The record-union., 1899-12-22
GRADUATING EXERCISES.
CLOSE OF THE TWENTY-SEV-
ENTH YEAR.
Diplomas Awarded to the Glass at
Atkinson's Business
College.

A large audience assembled at Atxin-
sons Business College, Ninth and *
streets, last evening, to witness the
graduating exercises of the class of ~.
The hall was simply yet beautifully
decorated with ivy and palms, and the
program was a treat from first to last.
The motto Of the class, which extended
across the room in green letters, was:
Get thy spindle and thy distaf ready,
and God will send the flax"
The members of the graduating class,
to whom upon the conclusion of the
program diplomas were presented by
Professor E. c.. Atkinson, were given
the place of honor. The class was COM
posed of the following-named young
men and women:
Business Course-Miss Katheryn
Howell, Miss Annie c. Gatgens, William
Register, Ernest A. Theile, George G.
Simpson, Albert M. Davies, John Silva,
Mrs. Lillian M. Hanford, Edward A.
Bauer, George Scott, Riley S. Kings
bury, Royal L. Hardy, August H. Bic
wener, Roy N. Ferrel
Amanuensis Course-Miss Ida M.
Boldon, Miss Grace Cunningham, Miss
Ethel Latson, Miss Maud Stephens,
Miss Gertrude B. Mealand, Miss Mabel
Marstop, Miss Lottie Gaume, Miss
Zuella Fishback, Miss Laura o. Meis-
ter. Miss Carrie Blake, Lodey P. KLEIN
mer, Dudley H. C. Strickland, Elmer E.
Focht, George Scott Miss Lillian B.
Helms, Miss Lillian Swanwell Miss Lou
Potter, Miss Julia Driscoll, Miss Ida
M Smith, Miss Lulu M. Aiken, Miss
susie Irwin, Miss Katheryn Howell,
Miss Daisy I. Robb, Miss Eta Cornell,
Ernest A. Theile, Clarence I. Putnam,
Louis Greilich, Ray Doane
PROFESSOR Atkinson, in bidding a well
come to those present, said the exer-
clses about to be held marked the close
OF the twenty-seventh year of his
IaDors in this city. He trusted that all
present would spend a pleasant hour.
The exercises were opened with
prayer by Rev. w. S. Hoskinson, pas
tor OF the English Lutheran Church,
who was followed by Miss Bertha
Teichert with a piano solo, "Deuxieme
Mazurk'' (Godard), which was rendered
IN fine style and with remarkable feel
ing. The number won a deserved en-
core.
Baptist Church, next delivered an ad-
dress which was given the closest at
tention. 1t was replete with thought
and was delivered in an eloquent, mas
terly manner.
The tenor of the address throughout
was that each and every young person
Who steps into the world to fight the
battle of life ought to get the most
possible out Of the stuff they have in
them. A Shakespeare could not BE-
made out Of a thimbleful of brains, nor
could person with a clouded or be-
fogged mind sing an ode like a Rob-
ert Browning. but the person with the
thimbleful of brains could get the best
thing possible out of them, and he with
the befogged mind might sing a sweet.
IL not an inspiring song. He called
upon the class, collectively, to get the
most possible out of the material they
had to work with. Angels" he said,
could do no more; the ambition of man
should be no less"
Rev. Banks said that the men who
stand as the statues which represent
the nations great men, were men who
rose from the ordinary paths Of life,
men who took all of the stuff they had
in them and worked to attain a GER
tain end, who used all the powers they
possessed. The men who rose in the
world, he said, were not those born
with silver spoons in their mouths. but
We're those who said: 81 know my pow
ers and go out to use then.s mans
life work did not depend upon when or
where he was born but upon his
staunchness and stability Of charac-
ter
Mrs. Walter Longbottom sang my
Heart at Thy Dear Voice" from Sam
son and Delilah, by Saint-Saens, and
when recalled sang "Oh Day of Peace
Oh Day of Love"
Then followed an address by Major
II. Weinstock. which was full of prac-
teal advice for the graduates. Mr.
Weinstock took as his subject, Char
acter," and his Illustrations were clear
cut and distinct. Many golden OPP
portunities, he said. were lost for the
want Of character. He cited an in
stance which came under his observa-
ton, where a young man applied for a
position which in the end meant afflu-
ence. His business ability and exper-
fence were all that could have been re-
quired, but his former employers could
not recommend him because he was adj
dicted to gambling.
There was never a time in the his
tory of commerce and of business, Mr..
Weinstock said, when safe men and
women were more in demand than now
He took it for granted that the mem
bers of the graduating class possessed
as much knowledge Of business as they
might have got in the time spent, but
he warned them that unless they profit
ed by the example of their chief in
structor, and practiced truthfulness,
honesty and justice. their chances Of
success would be narrow and limited
Unless they possessed and practiced
those virtues they were destined to stay
near the lowest rung of the ladder
which was dreadfully overcrowded.