Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-12

daily bread and 1t is very important that
the young man or young woman starting
out in life should be firmly convinced that
success comes only through work and ap-
plication. He urged that the members OF
the class should have high ideals and noble
aspirations, and that patriotic motives anu
sentiments should have place uppermost
in their minds and hearts. In their work
and lives they should reproduce high ideals
and be ever watchful of the country's In
terests. At the close of his remarks MT.
Andrews recited the first stanza OF Amer
ica" and as he took his seat the audience
greeted him with an enthusiastic and pro-
longed outburst of applause.
Award of Scholarship.
Following a selection by the orchestra
Superintendent Stuart was introduced by
Mr.. mcfarland to make the award of
scholarship offered by the Lehigh Univer-
sity to the graduate of the school having
the highest average in all his studies and
whose standing was the highest for the
four years course. Before announcing the
winner of the scholarship. however. Mr.
Stuart said he desired to make Few re-
marks. He said among other things:
Tonight we present the youngest child
of the public school system of the District
of Columbia; it is In Its second summer
and has cut some of its most important
and, l hope most painful teeth Within
the year this child has been christened
with an honored name, name which pc
fits and does honor to any institution 10
which IT may be attached chez, Inc nste e'oi "
the District, within my personal knowi-
edge. has been first, the elementary schooi,
then the normal school for training teach
ers; the high schools. and then that PRIDE
of our city the Business High School, and
then this last child, the manual training
schools.
IL have never seen these young men and
women on dress parade until tonight Al
hnfO ! them
shop. in the .garb of the shop. There is
nothing here tonight that would lndlcate
the cooking department or the forge shop.
The boys nothing here tonight 10 sug.
gest the symbols of their toll, unless II
may be some of the old saws used by
commencement orators In their speeches.
But this condition is in keeping with .ne
line of education offered at the school. Inc
problem of manual training is to convince
the American people that the students can
carry the academic curriculum along with
manual training. A scholarship IN TINS
studies as we'll as in manual training, ana
the winner of the prize scholarship IN Lee
high University has proved his general ex-
cellence as student IN All the VI an0he'
of study"
Mr. stuart then announced that McCul-
loch Brogden Wilson was the winner OF the
prize and the audience greeted the young
man with hearty hand-clapping
Diplomas Presented.
Commissioner West then formally pre-
scented the diplomas to the graduates, the
names being announced by Prof. A l. CARD
ner principal of the school AS each mem
Der of the class stepped forward ta-recelVe
his or her diploma there was a hearty greet
ing from the audience. This part OF the
program concluded the exercises, and while
the orchestra played several selections, the
friends and relatives of the graduates gath
cred about them on the stage to extend
congratulations. The young ladies were
the recipients of many magnificent floral
offerings.
The graduates were as follows:
Four-year CONSOLIDATED May Barbour,
Sydney Alice Mac Duffie, Marian Gardner,
Elsie Margaret Hickman, Elizabeth Keel
ing, Ella Mindwell Olcott, Abby Florence
Warn, John Carlos Ballard, Herbert Hern-
don Banner, Howard Paul Bayly, Ara Mar
Gus Daniels, Joseph Hamilton Galliher,
Henry Anton Heine. George ReinhOld Hoff-
man. Philip Barlow Hoge.' Werner Alexan
der Lutz, Harold Bertram Marston, John
Nils Maggie, Roy Webster Prince, Edgar
Francis Root, Martin Henry Schmid, Edwin
Alexis Schmitt, Thomas Richard Senior,
Edward Warner Shepard, Charles James
Toole, Rudolf Cornberg Won Bayer, Warren
Luther Wagner, Clarence Paret Wilson,
McCulloch Brogden Wilson.
Two-year course-Kathryn Louise Guest,
Sarah Rutledge kinnear, Laura Rebecca
Perrie, Ada Marie Putnam, Amy Milicent
Riggles, John Woolf Beall, Herbert Carl
Rudolph Bohnke, Leigh Hays Carter, Roy
Franklin Carly. John Joseph Grove, Ber-
nard Theodore Diedrich, John Willard Har-
ing, Herbert Gibbs Reed, Clyde Chalmers
Swayne
The class officers are: Four-year course
president, Thomas r. Senior; vice presi-
dent, Elizabeth Keeling; secretary Abby F.
Warm treasurer, Harold B. Marston; two
year course, president, John W. Haring;
secretary and treasurer. Ada M. Putnam