The times., 1901-05-07
THE SCHOOL YEAR CLOSING
Students Busily Preparing for the
Final Examinations.

The commencement bNeFcise9 v"
IocaI institutions to he Unusually
E.aborate-PIaDs for the hiEh
school Graduation Ceremonies
The nresent is the busiest time Of the
wear in local educational institutions
Treparations for the commencement eN-
ercises are well under way, ana from
now until the date set for the conterrlhs
of diplomas examinations VIII occupy
The greater part of undergraduates
time and attention In scarcely any OF
the colleges and schools have the fuil
details of the graduation exercises been
completed.
The commencement exercises of the col
legiate department of Georgetown Uni
verslty are to be held June 20, in CASTOR
Han, which is now undergoing consider
able alteration About thirty members of
the senior class will take the degree Of
A B.. eight that of A. NJ, and four that
of LII. y. At the commencement eXer-
cises the only addresses SO far arranged
for are the bachelor oration by Edward
]. Smith. of Nashville, Tenn, whose sub
ject VIII be THE Debt Of the Nation to
Archbishop Carroll" and the valedic-
tory, by Louis E. Isauve, whose sub
ject will bc Moral Training In Col
leges'' The address to undergraduates
will be delivered by a prominent aIumnus
of the college. The commencement eXer-
cises will be rendered of additional inter
est on account Of the fact that three
coveted medals which nave been al
ready contested for viii be awarded
that dav. They are the Merrick medal,
given to the student making the best
showing i'm public debate: the Horace |
medal for the best metrical translation |
Of certain selected odes of Horace, ana |
the Norris historical medal, this year |
awarded TO the author Of the best paper |
on ..The Rise and Growth of the Nation
Fhe law department Of Georgetown
University will hold its graduation eXer-
cises in the National Theatre on the even
ing OF May Is, when about sixty embryo
attorneys viii receive their parchments.
The programme for the medical school
commencement has not yet been an
nounced For the first time in eight years
the senior class of the preparatory de
partment will have commencement exer-
cises and they viii be held in the large
dining-room at the college.
The graduation exercises Of Columbian
University will be held on May p =, and
@ at the National Theatre. in all the
departments there viii be about POO grad
yates and the ceremonies will be elab-
crate
The departure Of Cardinal Gibbons for
Rome on Thursday viii cause his first
absence in many years from the annual
commencement of the Catholic University
of America, Of which he is the chancel-
lor. The graduating classes VIII receive |
their diplomas on the morning of June ..
Under the faculties of theology, phlloSo- /
ply, law, and the school Of technology
there viii be between forty and nifty grad |
he wi I
brief and are held in the morning, so that
the students can leave the city the same
day. IN the absence Of the Cardinal, the
rector OF the university, Monslgnor Coma
ty, will probably preside.
Probably no graduates of any institu-
tion Of learning in the city are the re-
cipients Of more hearty congratulations
when they receive their diplomas than the
students Of the various Washington high /
schools The commencement exercises are
always Of an elaborate nature, the classes
large, and the school spirit intense. Con-
vention Hall viii be the scene. on the
evening OF June lg. of the graduation OF
the combined senior classes OF Central,
Eastern, and Western nigh schools. Inc
total number Of graduates will be over
20. Commissioner Macfarland VIII pre-
side and will deliver an address. Mem
bers Of the Board Of Education and other
school officers VIII be the guests of honor
The arrangements for the graduation eX-
erciseS or all the high and normal schools
are under the direction Of Dr. L. r. Lane
end the principals Of the various high (
schools
one hundred and fifty young business
men and women viii be turned ont on
the world with the credit OF d course sue
cessfully pursued when the graduation
ceremonies Of the Business High School
take place at the National Theatre on
the evening Of June Il. Commissioner !
Macfarland VIII deliver an address. IN !
the past few years the Business High
Schools growing popularity has been at
tested by its large graduating classes. /
la- a. G.l =
inasmuch as many leave the school before
graduation TO accept lucrative business
positions, so great is the demand Tor
young men and women with correct |
technical knowledge Of affairs OF the /
world.
The graduates of the Colored High
School viii close their school careers
probably at the Metropolitan Baptist
Church. The commencement IS generally
held at the Academy Of Music, but this
year a departure from that custom IS
made. There are about ninety in the class
and Of this number twenty-five are IN the
business department
In the grammar schools there VIII De
no set graduation exercises for those pu-
pills who have completed the work OF the
eight grades. A large number of teach
ers will have special ceremonies, but
they will. as a rule be simple, and in
some of the schools there viii be no OBJ
Announcement has been made of the
graduation exercises OF the medical. dent
al and pharmaceutical colleges Of How
ard University. which will be held tonight
at s o'clock at the First Congregational /
Church. corner Of Tenth and G Streets 1
northwest. There are to be nineteen grad /
yates in the school Of medicine alone, /
while the dental college viii turn out ten !
and the pharmaceutical college six grad
yates
Tonight at S O'Clock the graduating eX-
ercfses Of the Freedmen Hospital Train
ing School for Nurses viii be held at the |
Andrew Hankin Memorial Chapel There |
are sixteen graduates Of the school this |
year.
A large class Of young ladies will grad
nate from Miss Somers' school on the |
evening Of May .
THE HEARINGS POSTPONED.