The times., 1898-06-23
THEY ENTER ACTIVE LIFE
A Host of COlOred Graduates Bid
Farewell TO School Days.
OVER ONE HUNDRED DIPLOMAS
The Annual Commencement of the
CoIored Normal and High Schools
envy of Music Last NiGht-Promi-
nent People Present.

The annual commencement of the col
ored normal and high schools OF the Dis
trict was held last night at the Academy
Of Music.
The house, which was prettily decorated
with the American colors and palms, was
taxed even for standing room by the
friends Of the graduates.
Seated on the stage with the graduates
were Mr.. Cooke, supervising principal OF
the colored schools; Mr.. Montgomery,
principal Of the High School; Miss Nor
ton, principal of the Normal School; Rev.
Llewellyn johnson, Rev. James A. John
son John p. Green and Mrs. TerriIl.
Miss Morton presided. The program
follows:
oyerture-.'The Bridal Rose" "....-.......- Layelle
March-'-Class s''--..-...........--....H Hoffman
Inyoeation-Rev. L. johnson.
o1a96nT6e srfe'Sn Value of Military Training
selection-"Dance Of the Pirates Siive1berg
oration-.,A Search for Truth Nathaniel S Guy
Mr.. Joseph Douglass.
ora1ion-''silent Forces the Nest Potent,
Garnet c. Wilkinson
Naltz-..The Dancing Girl Crosby
Orstiln-'' Character Building Rosabelle Sprague
Two Step-'Cupid's Dream" "-............--. Tyers
Conierring OF diplomas by Hon. John W. Ross,
commissioner OF the District Of Columbia,
Address 10 graduating cases by Rev. james A.
johnson.
March-"The Bride Elect" Sousa
The graduates were:
Normal School-Bertie Estelle Beard,
Mabel Bland, Mary Elizabeth Brawner,
Dena Butler, Anna Louise Campbell, Sa-
rah Alice Clarke. Anna Elizabeth Chari-
", Bertha Elizabeth Cole, Onve Victoria
COntee, Jenetta Frances Garrett, Sarah
Adaline Gaskins. Annie Beatrice Howard
Margaret Janifer, Alice Violet Lewis
Lillian Beatrice Moore. Marietta Ethel
Morgan, Virginia Annice Quander,
Blanche Elizabeth Snowden.. Rosa belle
Sprague. Gertrude Eliza Tibbs. Elizabeth
Matilda Toler. Mable Estelle Turner, Har-
~ Ulysses Bell, William cambridge
Brooks, Robert Benjamin Green, Charles
Edward Minkins. James Anderson Rich
ardson. Edward Milton Syphax, Herbert
Eugene Wilson.
High School. academic cOurse-Mary
Louise Barker Julia Beatrice Brandon,
Emma Ethel Brent. Harriet Eldridge
Brooks, Emma Lee Browne, Eleanor
Louise Cartwright Daisy Hermione Cos
tin. Stella Pauline Guitar, Harriet Tea
gle Gillem, Marion Teresa Green Mary
Louise Hampton. Lena Evadne Hewlette
Rebecca. IIite Bessie Corinne Jackson.
Marthina Lee, Marie Louise Nor
gan, Mary Beatrice Mulligan. Alice Mary
Ne-s0n, Mary Harris Perry. Nellie May
Quander, Beatrice Josephine RidgIey.
Carolyn Virginia Ross. Ida May Saun-
ders. Clara Jeanette Shields. Sara Ger
trude Simpson, Lizzie Bella Syphax, Ade-
laide Estelle W0rmley Josenhine Ethel
Wormley, Romeo Garnet Carroll. Archie
Virgil Jones. Hamilton ST Clare Martin.
Joseph OTTAWA Montgomery. John Edwin
Washington. Garnet Crummel Wilkinson
Philip Benjamin Williams.
Scientific course-Claudia Anna Addison
Mary Annetta Bradford. Martina Braw-
ner Nora RoseIla Burren. Mary Eliza
beth Bush. Anna Teresa Chew. Mary Es-
telie' Clark. Gertrude Verlinda Clarke.
Viola Collier. Mary Frances Kiger Cor
nish, Julia Eliza Davis, Neenah George.
Genevieve Goodrich. Harriet Brown
Grant. Jennie Ida Henderson. Rebecca
Annetta Hopkins, Evelyn Inez Lynch.
Nettie Juanita Lynch. Amanda Josephine
Mason Mary Louise Mason Olive
Rosetta Middleton. Mary Elizabeth Morris.
Blanche Lingard Nalle Cora Cordelia Nix
on. Rebecca Anna Payne. Grace Alberta
PEBBLES. Sadie Marion PEBBLES, Zeta Eu-
genia Ross. Anna Frances Smallwood
Sarah Elizabeth Thomas. Lille Elizabeth
Thomas. Lille Larraine Twine, Ida
De Schiel Washington, Arthur Francis
CheE. William Oliver Davis, Jesse
Jerome Ellis, Maurice Hayes Fergu-
son. Nathaniel Lucerne Guy, Joseph
Marshall Jefferson. Harry William John
son. William kidrick.
Business course-Mary Alverna Began.
Carrie Ella Dennis Florence Julia Hill.
Annie Whsle Johnson, Eva Jenkins Rob
inson. Virginia Courtney Robinson. Vic
toria Nerniece Smith, Anna Lincoln Tay-
lor, Florence Lethat Thomas, Anna Eliza
Walker, Frances Louise Williams. Alonzo
John Banks, Cornelius Shepard Burke
John William Crusor Benjamin Oliver
Davis, Barton Verdi Fisher. John Henry
Gaskins, William Reuben Giles. Charles
William Gross. William Chester Keating
Charles Edward Lewis, Andrew jackson
Payne William Hillary Richardson