Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-22

mere tOnlgnt.
Mr. Springer referred to the fact that
the lawmakers for the District of Columbia
are the lawmakers for all the people OF the
United States. and that by coming to WASH
ington 20 live the residents have chosen 20
place themselves within the jurisdiction Of
Congress. and also that one-haf OF the ex-
penses Of the local public schools. as well
as other expenses. are paid by the people
OF the United States at large.
The public 0chool system Is the crown
ing glory Of the country" continued the
speaker, land we should look to Washing
ton for model buildings school furniture,
methods of heating and ventilating and OF
instruction. We have looked to this city
TO IND a proper method OF instruction in
order that the whole country can look to
you. and congratulate you that our ex-
pectations have been far more than graft
fed. You have thousands of instructors to
teach the young ideas how TO shoot-and ]
guns for that purpose"-referring 70 the
High School Cadets.
Practical Education.
-Four thousand young girls have been
taught to sew, 2,2O0 now know how to
cook a meal of good victuals. 500 have re-
ceived a thorough business education, while
the manual training school. / think is one
OF your chief institutions. and you may
rest assured that those who have attended
that school VIII never belong to the army
OF the unen- ployed."
Inc speaker expressed the hope that he
might have the pleasure in the near fu-
ture OF voting In favor of largely increas-
ing the number OF school buildings in
washington, ana also trusted that each
one would be provided with a Kindergarten.
linen ne talked at some length In favor Of
SUCH schools for the little tots Mr. Springer
reierred to the days when Commissioner
ROSS ana himself were school boys In ILL.,
nois. All the branches taught at that time
We're reading, writing and arithmetic ana
they had no high school buildings but
merely one-room log cabins
vi IN
the speaker went on to say. land although
you haven't got Socrates for a teacher, you
have got Powell. and he knows more
than Socrates did. The Commissioners OF
the District Of Columbia. who have given
SO much OF their time to the schools are de-
serving OF the thanks OF the entire COM
munity; the board OF trustees are entitled
to your unbounded gratitude. for they are
working Tor the public good. without COM
pensation; the superintendent the SUPER
vising principals and the other officials
nave also each acted well their parts. You
young people are about 10 go out into the
walks Of life. some TO pursue higher
studies. but the great majority to at once
begin the active duties OF life. You have
been acquiring knowledge, and Solomon IL
was who said Wisdom is the principal
thing i say IL will bring you honor"
The Diplomas Awarded.
Tie Marine Band March" followed. dur
ing which several OF the young ladies pre-
scented the bouquets. which had been lying
on the center table, to Mr.. Springer. Rev.
DR.: Shipper. Trustees whelpley and
Bowen ard Commissioners Ross and Trues-
| dell At the conclusion Of the musical Sc
lection Mr.. Ross announced that Commis-
sioner Truesdell would present the diplo-
mas TO the graduates. The latter. as they
were carried on the platform in a huge
tray, resembled a miniature forest. Each
was tied with blue and white ribbons. with
| "a stamped In gilt on the ends. AS
Principal Lane called the names of the
Central graduates in alphabetical order
| each arose received a sheepskin from the
| hands of Mr.. Truesdell and marched OF
the stage. Principal Sites called the names
| OF the Eastern graduates and Miss Wes-
| colt those OF the Western. Nearly every
young lady and gentleman received an ova-
| ton as he or she came forward.
| AS the last name was called the band for
| the second time during the evening, PLAYED
the Eastern High School Cadets March"
| the audience slowly dispersed. the grad
yates gathered up the flowers that had been
sent 10 them, kisses and fond farewells
were exchanged. and the class OF 80 OF the
Washington High Schools had seen the lsss
Central school.
Those who received diplomas were:
Fourth-year class, girls-Gertrude Barron.
Helen Ruth Biddis. Tussinelda Breuninger,
| Carlotta Brockett. Katherine Saccaski
Brown. Nellie Brown. Minnie Estelle Comp
ton. Lille Josephine Cooper, Winfred Mary
Costigan. May Deming, Emily Grace Given.
| Sadie Centennial Goodman, Emma Florence
| Hayward. Mary Squire Human, Agnes
Eulalie Martin. Beall Martin. Mary Irons
Mckeever. Ethel Deane Mooers Celeste
| Selma Moritz Florence Evelyn Muir Grace
Penney. Grace Isabelle Ross. Mary Blanche
Shafer. Helen Symonds Stetson and Anna
| Showers Wilson.
