Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-06-05
SWEET GIRL GRADUATES.
SIX GET DIPLOMAS FROM ANNAP- :
OILS HIGH SCHOOL.
The Third Annual Commencement
Beautiful Decorations A Pro
fusion Of Flowers = Ex-
cellent Essays.
ADDRESS TO GRADUATES BY HON,
ROBERT MOSS.
The Finest Commencement The High
School Has Yet Had-The
+ Opera House Filled
- To The Door.

~ HE third is always the best, il is said,
and the third annual commencement
of the Annapolis High School. held last
night at the Opera House. was decidedly
the best that has yet been given since the
organization Of the High School in this
city four or FIVE years ago.
Ii was superlatively fine in all its de-
tails. First and foremost of these was
the place in which the commencement
was held-the Opera House, which is
eminently fitted for an occasion Of this
Sort No one will doubt that the proper
place tor holding the High School CON-
mencent is in the High School building,
but when the assembly hall of this build
ing Is dormi,ory, where the graduates
can neither be seen nor heard, il fails to
fill the requirements.
AT the two previous commencements
there was no order, but chaos, but at last
nights commencement there was perfect
order, and the audience to the farthest
corner of the hall could hear every word
said on the stage. The decorations were
very attractive; palms and daises oTna-
mented the stage. with large iardiniere
OF coriopsis (the class flower in the centre
Above the graduates hung the class motto
"Vincit qui Patitur He conquers who
endures). The letters were formed OF
daisies on black background.
On the stage were seated the students
of the High School, with the teachers.
principal, examiner, trustees and the
Revs. !. P. McComas and K. {. Allard.
To the strains OF the assembly march by
the piano and violin. the six graduates
marched in and took their seats 10 the
left of the stage. The graduates, with
their relative standing, are as follows
1. Annie Wells.
z. Louise Adams Mann.
3-Geneva Elizabeth Kaiser.
4. Carrie Williams Gardiner.
:. Ethel Wells Feldmeyer.
3. Mary Edna Feldmeyer.
Every seat in the Opera House was
filed, and the following programme was
thoroughly enjoyed by the large and
attentive audience
Assembly March. ......... Orchestra
Chorus-"Comrades Today
High School
Salutatory, Starting on The Voyage.
Miss Louise Adams Mann
Essay-"The Rewards OF Virtue,
Miss Carrie Williams Gardiner
Chorus-"The Lilies Wake From Dewy
Sleep ............ High School
Essay-"The Days That Are Gone.
Miss Ethel Wells Feldmeyer
Class Criticism,
Miss Geneva Elizabeth Kaiser
Chorus-"E "Estudiantina. High School
Essay-"The Days That Are Gone.
Miss Mary Edna Feldmeyer
Valedictory-"Vincit qui patitur,
Miss Annie Wells
chorus-"B Blow, Soft Winds.
High School
Presentation of Diplomas
DR.. Frank H. Thomas
Address to Graduates.
Hon. Robert Moss.
Chorus-"Good Night, Farewell"
High School
THE SALUTAToRY.
Miss louise Mann, who bad won the
second honors delivered the salutatory.
After extending the usual welcome. Miss
Mann said in part
"After an ocean steamer leaves its
moorings, outward bound. it stops but
once before reaching its desired haven.
This brief pause is made when it reaches
the mouth OF the harbor it is leaving. 1t
is here the harbor pilot leaves the vessel.
which, a moment later, passes outward
70 the ocean. the roar Of whose storm
swept billows can already be heard. This
Is the only point in foreign journey
rhere the heart Of every traveller is stir
red by kindred emotions. 1t is here
| that the last tie that binds him to native
land is severed, making the slowest pulse
beat more quickly.
Tonight the High School class of
1901 is leaving the peaceful harbor OF