The Washington times., 1895-06-13
PROUD OF Their PRIZES
Columbian College and COrCOran
Scientific School Graduates.
GIRLS, TOO, AMONG THEM
Rev. j. j. Muir Delivered an Address
Full of Excellent Advice TO the
Young Men and Women Starting
Upon Their Life Work - Their
Friends Out In Force.

Notwithstanding the inclemency of the
weather, the seventy-third annual com
meucement of the Columbian College and
the eighth annual commencement OF the
Corcoran Scientific School, drew a large
and fashionable audience to Metzerott
Music Hall, last evening. The stage was
tastefally and artisticaIly decorated with
tail waving palms, several large pottcd
plants aud many kinds of sweet smelling
flowers. over the footghts hung a
magniricently wrought design Of immor-
telles representing two flags. In the
center of one were conspicuously placed
the initials of the words Columb ian
College aud in the other Corcoran Scien-
tific school
An interesting and entertaining order of
exercises, including four musical numbers,
was rendered.
REV. J. J. MUIR'S ADDRESS.
After the Invocation, Rev j. ] Muir de-
livered an address to the graduates. HS
said, in part:
we do not realize what great thing it
is to be able to think a thought Insti-
tutions OF this kind are for the very pur-
pose of giving men and women the power to
think. You should extend much thanks to
your professors for they have taught you TO
think. AnotLer thought is, you realize
that your capacity for self-government has
been enlarged You have been taught the
meaning OF self-sacrifice and self-control
ana have learned the powers ofmastery.
But you must remember one thing, and
that is, you must not allow yourselves
10 close your books and think that your
study is complete for il has Just begun.
You have just commenced the education of
your lives. Before a mans study is
finished lie must know the world, and must
know what 10 do under any circumstances.
You baye been learning, you must con-
unue Learn on; live learning and die
learning. So.
What you realize now is merely an il
lustration OF what you are able to realize.
Live learning, and die not finished, but
still learning that you may all hear the
words: We'll done, good and faithful SER
want; enter thou into the JOY everlasting > "
PRIZE WINNERS
The presentation OF prizes followed. The
Staughton medal for Latin was awarded to
Miss Mabel Whitman Baker, the Ruggles
medal 10 Mr.. George Roscoe Davis: the de-
bater's medal 10 Air. Charles Leroy Parker,
and the Gore medal for parliamentary la W OF
the Enosiniar Society to Mr. Edward Alfred
Playton.
From the Scientific School the gold medal
was won by Mr.. Perly Egbert Stevens.
The yaledictory was then delivered by Mr..
George Roscoe Davis. A few farewell re-
marks were made to the graduating class
by the president, Rev. s. H Greene, and the
benediction was pronounced by Rev j. ].
Muir.
The graduates from the college were:
Bachelor OF art, Mr.. George Roscoe Davis;
bachelors of science, Miss Clara Alma
Crew, Miss Addie Estelle Mcguire, Mr.
Charles lie Roy Parker, Nj Daniel Web
ster Prentiss and Mr.. Spencer Baird Prem
tiss Scientific school-Bachelors OF sci
ence, Miss Agnes Mary Graham and Mr..
Henry Ward Turner; civil engineer, Mr.
Perly Egbert Stevens.