Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-17

business life. and are seeking to be In
dependent. great many young men and
women come to me ana ask. What am / to
dor i say 10 them i don't care what Won
DO. IL matters little what you do provided
IL is done better than II is being done now"
He spoke of the ruts people frequently
get into In their work, and said there were
many lawyers who could not try a case SO
wen now as they did years ago
There are n great many doctors In this
world. said Secretary Shaw, but not so
many physicians: great many peda cogues
out not so many teachers. There are a
large number OF storekeepers but few fner-
chants. The fact is. there isn't a town I'm
the United States where a Young laU-yer
cannot do well. If he tries his case better
than the other lawyers, and there is also
room for a clerk. IL he does hts work better
than II is being done.
III YOU boys get position. dent worry
aoout the salary you are to receive. What
you want to worry about is usefulness 4
Knew OF young man who asked an In
crease OF salary. He had already asked and
received one raise The employer was about
alscharSing him. and he replied To the
young man In vigorous language that what
ne needed was an increase Of usefulness
Ihey say no man succeeds without an
education. You do not get all your edu-
cation in school A good part ~ q ~ou
get outside OF school Some people are
educated without their knowing IT, There
are z great many more granaries In the
world than mills and YOU don't want :,
DE sranary in the world SO much as YOU
want TO be mill. Get facts into YOUR pos
session and grind them into truths
one trouble with some OF our schools IS
that the teachers try to make memorizlDg
machines out of the pupils They tr,- IN
make warehouses ont Of the bnvs and girls
ana MI up their minds with a lot Of use-
less chan WHAT you need is mental grasp
and self-reliance.
ready too many lazy people in the world
l nave SAID sometimes that 7 would go a
thousand miles 10 find the grave Of a man
who had died from overwork You must
pay the market price and gel the goods
Tor there are no bargain counters"
Story of Senator Hanna.
The speaker told a story Of Senator Han
ma having an appointment at 80 O'Clock
with the late Phil Armour When the sen
ator was admitted to the presence of The
pork king he found him sitting i'm a chair.
eating his luncheon, getting shaved and
debating TO stenographer al the same
time Continuing he said.
on are entering into a more Intense
competition, boys than your fathers sNpe-
rienced. and ii is well to remember that
wish these boys and girls knew the posi-
billties wrapped up within them I knew
tehow who did wake up. He WAS a aav
iaporer at nineteen ears of age He lost his
right hand by the premature discharge Of
cannon. and also lost all of his left hanf
except his thumb. While awaiting re-
coVery, he awoke To n realization of n,
fact that he had his living to make He
set about getting an education which he
got and is now called Judge He is also
the president OF a wealthy bank
Keep in mind that the standard OF man
hood and OF womanhood is vastly higher
ana the standard Of business activity is
vastly more intense than IL was I'm the DAYS
OF your fathers. II you are 10 be success
ful in business, you must be clean in yolir
lives and honorable In your methods or
lncfn nd - a.
ness and social scale
You are going into the best world tEat
ever was A world that is growing better.
wish could see what you going 10
see wish you all possible success. Again
L say, God bless your
Commissioner Ross Presents Diplomas.
The applause given the speaker as ne
took his seat was evidence of the apprecia-
ton Of the large assemblage After this
address Commissioner Ross presented the
diplomas to the gradual es each OF whom
was greeted with hand-clapping az h. or
she marched across the front of the stage
To receive the pieces of parchment
The bouquets and baskets of flowers were
then distributed, and the immense gather
ing poured into the lobby of the theatar.
and the scene was one of great animation
as the parents and friends gatht red a5oYt
the members of the class TO offer their con
gratula tons. The program was concluded
before 10 O'Clock.
List of Graduates.
Those receiving diplomas were as follows:
George Webster Allng. Edward Sommers
Allwine. Richard Francis Barber Chester
Read Benny. Howard Bontz. Benjamin
Agee Bowles, Ralph McI-ane Bowman,
William Henry Boyd Fred Burns Camp
bell. George Neal Collins. Frederick VII
liam Cromwell. Joseph Ryland Curl. John
AlphonZo Daley. Benjamin John Daniel
Charles Francis Dowd. Harrie Smith Est
Ter, George Blacknall Furman Oscar
Wells Gardner, Solomon Goldberg. Clar-
ence Arthur Gooding. Thomas Bishop
Goodwin. Julian Pitzer Graham Beriram
lie Roy Grimes. Stanley Loring Hagan.
Sidney Lawrence Hechinger. Thomas Ran
sci Henault. George Allen Frey Henderson,
Thomas Meharry Hendricks. James Alloy
sius Hogan. Hiram Evalyn johnson, Fred
erick Monroe kerby, William King. Will
liam Harold Lester. Claude Arthur Lind
sey. Oliver Jerry Lloyd. William Vincent
Lusby. Joseph Webster Manning Lester
Freirick Marx. John Bergman Maxwell,
Jerome Franklin Burnette Meacham. Ray
mond Thompson Miles. Paul Vincent
Mitchell. Frank Paul orbello. Matthew
Warren Patterson. Arthur German
Pickett. Henry Eugene Plat. Bertram
Wisart Poole. John Chau ncey Pugh. Joseph
Lee burlington. Otto George Raymond.
James Henry Robertson. Louis Edward
Rohader. Friedo George Schroeder. Arthur
Lee Thompson. William Lane Tydings.
Jesse Floyd Narcoe. Oliver Thomas Neih-
meyer. Harry McWhorter Watkins. William
Chester Watts Bernard John Werner. VIII
liam Henry WetZel. Adolph Ancrum vii
hanson Mary Barron. Mabel Cook Bart
lett. Emma Marguerite Bergman. Ruth
Carey Bielaski. Flora Emmeline. Briggs.
Catherine lgnatius Brown. Mae Elizabeth
Butt. Blanche Mary Chase, Jennie Louise
Colt. Olive Regina Columbus. Ada Waugh
Conner. Ada Louise DevereuX CosdJn.
Pearle Cramer, Lottie Louise Daley. Grace
Onah Delabar. Irene Anne Dieterich. Glare
Edna Douglas. Maud Eugenia Downs, Lulu
Merrill brennan. Pansy Al.ne Duckett. PEN
ny Judenia Duke, Addie Austin Eye. Mary
Caroline Farmer, Blanchard Forrer. Martha
Elizabeth Field. Ruth Celeste Ftzhugh.
Virginia Wilson Fitzhugh. Jeannette Ganss
Annie Theodore Gardner, Besse Gardner.
Viola Marie Gates. Nellie Ethel Gessfurd.
Maud Beatrice Goddard. Clara Harrington
Confer, Emma Augusta Gusche wsky. Mary
Susannah Handy. Edna Emma Hauser.
Elizabeth May Helms, Mary Ruhama Hen
men, Lille Evelyn Hercus Fannie Herself
man. Alma Keemle. Genevieve Cooper Eel-
ly, Catherine Veronica Kiefer, Mary Char
lotte Lennon. Margaret Gee liza Leonard,
Almeria Levy Almeda Mary Love Ellen Lane
Love. Bessie imogene Lyon. Henriette Cecile
Martin. Lucille Virginia Matthews. Bees
sic atherne Maxwell, Lois Blanche Never