The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-26
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
AT THE FRIENDS SCHOOL.

Fair maidens and handsome matrons
arrayed in airy and attractive summer
tolettes; budding youths in negligee
and fiannels. and sober business men
in more staid attire gathered under the
grand old trees and on the shady lawns
at the Friends School this morning
and the picture was very attractive
one.
1t was the exercises OF the annual
commencement that had attracted all
this bevy of youth and beauty, and of
money and brains, and also ahe expec-
tation that Hon. Thomas Bracket
Reed, the famous ex-speaker of the
national house OF representatives, was
to be the honored guest of Principal
Augustine Jones, and one of the
speakers.
Mr.. Reed was. however, unable TO
visit Providence and he so notified Mr..
Jones last evening by wire and there
was general disappointment, but, per-
haps,to none so much as TO the phinci-
pal of the school.
EXERCISES IN THE HALL.
The exercises, as usual, We're held in
the lecture hall, but before the grad
uating classes entered every available
inch of space, except that reserved Tor
the pupils and the seats on the plat
form, was occupied, and a very lariS.
number were compelled to remain on
the beautiful lawns.
On the platform, with Principal Au-
gustine Jones, who had full charge OF
the exercises, were seated number or
prominent members of the denomina-
tion of Friends and others all or whom
had at some period of their lives been
either teachers or pupils of the school.
Among these were Hon. Adm u. Cap
ron. member of Congress from the Sec
ond district and Mrs. Capron, and
Gertrude Whittier Garland, of New
buryport Mass, a cousin OF the Ia
NOUS poet, John Greenfeaf whittier,
and principal of the girls department.
of the school about 40 years ago.
Among the others were: feter NM
Neal. ex-mayor OF Lynn, Mass, w. y.
Newhau. Lynn: James III. Chace, VAL
lev Falls: Robert p. Clifford and
Charles Sisson. Providence; William
Thomson. New Bedford; William
Perry. Clark's Fall. Conn; Samuel X.
Burlington. FAN River; Allen Jay,
Richmond, Ind, formerly minister
resident at the school. and Albert Is.
Smiley. Lake Mohawk. n. T., formerly
principal of the school.
At 10 o'clock precisely the orchestra,
composed of the Foster string quartet
and Hamilton McDougall at the piano
played the prelude, march In Is nat, py
I,achner, to the music of which the
members OF the graduating class, num-
herring "a. entered and took seats In the
centre of the hall.
After a psalm had been recited In uni
son. the school hymn. from Whiutiers
"Ouaker Alumni" was sung to the mu-
sic of the Russian national hymn. This
was followed by brief silent devotion,
and then came prayer. delivered by
Thomas j. Battey, instructor In Eng
lIsh and physical science at the school.
EXCUSED FROM SPEAKING.
Principal Jones then announced that
owing TO the large number OF gradu-
ates 2i OF them had been excused from
speaking. and the list OF these, with
their subjects. was as follows:
"spain In the New World" II. Law
renee Baker; George Eiot's Place In
Literature" Charlotte +. Briggs;
classical Mythology Christine Buff
FUN: Swiss Freedom" Affie Mae
Douglas: THE Universal Brotherhood"
Mary A. Dow: THE Past and Present
OF the Negro" Warren w. Dutcher;
Myths OF the Northern Land" Eliza
beth Perry: The Life OF Mrs. Brown
ing Nora Thomas: lotto Won Bis
marck." Joseph r.. Tuttle: The
Friendship of Carlyle and Emerson"
Bertha r. Whitaker: industrial Com
binations Necessity" Clinton NJ.
Pope: THE Character OF st. Paul"
william j. Sayers; North and South"