The times., 1897-06-03
NOW READY FOR BUSINESS
Sixty-two Graduates of Woods Com
mePcial College.
Young Men and Women Enter Upon
Lives of Exercises
at the National.

Amid bright flowers and gay music, and
surrounded by bOsts Uf friends, sixty-two
young men and women lastn igbt graduated
from Woods Commercial College The Ma
tional TEeater was the scene OF the eXer-
cises, and the house was completely filled
by happy throng, who had come to wish
the young students success in the stern
battle ST life which they must now face
Rev. DR.. Olin Eldridge presided, and the
annual address was delivered by Rev. How
ard " HilbuT Ennis. He exhorted the grad
uates to pursue an honest course in bIsi
ness life if tDey would win the real favor
OF G. od and man.
Presentation of the diplomas followed
and Engineer Commissioner Black, with
brief introdu ctory remarks, presented
the medals as follows:
The B H. Warner prize-Edith D.. Hunter,
OF Ohio.
H.. II. Mckee prize for set OF corporation
books-Lelia ma BoUsh. of Maryland; hon
orable mention, Walter 7. Matson, Mich
gan.
Mr. e A. Randle for best essay on
Rapid Transit Anna Lucia Jenkins, OF
! the District OF Columbia: honorable men
tion, Frances Marion Pike, OF the Dis
/
trict of Columbia
Medal for arithnetic-Lelia Anna Boush.
OF Maryland: honorable mention, Winfred
Albert DuVaIl, OF the District OF Co
lumbia; Dana Logan May, Of Michigan.
General scholarship business Depart
Iaent-CIark wess Green, District OF
Columbia; honorable mention, Walter T.
Mats,a. Michigan: Raymond Van Nest,
District of Columbia
Medal for typewriting-M Alice
Coffey, District of Columbia; honorable
mention, Mabel Mildred Delaplaine, Viz
ginia; Elizabeth NJ. Olmsced. Michigan
Business and shorthand-Margaret Price
Cobey, Maryland; spelling, Emma Eula
Eaheart. of Utah; honorable mention, Helen
Meeker Day, Ohio; Walter T. Matson.
Michigan; william Allen woodrin, Texas.
ShoTthand-Gustaya L. Herrle, honor
able mention, Roger Shaw, Maryland;
Mildred Delaplaine, Virginia; Florence
Alberta PuInphrey, Maryland.
Grammar james Edgar woodfin, Texas:
honorable mention, Minnie CathaIiue Har-
ford. District of Columbia; Emma Earhart,
of Utah; David Louis, District OF Co
Iumbia
Shorthand and typewnting Mabel Nil
ton, Gustava L. Heine, District of Co
lunhia: Mary Alice Coffey. District Of
Columbia: Elizabeth NJ OImstead, District
OF Columbia.
bookkeeping Logan May, Michi-
gan honorable mention, Raymond an Ness,
District of Columbia; Walter T Watson.
Michigan.
Penrnanship- Walter T. Matsou, Michi-
Greene, DistrIctof Columbia: William Charles
Miller, Dist nct of Columbia; Anna Leila
Brush. District of Columbia; William Allen
woodfin, Texas
English Ralph Waldo Magee, District Of
Columbia
The members of the graduating class
were:
Business Course-Harry Walker Arnold,
Daisy Irene Boyer, Margaret Price CObey,
Thomas Jeffrey Davis, George Dennis, Erma
Eula Eahart, Walter Addison English, / in
ME Catharine Hartford, Edward 3. Hender
son, Samuel Joseph Henry, Nanno T. Jones,
John Leak Little, David Louis. Walter T.
Matson, William Benedict Mehler. William
C. II Miller Rosa Cecilia Palmer, James
Leroy Sauls, Raymond III. Van Ness James
Edgar woodffn, Leila Anna Boush. Catha-
rine Teresa Boylan, William Sinkier Darby.
Helen Meeker Day. Winifre Aibertl DuN all,
Austin Morgan Embrey, Clark West Greene,
Samuel McComas Hawken. Roy Martin
Heizer A nnie Lucia jenkins, Maurice J.
Kareeles, Abram James Long. Emory Ir-
win Marion. Dana Logan May, Paul Herbert
Miller, Frances Marion Pike. Maggie Rid
die, James william Seaman. Andrew a
weschler, and William Allen Woodfin.
Shorthand course-Edna Fell, d. C.
Chambers, Margaret Price Cobey, Frank
Conking, Mabel Mildred Delaplaine, Nellie
Lee Harr, Bernard P Higgins, Gertrude
Genevieve Leonard, Elizabeth NJ Olmstead,
Florence Alberta Pumphrey, Thomas Al
fred Robertson, Lucy Lee shopland, Myrtia
Alice Barton, Mary Alice Coffey, Maufle
Larraine Delaplaine, Ellen NJ Drury, Gus
tava l.. He1rle, Edith DUNCAN Hunter, Lulu
Ride Marr, Frances Marion Pike, Thad-
deus Reamy, Roger Shaw, Rose Isabel
Simonds, Purffee walker.