The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-28

ThIrty.EIghth Annual Graduation
Exercises at Bryant
& StrattOn's.

plomas TO the graduating class of the
Bryant Stratton Business College
was held In the Mathewson Street
Methodist Episcopal church at 10 o'clock
this morning.
The church was filled with a large
gathering OF parents. relatives and
friends all anxious TO view the final ex-
ercises OF the year and 10 see one of the
largest classes ever turned out at the
end OF any season, by this business in
stitution.
The overture, "Orphens." Offenbach.
was rendered by the American Band
Orchestra. under the direction OF Bowen
II. Church, subsequent TO which the
Invocation was made by Rev. James u.
Vose, ID. ID.
Evening Breeze" Gillet, was then
rendered by the orchestra, after which
Rev. T.. Calvin McClelland, Ph. d.. pas
tor OF the Newport Congregational
church delivered an address to the
members OF the graduating class, on the
theme, The Hallowing OF Mercantile
Life"
After a trombone solo. LET All
Obey" Handel, had been rendered by
Claude W. Spary, the presentation OF
diplomas was made by Principal the
odore B. Stowell. In presenting the di-
plomas to the graduates Mr.. Stowell
made a brief speech In which he said
that the students had accomplished
what they had undertaken and under
every law in existence, they were en-
titled TO some reward.
Continuing. Q1e said, that they had un-
dertaken a hard task and had found In
themselves the ability 10 do it. All the
49,. hEa
put into the work done as confidence is
today one Of the largest factors in the
success OF financial work.
A selection from the Singing Girl
was rendered by the orchestra, benedic-
tion was pronounced by Rev. Samuei
NJ. Dick. Phi D., and amidst the strains
OF the Star Spangled Banner by the or
chestra the program was brought TO a
successful conclusion.
The graduating class numbered l0l
persons, of which 2S were boys and 73
were girls. Sixteen girls and twenty
boys graduated In tine commercial de-
partment and fifty-seven girls and eight
boys in the shorthand department.
The program in full was as follows;
Overture, "Orpheus," Onenoacn,
American Band Orchestra, Bowen X.
Church, leader; Invocation. kew; Janes
G.. Vose. ID. D.: For Strings. Evening
Breeze" Gillet: Address. Rev. T. Cal
vim McCleiland. Phi. D., Pastor of UNI
ted Congregational church, Newport X:
L.: Trombone Solo. Let All Opey,
Handel, CLAUDE w. Spary: Presentation
of Diplomas, BY the Principal: Seiec-
ton, Singing Girl" Herbert; Benedlc-
ton. Rev. Samuel NJ. Dick, Ph. u
March. Star Spangled Banner.
A list of the graduates ana tne'r
classification follows:
Commercial department-Julia Anne
Bacon, May Louise Baggott. Joseph
Vinton Davis, Mary Louise Deany,
George Russell Goff, Lena Fiske Gard
ner. Herbert Carpenter Gladding, VIII
liam Waterman Harris. Irving Snaw
Hubbard. George Henry Henderson,
Ioretto Marie Herrick. Walter Edward
Hogg. Henry Francis Horton, Jr., El-
mer Wurster Howell. Irving Reginald
I,ederer. Mary Elizabeth Murray. Hide
earde EIlenora NORM, John Glenn Hov-
ey Macleod. William Joseph Mccomp'
Della Agnes Moore. Ella Patricie NC
Iver. Evelyn Eta Mortimer Alfred Jo-
seph Morse. John William Murphy,
Leonie May Robinson, John Lawrence
RYAN. Alice Rosina SEWN. Edward
James Salisbury, William Matthew
Smeed Sidney Hamilton Smith, Henry
Arnold staples. Grace Earl sherman,
Mary Miller Tweedley, Attmore Ar
mold Tucker, Cara Elma Waterman
Joseph Dominick Aloysius Whalen.
shorthand Department - Natahe
Arms Chester Thomas Balcom, Mary
ELLA Butler, Bertha Constance Bur-
CESS. Anna Veronica Briody. Elizabeth
.Hedwig Bens, Edith Louise Bullock,
Ethel Maud Chace, Annie Edith chase.
Annie Frances Conway. Gertrude
Louise Carnes, Margaret Mary collins.
Nellie Maria Cole, Michael Alexander
Crosby, Annie Marie Curry, Mabel
Rogers Capwell, Bertha Lind Doll, Su-
san Aloysus Doyle. Sadie Frances
Fits. Carrie Louise Fairbanks Bessie
Nav Gardiner, Albert Adams Harden,
Ethel Hinchliffe Edna Edith Hollihan.
Mary Elizabeth Hopkins. Phebe Alza-
da Hopkins, John David Hogan, FL
mer Wurster Howell. Lottie Douglass
Hutchinson, Amey Marguerite Hut
chins. Leah Alice lnman, Lucy Cecliie
sKehoe, Mary Eleanor Kehoe. John Ed
ward Kendrick, Mary Frances Elza-
beth Kochran, Ida May Knight, Anna
Eva knight, Ida Augusta Luther,
Catherine Mcleod Love. Flora Margie
Iuther Grace Glenwood Martin.
Katharine Gertrude Murphy, Margaret
Cecilia Murphy. Helena Clementina
Murphy, Elena Anastatia Murray,
Eleanor Luretta McDermott, Joseph
Leo Mcvay, Sarah Louise Nesbitt.
Grace Darling Nixon. Jennie Louisa
OConnor, Marion Georgia Parsons.
Mary Reed. Emma Green Reynolds.
Hattie Louise Searle. Newell Bentley
Sheldon, Ethel Sinister, Susie Isabel
Sullivan, Sarah Alice Swenson, Charles
Harold Tholl. Grace Frances Waite,
Ethel Grace Wheeler. Grace Archibald
Whitaker. Daisy Olive Wright. Lydia
Hooper Wright. Ida Maria Webster.
At 1880 O'Clock the 10Th annual excur-
sion was held. starting from the wharf
at the foot OF Hay street. The steamer
Warwick had been chartered FOR the
occasion and the American band was
also -,ith the party. They will sail 10
Fort Adams thence through NeWnnrt