Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-28
WAYLAND Sc mi NARY
Thirtieth Commend snnant of this Well
Known School.
A Large Glass of Young Men and WO-
nary and the VVVOrk Done.

The thirtieth anniversary of Wayland
Seminary last eveningsat Vermont Avenue
Baptist Church was an occasion of more
than ordiI airy interestfsin the history Of
that Institution. Presiding was President
G. M. P. King. who has enjoyed the same
honor at each commencement for the past
Twenty-Five years He has seen the semi
nary begin its work in tie period just fol-
lowing the war, when the naomentous task
Of educating the colored race was thrust
suddenly upon the phiianthropic people OF
the country. and he has steadily accom-
panied the work of the school during the
long Interval in which it las widened its
influence and multiplied its usefulness To
the colored people the occasion was one OF
especial pleasure. There were fully 4,Oe
present, aid many were obliged to go
away, unable to get even standing room
The church was beautifully decorated with
flowers, palms ond the national nag. Con-
spicuously shown beside the banner of the
class Of 1895 was that borne by the class
of 1866, the first class to graduate from the
seminary.
The graduating class consisted OF eight
young women and seventeen young men,
AS may be Seen from the following nst
they hall from widely separated parts OF
the country, hut one beirg resident OF
Washington.
The gradua ties In Bible study were L. G
Garland, A. J. Greene, G. w. Kemp, 6. H.
Haynes, d. E. Murff, p c. Neal and r. J..
Terrell. Samuel E. Ray received certih-
cate in the academic department. In this
department in the seminary are now TWEEN
ty students. A certificate is recognized IN
all the leading colleges as admitting the
holder to the freshmen class.
Wayland Seminary Is maintained under
the auspices of the American Baptist
Home Mission Society. The general OIL
GERS of the society, of whom Rev. Thomas
]. Morgan. recently commissioner OF Indian
affairs. and now the corresponding secre-
tary of the society. is the head, are In
charge of the II stitution.
The graduates from the normal depart
ment were Lewis Emory Banks, Longdale
Va; Bergman Brown. McGaheysviile Va;
James William Gardner, ST. stephen P. o.,
Val Lawrence Campbell Garland. Balti-
more. Md; Albert Josiah Greene. Piqua,
Ohio; George Lewis Hayes. Danville, Va.
Robert Payton Keesee. Almagro, Va;
George William Kemp. Philadelphia. Pa. !;
Emmett Emmanuel Miller, Theological
Seminary, Va; Daniel Ethanulous Murff
St. Paul. Mimi: Peter Carter Neal. Balti-
more. Md; Leonard Wesley Parker, Wen
ma, Md: John Donaldson Reese. Baltimore
Md; Edward Short Centerville, Md: John
Robert Walker. Maysville, Ky; Charles
Harris Williamson. Philadelphia, Pa; Min
ME Guscenia Bennett. Richmond, KY; Bes
sic Branch Duncan. Buena, Va: Gertrude
Comfort Dubois. Philadelphia. Pa; Alice
Elizabeth Morris. Lincoln University. Pa;
carrie HoltZclaw Shanklin, Washington
d. c.; Marcella Edna Smith. Montague
Va; Magdalena Rebecca Wyatt. Yorktown
Va; Hattie Ann Wmbish. ciarksvile Va.
The literary program was as follows, ex
cellent music being interspersed at inter-
walls: "Christianty and Progress" David
e. Murff: Life a School," Albert j.
Greene; THE Compauionship Of Books"
Gertrude c. Dubois; THE Effects Of the
Reformation" Emmett E. Miller: Free
True Development" Lawrence C. Cara
land: THE Unwritten Language Of Life"
Minnie G. Bennett; National Perils and
How to Meet Them Peter C. Neal;
Wealth in Opportunities" George L.
Hayes; Invention a Help to Civilizat ion,"
Edward Short; THE Scholar in Politics."
John d. Reese; mo Gender in Standards"
Maggie r. Wyatt: Factors in the Redemp-
ton of the Race" Samuel E. Ray
The aim is to provide young colored peo-
pie an opportunity to secure an education
There were last year 100 students of whom
l2O lived in the dormitories To each stu
dent Is allotted a fair share of the work
Incidental to their life in the institution
and it Is needless to say 1t ID done cheer
fully and well. Many students earn their
living outside while attending the semi
nary. All, as rule, are thoroughly in
earnest, work hard merit their opportuni-
ties. and are grateful for them. AS the ex-
penses are kept at minimum, the Young
man or woman who really desires an edu-
cation need not be deferred from making
the struggle on that account.