Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-20
A CLASS OF NINETY-NINE
GRADUATES FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL
FOR COLORED PUPILS.
Diplomas Conferred by Com fssiOner
Macfarland-Rev. William V. Tun-
neIl's Address-The Program.

The annual commencement of the High
| School for colored pupils took place at the
| Academy of Music last evening. The au-
| dienCe witnessing the exercises filed the
| theater from pit to dome. and each gradu-
ate. as he she stepped forward to re-
ceive the diploma. Won by. SUCCESS in
studies was greeted with applause.
| The diplomas were presented by Mr.
| Henry Il. +. mcfarland, president of the
! board of District Commissioners, and the
| address to the graduates was made by the
Rev Vim. V. Tunnel. Upon the flower
| decked stage were seated. in addition to
those mentioned Mr. Geo. F. T. Cook.
! superintendent of the colored schools: Mr..
r. H. Terrell principal of the Colored High
| School: the Rev J. L. Thomas. who de-
| livered the Invocation. and Mrs. Bette
| Francis. Mr. George Richardson. Mr.. ThOs.
| Wright and Mr.. Sterling n. Brown, MEM
| bers of the school board. SO :,
| After musical selections by Hoffmans
| Orchestra the graduates marched upon the
stage and We're seated In tiers foio"lhs
| the Invocation Trustee Brown. on behait
| of the school. welcomed those present and
| congratulated the colured people of the
| District upon the educational privileges en-
| joyed by them. The District schools will.
| he said take no step backward and there
| will soon be room for every child. TOO
| many colored children in the, District are
| kept out of the schools. and he expressed
to attend school.
| Need of Business schools.
! Mr. Brown then introduced Mr.. Joseph
| Taylor Thomas of the business department
| of the High School who delivered adj
| dress upon Our Need Of Business Schools.
| lis address was a strong and persuasive
| appeal for the establishment and mainte-
| nance of business schools for the coored
youth. The colored people. he remarked,
| are practically unknown in the business
| world The race has had few chances to
| learn business methods, and the race has
| not, therefore, inherited business instincts
| Hence they must be attained, aud the bust
| ness schools Will so far toward fitting the
colored youth for business pursuits. Be
diliscnt he said: endeavor to learn, and
pay attention to- the little things.
| Miss Julia Elizabeth Gray of the academic
course next spoke of Education. the Nurse
| of Liberty Without education. said Miss
| Gray. no generation, no country, can be Iru-
| ly successful.
| 1t has two great ends-increascd knowl-
| edge and love for what is right and a
| hatred for what is wrong. Liberty. she
| decla red. cannot he truly appreciated or en-
joyed by tn. ignorant
The Humble Origin of Great Men was
| the subject Of an address by Mr. benjamin
| Franklin HaiIstnrts of the academic course.
He drew lesson from the lives Of such
| men. saying their lives are the themes OF
literature and they will live forever.
| Greeted With EnthusinSm.
Commissioner mcfarland was then in
| troduced. and was enthusiastically greeted
For the first time since 1881. he said. he
has missed a political. national convention
Il have remained in Washington he ex-
planned, ito attend these commence ments
and to lend my presence and my interest
to the educational work in our city. l
confess that as l reviewed the cohorts of
Colonel Chase and Colonel Carson when
they left for Philadelphia the other morn
ing | felt some tingeS Of homeSlckneSS, but
| have recovered from that. and | Will say
that | am repaid daubly for what | have
seen in the commandments of our pubic
schools. | am here to wish you young peo-
pie Godspeed in the battle of life and to
wish You and your race the blessings or
liberty. enlightenment and success
| Mr.. Macfarland then handed each gradu-
ate diploma. after which the Rev. W m
V. Tunnel addressed the graduating class
eS telling them that their presence was
| itself a certificate of achievement. success
and victory. 1t attcSts good attalnmentS
department and character 1t is an earn
| est We trust, of future growth labor
progress and reward.
you are he said. ION trial to demon
strate your capacity In take on the higher
things of education This you Will do, not
by mere assertion, not by idle declama-
ton. but by actual achievement and tangi-
bic attainment. We are not ashamed OF
our past and present record. We know it
and the fair-mindei everywhere admit that
we have done well. considering the obsta-
Giles. the antagonisms and the conditions We
have had to overcome But what. we have
done is only the beginning of what we
must do. We are in. contact with a race
that has made its way in the world by its
indomitable eneFay-afa- genius for hard
work. / give you no. better advice
than that of Stanley " no SS:fii of one OF
his aids that he took a fierce joy in hard
work You Will Inr-s. criticism, hut 1t
should be with good nature, and not with
an irritable spirit: Keep your spirit sunk
| and meet all opposition and criticism with
something of the jollity of your plantation
forefathers.'
List of Graduates.
The graduates were:
Academic course-Dessie Belle Allen, An
| ma Eliza Bell, Mary Albertine Brodie, En-
ma Jane Bruce, Adelaide Selena Byrd,
Hattie Louise Collier, Martha Cromwell,
| Bertha Leola Dale. Minnie Edmonson, Mary
| Lorraine Europe. Julia Elizabeth Gray.
| Mary Augusta Green, Eva Hunt Sadie
Ethel Hayes Lancaster, Hattie Brown
| Liverpool. Anna Rebecca Martin Nellie
Morton. Mamie Winfield Perry, Mary Bell
| Pollen. Ina Gertrude Price. Susie Russell
| Quander. Edith Antoinette Fish Savoy,
Smith. Emma Elizabeth Stephens, Olive
Ruberta Tennyson, Martha Lavina Thorn
as. May Florence Tyson. Margaretta
| Farnsworth Van Brake. Edith Elaine
Wright, John Henry Catlett, Richard Sum
ner Daily, Milton Taylor Dean. Benjamin
| Lockwood Gaskins. Thornton Hoard Quin-
| tin Gray. John Newton Griggs, Matter
Henry Grimshaw Benjamin Franklin Hail
| storks, Robert Hartgrove, Sumper- Garrison
Holmes William James Howard, jr.. Hay
| ward Taylor Jennings, Allen Nathaniel
Levy, BENJAMIN Ellicott Madden, Ferdinand
| Qunton Morton. William Henry Odom,
| Robert Lee Peyton, James Edward Theo-
| dore Slaughter and Leon Stanley Turner.
| Scientific course - Josephine Rosalind
Amos. Virgin Mary Ranion. Julia Evan
| geine Brooks. Lucinda Estelle Brown. Ev-
| elyn Belle Browne. Mary Elizabeth Chase.
May Estelle Coates. Rachel Aelise Daley,
| Eva Marie Dean Mary Della Dodson Mag
| dalene Martha Haithman, Estelle -Cardoza
| Jackson. Catherine Adelaide Johnson, Jo-
| sephine Kidrick, Florrie Jeanette Leary,
! Alice Gertrude Marshall. Martha Louise
| Mason, Alberta Mary Moore. Irene Teresa
| Smackum. Sadie Leti'ia Tignor. Marguer-
| tie Louise Watson Blanche Teresa Win
| ston. George Irene Winston, Frances
| Emma Wormey Robert Henry Browne,
| James Bernard Shamwell. Chester Haml
| car Turley.
| Business course - Sadie Brown. Mary
| Edith Jackson. Selena Lillian Johnson,
| Laura Catherine Jones. Jessie Rhone.
| Louise Clarendon Smith, Emma AlIease
| Tibbs, Eliza Thomas, Fannie Anell Thomp-
| son, Drusilla Warren Van Brake, Fen
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