Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-13
THE COLORED SCHOOLS.
The Commencement Exercises Of the
High and Normal Schools.

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| GRADUATES WHO WILL GET DIPLOMAS NEXT
| wEEK-THE MANUAL TRAINING EXHIBITION
| OPENED TO-DAY COOKING, CARPENTRY,
| NEEDLEwoRK AND ELECThIcITY.
! The closing exercises of the Normal an High
school classes of the colored schools will be
held on Tuesday evening at the Metropolitan
A. M. L. church, on NJ street, near 18th. The
music will be under the direction of Prof John
Phillip Sousa, the leader Of the Marine band.
Rev. Frank ]. Grimke will deliver an address
and Commissioner Douglass will perform the
pleasing duty OF confering diplomas upon the
graduates.
THE NORMAL SCHOOL.
The list Of graduates from the Normal school
is as follows: Laura G. Arnold, Nancy NJ. At
wood, Anna ID. Bell, BERTHE S. Brooks, Anna T.
Brown. Maria E. Buckner, Carrie NJ. Crouch,
Mary H. Dickerson, Sarah j. Dickerson, Ellen
by. Docket Susie E. DYSON Mary F. Geary,
Ella Green. Sarah Hail. Sara E. jackson, Anna
! T. johnson, Maria A. Mardy. Rebecca L.
Moten, Lucy ]. Moten. Mary v. Morton, Mary
| NJ. Orme, Louise E. Pierre, Carrie Pierre, Flor
ence y. Patterson, Rebecca b. Pierson. Lucinda
G. Shorter, Mary Il. Toy, Alice J. Tyler. Jane
NJ. Taylor, Sarah f. Tucker. Martha ]. Thomas.
Emma L. Vaughan, Mary b. Washington Mary
A; West, Kate L. wayman, Lydia G. Wilder,
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L. Syphax, Jas. E. Young.
THE HIGH SCHOOL.
The following will graduate from the High
school:
Academic course-Mary E. Adams, Mary A.
Allen, Josephine Ashton. Emma F. Blackwell.
Ida Nj. Brown, Sarah W. Brown, Annie E.
Budd Mary A. B. Countee, Ida Countee, Mag
gle L. Cursor, Lydia A. Dickerson. Olive r.
Freeman, Harrietta George, Annie E. Gillem,
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Hopson. Sarah E. jenkins, Leonora Joice.
Clara G.. Jones. Mary Jones, Martha Lee,
Esteiie G. Lewis, Eienor B. May, Sarah E.
Miner, Sarah ]. Neal, Helen s. Parker, Frances
f. Payne; Ella E. Perry, Martha A. Peyton,
Julia L. Pierce, Mary F. Quander, Emma v.
Russell, Catherine /. Sewell, Annie F. Smith,
Maud l. Smith, Sarah E. Smoot Serena Spencer,
Mary E. Ware, Matheil Williams, Francis L.
Cardozo, jr., James NJ. Fraction, George D.
Johnson. Harry Lewis. Moses g. Lucas Henry
A. Smith, John Mckee Syphax, William L.
Tignor, John Ii. Turner Richard E. Younger
Business course-George I. Bcason, John II.
Bell, Charles Z. Blair Charles ii. Summer
Browne, Harry A. Clarke. William II. Cowan,
Byron 5. Fischer, Richard c. Jones, Elijah G..
Robinson. George W. Scott. Ralph b. Stewart,
George W. Timns Walker b. Webb, Robert L.
Il. Wilkinson, Frank p. Wilson, Elizabeth
Woodford, John H. P. Young.
The Manual Training Exhibition.
An interesting exhibition will be opened this
afternoon at the Miner school building. Nearly
all the rooms in the building will be used and
a great variety of articles will be displayed.
showing the skill and progress of the pupils of
the colored schools of the District The result
of the years work will be shown to some ex-
tent. The clay nolding and paper folding,
which is the handiwork of the younger scholars,
Is given conspicuous place. Then there is a
full exhibit of drawings, penmanship. compo-
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in the District contribute to this exhibition,
and the concentration in one place of specimens
of work of the entire school, it is thought, will
enable visitors to obtain an intelligent idea of
the general progress made.
CARPENTRY, COOKING AND SEWING.
There are in each of the two divisions of the
colored schools a carpenter shop, a cooking
school and a sewing school. There is also
shop where the pupils are instructed in metal
working. The children take a great interest
in the manual training schools. The boys are
not satisfied with making boxes and tables, but
they build small wagons and they branch out in
other lines showing original thought. The
display OF the work done i'll the carpenter shop
is quite complete. and while the articles may
not have the finest finish, vet when they are
considered to be the handiwork of boys thir-
teen. fourteen and fifteen years of age the
visitor will be surprised that they done at
all. The exhibit of carpenter work is under
the charge of Mr.. James Ii. Hill.
WHAT SOME GIRLS HAVE MADE
The girls will come in for a share of the ad-
miring comments of visitors in the exhibits Of
sewing and cooking, which are under the
charge OF Miss Carrie T. Syphax and Miss Jennie
Iibbs, respectively. Some of the sewing work
is extremely well done. and where the stitches
are little irregular, the card in all probable
ity, shows that it was done by one of the
younger girls There is a shirt made by In
~ las for Trff 3faaE h. r,nfo,
broidered pillar shams, made by Ida King for
Superintendent Cook; set of neckties made
by Maggie Gantiss. for Supervising Principal
Montgomery and Trustee Francis, and num-
Der of other articles which demonstrate that
some Of the girls have become expert with
their needles.
A toothsome array is presented by the pupils
Of the cooking schools, and the cakes and pies
as well as home substantial articles of food dis
play more than ordinary skill.
AN ELECTRICAL EXHIBITION.
Prof. Brown, who has charge Of the depart
ment Of physics, has arranged, with the help of
pupils, an interesting display of some of the
modern uses of electricity. An electric an
nunciatOr connects the different buildings and
parts of a miniature farm. and there is also a
toy electric railroad. A telegraph and fire alarm
system is also shown. The exhibit of the schol-
ars of the Normal school will show the methods
of teaching and there lisa rine display of draw
ing for the pupils of the High school. The
metal shop workers are not lost sight of, and
perhaps the work of the pupils in this special
line will be one Of the novel features of the
exhibition.
The building during the exhibition will be in
charge of Mr.. 7. W. Hemster, who has given
his attention to the arrangement Of the exhib-
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Real Estate Matters.
Agnes Dolph Nixon has bought Of A. F. Fox
and n. d. Larner trustees for 80. $50, sub ia,