Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-05-29
DIPLOMAS FOR 25
ST. JOHNS CADETS.

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10 your ideals. The ideals have been
founded and established in you by
your college faculty Such ideals are
Learning, Justice, Happiness, Peace.
The one thing this country needs
most is the man OF high ideals Don't
let these be taken from you by the
present struggle. 1t makes no differ
ence when a man was born or where
he was born, but how his heart is and
what is in his heart.
In closing. Senator Metzerott adj
monished the young men of the grad
uating class to Keep the great torch
of Liberty burning. that you may be
able TO send light and hope to a
down-trodden people
The Graduates.
The graduating class numbered
twenty-five. members. upon nine of
whom the degree of Bachelor of Arts
was conferred. and on sixteen Bache-
loT of Science. The first honor man
was Worden Elmer Mack, of Thomas
vile, Ga, a Bachelor of Science; the
second honor man was Thomas Nor
wood Wilson, of Hebron, Md.
The graduates were:
Bachelor OF Arts.
Thomas Norwood Wilson, Hebron:
Henry Leroy Mencke, Baltimore; c.
Edward Bourke. Robinson; Charles
Wesley Burton. Jr., Baltimore; Ed
ward Otis Gardner, Clarksburg; w.
Jennings Maddox. Maddox; James W.
Nelson. Baltimore; Azel Merrill Shep-
pard. Stockton; William Wigton, Jr.,
Pocomoke City.
Bachelor OF Science.
Worden Elmer Mack, brownsville,
Ga; Jogesh Ghandra Bose, Calcutta,
India; Drexel Dewey Bradley, Sharp
town: James Russell Cook, Frostburg;
Walter Joseph Decker, Westfield,
Pa; William Slack DeVries, Sykes
vile; Frank Walker Elzey, Camden,
n. j.; Owen Friend, Friendsville;
Valentine Lentz. Parkton; Thomas
MacMannis. Frostburg; Edwin Plass-
mig, Baltimore; Earle Brodie Polk. Jr.,
Princess Anne; A. Godfred Schuele.
Baltimore; Josef Robert Sheetz.
Hagerstown; Russell Evans Smith,
Earleigh Heights; John w Watson,
Frostburg
The following honorary degrees
were conferred:
Master OF Arts, In Course.
Julian Moreno-Lacalle, B.A., 1895,
Annapolis; Jose Martel, B.A., 1898,
Annapolis; Luis Herrera Geigel, B.A.,
1916, Annapolis; Hugh Aubrey Coul-
bourn, BIS. 1907, New York City.
Bachelor OF Divinity.
Rev w. j. J. Cornelius, London,
England.
Doctor OF Laws.
Edward W Eberle, Rear Admiral,
u. S. N. Annapolis; Hon. William II.
Thomas, Westminster; Hon. Ham
mond Urner. Frederick.
Doctor OF Divinity.
Rev, Daniel L. Ennis, Baltimore;
Rev Philip Cook, Baltimore; Rev w.
Herbert Burk, Valley Forge. Pa: Rev.
John T. Ensor Baltimore.
Prizes awarded were as follows:
Prize of $40 offered by the Alumni
the best original oration-Henry l..
Mencke.
Prize of gold medal given by the
Oratorical Association of Maryland
Colleges Henry L. Mencke.
Prize of gold medal awarded by
the Alumni Association of st. Johns
for general excellence-Worden f.
Mack.
Prize of $25 given by Rev. James NJ.
Magruder, DID,, for best essay on
Colonial history of Maryland-B
leigh C. Fooks.
Prize of a set of books given by
Walter II. Hart, Esq, of Annapolis,
to member of the Freshman Glass
most distinguished in English Com
William p Maddox.
Prize of gold medal to that member
of the Senior Glass who has attained
the highest average in academic work
-Worden E. Mack.
The PhiIo Sherman Bennett prize
of $25 for best essay en- The Princi-
pies of Free Government-Henry l..
Mencke
Prize of gold medal given ! Sc
President of the College to that men,
Der of the Junior Glass who gains the
first place in the oratorical contest of
that class-Herbert E. Fankhanel
Presidents prize for Biblical study
William p Maddox
The exercises closed with the Bene-
diction by the Rt Rev. Thomas j. Gar
land, DID,. and the Star-Spangled Ban
ner.
Sidelights.
The honor man of the graduating
class was not present to receive his
diploma and prizes He is at train
ing camp, and these viii be sent him
by the President of the College.
The sabre was awarded to Captain
w S DeVries of Company A, the
Color Company, the formal ceremony
took place last night at the farewell
ball.
Nine members of the graduating
class were not present to receive their
being a various training
camps and environments.
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