Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-05-31
EIGHTH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT Ex.
HRclSHs OF Tne ALLEN
ACADEMY.
Scholarship md MEDAL AWARDS
nishIy Successful Years wssk-0se
Hundred and Fifty Mise PsplIs Es.
roIled-Acsdemy Reopess
September II.

eighth annual commencement oil
the Allen Academy were held al
the opera house last night in the
presence Of large audience which
manifested thorough appreciation
of the varied and most excellent
program. The Allen Academy is
known throughout the state and
beyond its borders as one of the
very best training schools for boys
in the South, and the year just
closing has been one of the most
successful in every particular in
the history of the school.
One hundred and fifty-nine pu.
pills have been enrolled, the exam
nations have shown splendid prog
ress and a graduating class OF
twelve leave the doors Of the school
well equipped for higher educa-
tional pursuits.
The work accomplished has not
only been pre'eminently successful
in the classroom and on the athletic
field, where the interscholas-
tic state championship has been
won for three years successfully,
but the past year has been more
than ever marked by moral and
religious sentiment manifested in
the student body.
The opera house stage was dec
Grated appropriately. the Academy
colors, blue and gold, predomi-
mating. The front of the stage
was banked the full length with
sunfowers. the Academy colors
being displayed beneath. Pot
plants were massed on either side,
and vased cut flowers adorned the
tables. The exercises were con-
Quoted under the direction of Prof.
J. II. Allen. The program given
below was we'll rendered. and
proved not only interesting but in
structive, especially the discussion
Of the timely subjects.
PROGRAM,
Invocation. Rev. Jas. A. Challenner
waltz-Selecied -. ........ Orchestra
Good Roads and Progress .........
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Henry Wiekes
"The Southern Man in Politics'' 800.
80. ................F Frank Buchanan
waltr-tMosskowski) Wynne Lay
"what Education Does Young wom-
an Need. ......... =. ..Sara Allen
"whs, Education Doe q Young Man
Need" ......... -. Roy killough
Marehe Faniasiique. NV. G. SMITH
Miss Sara Allen.
Awarding Of Medals and Presentation Of
Diplomas.
The graduates are: Miss Sara
Allen, Ernest Wright d Cleburne.
Will Spiller Of Esperano, Henry
Wickes, Frank Buchanan, Stuart
Boatwright, Jas. w. James, Jim
Thomas, Roy Killough of Vince
lock, Sam Hanover of Wheelock.
Z. X. Rowe Of Dallas, Gustavo
Falcon of Mexico.
MEDALS AND SCHOLARSHIPS.
The senior scholarship medal,
given by DR.. Paul NJ. Raysor. was
awarded to Ward Allen of Tupelo,
Miss.
The faculty Junior scholarship
medal was awarded to Clifford
Branum Of Houston, winner Of the
Houston Post scholarship in the
Allen Academy the past year.
The medal in English. given by
Mrs. o. H. Astin. was awarded to
Wynne Lay of Hallettsville.
The medal for neatness offered
by A. L. Morley, was awarded to
L. X. Rowe of Dallas and Gustavo
Falcon of Mexico.
The preparatory holarship|
medal, given by Howell Bros, was
awarded to L. ]. Fountain Jr. OF
this city.
The athletic championship medal,
given by Parks & Waldrop. was
awarded to Ernest Wright of Gle
burne.
The University of Texas schol-
arship was awarded to Roy Kill
Tough of Wheelock.
The Southwestern University
scholarship (Georgetown) was
awarded TO Sam Hanover OF
Wheelock.
The Tulane Medical College
scholarship New -Orleans) was
awarded to Ernest Wright Of Gle
burne.
The A. and NJ. College scholar
ship was awarded Henry Wickes
Of Bryan.
DISTINGUISHED STUDENTS.
English Crammar-Ward Allen,
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