The times., 1897-06-02
HOVARD'S new TEACHERS
Interesting Graduating Exercises in
the Normal Department
President Rankin Presents DiplC-
mas In Presence of Large AS
semblage- Orations.

sfhe normal department of Howard Uni
versity held its commencement exercises
last night nefore an audience which filled
the university chapel TO the oocrs,
The orations were by C. Sumner Taylor,
on Tie econ onic detects of slavery" by
Miss Donahoe, on People called Chris
tians,r by Miss May a. Wood, The indus
trial evolution OF women" by Louis a
RedGing. whose theme was THE ideal
hero
Miss Lucille Hunter was prevented by
illness from delivering her address on
..Sclr Mastery which would otherwise
have been the first on the program.
After a violin solo by Will NJ. Cook,
which was encored, diplomas Were pre-
sented by President j. E. Rankin To the
following members of the graduating class:
Misses Katie E. Doaahoe, Lucille r. Hunter.
Eva H. Kingand Mary A. Wood, and Messrs.
Lewis A Redaing and c. Sumner Taylor,
and to one postgraduate, Miss Martha
johnson.
The address TO the graduating class wa
then delivered by Congressman George Fl.
uate of the normal department, and was
clasSirate and close personal friend Of
Prof George w. Cook, the present prin-
cipal Mr. White spoke in substance as
follows:
You have only learned, at the compile
tIon OF yonr course, how To study. Inc
successful application OF that which you
have learned still remains | am greatly
pleased with your motto, Not How Much,
But How Well 1t may be true that we
cannot degrade ourselves without deerad-
ing Others, but the converse Of this also is
true, that we cannot elevate ourselves
without also elevating others lt is not
possible, perhaps. foT many OF us TO thlnk
q thought that nobody else has ever had;
but we can at least think for ourselves
The trouble with many people is that they
pick up an idea here, and another idea
there. and at the end Of it all they have
very little useful machinery in the whole
mechanism Of their brains.
So these people, otherwise industrious,
donot succeed. Your success In the future
VIII depend very largely upon having an
aim. and sticking to it. IL you are
LAWYERS, be honest men; not pettifoggng
Idiots; if you are physicians, attend TO-
your duties faithfully, wherever you are,
do good work Liberty Of body was
brought to the race with whom most Of
us here are Identified. through powder and
shot Liberty of soul from the bondage
OF old hahits and superstitions must come
through our own efforts Determine TO
live lireof which you will not he ashamed
deternineto he, not living, walking automa-
tons, hut living. thinking men and women
Congressman Whites address was re-
ceived with enthusiastic applause.
Prizes were then given for essays
submitted earlierin the year. The George
W Balloch prize of S5 was awarded TO
Miss Eva King, While the b. <. Bruce
prize, also OF So, went TO Lewis \.
Redding Gen. Bailoch aud ex-senator
Bruce making the presentation speeches
A third prize, the Martha Briggs medal,
for the best scholarship among the girls,
could rot be awarded last night owing
to the fact that the standing of one was
rot yet decided.
President Rankin then spoke briefly,
Endorsing the remarks OF the speaker Of
The evening and ating that Congressman
White was yesterday elected by acclama-
tiou to the board OF directors OF the uni
versity.