The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-13
NEED OF MORE
 PUNISHMENT Must Instill Obedience
 in Pupils. THAT ADVICE OF PROF. sTARKE More Discipline in Schools Would Lessen Railroad Accidents. Closing Exercises of University School Marked by Addresses and Award
 ing of Honors to the
 Students.
HAT ADVICE OF PROF. STARKE

| The closing exercises of the Univer- | sity School of Montgomery, of which Professor Starke is principal, were held yesterday at the school, many friends of the school and it's pupils being pres- ent, despite the usual informality of the occasion.
 The feature of the occasion was the 1 address of Professor Starke upon school discipline, in which he urged that the strictest ideas of obedience should be instilled into the pupils. He advanced the theory that the lack of this spirit of obedience and discipline was respon- sible. in large measure, for the frequent accidents upon the railroads of the country.
 The exercises closed the twentieth year of the school. The exercises were opened by Prof. E. O. Thomas, who made the last roll call of the session of 1906-07. This was followed by Scripture reading and prayer by Dr. R. M. Smith, after which the principal explained at length the system and policy of the school in regard to certificates, medals and | discipline.
 In the course of his remarks Pro- lessor Starke made it plain that the policy of the University School is di- | rectly opposed to some modern ideas in regard to training boys. He called the University School an "old field school" meaning that it held to old ideas of securing obedience, diligence and mental training through system | of rewards and punishments. He pointed out the fact that at Annapolis and west Point the cadet is not per suaded to obedience, but that prompt obedience to orders and mastery of | text books are demanded of him. Professor Starke in accounting for n III. road accidents of this country, said that in his opinion, after fair allow ance has been made for inadequate equipment, these horrible results are 1 largely due to lack of discipline among the employees of the reads. This lack of discipline is in a measure due to slack discipline in the homes, schools and colleges of the country He, sity School old standards of obedience, diligence and honor shall obtain. At the conclusion of the principals remarks, Dr. Smith distributed a large number of certificates of distinction to successful pupils.
 Next came the presentation of the small boys medal for excellence in at tendance, punctuality, scholarship, and department. This honor fell to Master Bernard F. Gerson, one of the bright est of the pupils in the lower depart ment. His closest competitor was Mas
 ter James, eIAster HILL These two
 
 who attained to the ron of honor in the lower department. The medal was
 presented to young Gerson by Fred
 w. Wilkerson. himself medalist and
 graduate of the school. Young Gerson
 received a mark of 6S0. .06, and Hill
 654.OS.
 Professor Thomas then took the plat
 form and undertook the amusing task of restoring to their, rightful owners l the knives umbrellas. overshoes ana l overcoats left at the school house dur ing the session.
 Certificates of proficiency in arithme- | tic and geometry were dlstr1outed to those pupils entitled to receive them | No diplomas were conferred Lionel | Veil who was nearest to winning that distinction, having taken "a special course preparatory to Harvard UnlFer. sity, had left off the study of plane ana | spherical trigonometry, which kept him from completing the required course. | The Holtzclaw medal contest is all ways an interesting incident or clos- 1 ing day at the University ScnooL ms
 medal was established by the late | James Thaddeus Hoitzclaw. Jr.. and Is
 awarded for the best English compost l tion written on subject not announc-
 ed until the hour of contest. The sub l iect Is selected every year by Mrs. Jno | A Kirkpatrick. sister of the founder. The subject this year was Alabama l and Prof s, c Starke. of the Montgom-
 erv School for Girls. on whom rested I | paper reported that the compositions
 were unusually ood. He decided that | the three best were those written by l Phares Coleman, Jr., Leoncl, Well, and
 Everett Wilkerson. in the order nam | ed hares Coleman, Jr.. the winner,
 has been one of the leading pupils of
 the school for number of years. Other contestants for the Holtzclaw
 medal were Augustus Aston, Ralph
 L. Loeb. Bernard F. Gerson. Edwin
 Thomas. Clarence Woliner. and Letser | Loeb.
 An interesting feature of the morn | ing was the reading of the final roll
 of honor in the higher department.
 No pupil is eligible for a place on this
 points out ot a possible roo And of l eligibles only the ten highest are plac-
 ed on the roll. This year there were
 sixteen boys whose year; summary
 John Wesley Durr. Richard Rizer Wal ker, and John Dandridge -3lbb stand | first Bibb and Walker lost heavily on | account of absence from school caus- ed in one case by roken arm and in
 te other by an attack of fever John l Durr was neither absent nor tardy the whole session. He also made the | highest average on examinations. By winning this. his fourth medal in succession for scholarship and att | tendance, John Durr. Jr.. has duplicat- | ed the hitherto unequalIed record at { this school made by Dr. Oscar Teague. now connected with the scientific in vestigation department of Cornell | University.
 By reason of Department, diligence and mental endowments, the following were given places on the roll of honor.
 John Wesley Durr, 693.66s Richard Rizer Walker, 6S5.79; John Dandridge ,Eibb, 6SI29: Mvron Lobman, 678.63; John Andrew Minnis, 676.16; Micha el Cody 673 69; Bernard Lobman, 669.57; Lionel Well G64.s6; Owen Barry 664.o2; Ralph Leon Loeb, 660.53.
 rfE Af Ch the pupils were invited to meet at the schoolhouse at $40 D. m. to partict- rate in a complimentary. trolley ride rendered the school by Manager Rag pany.