Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-19
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Annual Commencement of EprS-
copal High School.
PRESENTATION OF MEDALS
Final Joint Celebration of Two Liter.
airy Societies.
VOTING IN PROGRESS TODAY
Meeting to Consider Alleged Discrim-
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by Electric Railway Co
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by Electric Railway Co
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 10, 1907
The sixty-eighth annual commencement
exercises of the Episcopal High School of
Virginia were held in Liggett Hall, at that
institution, this afternoon, and were attend
ed by a large gathering of students and
| their friends from this city and vicinity.
The exercises were opened with prayer,
which was followed by the delivery of GER
ttfcates. The music was furnished by
orchestra. Certificates of graduation were
presented to the following: Forrest Au-
gustus Brown of West Virginia, Basil Kiger
Conway of Mississippi, Charles Sharp Grant
Of Virginia, Garland James Hopkins Of
Petersburg. Va; Farrell Dabney Minor, jr..
of Texas, and Francis Fortesque Whittle Of
Petersburg. Va. The presentation of prizes
was follows: For reading at sight,
second prize, Farrell Dabney Minor, jr.,- of
Texas first prize. John Ruse Larus, jr., of
Maryland: For reading, second prize, Mann
rage or Colorado; first prize, Douglass Bal
ley Williams of West Virginia. For dec
lamation, second prize. Douglass Bailey
Williams Of West Virginia. first prize Mann
Page of Colorado.
For scholarship Whittle prize Eustace
of Virginia, Dabney Steward Lancaster of
Richmond. ALBION Plat Man, jr of Louisa
county. Va; Alfred Magill Randolph, 3D. of
Maryland.
lowing: Basil kiger Conway Of Mississippi
Frederick Deane Goodwin of Fairfax
county, Va; Gennad Alban Greaves of AL
oemarle county, Va; Francis Milton Mas
sic OF Fairfax county, Va; James Bruce
McCleiland jr.. of Texas: Charles Carter
randolph, jr., of Campbell county Va:
Alexander Rives Seamon of Mexico. James
Guthrie Wheeler of Kentucky
The Meade prize was awarded to the fol-
LOWING: John Ruse Larus, jr., of Maryland:
Farreii Dabney Minor, jr., of Texas: Hugh
mortimer Nelson, jr, Of Clarke county, Va
me Romans and D. B. Williams read a
paper entitled "A Reasonable Doubt
Presentation of Medals.
The presentation of medals was as fol-
| lows: Williams classical prize medal for
| excellence in Latin and Greek, to Alexander
| Hives Seamon of Mexico; Randolph Fair
iax Memorial prize medal, for excellence
III general scholarship, to James Guthrie
"heeier OF kentucky; Robert TAYLOR Will
son prize medal, for excellence in ENGLISH
eoihpositions' to Charles Sharp Grant of
virginia; Lewellyn Hoxton Memorial nr;ze
medal, for excellence in mathematics ~
3 SoLh huse Larus, jr., of Maryland: WiIiYs m
| shakespeare Twelfth Night AS Yo,i + ~,
II and King Lear. to Basil Kiger Conwav
junior 's Srlxe meda1 Cos s. Liggett Memorial
scholarship, to Francis Milton Massie nf
| Falrfax county, Virginia VI
The final joint celebration of he E.;rfo
anu slack1ord Literary societies of the
| high school took place in Ligsett Hail ,as.
evening. The exercises We're onanad uith
| prayer, which was followed with an ad-
afe SIS or welcome by Amber NJ Blackford
q nj
| the Blackford Society. The presentatio ~,
| OF the declamer's medal was tn, n made 70
D0ugias - Williams of West Virginia
| taken oy John r. Larus, jr.. of Baltimore.
Numbers of the Program.
| Inc Following program, which was in
| terspersed with music, was then in order.
RECITATION, The Death of the Old SQUIRE"
| presentation of the Blackford Literary So
| ciety debaters medal to Forrest A. Brown
| OF west Virginia, taken by J. Bruce Nc
Iceland Enala' 1r. of Texas: presentation of the
| Falrfax Literary Societys readers medal
| TO Edwin c. Doubleday of New York: nres
entation of the Blackford Literary So
cetys deciaimer's mccall to Amber M.
tni OF the Episcopal High School,
taken by Minor c. Lille of the University
OF virginia.; defamation, "Undsr which
rag! presentation of the Fairfax Liter
airy society,s debater's medal to Basil K.
| Conway of Mississippi, taken by d. r. vii
lams of West Virginia; presentation of the
Blackford Literary Society's readars
medal to Amber NJ. Blackford of the Epis-
| Tor. jr., of Baltimore
The presentation of the trophy for superi-
orlty IN the dual contest May in read
ing. exclamation and debate of the Fairfax
| Society over the Blackford Society for 1906
W was then made. The Joint valedictorv
address was delivered by Dougles r. viii
liams of the Fairfax Literary Society. after
| Wl1ch the audience was dismissed
/ At Theological Seminary.
| The annual commencement exercises Of
the Episcopal Theological Seminary of Vir-
| ginia will be inaugurated at that institution
this evening, when Rev. DIR. Jules Provost
will deliver an address before the Students
Missionary Society. The exercises proper
will not. however, begin until 10 o'clock to.
| morrow morning graduation and alumni
| day Essays will be read by the members
of the graduating class, followed by the
tconferring of diplomas and certificates by
Right Rev. r. A. Gibson, d. D., LID,
president of the board of trustees The
alumni meeting will take place at noon, at
which time Rev. E. l.. Goodwin of Fairfax
an alumni dinner will be served, and at
$3.50 o'clock the acceptance of a chancel
window is scheduled, with an address by
Rev. Dr. A. B. Knsolving. Ordinations will
take place at II o'clock Friday morning
Rev. DR.. William E. Evans will deliver an
| address.
Voting in Progress.
Alexandrians today voting for a dem
| ocratic nominee for Congress from this dis
| trict to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of John F. Rixey. The nomination in this
| district is equivalent to election. The polls
! opened this morning at 4:33 o'clock and
| will close at 100 o'clock this evening. Per-
haps never before in this district has there
| been such fight for a seat in the halls Of
| Congress. The announcement of John F.
i Ryan's withdrawal on the eve of the battle
| caused a furry of excitement here, espe-
cially among the Carln camp. and many
| predicted last night that the withdrawal
would result in Judge Nicols nomination.
| The Carlin forces quickly rallied, and today
have received kilograms from Loudoun and
| Culpeper saying that Carlin will receive 800
votes in Culpeper and that the vote in Lou
doun will be divided between Gordon and
Carlin. The friends of Judge Ncol, how
ever report this morning that the judge
will receive a big vote in Loudoun That
| Ryans withdrawal has thrown a different
| complexion on the situation Is not denied,
| and the most astute politicians cannot now
give anything like conservative estimate