The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-20
COM MENCEMENT.
Interesting Exercises at Rhode
Island Commercial School.

The third anniversary and commence
| ment exercises OF the Rhode Island Com
| mercial school were held I'm Infantry hall
last evening i'm the presence of COM
| pany which filled every seat in the hall
| and In the balconies.
The hall was attractively decorated
with red, white and blue bunting. tes-
! tooned along the galleries and inter-
mingled with flags. The platform was
| outlined with profusion OF palms and
ferns and In the rear OF the same Reeves
American band orchestra was stationed.
Seated upon the platform were the speak
ers OF the occasion. Mayor ID. l.. ID.
Granger, Rev. J. A. Hainer. Mr. j, G.
Healey. Rev. e. T. Root and officials of
the school
Governor Kimball. who was announced
to speak. was absent owing TO stress OF
official duties The graduates, 10s in
number. occupied seats reserved for them
directly IN front OF the platform.
The exercises opened with prayer by
Rev. J. c. Hainer followed by introduc-
tory remarks and words OF welcome by
Mr. H. c. Healey OF New York.
Rev f. T. Root. pastor OF Elmwood
temple of this city, then gave an address
on Opportunity" He said in part: I'VE
are I'm this world TO achieve and achieve
scent always takes place where preparation
meets opportunity. Useless Is all natural
endowment II IL is not trained and pre-
pared and useless Is preparation II op-
portunity never comes.
I'm vain Is endowment and opportunity
unless the prepared man lays hold on op-
portunity.
Preparation must precede opportunity
and must come In the days OF youth and
OF leisure.
But to embrace opportunity costs 1t
costs sacrifice OF ease and leisure and yet
1t pays. for we were not put into this
world TO enjoy but to achieve.
IF 1 bid you seek opportunity you will
ask me--where shall l find opportunity?
IL Is at your own home. In your own work
that you will find your opportunity What
the world wants Is men and women who
will find their opportunity I'm the drudgery
OF daily work. IL Is the man who siezes
the opportunity no matter how humble
that is needed.
when win the opportunity come? IL
Will come when there is need Mans ex-
tremity Is Gods opportunity so. too,
mans extremity is mans opportunity.
Every obstacle IS an opportunity"
Continuing, Mr.. Root dwelt upon some
OF the countless opportunities which fill
the world and in closing dwelt upon the
priceless opportunities OF the home and
the opportunity-greater than all else-of
laying hold on the truths OF eternal life.
AT the close OF Mr.. Roots address.
which was received with applause a duet
''Senanade" from Till was beautifully
| rendered by Messrs Padley and Holland
OF the orchestra.
An exhibition OF touch typewriting. from
| dictation was then given by a number OF
nIs,af ~, ,wisn IL.
A number OF typewriting machines were
upon the platform and these were used
with great rapidity and efficiency proving
10 all the excellent training received at
the school.
At the close OF this interesting exhibit
tion the diplomas were awarded by His
Honor. Mayor n l.. ID. Granger, with a
few words OF a congratulatory nature.
After this important duty had been
| completed Mr.. Herbert l.. Clarke render
ed n cornet solo-"For All Eternity
| with exquisite effect, hearty encore be-
| ing graciously responded TO. The benedic-
| tion was then pronounced. and the au-
| dience dispersed while the orchestra
played stars and Stripes Forever"
Many OF the graduates received beauti-
| fu boquets and baskets OF flowers at the
| close OF the exercises.
The list of the graduates follows: Eva
| Gertrude Glasgow. Agnes NJ. Geary. Ka-
| tie Maria Thedorus Grant. May Loretta
| Hazard. Mary Rita Howard, Edna Mar
| guerite Salisbury. Mary Aloysus Sullivan,
| Lucy Richardson Streeter Mrs. Elmer T.
| Smith. Maude Skerry. John Francis
Smithers. Sarah Pauline Turner. Jesse
| Howard Tourtellot, Grace Evelyn Barney,
| Charlotte Brown. Edith Adelaide Booth,
| Beatrice BARLEY. John Thomas Gambia
| James Anthony Christie. Edith Fryer
| Margaret Collie Fraser. Edward n. Fam
| ming, Bertha Louise Aldrich. Bertha Ethel
| Bloss, Emma Blanche Fletcher. Alice
| Gertrude Feely, Mabel Emily Field, Vio-
| let Guycr. Ella May Rogers. Elizabeth j.
Rae Elizabeth Viola Ryan. Anna Hen
rietta Ryan. Ida May Sanner Mabel
Thornton Smith. NJ Alice witchell. III. G.
Walker. Joseph ~. winsiow, Nina VIII
hanson. Mary Louise Waite. Gertrude E
Wallen. Myra Ruth Zaslavsky. Mary
Xavier Murphy Helena Gertrude Moran,
oscar T. Jackson. Bessie G. Kennedy.
Sadie Elizabeth Lawton, Mary Agnes
McKenna. Mabel Moore Mathews. Sarah
Frances O'Hara. Blanche whtford
Pierce. Walter c. Thomas. Louise Claire
Murphy. Hannah Muriel Haslam. Harriet
Elzabeth Prescott. Clara May Willard,
Nina Emma Woodbury., Julia G. Wood
bury
Helen Louise Agnew. Carrie Thornton
Adams Mary Louise Austen. Theodore
Elizabeth Bender. Agnes NJ. Baillie,
Helen NJ. Boyce. Gertrude Natalie Blak-
ney Fannie Wilson Barlow, Emma Bal
ley Ralph ~. Brown. Stuart r. Brady,
Sarah r. Creed Bessie Monica Cooney.
Bessie Crist. Katheren T. Cummings.
Nellie Chaffee. jeanette Cook. Lena We