Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-06-13
Closing Exercises at
McDonough Institute

| MObonuuku Aholtute
The closing exercises at MeDonougi
Institute began Friday evening with az
entertainment by the Primary and FL
I ementaFv departments. The primary
pupils presented Mother Goose S
GosIings, (" coached by Mrs. f. II. Ste
vens, VINO had charge Of that depart.
ment.
Pupils of the Elementary grades pre-
scented a pautomime THE gypsy s
w arning" one-aet play, "The
Gypsiesi Festival under the diree-
ton OF Miss Alma L. Atkins.
Those who took part in the programs
were Primary-Amelia Stonestreet,
Miriam Matthews, Elizabeth Mitchell,
| Virginia Cooksey, Katherine de Roode,
Lewis Mitchell, Dorothy Posey, Mitch
ell Digges, Edward Digges, Andrew
Mahoney, Thomas Mahoney, Tonic
vacchiano, OWE Lyon. Accompanies
Marjorie Gwynn.
Elementary-A l.. Barnes, Flea
nor J. Digges, George H. Matthews,
Anna C. Matthews, Louis Hyde, Mar
garet Wade, John Dudley Digges,
Adelaide Gray, Fred Hayden, Eleanor
Blackjack Raymond Rowens, Kitty
Dare Burroughs, William Chapman,
Elsie Berry, John Hardesty. Accom-
panist-Dunrea th Posey.
The commencement dance was held
Monday evening, and the Elocution
and Defamation contest, which has
always proved the most interesting
event of the weeks exercises, took
place Tuesday evening, AS usual, it
proved interesting and entertaining
The Judges, who were Miss Mildred
De Lashmutt and Messrs Fl. Holland
HAWKINS and Charles L. Hilleary,
after long and careful deliberati0n,
awarded the prize for defamation to
Master Arthur Sweeney, with honor
able mention to Master Charles I.
Chandler. The elocution prize was
awarded to Miss Elizabeth Barnes,
with honorable mention to Misses NJ.
Katharine Albrittain and .LucileHyde.
Those who contested for the hcnors
we're Nessrs. Roger Billingsley, Chas.
I. Chandler, Ambrose Thomas, Alfred
Sweeney, Frank S. Barnes, Jr., Misses
NJ. Katharine Albrittain, Lucille Hyde,
Vivian Berry, Eugenia d. Hayden and
Elizabeth Barnes.
The final and graduation exercises
took place Wednesday evening when,
as on the previous evenings, large
crowd was present. The address to
the graduates was delivered by Mr..
Edward G. Dutton, formerly of this
county, but for number of years a
prominent and successful member of
the Washington City bar.
Miss G.. Myrtle While delivered the
Salutatory, her subject being ''Educa-
ton as Related to Civic Prosperity, -
and the Yaledictory was delivered by
Miss Ivy G. Dent, whose subject was
1.-THE Disadvantages OF Unrestricted
Immigration from Europe"
The diplomas and awards were de-
livered by Prof. r, II. Lee Reich, the
Principal.
Mr.. Theodore G. Davis, Glass Pres
ident, on behalf of the graduating
class, presented the Trustees OF the
school with a donation towards the
building fund.
The graduation class, which was the
largest in the history OF school, was as
follows Geraldine Cooksey Albrit-
tain, Mary Katharine Albrittain, Alice
Guinnette Bowie, Philip Benjamin
Bowling, William Morgan Burdette,
Theodore Gaer Davis, Ivy Geraldine
Dent, Rose Virginia Cough, Jane Ell
eanor Gray, Joseph Marion Hayden,
Mildred Gertrude Hollingsworth, Flor
ence Gertrude Middleton, Mamie Adele
Padgett, Myrtle Lorraine Rye, Alfred
Emerson Sweeney, Catherine Myrtle
While.
The following we're the winners of
the various medals and other honors
conferred
John Hanson Mitchell Memorial
Medal for general excellence in Aea-
demic artment-Hammett Simms.
Gold Medal for Elocution-Eliza-
beth Barnes.
Gold Medal for Declamation--Alfre
Sweeney.
Faculty Medal for general excellence
of boarding student in Academic De-
partment-Elsie Gray.
Silver Medal for general excellence
in Elementary Observation-Disclosures j..
Digges.
Silver Medal for general excellence
in Primary Department-Dorothy Po-
'sey.
Tuition Scholarship Elsie Gray.
AAOAOA SCi NJ
britain, Alice Bowie, William Bur-
dette, Ivy Dent, Theodore Davis, Rose
Cough, Jane Gray, Mildred Hollings-
worth, Mamie Padgett, Lorraine Rye,
Alfred Sweeney Myrtle While, Elsie
Ryon, Samuel Rubin, Vivian Berry,
Charles Chandler, Elsie Gray, Nor
jorie Gwynn, Eugenia Hayden, Hilda
Martin, Dunreath Posey. Audrey
Ryon, Marie Shea, Hammett Simms,
Dorothy Bateman, Mary Glare Mat
thews, Katherine Posey, Lucille Bowie,
Ambrose Thomas.
Honorable Mention for Students in
Elementary and Primary Departments
for average above 80 per cent.-Anna
Barnes, William Chapman, Eleanor
J. Digges, George Matthews, Raymond
Rowens, John Dudley Digges, Anna C.
Matthews, Dorothy Posey, Mitchell
Digges, Miriam Matthews, Lewis
Mitchell, Amelia Stonestreet, Virginia
Cooksey, Edward Digges, Andrew Ma,
honey, Katherine de Roode, Thomas
Mahoney.