Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-20
MAKE STEP FORWARD
Pupils Of Eighth Grade Advanced to
Higher Rank.
The CLOSING EXERCISES TODAY
Preparations for Commencement
of Three High Schools.
LIST OF THE PROMOTIONS

and few parting words of advice from the
teachers the scholastic year in all the grad
ed buildings of the District public school
system was brought to close this after
noon The bright. smiling countenances of
the children as they wendell their way to
the rooms of books and lessons this morn
ing reflected their natural jubilation that
the end of hard work and tedious tasks was
at hand, and that the summer holidays
were about to begin.
The exuberance of youth naturally bub-
b,es briskly at the thought of the months
of play and pastime, and a relief from
arithmetic, reading and writing and the
numerous bugbears of the youth at school.
On account of this extremely happy
frame of mind. the children were today on
their best behavior. There was no little
thing they could do to please the teacher
that was left undone, and the little ones
were all attention whenever the wise lips
of their tutors uttered a word. AT recess
time the play was loud and boisterous. All
were together for probably the last time
and. they made the best of the opportunity.
School-day sweethearts plighted their troth
and vowed to remain fai thful throughout
the vacation period and tiny companions
and churns exchanged thetr summer plans
with avidity.
IN nearly all of the rooms in the several
school buildings an embryo commencement
program was arranged. Boys and girls re-
cited and the classes were heard in pa
triotic songs. Short addresses, full of COM
mon sense and practical advice, were de-
livered by the teachers of the various
grades to those who were leaving them for
the care and guardianship of others. There
was no time set for the dismissal of the
pupils Some were allowed to go home
shortly after II o'clock. and IN other in
stances the length of the program extenh-
ed the school hour to / and 30 o'clock
this afternoon. The school year begins
again September II next.
commencement Exercises Tonight.
Arrangements for the commencement ex-
ercises of the Central. Eastern and West
ern High Schools at Convention Hall to-
night have been completed. The great au-
ditorium has been tastefully decorated with
streamars of bunting in High School eolors.
Many beautiful floral pieces and innumer-
able ported plants make the stage bower
of floral spendor Commissioner Macfar-
land will address the large graduating class
and Commissioner Ross will deliver the
diplomas.
Class day exercises were held by the
graduates of the Normal School in the as
sembly hall of the Franklin building last
night. The auditorium was filled with q
great throng of invited guests, and a pro-
presented.
The exercises were opened with an ad-
dress by the class president, Miss Davies,
after which Miss NJ. Lyon called the roll.
Miss Fuller rendered a vocal solo and Miss
Della F'ishel read the class history. Miss
V. +. Turtle gave kiplings "Recessionai
and an instrumental number was rendered
in concert by Misses Burke, Lyon. Lenox and
Thomson. The class prophecy was read
by Miss Eva Hurd. Miss Eleanor Hoyne de-
livered address, Miss V. E. Turtle read
the class poem. and MISS II. Morrison
was the vaedictorian. The addresses. the
poem history and prophecy were all in the
best of humor and proved to be very en-
joyable. An informal reception followed
the rendition of the program, and refresh
ments were served.
Following is the list of pupils designated
for promotion from the graded schools to
the High School:
--' FIRST DIVISION.
Dennison SCHOOL, Kate E. Rawlings,
teacher.-To the Central: Carl Halves But
man, Whitney Kip. johnson Eliot Moran.
Harry Alfred One, Claude Jewell Peck. Oil
yer Hazard Perry Scott. Edward Wheelock
Thomas, Albert Elmer West, Bessie Will
marth Brown. Edith Marguerite Brooks,
Annie May Frost, Jeanette Emma Jewell,
Martha Lindenkohl. Laura Latham, Cora
Mary Elizabeth Shick, Elreane Taylor Will
liams, Anna Lewis Yates. To the Business:
Robert Page Butruss. Frederick William
Cromwell Edward Crane, Chauncey Pugh.
Helena Leola Zimmerman.
Dennison School. N. sE. L. Mclean.
teacher.-To the Central: Edward Leslie
Bowers, Frank Baker Bristow, Joe Quail
Bristow, James Magill Payne. Matte Ellen
Adams. Helen Stone Davis, Sarah Lefevre
Dellinger. Octavia Greene, Virgie Eugenia
Hunter Georgiana Lewis. Margaret Scud-
der. Faith Constance W29dward. To the
McChesney. Frank Bingham Schlosser,
Harry David Smith, Lillian May Baldwin,
Bertha Lee bisks. 80
Franklin School, E. G. KImball. teacher
To the Central: Daniel Beach, Louis Leslie
Dent, James Dunbar Dodson. Meade Ran
dolph Edmunds. Ebert Border Hermann
Thomas Alexander Lee. Alfred Hermann
Mori Arthur Butler Pierce. Richard Lyd-
cite Meyer, Helen Todd Miner. Rene Agnes
Rochon. To the Business: Oscar Wills
Gardner. Clarence johnson. Hiram Evalyn
Johnson, William Elmo Turton Sue Ellen
Nyman, Camille Westbrooke Plizer. To the
Western: Carleton Francis Mowbray, Clara
Scotield.
Franklin School, NJ. G. Ravenburg. teach
er.-To the Central: Ebert Culbert John
Berner. Ouida Lillian Browne. Mabel Ade-
lade Fuller. Laura Lillian She'd. Erwin
Josephine Werber. Marian Virginia WILL
iamson. To the Western: James Weaver
Dawson, Airline Dufour. Mary Emmett
Goldsborough. Willie Laird. Ethel Murray
Leach. To the Business: Gilbert Coblens
Bensinger, Clarence Newburn Jaquette
Lester Lansburgh John Joseph Aullany
Edward Herbert Young. Martha Elizabeth
Field, Lillian Prentss. Harmon. Florence
Nellie Hoagland. Cora Estelle Ward. Lou
Beale Yeatman.u.-, -..~ so.
Force School. 8. E. Kramer, teacher-To.
the Central; Sevellon. L. Brewn Kortright
Church, Richard De La Garde. John Tys-
sowski, Mable L. Clark. Mary b. Hoge
May E. Kehoe, Ouida Wheelock. To the
Business: Bertrand Roberts To the West
ern: Garth Calderhead, Shepler Fitzgerald,
Clarence G. Loeff1er. Richard m-Hunt,
Howard Peddle, William B. Rapley, Samuel
Wetherill, Cuvier Grover. Evelyn Baylor,
Annie C. Holden. Katherine P. Howard,
Hattie l.. Kopf. Marguerite Morgan, Caro-
line G.. Shepard. Apna Y..Shepard, Ella NJ.
Stevens. Isabelle Winlock, Jane P. Wood.
Force Schoo,. F. g. Farley, teacher.-To
the Western: Marcus Hele Dali, William
Austin DALI Herbert Allen Dunlap. Seward
Hume Rathbun. Gustave Schulze, George
Writ Simpson, Ogfe Ridout Singleton, Edna
Lois Corson, Lillian WILCOX Davis, Grace
NOerr Irwin. Elizabeth Florence McCook,
Mary Eva Porter Rae Wellman. To the
Central: Albert Louis Godoy. Maurice Nc
Auliffe. Milton Meyer Morris, Maxwell Muir
ray. Rowan Palmer Lemy. To the Bust
ness: Lillian Drusilla Gray, Alma Bertha
krumke.
Adams School, Clara B. Smith. teacher
To the Business: John Philip Fogarty,
Frances Crossmand Brown. Mabel Fulmur
Wilson. To the Central: David Simmion
Combes. John William Daniel. jr., Ralph