Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-27
NOW FOR THE COUNTING ROOM.
A Glass Of Fifty Launched Into the Bus
mess World.

| a. SAoss VI Launched I0tO tie Dubs
mess World.
SCENES At THE sPENcERIAN COLLEGE COMMENCE
MENT-MUsIC, FLOWERS AND FINE SPEECHES
YOUNG WOMEN TALK BUsINEss-ADDRKssEs TO
THE GRADUATES.
In the midst Of bushels of beautiful flowers
and in the presence Of q couple Of thousand or
more Of spprecistive auditors. with the strains
of sweet music scattered through the evening,
the twenty fourth annual commencement OF
the Spencerian Business College was held last
night at Lincoln Music Hall. The audience was
OF the customary size, every box being He'd,
every seat taken, all Of the aisles occupied.
Viewed from the stage the floor and the two
galleries presented the appearance of . struc-
ture built Of human heads, piled one above
another. 1t was truly Homecoming for the
| institution, for this was q return to the old
stamping ground where graduation after grad
uation used to occur in years gone
by. Everybody felt the influence of this
homecoming, and the smiles of qualification
| that beamed from the faces of the proprietors
OF the institution spread on all sides until the
| entire house was in a good humor, despite the
| damp, sultry sickness Of the atmosphere The
flowers began to pile up in front Of the stage in
perfect bank early in the evening, and kept
|
| house until after the exercises had begun. The
| red-badged young men and women, who will
| graduate next year and who took their appren-
tlce lessons last night, literally had their
hands full bearing these beautiful offer
ings to their proper destinations, and the
| little miss, whose duty it was to provide the
sololsts, both mental and musical with floral
decorations, was kept running back and forth
over the stage In pursuit of her complsisant
victims.
THE APPEARANCE OF WHITE DRESSES
White dresses made their debut for the sea-
son. The stage was almost dazzling in its
whiteness and the house was nearly as bright.
Fans kept fluttering all the time-in rythm
when there vas music and without harmony
when the bald was silent. Prof Sousa held
the audience entnralled with the waves Of his
patton and evoked tremendous applause with
some OF his popular music.
THE EXERCISES.
The exercises began at about Sis o'clock,
when, to the strains Of the Crusader March,
the faculty and classes of the college filed upon
the stage and occupied the seats that had been
arranged In concentric semi-circles. Prof. and
Mrs. Spencer, who were heartily applauded by
the audience when they entered occupied the
sofa IN the center, along with Rev. DR.. Sewall,
Commissioner Harris and Mr.. NJ. NJ Parker.
Near them sat Prof. F. r. Lane, principal of
the High School; Gen. r. d. Mussey, Hon. NJ.
u.
mond Wilson. The graduates filed In from OPP
poslte sides OF the stage, the ladies and the
gentlemen in different lines and after COM
pletlng two or three evolutionary movements
around the group of chairs filed into their seats
Rev. DR.. Sewall opened the program by
reading a selection and invoking q benediction
upon the audience, the classes and the institu-
ton. Mr.. Smith then rendered Little Annie
Rooney" upon his sweet-toned cornet to the
intense qualification Of the people, who showed
a Aaf fOr hat LODI
ADDRESSES OF GRADUATES.
Mr.. George C. Shafer Of the District Of Column
bia delivered the gentlemen's salutatory. His
slight figure, fair hair and light, treble voice
combined to render all the more impressive
the weighty words of wisdom to which he gave
utterance in demonstrating the value OF educa-
ton. He followed by the band in The
Passing Regiment" and then Miss Lucy NJ
Graves of the department of shorthand and
typewrltlng delivered a remarkably lucid essay
upon the theme, ITO save time is to save life"
She gave q short sketch Of the efforts which the
world has made to record human speech as II
Is spoken and alluded to theory that there
was system Of shorthand reporting in
vogue in the time Of Cicero. by means
of which the glowing words Of wis
dom of Rome's best days have been pre-
served for use. The Philharmonic quartette,
under the direction of Mrs. II. II. Mills rem
dered a beautiful selection, Softly Dream" by
Misses Meads, Law, Sheppard and Stidham.
Mr.. Arthur A. Hall of Michigan. a member of
the night class, delivered the gentemens vale
dlctory, giving a thoughtful review OF the de-
velopment Of forces tending to the worlds evo-
luton, particularly to the conditions of compe-
ttlon and cooperation. Then Mr.. Henry
Jaeger produced some sweet sounds from a
piccolo not much larger than a lead pencil, be-
ing accompanied by the band in the selection,
Through the Air"
THE yALEDIcToRY.
After he had responded to an encore Miss
Laura V. Slaughter of Tennessee, a men,
Der of the day class, delivered the vale
dictory on the part Of the ladies. She is
tall and distinguished in appearance and
has dramatic voice and manner that
held her audience i'll strict attention. She
dwelt upon the blessings conferred by such an
institution as the Spencerian upon women, en-
abling them to reach plane of independence
that was the salvation, she thought, OF young
women.
Miss Hattie Meads Of the Philharmonic quar-
tette sang two pi city songs in sweet voice with
piano accompaniment and q violin obligato
by Master NJ. Minister.
ADDRESSES OF THE PRINCIPALS.
After the younger generations had con-
cluded the older folks came in for a share of
attention. The principals of the school
first addressed the classes upon the
uutlce responsiveness dDOul W uesCeuu
upon them. entering, as they were, upon
reers Of activity anu wage earning. Mrs. Sara
A. Spencer first spoke to the lady graduates
She gave the young women whose minds she
had been moulding for the past year some
wholesome advice not to regard every young
man as possible admirer. but to treat him as
somebody's son, who should be left free
from snares and pitfalls, to choose his
wife at his own discretion. Prof. Spencer
told the young men that they would have to be
lively IN order to keep the girls from treading
on their heels in the race. He reminded them
that their education had but begun and that
every day must add to the total of their knowl-
edge. He urged them to go to bed early, rise
early and keep an honest cash account with
themselves.
OTHER ADDRESSES.
Then three gentlemen, whose lives have been
marked examples Of success from persistent
effort. spoke words OF cheer and encourage
ment and warning to the young folks Hon. H.
Clay Evans of Tennessee said that the founda-
ton laid by the business college was worth to
the graduates more than capital of several
thousands of dollars to each one. Diplomas
| from such institutions, he added, are nova
days recognized certificates of high merit.
Col NJ. N. Parker urged perseverance upon
those whose hearts might at first be faint from
the rebuffs Of the world. He said he thought
| that Washington had q great future an edu-
cational center and this college Was one of its
| proudest attractions.
/ Rev. DIR. Sewall advised the class Of 80 to
adopt as their motto. Regnum coelum est reg
mum usuum, The kingdom of Heaven is the