Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-22
NOW THE WORLD.
Large Glasses Graduate From the Colored
Normal and High Schools.

Large Glasses Graduate From the Colored
Normal and High Schools.
The Academy Of Music was crowded last
evening by one Of the largest througs ever
gathered there, the occasion being the annual
commencement Of the colored normal and high
schools Of the District. The front Of the stage
was piled high with floral remembrance from
the relatives and friends Of the two graduating
classes, and many of the graduates we're more
substantially remembered by gifts of books and
other useful presents. The Marine Band
delighted those present with the rendition Of
an enjoyable program Of music, and District
Commissioner NJ. NJ. Parker, who conferred
the diplomas in the absence Of Commissioner
Ross, and the Rev. Walter H. Brooks briefly
addressed the graduates, wishing them success
and giving them excellent advice. Among
others who occupied seats upon the stage were
Recorder Of Deeds Bruce. Rev. F. ]. Grimke,
DR.. F. H. Shsdd. Trustee Louis Cornish, Prin-
cipal Francis L. Cardozo and Miss Lucy E.
Moten, principal Of the Normal School
THE KxEnc1sIs.
To the music of the Marine Band the gradu-
atss marched on the stage, and after they we're
seated the Rev. Mr. Grimke invoked the Divine
out: Music. "Gondolier;" salutatory, '.Trifes, ~
Julia Anna Young; Grafton. Inventions as
Factor in Civilization Edmund 4. Burrill;
music, Wang" GRAFTON, Tho Teacher" Alex
ander Bernard Coleman essay, "Portia and
Ophelia," Estelle I. NJ. Hawkins: music, caprice,
Nancy sysk;" yaiedictory and essay. The
Mission OF the Kindergarten" Laura Anderson
Terrell; comforting Of diplomas by District
Commissioner N. NJ Parker; music, waltz,
italian Serenade;" address by Rev. Walter H.
Brooks; music. cornet solo. select. BY A. Sam
uels; benediction; music, galop, Progress"
THE GRADUATES.
The graduates were:
Normal School-Ella Bruce. Mary Elizabeth
Burrell, Anna Elaine Bush, Louise Coleman.
Mary Emma Hits. Mamie Mione Frazier. Nam
ME Nora Hyman, Beatrice johnson, Mineola
Kirkland. Terssss Marshall, Minnie Augusta
Lucas Lillian Mason. Lulie Peters. Charlotte
Robinson. Julia O'DelIe shepperson, Annie
Geneva Shorter, Laura Anderson Terrell. Ionis
Rollin Whipper, Mary OHear Williamson, Jes-
sic Wormley, Alexander Bernard Coleman,
Henry Waller Freeman. Albert Ridgeley.
High School, academic courss-Mary Felix
Alexander, Ella Marguerite Ashton. Virginia
Geneva Bradley, Arena Edna Brooks. Lolita
Adelaide Chisolm. Ella Veto Evans Glovinia
Ann Cant, Blanche Ernstine George, Angus
tine Comes, LIE Berta Gray, Annie Clarette
Greene, Evelyn Beardslee Grimshaw, Bessie
Estelle Hall, Anna Marietta Harrison, Annie
riet Louvenis Hill, Lillian Estelle Holmes,
Eloise Ebert Hunter. willetta Leontine Jack
son, Alice Roberta Jackson, Rosa Ferdinand
Jackson, Minnie Arnimia johnson, Florence
Rebecca johnson. Mamie Beatrice JONES'
Bellanna Lorena Lee, Jessie Estelle Lewis, Har-
riet Anne Lewis, Roselle Burgess Martin. Mary
Blanche May, Hannah Francis Morris, Mary
Holly Theodore Naylor, Irene Gertistine Par
ker, Emma Louise Parker, Louise Alice PEBBLES,
Virginia Aileas Pierre, Chainey Elonzo Scott.
Margaret Scott Mildred Shelton, Louise Kellogg
Smallwood. Genevieve Thompson. Annie Eliza
Inez Tignor, Mary Francena Thurston. Anna
Tubman, Martha versna West. Josephine Gregg
Weston, Mary Elizabeth Whiting, Anna Vicar
Williamson, Jeanette Crutchfield Williamson,
Julia Anna Young, James Franklin Allen, Chas.
Sumner Dixon, Samuel Carroll Hudnell, James
William Butcher, jr., John Brown Dixon, James
Edward Walker, VIM. Alfonso Wilder.
Business course-Eva Jenetts Dodson. Marie
Elizabeth Ferguson, Lubelle Embry Gibson,
Mary Ellen Hill, Isabel Jsnifer, Celestiue
Azurelis Newton, Sadie Miranda Plummer,
Anna Quarles. Isabelle Lancaster Smith, Addie
Leonida Thornton, Fannie Elizabeth Toliver
George Ignstius Bowser, Edmund Autex Bur-
rill, John Edward Colbert. Louis Alexander
Cornish, George Sherman Dabney, Boynton
Columbus Dodson, George Andrew Dorsey.
James Carter Bowling. Oliver Thomas Evans
William Cuthbert Eikins, Judge Wright Hail.
John Andrew Hopson, Henry Collier Johnson
William Ogden Miller. Alonzo Mitchell, George
Bertrand Perry, John Pearson Quander, VIM.
Henry Kicks, Shermont Boil Thomas, Sylvester
Thomas, Harry Archie Wilkinson, Aiphonzo
Woodson.