Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-22
DIPLOMAS AND BOUQUETS
Business School Graduates Receive Both at
Annual Commencen ent.
Commissioners Wight Delivers an Adj
dress and Commissioner Ross
BestOws the HOnOrs.

occasion was by lar the most SuCCeSSIui
that has ever been given by that institu-
ton The house was crowded from top to
bottom with the friends and relatives of the
graduates, and the utmost interest, as a
matter of course, was taken in the proceed
inssS. The stage was set as a conservatory
scene. and this effect was further height
ened by the massing of palms at either side
and the bank of flowers arranged across
the front of the stage-the flowers that
We're to be presented to the graduates later
on. Above the flowers hung the legend,
"B. H. S. 1897"
The program was opened with three mu-
steal selections by Haley's Concert Band
Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever Ha-
ley's medley of popular airs and Sousa's
High School Cadets''-to the strains of
which the graduates marched to their
places on the stage, their appearance being
greeted with loud applause.
The Guests.
When the graduates We're all in their
places, Commissioners Ross and Wight
Maj. George H. Harries, Superin tendent Of
Public Schools Powell, Allan Davis. the
: principal of the Business High School, and
Rev. W. r. Strickland made their appear
arce and were given hearty welcome. AT
the conclusion of the march Commissioner
Ross stepped forward and introduced Mr.
Strickland, who made the invocation in a
prayer beautifully worded and full of help
full thoughts.
The band then played selections from the
Wizard of the Nile in a spirited and
pleasing manner. and seven young ladies
OF the graduating class gave an eastern
temple drill. series of calesthenic exer-
cises. Mr.. I. 3. Amiss playing the inter-
mezzo from "Cavalleria Rusticana' as a
violin obliSato. After another musical num-
Der Commissioner John Il. Wight delivered
ne he lrr.ar
MIR. WightS address consisted of sound
c61nmon-sense advice to graduates of a
business school. 1t was full of happy sug-
SestionS and. without oratorfcal effect or
effort. made an impression that will be
lasting in the minds of those who heard
him
Discussed the Present Hour.
He said that all commandments of
the public schools are alike in character
and surroundings. it was naturally a little
hard to find something new to say, but
that if he ventured few words on THE
Present Hour" he would not go far wrong
In starting his talk on this subject he gave
MS hearers, as motto, the legend found
In an old dial tower in Ireland, Watch the
present hour Employ that well, for that's
within thy power
Ia part, MIR Wight said:
mere comes time in the life of every
mar, ana every woman, too, when d decis-
ion of Importance is to be reached. 1t NAV
some position, ii may be in connection with
an of1er OF marriage CT perhaps with a Sc
lec'ion Tor some important place of trust
Al such times there is inStinctively on the
part OF the one deciding. a review of the
life of the one being considered. What has
IL been? And in view of such a record
what is II likely to be? A gentleman. high
IN offlclal life, told me not long ago that ne
had sometimes in refusing applicants to
refer to sucn records, and was met with
the reply. that is all past; 1 am all right
now
And such may be the WISH but it is not
all gone. The past is gone, but the record
OF what has been dore is not gone; it lives
for good or bad. There are many people
out of employment today That is a dis
tressfng fact which no one will deny But
DO you knew that. on the other hand there
are not enough of certain class of per-
sons to be found to supply the demand?
When in New York a few DAYS ago the
president of one of the largest and most
rapidly increasing branches of business
.old 81, re that ne could not get men enough
10 NIL the places he had to fill. These
places call for young men of high attain
rnents, an unusual ability. and his remark
emphasizes the truth Of what Daniel Web
ster once said: There Is always room at
the top Capitalists engaged in large un-
dertaklngs are more eager TO get assist
ants than the people are to get places
The trouble is there are too many peopIe
OF only moderate ability or no ability al
all. Don't wait till a good position is va
cant and then find yourself unable to fill
IT. Watch the present hour. Employ
that well. and be ready for the place
Life Seems Bright.
Life to you seems very bright tonight.
You are just starting in the practical use
of IL There are, trust, many years
ahead Of you. They will soon be past
What will be your record? You each owe
duty to your neighbor, your home
your city, your country and your God You
have had great privileges in our schools
You should repay the debt by being good
citizens. You cannot be free from the re-
sponsibilities resting upon you, either in
this world or in the world to come.
But be not discouraged. BE brave. Be
true Be honest. Make the best of what
you have. Deserve better than you have
and you VIII get it,
Mr.. Wights remarks provoked long and
loud applause, which was brought to a
close only by the music of the next number
Then Commissioner Ross stepped forward
10 the table which held the diplomas, and
which had been draped with an American
nag. With the assistance of Mr. Davis the
Commissioner prepared to make the grad
yates happy.
List of Graduates.
The class WAS composed as follows:
Misses Helen Louise Abner, Miriam Louise
Adams, Agnes Kirkland Barker, EliZabet n
Morgan Beall, Lillian Burch, Emily Bonnet.
Matte Louise Blanchard, blanche Evelyn
= Bowie, Agnes Elizabeth Cummings, Lii
Ian EstelIe Calver, Agnes Rose Collins.
Mary Alice Connors. Matte Collision EN-
ma Nagdalene Dowden. Gertrude Ellis, Ed
nice Florence Hartley, Emma Sidney Hay
ett Maggie Theresa Hanlon. Elizabeth So
phia jana, Genevievc Peyton Jones. Mary
Maud Lamond. Rosalind Lamphere Laven-
der Carolynne Moser. Roena Susie Mann,
Genevieve Matthews, Jessamine Lulu Pal
!ner Edith May Scott, Calanthc Stickell,
Anna Francis Tuthili, Clara Esteile Nermil-
lion, Ella May Wagner. Maud May Wat
kins, Harriet Magruder Watson and Fanny
WoOE.
Messrs Tazewell Brooke Amss. Ralph
Edwin Burgess. John Gibson BriGaham
George William Barnes, William As
bury Bail. Geogre Hall Beail. John
Leo Cassin. Edwin William Chatter
ton, William Cohen, Cornelius Patrick
Clark. John Jerome Duffy. lrby Walker
Durfey, Leo Aloysius Finn. Herbert Louis
Franc, Luther Preston Gates, Henry Clay
ton Graf. George Robert Hands. Lloyd
DuEaway Helm. Barend Peter Holzbers,
Charles Andrews Jones. Henry McKeever
Luckett, Henry Ernest Marschalk, Fran
els Edward Meloy. Thomas Theodore
OLeary. Charles Erven Parsons, Henry
Gaylord Porter James Leonard Pullman