The times., 1897-06-25

the pupils Were boys, these boys were too
gallant to be Of any trouble To their
teachers He said { La Instances Of corporal
punishment are very rare IN the local
schools One reason for the orterliness
OF the school children Of Washington was
thai we had a unique population i'll WASH
ington there were tens Of thousands OF
people employed in the Government service
who were genteel and educated. This could
not fail to have a marked beneficial effect
on manners generally in the District. The
people IN the departments were trained
and disciplined, and these characteristics
had been transmitted to their children.
Commissioner Ross told of the manifold
duties of the commissioners, and said that
the question OF paramount interest to them
was the question of the III Management or the
public schools. The school buildings would
crunbie and decay and the Capitol would
dsinteGrate, but the influence which was
being sent out from ali these schools would
go on till tie end of dIae. Commissioners
Ross close d his pleasant and Instructive talk
by congratriatiug everybody IN sight
Following the address of the Commits
sioaer the Marine Band played orth's
musical sketch "In Bird store,' with
laughing effect.
DR. b. l.. Whitman. president OF Column
iian University, was next introduced He
opened his addressc by reniarking that
all were present both to give and receive
congratulations. Everybody felt salts
fled that these congratulations were de-
served He would say a few words con
cerning the future, " hich he trusted might
be of scme help to the young people who
seriously what their attitude was toward
the character OF life they would essay
It wac the wise man W no said: ''As a
man thinketh in his heart, SO Is he.' AS
one of the first essentials 10 success DR..
Whitman recommended confidence Coward
ice never Won a battle nor reapad harvest.
The man who looked for nothing usually
found IL. a stout heart made "a strong
arm. Bat then man should bear IN mind
the limitations of his power. lu was a
great mistake for men 70 think that they
were greater than God. IL explaining
what he meant by the sense OF limitation
Dr.. Whitman told the story OF little
fellow w no as told 10 pour mulasses fro;n
"a jug into jar. The jug held more than
the jar. He pourei3 till the jar was full
TO overflowing. Then he called 10 his
mistress, The jari fun mp; shall poar
in some more" II was great thing to
know when TO stop. lie advised men to
nbey the amenities or life, but the aneni-
ties IL followed extremely would lead to
i.sbecility. Man Eeeded his faculties with
him. No soldier wanted 10 use blank
cartridges on the battlefield. 1t was a
mistake for men TO be too much on dIess
parade when they should be OH active
duty.
Then DR.. Whitman eUlogized independ
eDce- Incidentally, he said that the con
cert of the powers had become com
pact of shame, and referred to the CO.
ercion of Crete and the fear of the Turk.
He spoke warmly about the conflict IN
Cuba as inhuman and barbaroas, and
showed very clearly his sentiments on
that point He scored the present legis-
latiye methods OF the United States.
Outside Our borders were butchery and
barbarity, and inside greed and ayalce
which seemed To know no bounds.
Then another good thing 20 have was
plenty of hope. One Of the magic words
OF success was pluck and this was but
another word for bope. Then il W ar also
a good thing to be progressive. He paid
his respects sharply to cranks. enthusiasts,
extremists and conservatives There was
once. lie sald, an Inconsistent man. He
had concluded that life was rot worth
living. pe started across the fields to-
wards yer in which he decided TO drown
hirlself Over the field came bull
This man bent on suicide shr eked for
help ard fled in terror. He did not want
To die in that way. He returned to the
iNfsr htg H.a tod IN
die IN his own way. He would lave his
way. There were others of similar
nature who had not yet committed suicide.
Then there are extremists. He had
heard OF man out Wet who entertained
such decided notions about silver coinage
that he refused to speak To his father
after the old gentleman had celebrated his
golden wedding. There We're some people
who submitted everything to the wrong
test. Some barbarans, when they wanted
TO test the strength of gun measured
the intensity of its kick They calculated
the energy of the gun at the wrong end.
a man TO be prudentiy progressive mast
be a student OF history A great deal OF
human energy is wasted in trying to
bring to life ideas that the world las
tried and proved failures.
Dr. Whitman quoted the words of John
Wesley, who said that, next to his Billie
he preferred common sense Common sense
was simply the linking of all that was in
the pact with all that was in the future.
The past was a pretty good thing TO
interpret the future by
Then some rren are so conservative
that they see in the past the boundary
beyond which the future cannot 90. The
speaker recited a little poem entitled the
Conservative" 1t was the lament Of a
butterfly that his legs and down were
gone and that wings had come instead
He would rather squirm than fly It is in
the future that the sense OF pleasure lies
In closing he bade Godspeed to the grad
uates who We're going from the tutelace
of our schools into higher institutions of
Tearing or out into the activities OF tie
world
Commissioner Ross introduced DR. BayDe,
who announced that the Sons OF the
Revolution and the Sons OF the American
Revolution had offered gold medal to the
scholar of the high school who woul, con-
stTuct the best essay on what that scholar
deemed the rnostimportant eventin Ameri-
can revolutionary history. This young lady
stepped down to the front OF the stage and
DR.. Bayne pinned the golden trophy to her
graduation dress.
Immediately preceding the distribution
Of diplomas Superintendent Powell an
Eomnced The names of the winuers Of
scholarships. Those won 10y students of
the High School by competition follow:
Columbian University schoiarsl ips- Mr..
Charles F. Fuller Miss Pearl Edna Tham-
son, and Miss Bessie T. Lynch, all Of