Evening star., 1897-06-08
GRADUATION EXERCISES
Two institutions Will Unite in Commence
ment Tomorrow Evening.
List of the Graduates and Committees
DIR. Is. L. Whitman to Distri-
butte the Prixes

The Columbian College and the Corcoran
Scientific School will celebrate their sew
enty-sixth and thirteenth annual COM
mencements, respectively, at the National
Theater tomorrow evening. The exercises
will begin at o'clock, and no seats will
be reserved after five minutes past that
hour.
Rev. Charles A. Stakely, DID,, will make
the opening prayer and William Frederick
Biehl, BS., will then deliver the saluta-
tory, after which Senator John L. Mitchell
Will make the address to the graduates
DIR. b. l.. Whitman will confer the de-
grees on the various candidates and Mr.
Edmund Kemper Broadus A. B., will de-
liver the valedictory
Haley's band will furnish the music an
exceptionally we'll selected program having
been made up In this respect.
The Graduates.
The Columbian College candidates for de-
grees are as follows:
Bachelor of arts-Hugh Thomas Steven
son (class Of '90 and George Edmund
Traver Stevenson (restored to class of '0G).
New York; Helen Ruth Biddis, Pennsyl-
vania: Florence Lorraine Bingham of this
c1ty; Edmund Kemper Broadus Virginia;
Mary Isabel Kelly of this city; Ruth Nc
Gowan. Michigan; Grace Isabella Ross,
city.
Bachelor of science-Joseph FinckeI and
Frederick Crag1n Jones, District of Co.
lumbfa; Anna Campbell Kelton, California;
bia; Lillian Pace. Virginia, and Charles
kilbourne Robinson, New Jersey.
The Scientific School.
Bachelor of Science-William Frederick
Biehl. Ohio. in finance and economics
Mary Agnes Clancy. this city, in language
and literature; Ralph Warren Hills, Ohio,
In language and literature; Lille B. Hol-
brook, Massachusetts, in language and lit
erature; William Mather Lamson, this city,
IN civil engineering; Victor Louis Mason,
this city. in chemistry: Edward Adams
Muir. Pennsylvania, in mechanical engin-
eering; Joseph Saxton Pendleton. this city
in chemistry: Edward George Portner, this
city, in chemistry, and Fred. Ferguson
Reisner, Missouri, in electrical engineering
Inc prizes will also be distributed by DIR.
Whitman, and will be given follows:
Columbian College Elton prize in Greek.
Latin. Mary Isabel Kelly; Ruggles prize
in mathematics, Clara Mary Upton the
James Macbride Sterrett, jr., prize in ply
sizes, given by the class of '96, Anna Camp
tion Charles kilbourne Robinson; the sec
ond Davis prize in elocution, Edmund
kemper Broadus; debater's medal, Grace
Isabella Ross, and Gore prize in parliamen-
The Scier tific School-WilIie r. Fitch prize
in chemistry, Charles Russell Ely; the Veer-
hoff medal in fine arts, William Lincoln
Webster.
Committees Appointed.
The reception committee in charge of the
commencement will be:
From the college-Conrad NJ. Patten,
chief Reed P. Clark, II. II. d. Sterrett,
Preston B. Ray. Stanton c. PeelIe, c. Irv-
ing Raybold. Henry c. Coburn jr, Jesse
n. Wilson, jr., Charles b. Keller, William
Mitchell.
From the Scientific School-Roy Bagley
Hayes, chief: Ralph b. Marean, Edmund
p. Ellis. John Phipps Alexander, William
ID. Pasco. William E. Hillyer, Eldrldge
Roger Boyle. S. Clark Cross, Charles E.
Hood, John c. Lewis.
The organizations of the two classes of
81 are:
Coliege-President, Joseph Finckel; vice
president, Mary Isabel Kelly; secretary
Anna Campbell Kelton; treasurer, Edmund
kemper Broadus: poet, Grace Isabella
Ross; prophet, Helen Ruth Biddis; orator,
Charles kilbourne Robinson; valedic toran,
Edmund Kemper Broadus, and historian,
Clara Mary Upton.
The scientific school-President, Victor
Louis Mason; vice president Joseph Sax
ton Pendleton, and secretary-treasurer.
William Frederick Rehl