Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-06-05
MASSANUTTEN CLOSES
SUCCESSFUL YEAR
Finals Bring Two $1,000 Gifts
Trustees Planning for Bigger
SchOOl-Program Success

! ent ana noStS or valley people VIII
as patrons or friends are .intereste
in the success of the school, Massa
nutten Military Academy closed it
26th year. on Tuesday evening i
Lantz Hall.
The eminent success of Massanut
ten under the guidance of Headmas
ter Howard j. Benchoff has been
source of pride to Woodstock peopl
who have seen the institution expant
with small body of scholars occu
plying Riddleberger Hall to it's pres
ent splendid plant with its handsom,
brick buildings, modern gymnasium
and Sperry and Lantz Halls.
Probably there is not a similar
school in the South which has made
the forward stride of M. A. since
its establishment under the supervi
sion of Rev. ]. Silor Garrison, now
pastor of the Reformed Church in
Harrisonburg.
The baccalaureate sermon on Sun.
day morning, delivered by Rev. H
b. Kerschner of the First Reformed
Church of Philadelphia, was a dis.
course of exceptional strength, the
theme being the Importance of pre-
paration for life service. DIR. Kersch-
ner is an attractive speaker. possess
ing the attributes of an orator and
a scholar and his auditors were held
spellbound during the entire sermon.
AT the afternoon yesper service
DR.. Kerschner spoke again briefly,
service being held on the lawn.
OratOrical Contests
Massanutien has always maintain
ed a ligh standard in the contests
for prizes in oratory, defamation
and debate. and this part of the pro-
gram in the finals was up to this
high standard The contests began
at $50 Tuesday morning and so
good were all of the efforts that even
the losers had reason to feel good
over the results. The winners were:
First Form: Reading, Coin to
School," Robert Kertz, gold medal;
oration. THE Death Bed of Benedict
Andrew Trice. honorablel
mention.
Second Form: Reading, Casey at
the Bat" Merrill H. Troupe, Jr.,
gold medal; reading, "Lasca." Joseph
honorable mention.
Third Form: Grafton, THE Bat
tie of Waterloo" Leopold Spiro; ora
ton, IAN Incident of the Rebellion"
Harry Pence.
Middler Contest: Grafton. 1.-The
Black Horse and His Rider" John
Farrar. gold medal
Diplomas were awarded to the
class by DR.. A. NJ. Gluck,
president of the board. Receiving
diplomas were James Hedges, Ha-
vana, Cuba; Gerald Crist, Allentown,
Pa; John w. Daughelty, New York
City; Paul Trevilian Freund, Balti-
more; Andrew Richard Guilliano.
Hartford, Conn; Alfred Quantock
Neil, Chicago; Jerome David New
corn, Plainfield, n. j.; Francis M.
Rochester, N. Y; William
DeHart, Cleveland, o.; William F.
Wagner, Jr.. Philadelphia; Rudolph
p. Wiegand, Detroit, and William
New York City. Miss
Rosalie Keith Benchoff, of Wood
stock, received diploma as a grad
uate in music
Tuesday Night
Lantz Hall was again crowded in
the final hours of commencement
week and the program of Tuesday
night was thoroughly enjoyed from
invocation to benediction Each of
the cadets participating in the exer-
cises seem to have felt personal re-
sponsibility for their success and &C
quilted himself accordingly.
Certificates were given James Hen
derson Farrar, Pittsburgh; John Ed
mund Lampe, Philadelphia; Reed T.
Goe, Weston. w. Va; Charles A.
Sydney, Elmira, N. Y; BENJAMIN
Schneider, Jersey City. N. j.; Dean
A. Gordon, Johnstown. Pa.
$4,000 i'm Gifts
On Monday the Board of Trustees
held meeting and it was announced
that two gifts of $1,000 each had
been made for the new dormitory
The one was by Frank Harrison, 6
former student at the school grad
uating in 1908 and now a leadins
manufacturer in Chattanooga, Tenn
Mr.. Harrison with his brother, Tom
who was killed in an automobil,
while en- route from North Carolin;
to the 1925 commencement at Mas
sanutten has attended almost ever,
commencement at the school sine
his graduation, and is one of tn
most enthusiastic of the school
alumni
Largely to the efforts and througl
his generosity the Virginia Lee Har
rison gymnasium at the Academ
was made possible. the splendi
building being named in honor @
his mother.
The other $1,000 gift came frol
Mr.. A. r. Broadbeck. former Cor
gresham from the Hanover, Pa
district, and one of the most prom
inent laymen in the Reforme