Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-17
GRADUATION EXERCISE.
Twenty-sixth Annual Commencement Of I
Spencerian Business College.

Twenty sixth Annual Commencement Of the
Spencerian Business College.
The Academy Of Music was packed from gal.
lery to orchestra last night upon the occasion
Of the twenty-sixth annual graduating exer-
cises Of the Spencerian Business College. The
people came early and in force. The exercises
humanity pouring into the building to hear
them Finally it became necessary to lock the
front doors to keep the crowd out, and many
people were turned away disappointed.
The Marine Band was present under the leader
ship Of Prof. Sousa, and after rendering an
overture played the spencerian College March
while the graduates, the ladies in Grecian cos
tune, executed a graceful march, closing with a
double-compound curve, forming the letter s.
Mrs. Sara A Spencer, the principal, accom-
panied by Mr.. Edwin Willets, Miss Clara Bar
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Warner, Superintendent
Powell, Mr.. j. Ormond Wilson, Rev. Ebert s.
Todd, Profs. Lester, Uber. Middleton and New
man, Misses Wise, Walter and Groves, Mrs.
Ozier and others, took seats upon the stage.
The seventy graduates followed and took seats
in semi-circles
THE ExERcrsEs OF THE EVENING.
Rev. Ebert 8. Todd of the Hamline Methodist
Episcopal Church delivered the invocation and
the exercises Of the evening were commenced.
The gentlemen's salutatory was delivered by
MIR. Richard Warren Barrett Of Ohio, O mem
Der Of the night class. The ladies' salutatory
was delivered by Miss Helen Swan Mari Of New
York, OF the class Of shorthand and typewriting.
A cornet solo rendered by Mr.. Walter F. Smith
Patrick Henry Loughran Of the District Of Co.
lumbia was valedictorian Of the gentlemen's day
class and brought down the house with his elo-
quent appeals for moral rectitude and purity
among young men and Miss Flora Mcdonald
Muirhead Of the District Of Columbia valedic-
torian Of the ladies' day class
Mr.. Brainard n. Warner was then introduced
to the audience and talked most interestingly
for some time upon ''What the Business World
Needs"
Mrs. Spencer said the graduates needed no
address from her. She gave them her choicest
thoughts every day.
TRIBUTES TO THE LATE PROF. SPENCER.
At this point the exercises became me-
mortal and tender and solemn. place
was reserved in the evenings program to
permit Superintendent Powell and ex-Super-
intendent Wilson Of the District public schools
to pay tribute to the memory of the late Prof.
Henry G. Spencer. Both speakers referred in
glowing terms to the services rendered the
world by Prof. Spencer Is an educator and to
the community az a citizen.
Then twenty-fo young ladies Of the class in
u
watha" az a study in expression
The philharmonic Quartet sang Kinkle's
Farewell Song at the request Of Mrs Spencer.
This was the last song to which abe listened in
the company of her husband. The Lost Chord"
was also given by the quartet. The evenings
by Assistant Secretary Willetts with eloquent
remarks.
LIST OF THE GRADUATES.
The graduates, all Of whom received diplo-
mas, were:
Ladies' day clnss-Florence .Mahala Ander-
son, Jessie May Barnes, Camilla Becker, Ida
May Cowell, Edith 8. De Putron, Anna Mar
shall Hays, Carrie E. Jones, Flora Macdonald
Muirhead, valedictorian; Mary Agnes o. Conner,
Josephine Gideon Radcliffe. Emma Ellen Rus
sell, Augusta Annie Schraudner, Olive Sara lay
ior, Lena Rosine Thiele and Eda Graundyke
Williamson.
Gentlemen's day class-Frank C. Bcrens,
John Celestine d. Brennan. George Homer
Campbell, William Joseph Clements, Theodore
Louis De Land. Joseph d. Dreyfuss, Philip
Louis Geier. Benedict Wilmer Gheen, William
Eugene Glenn, Edward Charles Graham, Ostrom
Ludev1c Jensen. James Samuel King, John Jay
Kleiner, jr., Frederick Kluckhuhn, William I.
knight, Paul Albert Kuhnel, Patrick Henry
Loughran (valedictorian), Perry P. Patrick,
Charles Allen Sparks, Joseph p. Stephenson,
Merewether G. Strayer, Paul Danforth Talbot,
Clifton Lewis Upton.
Night class-Jeannette Eta Anderson, Fred
erick Clarence Barnes, William Edward Beck,
Richard Warren Barrett (salutatorian), John
Thomas Cam. Rossa Francis Downing, Level
Ign Whiting Estes, William Vincent Griffin, Ed
ward Quincy Gunson, IT,, William johnson,
Carl August Loef1er. Harry May Packard,
Thomas n. Sherman, Edward C. Weaver, Carl
August Weber, Louis Philip Weber.
Shorthand and typewriting- class-Edith
8. De Putron, Gertrude Nav Fa-abee. Elizabeth
Genevieve Gallagher. Albert Is. George. Eliza
Sherman Green, Edith Charlotte Gregg, YER
non V. King, Helen Swan Mari (salutatorian),
Alice Maud Onthank, Lillian Mary Roche and
Helen Beatrice Smith.
Night class-violetta Kristine Clark, John
HinksOn Edwards, Frederick d. Henry, George
W. johnson, Minnie n. Mckinney and George
B. Ostermayer.
Miss Annie Marshall Hays of Nebraska was
given the highest class standing among ladies,
while Clifton Lewis Upton Of Ohio won the
honor among the gentlemen.