The times., 1899-05-23
DIPLOMAS AWARDED.
The Graduating Exercises of the
Spcncerian business College.


Spcnceriau business College.
The thirty-third annual graduating cxer-
cises of the Spencerian Business College
were held last night in the Academy of
Music and fifty young gentlemen and lady
students. constituting the class of 1899.
received diplomas.
The exercises which were excellent in Sc
lection, arrangement. and execution were
witnessed by an audience which filled the
theatre completely, and bestowed its sp-
piause literally on the class as whole,
and on the individual members who took
part in the exercises Of the evening.
Tue class presented most artistic ap-
peararce. grouped on the stage behind
huge banks of flowers along the entire
leIgth OF the footlisht rail The young
ladies OF the class were gowned in simple
Greciln robe of white muslin. gathered at
the waist with a silken cord. in the centre
of the stage was seated Mrs. Sara \. Spen-
GER head of the institution. on her right
was tie Rev. Frank Sewell. who pro-
nounced the Invocation. and on her left
DIR. Frederick H. Wines. Assistant Direc-
tor of the Census. who made brief ad-
dress TO the students and awarded The
diplomas. The class exercises were inter-
spersed with selections by the orchestra
OF Prof. Louis Weber.
The salutatory address was given by La
fayette G. Buehler. He referred TO the
outbreak of the war at the time the class
was organized and the temptation of its
male members to join regiments in de-
fence of their country. but they had been
persuaded that il was necessary for few
young men to live for the country and
they had continued in their task OF pre-
pairing themselves for the daily struggles
of ordinary life. He paid tribute of love
and respect 10 the principal and teachers
of the college and concluded with well
come TO the audience.
Thomas Young Sydnor, of Pennsylvania,
pronounced the yaledictory. He dwelt on
I the quest of man for happiness and the
means of attaining it through a cultiya-
] ton of the mental and moral qualities He
admonished the class 10 follow the three
/ precepts laid down by former Minister tC
/ Spain Woodford in addressing the Packard
( College in New York; To read ten pages
! in 4 good book every day: 10 save one
/ tenth of what you made, and 10 give one
Z tenth away.
Mary Alice Yerkes delivered the ladies'
valedictory. She embodied in most pleas
ing language the feeling of good fellow
/ ship in the class, the pleasurable work OF
/ the year and the appreciation of the ef-
! forts of the faculty in behalf of the stu
/ dents. The student life will be dropped.
| she said, with feelings of mingled pleasure
/ and regret.
/ Mrs. Spencer made presentation of tie
class OF '99, briefly summarizing the hard
work that confronts the student of TIE
| business college of today; the improve
ment in skill which is constantly demand
ed in commercial life. and the demand on
! the part of the parents for a-short course
I The class last night contained phews
| children and grandchildren of pupils who
had received their diplomas at her hands
from the same platform.
Mr.. Wines was then introduced, and
spoke feelingly to the students. He sald
jolnngly that he would be glad to take
them all into the census office, but under
stood from the principal of the college
that the services of each graduate had
been spoken fer, and that each would &c
at once into employment
The stage was then cleared and the
class appeared in pantomime to the read
ing of Jud Brownin's account of Ruben
STEMS playing, which was read by one OF
the young ladies of the class.
study in expression was next given
by the class, expressing Dutch lullaby,
sung by Mrs. Anna Craig Hills.
The diplomas were then presented to
each student, together with the floral
| tributes which had decked the stage dur
| ing the evening. @
The following is the list of graduates:
Day class, ladies-Margaret May Bell. District
of Columbia: Mary Francis Bckford. District o.
Columbia; Margaret LOckridge Cullen. Virginia
Elizabeth White King. Maryland; Agnes joe
phine Marcy. District of Columbia. Mary Isabella
Nancy. District of Columbia; Nettie Gertrud,
Wallace. West Virginia: Mary Alice Yerkes (yale
dicto-iln), District OF Columbia. Gentlemen
George Forrest Beach,, Virginia; Henry Elisha
Benson, Maryland; Lafayette G. Buehler (sauta
torisn), District Of Columbia Julius Owen Burnham
District OF Columbia; NOotton Waters Crawford
Maryland: Nicholas Jenney Clifford, Ohio; Leonard
Neer Croomes, Maryland; Charles Warren Hughes
PenIsyiVania; Charles Montgomery Lewis, Mary
land; WiiliHn Reed Mscgiil, District of Columbia
Alfred Matthews Peters. District OF Columbia
Clarence Meredith Roberts, District OF Columbia
oden Bowie Roberts, District Of Columbia; George
William Summers. Virginia. Lewis Edwin Sum
mefs. Virginia; Albert Joseph Sweeney Maryland
Bertrand E~ell Trenis. Virginia; Charles Newman
Watts, Maryland. Night class-Mdry Annie Kelly
District OF Columbia; Robert Aaron. District Of
Columbia; Artlen Garabed Hovsepiar. Armenia
Hardy Pritchard, District Of Columbia; Thcnli
Young Sydnor. Pennsy lvania. James Wallace War
ron. Pennsylvania.
Shorthand and typewTiting-Day class, ladies'
Margaret May Bell, District OF Columbia; Au
gusta D. Campbell Texas; Mary Isabella Nancy
Texas: Florence II. Remington, Nirginia; Nettii
Gertrude Wallace, West Virginia; Lille MAJ
Wcnizell, West Virginia: Mary Alice NeTses, Dis
/ trict Of Columbia. Gentlemen-Edmund j. Adair
! Michigan; Henry Elisha Benson. MarylaHd La
| fayeitc g. Baehier. District 81 Columbia WUOttOi
! Waters Crawford. Maryland: Leonard Wee
| Croomes, Maryland; Alfred Matthews Peters, Dis
trict OF Columbia Edward Dearborn TIity, Dis
irict Of Columbia. Night class-Emma Viol.
! Beckwith, District Of Columbia; Lott II. Becker