Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-25


ton. so that they may return in the fall
prepared for the coming school year"
While the band played I'm Bird Store"
floral tributes. remembrance from rela-
tives and friends, were distributed among
the graduates. No one, 1t seems. was for
gotten. ard many were fairly loaded down
with beautiful bouquets.
DIR. whitman Presented.
IA gentleman who needs no introduction
to any Washington audience. being himself
a well-known divine and prominent educa-
tor" were the words Of Commissioner Ross
in presenting Rev. DR.. Whitman.
I'VE are here to give and to receive con-
gratulations," began DR.. Whitman after
the applause which greeted him had sub
are we'll deserved. At this moment, the
first great crisis of the lives of these young
people, l want to ask them to think of the
attitude they shall take toward life, for
as man thinketh in his heart, so is he
There are two points to be observed:
First confidence, and, second, progress.
Cowardice never won a battle. The man
who looks for nothing usually finds it.
NoughtS count for nothing. The most
complete case of failure 1 ever heard of
was on the part of a student. His equip
ment consisted mainly of a lantern-jawed
laugh. He Was student for the ministry.
but he is not now in the ministry. He Is
driving truck wagon. and l might add.
incidentally. that while at school he was
an adept in handling horses. That man is
wondering why the world Is SO slow to ac-
cept his ratio of 16 to l between mouth
ard mind.
Availability always makes friends, but
often changes into imbecility," DIR. Whit
n an said to the graduates. THE world is
your field of battle; but bear in mind you
are not there merely on parade
Hope and Pluck.
The speaker referred to independence and
truth, and remarked that the one word
which in all the world means victory is
hope, spoken by pluck. He urged the grad
yates to start out on the path of life
bravely, and follow the motto of Luther
Here stand l. can do no otherwise, God
help me-
DIR. Whitman said that life is full of no
bility and pathos. He told the young peo-
pie to keep pushing on. bearing III mind.
however. the cost of progress. They would
meet with many obstacles. he said and
among these the crank and the man who
is inconsistent Then the extremist was
not to be overlooked. To the latter class
belongs the man who Is deeply concerned
in the coinage question. Such man would
not speak to his old father when the lat
ter celebrated the anniversary of his gold
en- wedding.
In conclusion, DIR. Whitman urged the
graduates to be careful to discern the line
of development, and in that connection
quoted from Wesley: Next to my Bible, l
love common sense" The conservative III
dividual and the man who turns back were
described, and then DIR. Whitman babe the
graduates God speed" His address was
loudly applauded.
Not ON the Program.
After the rendition of Fanciuli's "Totin'
de Pickaninni'' by the band an incident not
on the program occurred. DIR. Bayne arose
and explained that the Sons of the Revo-
luton and the Sons of the American Hevo-
luton some time ago decided to award a
handsome gold medal to the pupil of the
public schools treating what he or she con-
sidered the greatest event of the American
revolution. DR.. Bayne then announced the
name of the winner. Miss Lulu McNally of
the Eastern High School, The young lady
was escorted to the front of the platform
by Prof. Johnson, and received the prize,
amid loud clapping of hands.
The diplomas were then presented to the
graduates by Commissioner John B. Wight,
DR.. Lane calling the names of the Central
graduates, Prof. Johnson those of the
Eastern and Miss Wescott those of the
Western. All of the graduates were APP
plauded as each stepped to the front.
List of Graduates.
The graduates were as follows
Central High School-Lou Emma Har-
ford Ballenger, Charlotte Alice Barnes,
Ellen Knapp Brandenburg, Anna Cora
Burgdorf. Nettie Burt, Eva Butler, Olive
Russell Chaplin, Mabel Faith Clafiin, Annie
Josephine Clark, Clara Cecilia Collins
Elizabeth Julia Cooksey. Mabel Crews
Mary Ella Crock, Nellie Cunningham, Car
RE Elizabeth Darby, Martha Williams
Davis, Mildred Dean, Harriet Alberta Denl-
son, Clara l. NJ. Donch. Ida Violette EN-
inert, Grace Endicott, Maude Franzoni
English, Georgiana Fenton. Ruth Evelyn
Fletcher, Elizabeth Foster, Cecilia Fran
zoni, Wilhelmina Holly Gentsch, Margare;
Page Gibson, Marion Emma Godfrey, May
Hall, Florence Hayden, Geraldine Herman.
Emily Maud Jones, Anna Loring Kendall,
Katherine Rankin Kennedy, Eva Estelie
Knight, Julie Adele Kupfer, Elizabeth
Lackey, Mabel Ford Laskey, Daisy Jean
Pnebe Lynch, Ethel Tucker Maurer, Eva
Hunter Montgomery, Annie Barnett Moore,
Julia Whipple Moore, Mary Dudley Moore,
Edna Alexandra Muir, Mary Agnes Muir
ply. Lillian Pearson. Anne Holt Pegram,
Violet Mallion Reeves, Aimee Rich, kath-
leen Maude Riley, Pauline Hoctense Rus
sell, Edna Sanford. Blanche Henriatte
Bessie Davis Schreiner, Clara Louise Smith.
Alice Wilkinson Stearns, Clara katherine
Stutz, Pearl Edna Thomson, Anne b.
Townsend, Alys Theoda Tucker, Edna Rem
nard Voss, Lulu Beatrice Warner Elizabeth
McCalmont Wilson, Annie Eugenia Wing
field and Katie ]. NJ. Young; Edward
knight Allen, Horace Frost Ashford, Joseph
BorrowS Began Smith Henry Cady, Law
renee Branch Craige, Frank Clifton Daniel,
Dean Stockett Edmonds, Hyder Bedon Far
row. Walter Kenrick Fisher, Charles Frank
lin Fuller Farley Gannett, Thomas San
ford Dunaway Grasty, Paul Hansen, How
ard Cutler Hoge. J. Noble Hoover. jr., WI
liam Writ Kinsley, jr., Frederick August
Kummell, Robert Carey Mexican, Samuel
J Jonathan Norris Arthur Leighton Moul-
throp, Harry Ernest Olcott, Harry Harris
horn Plat, John Henry Ray, Daniel Ash
ton Rollins, George Sachs Sac re Alfred
SEE, Edward Melville Talbot, Alton Purdy
Tisdel, Willard Silas Tlsdel, Arthur c. WtI-
lard and Herbert Spencer Wood.
Eastern High School Margaret Adams,
Mary Josephine Benjamin. Mary Florence
Bugbee, Clara Margaret Byrn, Lydia Her
tense Block, Marguerite Rosalie Dawson,
Laura Graeme Eichelberger, Emolyn c. Es-
pey, Sarah Palmer Fits. Annie Rainsford
French, Edna Hague Fawcett. Adelaide
Leona Feathers, George Vest Forbes, An
ME Laurie German. Sue Helen Gardner,
Agnes l. Little, Mary F. Lockwood Bessie
II. Lamson, Dora Lindenkohl Mary Amies
Miller, Florence Isabelle Morrill,, Julia
Theckla Macmillan, Lulu McNally, Agnes
Myrtle Nordeman, Shirley Potter Effie Re-
becca Rowe. Mary Elizabeth Rozzelle, AL
lace b. Seaver, Marian Wells Seville Annie
Louise Sinclair, Mabel Thomas. May Weide,
Eugenia Willenbucher, Ellie A. Yoder,
Richard Bryan, Walter Emmons French,
Myers Hand. j.. Herbert Hunter. James