Evening star., 1896-06-18
NORMAL AND HIGH SCHOOLS.

NORMAL AND HIGH SCHOOLS.
Commencement Exercises of Parts of
Seventh and Eighth DivisiOns.
All was sunshine and happiness. so to
speak. last evening at the Academy of
Music. where the graduates Of the normal
and high schools of the seventh and eighth
divisions of the public schools of the Dis
trict of Columbia received diplomas from
the hand of Mr.. John W. Ross, president of
the board of District Commissioners. Al
though the classes sent forth were by no
means as large as those of '95, owing to
the elimination of the three-year course
and substitution of the four-year course.
the attendance did not correspondingly de-
crease. every seat in the theater having an
occupant while a large number were forced
to stand
The Marine Band Orchestra, under the
direction OF Prof. Fanciulli was in attend
ahce. and dfscoursod sweet music through
out the interesting exercises The stage
was set as garden scene, with profuSion
of palms. other potted plants and cut
flowers artistically distributed, while the
fcotlishts We're entirely hidden from view
by bank of floral tributes from friends of
the graduates.
Shortly after 8 o'clock, to the tones of the
High School March, composed by Prof
II. F. Grant. director of music in the col
ored schools. the graduates filed upon the
stage with rhythmic tread the girls wearing
gowns of white and carrying flowers while
the boys were attircd in evening dress. They
took seats arranged in rising rows behind
chairs occupied by Commissioner Ross Rev
J. Anderson Taylor. Mr. Jesse II. Wilson,
DIR. Shadd. Mr.. Cornish and Mrs Terrell
or the board of school trustees Rev. j. T.
Jenifer. Superintendent Cook of the colored
schools. Miss Lucy Moten principal of the
Normal School. and Mr.. F. l.. Cardozo, prin-
ciral of the High School.
The Exercises.
Rev. Mr.. Taylor asked divine blessing
and. after selection by the orchestra. Mr.
William E. Smoot of the business course
was introduced and delivered the saluta-
tory. his subject being Qualities Essential
to Success in Business" Mr.. Smoot de-
ciared that. to be successful in business a
person must possess training, must be
honest, industrious and have a will: be sys-
tematic, accurate and perSevering.
The Demand Upon Young America" was
the title OF a carefully prepared and we'll
spoken oration by Mr.. Burrell ". Jeffer-
son, representing the academic course of
the High School
Miss Ottie NJ Brooks of the Normal School
was the Vaiedictorian. and in well-rounded
tones she discoursed upon the forces that
go to make up the perfect being She also
bade q farewell to classmates and faculty
in an attractive manner. and her effort was
undoubtedly one of the features of the even
ing.
Awarding Diplomas
Ihe diplomas, starding in nest Of green
were next placed in the center of the stage
and, as Superintendent Cook called the
hames. each graduate was handed a diplc-
ma by Commissioner Ross. During this
proceeding the applause was uninterrupted
An unexpected feature was the presenta-
ton of costly gold medal to Mr. Daniel
BroCks OF the third-year class by Mr. H..
a. CORNISH, as a reward for ACCOMPLISHING
the best work in the colored manual train
lrg schools during the year. The medal
was gift from the teachers of the manual
training school.
The address of the evening was made by
Rev. j. 7. Jenifer, who gave the young
apparently fully appreciated. judging from
the hand-Clapping that followed After an
other selection by the orchestra, the audi
ehce was dismissed with benediciion.
The Graduates.
Tie graduates were:
Normal School-Olive Virginia Booker
Ottie Maria Brooks, Ella Martha Champ
Lucy Antoinette Cromwell, Mary Elizabeth
Cromwell, Ella Elizabeth Cusberd. Harriet
Drew Nellie Herbert. Ophelia Estelle john
son, Jennie Rosa Lawrence Jones, Caroline
Retta Lewis. Louise Augusta Lucas, Edith
Teresa Madden. Florence Augusta Nc
lntosh. Mary Ellen Randolph, Hattie Fran
ces Ross. Minnie Russell. Julia Sumner Sy-
phax. Rebecca Elizabeth Tolliver, Leila
TCdy, Madge Louise Williamson. Katie
Helene Wood, Edith Genevieve Wormlcy,
Elias Brown, John Coburn Bruce, William
Bernard Hartgrove, Samuel Milton, John
Condit Payne, James Luther Pinn, Benja-
min Washington.
High School, academic course-Bertie Es-
telle Beard. Mabel Bland, Mary Elizabeth
Brawner. Dena Butler, Anna Louise Camp
bell. Bertha Elizabeth Cole, Olive Victoria
Ccntee, Jenetta Frances Garrett, Sadie
Adaline Gaskins, Annie Beatrice Howard
Alice Violet Lewis, Lillian Beatrice Moore
Quanaer. Daisy Gross Simmons. Blanche
Elizabeth Snowden, Gertrude Eliza Tibbs,
Elizabeth Matilda Toler, Mabel Estelle Tur-
ner. Harry Ulysses Bell. William cambridge
Brooks. Robert benjamin Greene, Burrell
Willis Jefferson, Charles Edward Minkins
James Anderson Richardson. Edward Mil
ton Syphax. Herbert +. Wilson
Scientific course-Anna Elizabet Charity
Sarah Alice Clarke, Margaret Janifer
Rosabelle Sprague.
Business course-Lilly Curray, Sadie Vio-
la Garrison. Opheia Winston Kenny
Martha Medley, Alice Russell. George
Francis Barker Daniel Webster Chase
Benjamin Turner Harvey. Leroy Jackson
Richard Daniel Major, Louis Hester Pater-
son, James Reed, William Ellsworth Smoot
Leon Stanley Turner Arthur Louis Will
liamS.
THE SACRED HEART.
Pleasant Commencement Exercises mt
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