Evening star., 1897-06-03
EQUIPPED FOR BUSINESS
Graduates of Woods Commercial College Re-
ceive Their Diplomas.
Rev. E. Olin EIdrfdge PrcsfLes mt the
Exercises, Rev. Howard Wilbur
Ennis Delivers an Address.

ne Stis,e OI lHe view 4>dtioHdi HSdtci
presented lovely view last evening. dur
ing the progress of the graduatin3 exer-
cises of the class of 20 of Woods CONNER
ciaI College. The graduates AMI the men,
bers of the faculty of the school, together
with The speakers of the evening, were
most appropriately grouped behind bank
of flowers. which extended entirely across
tie front of the platform.
The audience which assembled to listen
to the exercises limited in number
crly by the incapacity of the spacious
building to accommodate any others.
After the band rendered some appropri-
ate selections, including march entitled
woods Commercial College Rev. How
ard Wilbur Ennis pastor of Western Pres
byterian Church, offered prayer. Rev DE-
E OIin Eldridge pastor of Waugh NJ. E.
Church. who presided. made some In
troductory remarks, and Ill the absence
of Mr.. Benjamin ButterNof,h c)mmis-
sioner of patents. who was expected 10
make the principal address of the occa-
sion, DR.. Ennis took Mr.. Butterworths
place.
The Addresses.
DIR. Eldridse's Introductory remarks
abounded in sood advice tc the graduates
and demonstrated to the audience that 1t
was to woman alone that the happiness
of the home is que and he urged that men
at home Dr. Eldridge was frequently in
terrupted by applause, and when he con-
cluded his speech was given quite an ova-
ton.
Dr. Ennis spoke along similar lines and
gave equal satisfaction to his hearers
The diplomas were presented to those
to whom they had been awarded by Prof.
Court F. Wood, LIN. and the gold
medals by District Commissioner William
NJ. Black, each of whom spoke briefly.
The gold medals were distributed as fol-
lows: The b. H. Warner prize. for the
best essay on Modern Houses. TO Miss
Edith DUNCAN Hunter. the H. III. Mckee
prize. for the best set of corporation books,
Miss Leila Anna Boush the A. E. Ran
die prize. for the best essay on 'Rarid
Transit" Miss Anna L. jenkins; typewrlt-
ing, Miss Mary a Coffey; general scholar
ship. Clark West Greene: arithmetic. Miss
Leila A. Bonsh: spelling. Miss Ernla Eula
E1heart grammar. James Edgar Wood
fin: English. Ralph Waldo Magee; short
course shorthand and typewriting, Miss
Margaret p. Cobey; bookkeeping, Miss
Dana L. May; penmanship, Walter L.
Matson-
The following also received honorable
mention for excellence in special lines of
study; Walter T. Matson, Francis Marion
Pike, Winifred a. Duvall, Dana l.. May,
Raymond Van Nest, Mabel NJ Delaplaine.
Roger Shaw. Miss F. A Humphrey. Eliz-
abeth NJ. Olmstead, Helen NJ. Day, w.
A. Woodfn, F. A Pumphrey, Minnie c.
Hartford, David Louis, G.. L. Herrle, Mary
A. Coffey, W. c.. Miller, Miss Leila 4.
Brush.
Those Who Graduated.
The graduates. upon each of whom was
conferred the degree of bachelor of ac-
counts. were as follows:
Business course-Harry Walker Arnold
ard Daisy Irene Boyer, both of this city;
Margaret Price Cobey, Maryland; Thomas
Jeffrey Davis, West Virginia: George Den
Els of this city; Erma Eula Earheart, Utah;
Walter Addison English. Minnie Catharine
Hartford, Edward Il. Henderson. Samuel
Joseph Henry, Nanno 7. Jones, John Leak
Little and David Louis. all of this city;
Walter T Matson. Michigan; William Ben
eGict Mehler. William G. H. Miller md
Rosa Cecilia Palmer. all of this city; James
Leroy SaulS Florida Raymond II. Van
Nest of this city; James Edgar Woodfin,
Texas; Leila Anna Boush. Maryland; Cath
arine Teresa Boylan of this city; VIM.
Sinkler Darby ef South Carolina; Helen
Meeker Day, Ohio; Winifred Alberti Duvail
of this city; Austin Morgan Embrey, Vir-
ginia; Clark West Greene. Samuel McComas
Hawken, Roy Martin Heizer and Annie
Lucia Jenkins, al, of this city: Maurice ].
karpeles. Massachusetts,: Abram James
Long, Ohio; Emory Irwin Marion. Mary
land; Dana Logan May, Michigan; Paul
Herber, Miller, Frances Marion Pike Mag
gle Riddle and James William Seaman, ell
of this city; Andrew A Weschler, Mary
land; William Allen Woodfn, Texas.
Shorthand course-Edna Bell, Indiana;
D. C. Chambers, Alabama; Margaret Price
Cobey, Maryland; Frank Conkling Mis-
scuri: Mabel Mildred Delaplaine Virginia;
Nellie Lee Harr and Bernard P Higgins,
10th of this city; Gertrude Genevieve Leon
ard, New Jersey; Elizabeth NJ. Olmsted
Michigan: Florence Alberta Pumphrey
Maryland; Thomas Alfred Robertson Lucy
Lee Shopland, both of Pennsylvania; Myr-
tia Alice Barton, Michigan; Mary Alice
Coffey of this city; Maude Larraine Della
plaine, Virginia; Ellen NJ. Drury and Gus
tava L. Herrle, both of this city; Edith
DUNCAN Hunter, Ohio; Lulu Ridie Mari
Frances Marion Pike and Thaddeus Rea-
my. all of this city; Roger Shaw Maryland:
Rose Isabel Simonds of this city; Purifee
Walker. Virginia