The morning times., 1896-06-18
|GRtDutTED 4 BIC CLASS
Exercises Of the colored Nor
NAL and High Schools.
ACADEMY WAS FILLED
Marine HAND Affde Music and In-
~ reresting, .Addresses Were Deiiv-
cred by the Graduates-Splendtd
Essays by Young Men and women.
Com iIirss ioner~ Ross Officiated.

The annual lcOmmenccment OF the Coiofeu
fNorsaal and High schools, Seventh and
! Eighth divisions OF the city's public schools,
| was held last evening at the Academy of
+ Music. Tiie audience was very large. but
! there was no overcrowding, owing TO the
/ precaut.on tnat tickets were not issued In
! excess or the seating capacity OF the
| house.
TIE assemhia &c included a great una jority
| of the best elements OF the oolored peop.e
| OF the city. IL was an excellent enter
| tainmeni, to which they had been in-
| yited the exhibition or tue taients of the
young people being matter OF Just pride
| 10 their race ana of satisfact.on 10 lilc
| school system of the District.
The stage was quite tastcfuily decorated
with Palms, afine landscape was the back
ground, and all OF tne available space was
occupied by the many graduates, the prin-
.oipaIs- OF the Two schools. DIR. Shadd and
Mrs. Terrell, OF the trustees. Commissioner
Ross. Rev. j. T. Jenifer. the orator OF the
evening. and Rey.J. Taylor anderson The
music was 10y the Marine Band. directed by
.frof. fanciuiii.
The Invocation was by Rev. Mr.. Taylor,
| after whiCkand-a SELECTION by the band, the
| salutatory was gracefully delivered by Mr.
wTlr.I.n L. SmoOt. who talked interestir y
| for about twen,y minutes on theins tructive
| subject OF the" Qualities essential TO success
| in business" Mr. Smoot delivery was good
and his eiocution clear and distinct. The
address contained some well put original
| ideas.
ELOQUENT ADDRESSES MADE.
The demand upon young America"
was the theme OF Mr.. Burreii W. Jefferson,
who aisois good speaker. His address was
very thoughtful.
The yaiedictory was by Miss Ottie NJ.
Brooks, whose address was on the forces
/ that 60 to make up the perfect being,
Mature, circumstances and mar" The con-
clusion of The spfa ker, which was admirably
evolved, was that the true aim of all
educational forces Is the building OF an
observation-disclosures Miss Brooks
spoke so distinctly that she was heard
every where in the house. Her essay was one
OF great scholastic merit, and was accord
irg V handsomely app!auded. Her fare
wells to teachers and classmates were said
with becoming grace and feeling.
The comforting of the degrees was by
Commissioner Ross. and the address OF
Rev. Mr.. JeDifer was heard throughout
with the attention its merits demanded.
Miss Lucy E. Motcn for the Normal and
Mr.. CardoZo for the High School super
intended the movements of the graduates
on the stage.
uC ipuoNlbS "ciC thc bidCuapSSs
LIST OF THE GRADUATES.
Normal Sclool-Olive Virginia Booker,
Ottic Maria Brooks. Ella Martha Champ,
Lucy ADtoinctte Cromwell, Mary Elizabeth
Cromwell. Ella Elizabeth Cusberd, Harriet
Drew. Nellie Herbert, Ophe,ia Estelle John
son. Jennie Rosa Lawrence Jones, Caroline
Retta Lewis. Louise Augusta Lucas, Edith
Teresa Madden Florence Augusta Mcln-
tosl, Mary Ellen Randolph, Hattie Frances
Ross. Minnie Russell, Julia Sumner Syphax.
Re5ecca Elizabeth Tolliver. Leila Tudy,
Madge Louise Williamson. Katie Helene
Wood. Edith Gcnevieve Wormley, Elias
Brown. John Coburn Bruce, william Ber-
nard Hartgrovc. Samuel Milton, John Con-
dit Payne. James Luther Pinn, Benjamin
Washington.
High Schooi-Acadenic course Berthe
Estelle Beard, Mabel Bland, Mary Eliza
beth Bra awner, Dena Butler, Anna Louise
Campbell, Bertha Elizabeth Cole, Olive
Victoria Contee. Jenetta Frances Garrett,
Sadie Adaline Gaskns, Annie Beatrice
Howard, Alice Violet Lewis, Lillian Beat
rice Moore. Marietta Ethel Morgan, yir-
gtnia Anrice Quander, Daisy Gross SIM
mons, Blanche Elizabeth SIowden, Ger
trude Eliza Tibbs, Elizabeth Matilda
Toler. Mabel EStelle Turner, Harry Ulys-
ses Bell, William cambridge Brooks,
Robert Benjamin Greene Burrell Willis
jefferson, Charles Edward Minkins, James
Anderson Richardson. Ed ward Mil ton
Syphax, Herbert E. Wilson.
Scientific Course Ann Elizabetfi Charity.
Sarah Alice Clarke, Margaret Janifer, Rosa
belle Sprague.
Btisnes Course Lilly Curray. Sadie Viola
Garrison. Ophelia Winston Kenny, Martha
Medley. i lice Russell, George Francis Bar
ker. Daniel lWebsterChase, Benjamin Turner
Harvey. Leroy Jackson. Richard Daniel
Major Louis Hester Patterson, James
Reed. William Ellsworth Smoot. Leon Stan
ley Turner. Arthur Lo-is Williams