Evening star., 1895-06-13
DEGREES AND PRIZES S
Young Men and Women Win Honors q
Columbian College.
The Commencement Last Evening"
The COrcoran Scientific School
DIR. Muir's Address.

The seventy-third annual commencement
of the Columbian College and the eighth
annual commencement of the Corcoran Sci
entific School were held at Metzerott Hall
last evening. Because of the inclement
weather the audience was smaller than it
otherwise would have been. but the hall
was, nevertheless, more than half filled
with the relatives and friends of the grad
yates. The stage was tastefully adorned
with great palms and fragrant flowers,
and just over 1t hung a great diamond of
white immorteiles. bearing on its face
crossed banners of blue and gold, the col
lege colors, and the figures %. An orches-
ira rendered several selections of popular
music during the evening. and great mass
es of beautiful floral remembrances were
piled upon the stage in front of the grad
uating classes.
After President S. H. Greene led the
gowned and capped members of the faculty
and of the graduating classes to their seats
upon the stage, he introduced the Rev. DIR.
A. J. Huntington of the faculty, who in
voked the Divine blessing One of Sousa's
orchestra, and then President Green pre-
sented the Rev. DR.. j. j. Muir, who briefly
addressed the graduates.
Dp. Mufr's Address.
Upon the tombstone of Greene, the great
historian, said Mr.. Muir, were the words:
Died learning" Those words were pro-
phetic ones, true in all branches of learn
ing. But, while true, the student, declared
Mr. Muir has within him certain possi-
bilities, and while he may and probably
will die learning. many things he may
learn and much he may accomplish before
he passes away. Above all, the student
learns to think. He is taught to think. A
great thing to 90, said Mr.. Muir, God
like attribute. one possessed only by man
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full thing in education was to teach how to
think. Commencement day the student
suddenly finds that the horizon is extended
wonderfully, the area of understanding en-
larged and greater opportunities present
ed to him. His world is increased and the
capacity for self-government enlarged, for
he finds that he will have in the future
not so much to do with books but more, very
much more, with things and men. There
fore he must know or learn the world.
whether there is another beyond, and what
is best for him under the circumstances.
He must feel and realize that learning Is
the one great thing of life, and SO live
and learn here that he may step into the
life beyond to learn of Gods goodness and
love ard forgiveness.
Prize Winners.
Apother musical selection followed, and
then President Greene announced that DR..
]. Mcbride Sterrett would mex. year give
prize of $40 or a half-year scholarship
for proficiency in ethics and for the best
essay on an assigned subject. DR.. A. P.
Montague then awarded the Stoughton
prize for excellence in Latin to Miss Mabel
Whitman Davis, the RuggleS prize for eX-
cellence in mathematics to George Roscoe
Davis. The Enosinian Society prizes were
awarded as follows: DebaterS medal to
Charles LIE Roy Parker. and the Gore prize
for excellence in parliamentary law to
Edward Alfred Playter. To Edmund X.
Broadus the lodge prize for excellence in
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vens the Fava prize for excellence in en-
gineering work was awarded by board of
experts. consisting of District Commits
sioner Powell, F. w. Holt and ]. b. Brady.
The work submitted by the young man
was a plan for a union station of railroads
entering the city. and he successfully de-
Tended his thesis. The Schmidt prize for
excellence shown by a student entering the
second years course in engineering was
won by Frederick Ferguson Reissner.
The Graduates.
The prize winners were enthusiastically
greeted, as were the following graduates,
as President Greene handed them their
diplomas:
College-Bachelor of arts-George Roscoe
Davis.
Bachelor of science-Clara Anna Crew,
Addie Estelle Mcguire, Charles LIE Roy
Parker Daniel Webster Prentiss, jr., Spen-
Ger Baird Prentiss.
Scientific school-Bachelor of science
Agnes Mary Graham, Henry Ward Turner.
Civil engineer-Perly Egbert Stevens.
President Greene, after Mr.. George Ros-
coe Davis had delivered graceful and
earnest valedictory, briefly addressed the
graduates, wishing them every success in
life, and asking them to always advance
the best interests of the university. During
the year, he said, the number of students
had increased from 81 to 50, and the COM
ing year the number, it was believed, would
be between 100 and 125. The faculty would
also be increased and reorganized.
The exercises were closed by Rev. DR..
Muir pronouncing the benediction.