The times., 1901-06-19
THE COLORED GRADUATES.
Eighty Bright Pupils Complete Their
High School Course.

Inc annual commencement eAeItIStS VI
the Washington Colored High School
| which were held at the Columbia Theatre
last night attracted a gathering of the
! friends and relatives of the graduates
which crowded the roomy playhouse to
! overfowing. Eighty young men and wo-
men received diplomas from the hands OF
! Commissioner mcfarland. and went forth
/ into the world to make use of the knowl-
edge attained after years of study. There
were forty graduates in the academic
| course twenty-three in the scientific
! course and seventeen in the business
course. The enthusiasm of the audience
was unbounded when the President of the
/ Board of Commissioners presented the
| diplomas with kindly words ard good ad-
! vice, and each scholar was cheered to the
! echo.
The graduating classes were seated on
/ the stage. which was lined with flowers
/ and banked with palms and potted
plants. The front row of chairs was Oc-
! cupied by the speakers and by members
/ of the Board of Education. Mrs. Z. G.
! Francis presided and introduced the Rev
| Sterling Brown, who delivered the invo-
! cation. asking a blessing upon the gath
! ering and upon the young people who
were about to start out on the highway
! of life.
Prof. Kelly Miller. of Howard Uni
versity. then delivered the address to
the graduates, and said in part:
Education should inculcate the spirit
of patriotism, a love of country, a love
of home, love of local community All
] education. and especially all public school
education. should ultimate in a deeper
and broader patriotism. The true patriot
/ approves the good and strives to correct
the evils of his country. Another func
of aHg fe tf-F,n fan
grasp of all the factors of a problem
forbids the undue and Incorporate en-
phasis of any especial feature.
Get the best knowledge in order to
give the best service Cease this idle
twaddle about the relative superiority of
( intellectual and manual training. That
education alone is effective which enables
us TO do with greater efficiency the work
which falls to our lot in this world,
whether that work be cultivating a field.
or plying trade. enlightening the igno-
rant. healing the sick, or saving a soul"
Commissioner Fl. b. L. Macfarland. in
said:
I'VE mingle hopeful good wishes with
our congratulations tonight. Pessimism
| is as much out of place as cynicism. This
is the best time the world has ever known.
The new century opens with glorious
promise and the weIl-equlpD3d graduates
of its first year face opportunities such as
were never seen before. There are men
and women in this audience who can re-
I melnDcr Wnen the young OF their race ndQ
practically no opportunities. They have
lived to see the shackles stricken off, the
barred doors opened, and the means pro-
vided by the State for the development
Of the colored youth. Those who have
| Witnessed the transformation of these
conditions in period incredibly brief may
well say. This is the Lords doing. mar
velous in oGr eyes.
There is no new success and no new
rule of success. The aim of life and the
way of lie are found in the Book of God.
To obey 1t is to succeed. To disobey 1t is
! to fail, even though appearances may
sometimes deljide you into thinking other
wise. And in that unalterabIe law lies
our greatest hope for you and for the
future of your people. For, like every
other race, only in greater degree than
most of them. yours is constantly watch
ed and Judged, and the verdict at any one
time will depend upon how nearly you
and the other individuals who have had
YOU exceptional training impress the
men and women around you.
You have double duty. therefore.
You must act for yourselves and you
must act for your race. You must win
confidence for yourselves and respect for
it. and by doing one you do the other.
Believe me. the great ma afority of the peo-
pie around you wish you well, and. If
they do not help. they viii not hinder
you Do your drty thoroughly beginning
with the little things and the next
things. be courteous. he hopeful and cour-
ageous. and the community will be proud
OF YOU.
The following are the graduates upon
whom the diplomas were conferred:
Academic course-Beatrice salome Catlett li9ry
Josephine Clarke. Margaret Virginia Daley,
Maude Geneva Daniels Alicia Gertrude Davis,
Ccely Janette Diggs. Maude Dawling, Mabel
Frances Drew, Jessie WillenO Dyson, Roberta
Edwards Mary Eta Fletcher. Bessie Ophelia
Jones. Msrhea Louise Lancaster. Eva Belle
Norris Lucas, Mabelle Ward Manning, Beatrice
Agnes Duvail Martin. Mamie FIossie McGwin,
Flossie Numford Mary Masdelene Onley. Fannie
PAYNE. Ida Champion Plummer. Carrie De Lacey
QUarles. Irene Katherine Queen Beatrice Rich
ardson George Eta Sheifey, Minnie Beatrice
Smith. F1Ossie Louise Thompson, Annie Elizabeth
Tyson Marie Bertha Selena Wade, Eugenia Bertzle
Wclborne. Bessie Leanna Williams. Clayton Cal
win Bannister Oliver Garfield Burris Darnley
Malchiah Maxwell Lucas. Frederick Douglass Nor
ton, Roscoe Conkling Orme. Walter Pelham Ray,
Alfred KiEer Savoy William AlOnzo Tolson.
Scientific course-C8rrie Estclle Adams, Mar
grpttas BOwes Mary Powell Burrill, Margaret
Josephine Davis, Alice Maude EdmOnson. Ida
Freeman, Edith May Hall, Louise Virginia
Hewitt. Arheis Beatrice Johnston. Coralie Alice
Jones, Jessie Beatrice Jordan Maude Augusta
Lem0s Louise Esanda Mckinney. Eva Overton
Norris Lillian ophelia Naylor. MAJ .ette Flon-
deena Price. Anna Louisa Scott. Mary Louise
Scott Ncttie Inez Webster. Marion Viola West,
Ada Woods. Thomas aaron Heathman. Arthur
Lagora Turner.
Business course-Emma Estella Bailey. Sarah
Rebecca EIwood. Henrietta Naurea Hawkins,
Clara Christina Hunt, Susie Elizabeth hopkins,
Georgia Ann Smith, Prince Arthur Beaman,
Harry Francis Brown, Charles Ernest Cheatham
johnson Everett Gaskins, Charles Sumner Hill,
William Ernest Jarvis. Eugene David Liverpool,
Chester Robinson Martin, Ernest Luther Pinn,
Charlie, Sumner Thomas. Roscoe Vaughn.