed close one between Bibb and Durr for firyt honor in the higher department cf the University School. Even on tl'e home stretch they came down tho track nose to nose almost to the very line. but when the gong sounded and the last figure had been put down. fl summing the result. John ". Durr Jr.. another modest. intelligent. sweet faced little boy, had again for the third time, gloriously demonstrated to his companions ane to the world that self-sacrificing perseverance, backed by brains and ambition. is invincibie
 The final roll of honor Is made up Of those pupils only who have earned not l+s7 than $50 roints out of a possible TOO for a perfect year. The hi~hest ten in that class compose the roll of honor for the year It follows: