Evening star., 1926-06-01
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA,, Va, June l (Spe-
ciaD.-At the eighty-seventh annual
commencement exercises of the Epis-
copal High School of Virginia held
this morning at Liggett Hall at that
institution diplomas of graduation
| were conferred upon class or ID.
Attending the exercises were a large
number of friends Of the school. stu
dents and members Of the faculty.
| A list of the graduates follows:
Charles Buckner Basinger of Mary
| land Alexander Hamilton Bryan or
! Richmond; Percival Hunter, jr., OF
! Charlottesville: Floyd Morrison Har-
ris Of Aldie; James Taliaferro Lane
OF Florida; William Beverly Mason.
jr.. of Washington, d. c.; Lewis
Wake McIlhany Of Charlottesville;
| Edward Watts Morris of Alabama;
Norwood Bentley Orrick of Washing
ton, d. c.; Isaac Henry Strider OF
| West Virginia: William Daniel Swift
of Georgia: Hugh Grigsby Whitehead,
| jr., of Norfolk, and John I. Yellott, jr.,
Of Maryland.
The presentation of prizes follows:
| For reading at sight. second prize.
Nelson Randolph Ruffln Of New
York: first prize. Thomas Walker
Page. jr., of Washington. D. c.: for
reading, second prize. William Perry
Moore. jr., of Norfolk; first prize.
Thomas Walker Page, jr, Of Wash
ington, D. c.; for defamation, sec
ond prize. Harrison Flippin of Uni
versity: first prize. Micajah Woods
! Lupton of Alabama; for scholarship.
! Whittle prize, Griff Glover Berkeley
of New York; Henry Curtis Blacki-
ston, jr., of New York; William
Holderness Cochrane Of West Eir-
ginia, George Cooper, jr. Of New
York: John Wood Fishburne. jr., Of
Charlottesville: Edward Martin Glib
son of Maryland, William Taylor
Ham, jr, of Norfolk; Robert Colds
borough Henry. jr, Of Maryland; ;
| Hudson Snowden Marshall, I'd, Of
University; Norwood Bentley Orrick
| Of Washington. d. c.: Isaac Henry
Strider of West Virginia; Johns prize.
William Cracraft Cooke of Norfolk ;
! Edward Spencer Graves of Lynch
burg. Henry Fitch Klinefelter. jr. Of
! Maryland; Robert Alexander Lam
| caster of New York; Edward Wood
Lane, jr, of Florida; Nelson Ran
dolph Ruffin Of New York; Henry St.
| George Tucker, jr., of Fairfax County;
| John I. Yellott. jr., of Maryland;
Meade prize. Robert Burnell Nelson.
| ir.. Of Winchester: Laird prize for ex-
! cellence in French, determined by
| competitive examination. to Edward
Spencer Graves of Lynchburg; Papin
prize for excellence in American his
tory and government, to Norwood
Bentley Orrick; Quentin Roosevelt
memorial prize, to Henry George
Connor, jr, of North Carolina; Blacki-
ston prize, to Alexander Hamilton
Bryan of Richmond and n. B. Orrick;
Graham F. Blandy memorial prize,
awarded to a student in need OF imam
cial help.
Medals were presented as follows:
I4auncelot Minor Blackford medal. for
excellence in Latin. to Norwood Bent
| ley Orrick of Washington, D. c.; Jo-
seph Bryan memorial prize medal. for
excellence in English, to Norwood
Bentley Orrick Of Washington, d. c.;
Randolph Fairfax memorial prize
medal, for excellence in general schol-
arship, to Norwood Bentley Orrick of
Washington. D. c.; William Henry
| Laird prize medal, for excellence in
English composition, to Darlington
! Cabell Tutwiler, jr., Of Pennsylvania;
Llewellyn Hoxton memorial prize
medal, for excellence in mathematics,
to Isaac Henry Strider of West Vir-
ginia; William Garrett Bibb prize
medal, for excellence in Shakespeare,
to Norwood Bentley Orrick; H. S. Lig-
gett memorial junior prize medal. for
excellence in general scholarship, to
Henry St. George Tucker, jr.
During May, E. F. Hoffman, clerk
Of the Corporation Court, collected in
fines for the city the sum Of $1,701.50
from LIQUOR law violators. This is $12
less than the amount collected last
month. For the State, Mr.. Hoffman
collected from deeds. Wills, suits, de-
linuuent taxes and other sources the
sum Of $692.80.
All previous months this year were
broken in the number or arrests made
during the past month, a total Of 281
being made. other months follow:
April, 222; March, 234; February, 177:
January, 221. Heading the list during
the past month were traffic violators,
81 being taken for this offense;
drunks with At, and third violations
Of the prohibition law for which 35
were arrested.
The time limit for submitting
pired yesterday and a total Of IS
have been sent to the judges, Capt.
w. H. Sweeney, c. H. Callahan and
the Rev. Edgar Carpenter. The three
best will receive prizes and the awards
will be made June IA at Flag day
exercises OF the Elks. The winner Of
the first prize will read his or her
essay at the exercises June IA.
Everything is in readiness for the
opening of the flower show in the
country part Of the city market to-
morrow. The show will open at 2
pm., and close at pm. All exhibits
intended for the show must be in by
noon. The affair will be under the
auspices of the Garden Club of this
city. None of its members will be
permitted to enter their flowers for
competition Of prizes to be awarded,
although its members will exhibit.
The Judge of the show is Howard R.
Watkins.
A big touring car driven by James
Wheeler, colored. Of Washington.
went off the concrete over a bank at
Gum Springs on the Fort Humphreys
road early last night and Wheeler and
his wife were cut and bruised. NJ.
Green, colored, Of Washington. As-
capped injury. The car was badly
damaged. Wheeler said the machine
skidded.