Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-07
READY TO co TO WORK
Graduates ofSpencerian Bust
ness College.
EXERCISES LAST NIGHT
CLOSE OF SESSION AND GRAD
YATES LAUDED.
Large Throng at National Theater to
Encourage Young Men and
Young Women.
EXERCISES LAST NIGHT

cheney in various commercial studies. thir-
ty-flve young men and women were for
| mally introduced to the business world last
evening in the New National Theater upon
the occasion of the thirty-eighth annual
graduation exercises Of the Spencerian
Business College.
The exercises were regarded as of q
| unique and interesting character. and dis
| tinctly different from the majority of such
events of the current graduation season
| The playhouse was taxed to its capacity
| with the parents. relatives and friends of
the graduates. The stage was especially
attractive. with a mountainous embank
| ment OF fragrant bouquets. almost obscur-
ing the foOtlights from view. and with
palms and a large variety Of potted plants
artistically arranged.
"Commercialism'' was apparently the
theme of the occasion. The addresses of
the salutatorians and the valedictorians
contained references to the 'ism." Mention
| was made of the fact that certain educators
look with dtsfavOr upon institutions de-
voting q department to commercial studies.
The leading universities. 1t was explained.
| however. DO not indorse such views. The
address OF the orator of the occasion, Mr..
0. p. Austin. chief of the bureau of statis-
tics. Department of Commerce and Labor.
contained many encouraging references for
the young men and women about to enter
the business world.
| The exercises were opened with several
selections by the crollard Orchestra, in
Guiding the Spencerian College march, 1.-THE
Conquerors." Rev. Alfred Harding recto:
of st. Paufs Episcopal Church. invoked d.
vine blessing upon the graduates and the
assemblage.
The salutatory for the men of the grad
uating class was delivered by Mr. Robert
Emmett Doyle Of the District Of Columbia
Mr. Doyle IL sergeant of the metropolitan
police department. In the course OF hts
remarks. Mr.. Doyle made brief references
to the hardships encountered In the effort
to obtain an education at night or during
spare moments and he urged his auditors
not to fail to grasp an opportunity to be-
come further enlightened. Idleness said
the speaker, soon cultivates the acauain-
! lance OF the mother of mischief. with the
be profitably utilized are fooled AWAY In
closing his address Mr.. Doyle paid his in
structors and the school high compliment
The salutatory address for the young
by Miss Regina TouIson Bartlett of the
District of Columbia. Miss Bartlett made
several suggestions to her fellow graduates
ana urged them to accomplish every task
they attempt She said 1t has come to be
common saying that 1t Is not work that
Kills. but worry. and the worry is mainly
from the overstrain of working forever in
a treadmfl1 round with no plans and no
results to speak off,
Mr. Clement Beaumont billiard of Ohio
delivered the valedictory for the men grad
yates. He said there is a modern ten
dency to decry and denounce what is called
comrnercialism. as IL 1t were the chief sin
of the age. The pulpit the rostrum and
the magazine he continued round out their
nnest periods IN picturing the dangers to
this generation of the spirit of commercial
ISM In the opinion of the speaker stric-
lures upon commerciaIism and commercial
education are unjust. Such instruction,
classes.
The vaiedfctory for the woman gradu-
ates was delivered by Miss Edith Olivia
Emerson Of the District Of Columbia She
recited quotations by Editor Ebert Hub
bard.
The Presentation Address.
Mrs. Spencer delivered the presentation
address. She exhibited greetings from
more than two hundred educational insti-
tutions upon the occasion of the gradu-
alton exercises. She said they have been
received from schools throughout the coun-
try from San Francisco to Boston and from
Boston to the gulf OF Mexico Mrs Spen-
Ger talked with brevfty upon the mission
OF the commercial school of the present
day. At the conclusion of her address Mrs
Spencer introduced the speaker of the even
Ing. Mr.. Austin of the Department of Com
merce and Labor.
Mr. Austin. expressed his pleasure upon
being able to stand at the threshold of the
business and commercial world and bidding
the graduates welcome as they enter it.
nc odiu Tic OCCdSlOu WAS one OF fmDOr-
lance. not alone to the graduates, but to
the business community. The business
world is in need of vigorous, earnest, we'll
trained young men and women in the great
work 1t has in hand.
Some Words Of Advice.
Continuing, he said In part
1.-The growth of business activity ia an
parent ON every hand. but it is only when
we stop to examine in detail its progress
and compare its growth with that of popu-
latioa that we fully realize the wonderful
development of business and the increasing
demands which 1t Is making upon the ris-
ing generation for service in its ranks and
in the more important positions for which
they may nit themselves by faithfulness,
application and intelligent study of the
work in which they are engaged 1t may
be worth moment of your time and an
encouragement In entering upon the great
business field of the United States and of
the world to measure In some way fts
growth. Its magnitude and its Importance
at the present time. There have been sue-
gestions from time to time that too large
proportion of our young people are look
ing toward business pursuits rather than
the more prosaic and less attractive work
OF the farm and the factory bat I think
those who make this suggestion scarcely
realize the rapidity with which business is
growing and the demand which 1t is MAX
ing upon the rising generation
lille 1t Is difficult, perhaps, to deter
IniHo With dDSoiut0 accuracy the DfODOr-
tfOnate demands which business may make
upon the population Of our country at yart-
GUS dates, there are q few great factors
by which we may readily measure the rela-
tive growth OF business and population
Some OF these are business factors IN the
strictest sense OF the word while others
are commercial and therefore business, for
all commerce Is business. and nearly all
business In related in greater or less de-
gree to commerce. You will pardon me,
am sure. II. representing as do the new
Department OF Commerce and Labor,
speak somewhat in detail of commerce
and its growth as measure of the great
development of the worlds business tn
which you are about to engage.
TT has been said that this Is an age Of
commercialism. and this Is doubtless true.
In no other age has the development Of
commerce been great. or even one-half
or one-quarter as great. al that Of the gem |
Grafton OF men who Immediately precede
you In the business world"
A pleasing feature of the exercises was |
reading by Miss Dorothy May Hall Of
Oyster Bay, Long Island, entitled "In the |
Gray Goth" by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps /
Ward The story was illustrated by |
ssstudy In, eynrassion" nv the rnau1hera If |