Evening star., 1909-06-16
HAPPENINGS IN ALEXANDRIA
EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL HOLDS
CLOSING EXERCISES.
Snowden Public School Ends Its
Term-Funeral of Mrs. Hattie
G. Davis-Brief Mention.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. June 16. 1909.
The SEVENTEEN annual closing exercises
Of the Episcopal High School Of Virginia,
west of this city. were held this afternoon.
Diplomas of graduation were conferred on
James William Foster of Fauquier county,
Va; Peyton Randolph Harris. Harrison
burg; John Lloyd. New York; Talbot Tay-
lor Pendleton. West Virginia; William
Sumner Appleton Pott, Shanghai. China;
Frank Waters Rogers, Surry county, Va;
Robert Elson Rust. Alexandria county,
Va: Joseph Miller Wood, Albemark
| county, Va.
| Prizes were presented as follows: For
reading at sight, second prize. Douglas S.
Brooke, Norfolk: first prize, William S. A.
Pott Shanghai; for reading, third prize, 7.
Ruffn Pratt, jr.. North Carolina; second
prize, William S. A. Pott, Shanghai; first
prize G. Alvin Williams. West Virginia;
for defamation. second prize. G. Alvin
Williams. West Virginia; first prize,
Douglas r. Brooke, Norfolk.
Prizes for Scholarship.
The Whittle prizes for scholarship we're
awarded to Norborne Berkeley, Danville,
Va; Launcelot Minor Blackford. jr., Fair
fax county, Va: Charles Granville Grad
dock. jr., Lynchburg. Va; Emmett Reid
Dunn, Alexandria, Va: Francis Milton
Massie. Fairfax county, Va: Robert Kim
loch Massie. jr.. Fairfax county, Va;
William Sumner Appleton Pott, Shang-
hal, China; Harrison Marshall Robertson.
Danville. Va: Frank Waters Rogers,
Surry county, Va: Walter Joseph Suthon,
jr. louisiana; Joseph Miller Wood. Abe
marie county, Va.
lowing: Peyton Randolph Harris. Har-
risonburg, Va; Talbot Taylor Pendleton.
West Virginia; Archibald Magill Sutton,
louisiana
The Meade prize was awarded to Donald
Wayle Powers, Maryland.
Randolph Fairfax memorial prize med
al, for excellence in general scholarship,
was awarded to PeytOn Randolph Harris,
Harrisonburg, Va; the Robert Taylor
Wilson prize medal, for excellence in
English composition. to William Sumner
Appleton Pott. Shanghai, China; the
Llewellyn Hoxton memorial prize medal,
for excellence in mathematics, to Rudolph
Turk. North Carolina; the William Gar
rett Bibb prize medal. for excellence in
Shakespeare to William s. A. Pott. and
the II. S. Lggett memorial prize medal.
for excellence in general scholarship, to
Archibald Maeill Suthon. Louisiana.
Exercises by Literary Societies.
The joint final celebration of the Fair
fax and Blackford Literary Societies of
the Episcopal High School, west of this
city, was held last evening, when the
trophy for superiority in the contest, May
$ last. in reading, defamation and de-
bate of the Blackford Society over the
Fairfax Society for 1?0S-19UI was award
ed The joint valedictory address was
made by Douglas S. Brooke of Norfolk
The beginning of the annual closing =
erciSes of the Episcopal Theological Semi
nary of Virginia, west of this city, is
set for O'Clock this evening. Tomorrow
will be graduation and alumni day
The closing exercises OF Snowden Public
School for colored boys were held this
morning at that school, and certificates of
kemper and Hubert SnoWden clerk of
the school board.
The closing exercises of Hallowell Pub
lie School for colored girls will be held to-
morrow.
Brief Mention.
Horace Mudd last Sunday night fired a
pistol shot at Bell Herder The ball did
not take effect. The police made an in
vestigation which resulted in Herder and
Rody Douglas being arraigned in the po-
lice court today. After Justice Thompson
heard the evidence Mudd was the defend
ant instead of the plaintiff. he having ad-
mtted shooting at Herder because he saw
Herder talking to his wife. There was no
evidence of wrongdoing against either of
| the other men and they were acquitted.
| The court fined Mudd s..
| The funeral of Mrs. Hattie G. Davis.
| who died Monday last. took place at 10
/ O'Clock this morning from Grace P. F.
tChurch. Rev Edgar Carpenter officiated.
In addition to the regular choir. Miss
| Margie Ramey sang Nearer NY God, to
| Thee Interment was in Union cemetery
| The pallbearers We're Courtney Acton
| Morgan Moore. S. p. Fisher. T. A. Stout