Boys-Edward Mcguire Adams. Herbert
Henry Adams, Albert William Bayard Guy
Stanley Meloy, Frank Eugene Skinner,
Alfred Theodore Smith. John Cecil Spauli-
ing. Robert Wharton Test and Joseph Stiles
Wall
| TbJrd o,as. .-s.,. >....a. A. -
| witt Allen. Mabel Bradley Babcock, Edith
| Goodwin Bagg. Ethel Bagley, Grace NJ
| Baird, Alice Ethel Baker. Margaret Bsnes,
| Sarah Eta Beamer. Nanette Louise Began
| Adelaide Stone Bolway. Stella Justice For
| land, Martha Magdalen Bowie Elsie Brad
| ford, Margaret Teresa Brady Mabel Eu-
| genia Bremen. Mabel Erstine Brown. Grace
| Bryant, Maud Rannells Burbank, Josephine
| May Burton, Lille June Busey. Laura Ger
| trude Chauncey. Wea Mosse Coleman.
! Roxie Emma Collier. Gertrude Able Davis
Jenny Maria Davis. Elizabeth Mary Dawes.
| Agnes Burchard Dillon, Annie Eliza Dra-
| per, Helen Sherman Etchison. Annie Roe
| BERTHE Evans Harriet Randall Evans, Rose
| Elizabeth Evans. Margaret Ward Fletcher.
! Ella May Ford, Carrie May Fuller. Mary
| Chase Gannett Lily Stella Gerry. Lillian
| Estelle GraysOn. Sarah Greer. Ruth Hamil-
| ton, Alice Hanley, Ella Roy House, Sa ran
| Willard Howe. Florence Josephine Howell.
| Edith Provost Hubbard. Ivy Virginia Hur-
die. Ada Rebecca johnson. Isabel Louise
| Jordan, Josephine Therese Kelly. Annie
Campbell kelton, Florence Henri King,
Mary Lovinis King. Anita Linton Latch,
| Isabel Bell Leesnizer. Elizabeth Meyer
| Lewis, Mary Louise Little. Ada Sommers
| Love, Hulda Lena Lueckel. Mary E Lut-
| trell. Maize Mcguire LYMAN. Edith Ma
| rean. Sallie Tilman Mason. Jennie Agnes
| Matthews. Edith Gertrude Macarthur, Jean
| McFarlan. Ruth MCGOWAN. Edith Nav Nc
| kee, Marie Christie McKelden. Little Lou
| Use Mckenzie. Gertrude Elizabeth Metcalf
| Hannah Michaelis Lucy Katherine Mont
| gomery. Lucy Mitchell Moore. Myrtle Ade-
| liza Olmstead, Emily Raymond Peck, Lille
! Evelyn Poole, Annie Pearl Potter Ida
| Tulloch Priest, Ethel Thomas Prince, Persis
| Proudfit, Georgia Roadway, Edith Genevieys
| Richmond. Mary Edith Robinson. Gather
| inc Virginia Roeben. Ida kimball Seakey,
| Eve Estelle Sigourney, Dollie Holland Sine
! Marie Sipe, Bertha Glenda Stier Mabel
| Stier. Margaret May Stockbridse Edith Gil
! bert Swami. Mabel Louise Vaughn, Ida Nay
| Wagner. Gertrude Moss Walsh. Elizabeth
! Weldon. Georgia Gray Wenner Juliet
| Louise Winfield, Helen Flint Wright ana
| Clara French Young.
! Boys-John Henry Altschu. Lawrence
Eugene Barrnger. Rudolph Bernhard Beh-
rend, Carl Sherman Brandcbury. John wag-
gaman Brawner. Howard Stailey Burbank
Frank Graham Butts. James Walter Gift
! Harry Tennyson Domer. Harry Draper
! Frank Hall Eastman. Victor Bradshaw
Fay, Byron Timer Graham. John Paul