Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-18

Is the public schools. The perpetuati0n OF
our republican institutions must depend on
the intelligence of the whole people and in
this line the educational system of the
country is playing its important part.
True Education.
Justice Shepard then spoke of the true
education. which he declared must be d.
rected as an instrument for the formation
and building of character, the heart and
brain must be developed and trained to
right thinking. The differences in mental
faculties should be studied by the instruc-
tors and the mind of the pupil should be
trained in accordance with natures bent in
order that the child may attain to his
greatest achievements. The obligation of
the state in the matter of providing in
struction for the children of the country is
to train them to perform skilfully, honestly
and industriously the work that falls to
their lot. Higher education. said the speak
er, often recruits the ranks of socialists.
anarchy and crime.
In closing Justice Shepard urged the
graduates to cultivate Independence and
seif-reliance- He warned them against cul-
tyating a passion for money and admon-
| ished them to be watchful of opportunities
to do good DO not shirk honest labor,
nor condemn it, he said. resolve to be
men and women in the strife of life, to be
active members of the body polite and let
your ambitions be high
During the course of his address Justice
Shepard was frequently interrupted by APP
plauSe and he was heartily greeted at the
close of his remarks
Scholarships and Prizes.
An interesting feature of the exercises
was the awarding of scholarships and
prizes, which was performed by Superin-
tendent A. T. Stuart. as follows:
The Kendall scholarship in Columbian
University to Robson De s. Brown of the
Central High School. whose general aver
age in the examination was OIL per cent.
The first Columbian University scholar
ship to Louise Winifred Mccoy of the
Eastern High School.
The second Columbian University schol-
arship to Mary Simpson Birch of the West
ern High School.
The third Columbian University scholar
ship to Mabel Josephine Frye of the East
ern High Schol.
The fourth Columbian University scholar
ship to Frances Gunby Bethune of the
Eastern High School.
The fifth Columbian University scholar
ship to Dorothea Foote Sherman of the
Central High School.
The sixth Columbian University scholar
ship to Joseph Henry Waters of the Cen
trail High School
Scholarships in the Woman's College of
Baltimore, Md, to Irene Kennedy Ernst
and Grace Thompson, both of the Central
High School.
The Dickinson College scholarship to
Josephine c. Morrison of the Eastern High
School.
The Georgetown College medical school
scholarship to John Maxwell Pearson of the
Central High School.
The Lehigh University scholarships
Latin scientific scholarship to John F. Reid
and the technical scholarship to Ralph s.
Archibald of the Central High School;
Latin scientific scholarship to William A.
Draper and technical scholarship to Philip
o. Mcqueen of the Eastern High School;
technical scholarship to Edgar p. HulSe of
the Western High School.
The Phoebe Hearst kindergarten school
scholarships to Bessie Franklin Butler of
the Eastern High School. Sarah Elizabeth
Gedney of the Eastern High School and
Rachel Willard of the Western High School.
Medal for Best Essay.
The gold medal offered by the Mary
Washington Chapter d. A. R., for the best
essay on American history written by
graduate of the Washington High Schools
was awarded to Miss Ethel Hanna Nc
Cleary of the Central High School, the
subject of whose essay was Baron Won
Steuben as the Organizer of the Continen-
tai Army" Those receiving honorable
mention in the contest were Sarah E. Ged-
ney, Eastern; Eleanor Owen Latham. Cen
trail, and Edna M. Ricketts,, Central
After the orchestra had played "Hia-
watha." the graduates filed across the
front of the platform and received their
diplomas from Commissioner Biddle as
their names were called. The list Of grad
yates follows:
Central High School.
Ada Adams, Esther May Behrend. Ethel
Bell. Alma Elizabeth Bischofr, Annie
Elizabeth Bodmer. Minnie Ella Brez.
Leila May Brown, Blanche Virginia
Browning, Louisa Chatfeld. Isabel Clark,
Natalie Ringwalt Cowell. Addie Parkin-
Stacy CrisWen Mary Eleanore Cuddy,
Maye Llewellyn Eliot. Ruby Giles
pie Elliott. Mary Scott Emmons. Irene
kennedy Ernst, Regina Adelaide Fftz
Simons Mary Lillian Fonda. Louise Good.
willig, Lillian Elsie Heller. Helen Hall
Henry, Anna Caroline Jack. Mabel Math-
ence Jennie King. Winifred Mary King.
Ella Owen Latham, Carolyn RAINING
Leech. Jessie Loucks, Cora McCarty; Alice
Olivia McCauley, Mary Ella McCauley,
Rosemary Mcnamara, Marguerite Nc
Pherson Amy Magee Edna Richardson
Merillat, Helen Writ Merriam, Elsie Eleo-
more Michaelse n;, Bertna a, Saha 1ossnhIne
O'Neill Lucy Taber Pool, Sarah Ellen
Price Blanch Pushaw, Ruth Bergman Rlcn-
ards, Sarah May Richardson, Edna Marie
Ricketts, Julia Isabel Rosse, Annls SALISBURY,
Mabel Iavinia Scott Lucille Shafor, Doro-
thea Foote Sherman, Anna May SmaliWoou'
Virginia Bartlett Sullivan, Mary Ella ray
lor, Mollie Thomas Grace Thompson NO
let Adele de Zoya Thorwarth. Jane owe
Vessey, Marie Wahlgren. May Marguerite
Walkup. Hope Steele Whitford. Estelle
Parthenia Wild, Edith Angel Wiley, Marie
Denning Williams, Elisabeth Norton vii
son. Helen Winter, Edith Agatha wright
Ida Rogers Younger, Henry Palmer Alden,
Ralph S. Archibald Curtis Beall Backus,
Robert Ashton Bayard, George Tinny Bean.
Leon Brody Robson De S. Brown, John
Condict Carpenter. Ernest Jordan DAVIS,
Robert Howsman Hay. Lewis Clark Hoge'
Sidney Francis Jones. Henry Roemer kas-
par, Alvin Ward King Eugene Garner Kin
near Paul Edgar Lesh. Paul Bentley Lum,
Donald Alan Macdonald, John Rudisill Mil
burn Henry Joseph Miller, Maurice Nal
colin Moore, John Clarence Parsons. John
Maxwell Pearson, Robert Blaine Purcell,
John Simpson Powers. John Frederick Reid,
Burt Freeman Salisbury. Louis Townsend
Scudder Clarence Dean Taylor, Kenneth
Taylor, Joseph Henry Waters
Eastern High School.
Florence Read Bailey, Frances Gunby
Bethune, Elizabeth Harding Burroughs.
Bessie Franklin Butler, Josephine Byron
Inez Louise Cadet Isabel Rhoda Capel
Clara Luella Combs, Ida Theresa Doyle,
Ruth Dumont, Clara May Ellis. Mabel
Louise Foote, Mabel Josephine Frye, Sarah
Elizabeth Gedney, Laura Robinson Clancy,
Louise Gof Hart, Capitola Virginia Holm
berger Grace Houchen. Bessie Ruth
Knight, Margaret Mary Lockwood, Vesta
Lockwood Louise Winifred Mccoy, GeOrg-