Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-06

| GRADUATES.
Some thirty eight thousand children in thii
city look forward with q great deal Of interes,
to the 18th of June. That il the date
when the public school year ends and the
summer holidays begin. The closing days
will be celebrated this year as usual
and IL the children and the teachers
show their Joy that school duties are at an end
their parents and friends will have an oppor-
tunity Of seeing that they have earned their
holiday by a year of good, faithful work. The
closing exercises Of the public schools
have changed in character during
the past few years. 1t used to be
that the girls in clean white dresses and the
| boys with freshly washed faces entertained
their parents and friends with recitations and
songs. This feature is still preserved, but now
| there is a day devoted to an exhibition OF the
products Of the years work. Parents can get a
very fair idea of what their children are
| accomplishing at school by visiting the school
rooms on Tuesday, June is. Monday will be
| teachers day, when the school rooms will be
opened to teachers only. This will give them q
chance to 20 around and see what is being
done in other schools than their own.
FOR THE PARENTS.
The next day the teachers will remain in
their school rooms for the purpose Of receiving
the parents and friends Of the pupils. What
the pupils have accomplished in drawing, struc-
tural work, clay modelling. as well as in
other branches will be shown as fully
as possible. Especially interesting will be the
exhibit of the training Of the hand and eye,
which begins in the lowest grade with making
simple forms and is carried through all the
grades until the highest formsar reached in the
products Of the metal working shop, the car
penter shop and the clay modelling studio.
Sewing and cookery is not neglected and the
attainments Of the children in these highly
practical branches Of education will be dis
played.
On Wednesday the children will meet in their
respective school rooms and in the presence OF
the parents especially invited. will take part in
such closing exercises as have been prepared.
THE HIGH SCHOOL
In the High School the closing exercises of
the first class will be held on Monday, Of the
second class on Tuesday and Of the third class
on Wednesday. Thursday evening the COM
mencement exercises of the High School
will be held in Lincoln Music Hall.
The president of the board of District
lin will deliver the Grafton. The graduating
class numbers 285, 100 of whom are boys and
165 are girls. The graduating class is larger by
sixty than the one of last year.
The closing exercises of the Business High
School will be held in the hall of the Franklin
building. The Georgetown High School will
have its closing exercises on the evening of
Tuesday. while the final exercises of the Capitol
Hill High School will be held ON Wednesday.
GRADUATES OF THE NORMAL SCHOOL.
The graduating class Of the Washington Nor
NAL School will probably say farewell to school
days Tuesday morning at the Franklin build
ing. The graduates will be as follows:
Lille Baily, Bruce Banks. Eveline Breed.
Clara Bremmerman, Christine Carrothers,
n,-~l L l.
F sa r'h PAUL F EsSs' Maize t Sardh Aa.
Maud Garner, Minnie Harper. Mary
Hedrick, Minna Helnrichs, May Jack,
Catharine Koontz, Marie Kuhnel, Blandina
Lutz: Lula McElfresh. Agnes Mcknight, Emma
Mueden; Blanche Pulizzi; Annie Roller,
beth schutt. Margaret Sherman, May
Shipman, Rena Shuster, Ada Snyder,
Florence Stidham, Helen Stockbridge, Edith
Swartwout, Laura Test, Laura Thorn Daisy
Town, Elsie Troutman, Flora Ulke, Charlotte
Veitenheimer, Jessie Walling, Charlotte Willen-
bucher, Daisy Williams, Maud Watson.
THE CoLoRED SCHOOLS.
In the colOred schools the closing exercises
will be held on Tuesday. June 16 The
parents and friends of the pupils will
be invited to como to the various school
rooms. where, in addition to the usual
literary exercises there will be an exhi-
bltion OF the products of the work
OF the pupils in the various branches Of manual
training. On the following day the teachers
and pupils will meet together and spend the
day in such a manner as they may elect. The
graduating exercises of the High and Nor
NAL Schools will be held on Wednesday even
ing at Lincoln Music Hail. Short orations
will be delivered by representatives of the
Normal, High and Business Schools. The GER
tificates will be presented to the graduates by
the president Of the board Of District Commits
sioners. The graduates Of the High School
will number eighty-six, Of which twenty-five
will be from the Business School.
NORMAL GRADUATES.
The graduates Of the Washington Normal
School of the seventh and eighth divisions will
be as follows: Mary E. Beckett, jamie E.
Brooks, Mary E. Brooks, Ida l.. Countee Lottie
X. Crusor. Catherine r. George, Annie A. Gray,
Lucy NJ. Hansome, Callena johnson. Vir-
ginia A. Jones. Ella J. Jones. Lille s. Lacy,
Annie L. Manning, Martha L. Pope,
Laura A. Robinson, Mabel v. Ruby, Susie E.
Schooler, Mary E. Shorter, Lille G. Stewart,
Margaret c. Taylor, Anita j. Turner. Amanda
c. Waller, Alice NJ. Warning, Laura E. Wilkes,
Alfred p. Lewis, Aphonso o. Stafford.
COLUMBIAN LAW SCHOOL.