Evening star., 1898-06-21
BUSINESS HIGH SCHOOL
Ninety Young Ladies and Gentlemen Be
ceive Diplomas.
Interesting Closing Exercises at the
National Theater-Features of q
WeII-Arrnnged Program.

Tne National Thedter has seldom present.
ed lovely an appearance or held so pic
turesque an audience as 1t did last night,
on the occasion of the annual commence
ment Of the Washington Business High
School. The theater was artistically deco
rated with the national colors. while the
blue and yellow of the school was blended
prettily with the stars and stripes. Sus-
pended from the front OF the stage, which
was set with palms and banked In front
with scores of bouquets and floral en-
blems. was a floral reproduction of the
school badge in blue and yellow, with the
letters 'B. II. s.. '9s.'' in the center.
The graduating class, numbering ninety
young ladies and gentlemen, marched upon
the stage to the strains of Sousa's High
School Cadets March," played by the or
ckestra, and seated under nodding
palms, the ladies in front and the gentle
men in the rear. Within the scmi-circle
formed by the class sat the presiding officer
of the evening, District Commissioner Ross;
Rev. Howard Wilbur Ennis, Representative
Livingston of Georgia, Superintendent of
Public Schools Powell, Principal Davis, DIR.
Lane, DIR. HaZen, George w. Wilson and
President John b. Wight of the board of
District Commissioners, who delivered the
address to the graduating class. After the
invocation by Rev. Mr.. Ennis. the orches-
ira played medley of national airs, in
CluulHS Dixie, tOfuHlDla ana Olnef
soul-stirring tunes and the applause which
frequently interrupted the music illustrated
anew the warm patriotism which now fires
every American heart
Interesting Addresses.
Representative Livingston, being intro
duced, made a brief address, in which he
declared that the education of the young
should be the subject nearest to the hearts
OF all the fathers and mothers and the
statesmen of the country. He paid glow
ing tribute to the system of public schools
in the national capital, and said it was
without doubt the best in the country
quoting the opinion of the Atlanta school
beard to that effect after 1t had visited
ard examined all the great systems in the
big American cities Mr.. Livingstons ad-
cress was warmly appiauded, and fol-
lowed by an exceedingly pretty and grace
ful feature called Eastern Temple
Drill in which eight young ladies in
GIeek costumes went through Delsarte
movements. accompanied by Miss Ceciie
Pl clips on the piano and a violin obligato
Mr.. Ross then introduced Commissioner
Wight, who delivered the address to the
graduates. 1t was an impressive discourse,
full of instruction and excellent advice.
The Graduates.
At the conclusion of Mr.. wights re-
marks Commissioner Ross conferred the
diplomas upon the graduates, who were
Carrie Mascotte ArleGge, Elsie Mae Armi
ger, Maude Virginia Bird, Lucy Broster,
Hattie Julia Brown, Hester Rebecca
Bunch, Laura Collision, Doretta Augusta
Colne, Harriet Wallace Colne. Emma
Louise Craigen, Alice Louise Crane, Amy
Hardt Cromwell, Margaret Elizabeth Dunn,
Ethel Gertrude Eberly Zella Essick FL
lott. Eva Warren Ferneyhough. Jane
Elizabeth Garner, Bessie Henderson,
Blanche Hollander, Florence Irene Hulse,
Margaret Conrad Hunter, Grace Lillian
Hurlbut. Laura Jaques Nellie Jones, Mar
ion Keating, Edith Ellen Keck. Mildred
Kline, Nellie Coleman Lee, Katharine No
BE Luckett. Madge Luckett, Bertha Payn-
ter Mitchell. Nellie Mitchell, Annie O'Con-
nell. Mamie Erice. Mary Bergman Rich
ards. Ida Rioe ardson, Alice Mae Rideout,
Emile Hermifa Schaeffer. Charlotte Ma
tida Schultz, Olive Mary Simpson, Nellie
Eva Stalker. Sadie Evelyn Stanford. Ethel
Glare Stocker. Margaret Elizabeth Van
Denbersh. Genevieve Ashby Wheeler. Bes-
sic Carter Withers, Minnie Estelle Wood
and Marie Yoeckel-
William Harper Beckett, William. Went
worth Brush, Edward y. CahilI. Alonzo
Bradley Chatfield. jr., Walter Homer Col
Ius, William Joshua Davis, Francis
Harold DeIand. Marshall Bernard bowl
Ing, Martin Thomas Dryden, Eugene
Woodward Farlee. Charles B!akely Far
puhar. Ross Lauder Fryer. Herman
Charles Gauss, Thomas John Hanlon.
Joseph Frederic Hodgson, William Horner,
Charles Thomas Jesse. William Barron
kerkam, Willard Jonas ketcham, Joseph
l@LNil4 LAWFUL, Iitt4IE ,IdTltS l>tnlndllH,
Thomas Clay Maddux, John Mahany
Harry Lee McQuinn, Neville Davidson
Miller, Howard Middleton Pruden, Howard
Norman Sharpless. Rome Shelse Charles
Everett Shipley, John Frank Stephenson,
jr-. Clinton yelling Stier, Thomas Jeffer-
son TydiEss. Charles Lee Wade, John
Henry Wagner, Ferdinand Waldman AL
bert Edward Watts, Clarence Conrad
Neideman. John Raymond Weyrich
George Ga rfeld Whitney, John Dieste Will
kiaS and John Earl Wright.
Class Officers.
The officers of the class were: Presi-
Dent. Ross Lander Fryer; vice president,
Lucy Broster; secretary, Ida Richardson;
treasurer Francis Harold Leland: execu-
tive committee-Mary b. Richards, Martin
T. Dryden. Carrie Nj Arledge, Joseph z.
Lavton. Nellie L. Stalker Clinton W.
suer. John r. Weyrich. Thomas j. Tyd-
mgs. Amy II. Cromwell, Charlotte NJ
Schultz.
The pupils Of the Business High School
VINO intend going on the annual excursion
Gown the river tomorrow Will go TO River
View instead of 10 Marshall Hall, as has
formerly been the custom.