The San Francisco call., 1904-06-01

of Mechanical Arts, were last night
awarded their diplomas in the assem-
bly, room of the Lick School. Principal
George A. Merrill said that it was also
the best class that had ever completed
the various courses at the institution
and as a warrant for his assertion he
cited that this year there are four
teen honor pupils, whereas in other
years the honors have numbered only
three or four
The hall was a bower of greenery and
cut blossoms. Every seat was occu-
pied by the friends and relatives of
the graduates, who were enthusiastic
in their approval of the exercises. The
class sat together near the platform,
the young ladies, attired in white and
carrying pretty bouquets, having the
position of honor.
The exercises were short and simple.
but marked by the vigor and directness
characteristic of former like events at
the Lick. Frank ]. Symmes, vice pres
ident of the board of directors, presid-
ed, and at the end presented the di-
plomas An invocation was made by
lev. Louis 9. Sanford, rector of st.
Johns Episcopal Church, after which
Percy F. Cecil, one of the graduates,
rendered a pleasing violin solo.
With the announcement that the
board of directors had followed it's Gus
tom of choosing some prominent citi-
zen OF wide experience to address the
graduates Mr.. Symmes introduced Mr..
Rudolph J. Taussig.
MIR. TAUSSIG'S ADDRESS.
Mr.. Taussig spoke pointedly upon the
subjects of technical education and cul-
ture and their influence upon the af-
Foi of 70 xtrhof in in
dustry or the arts. He said that his
time and attention has been devoted to
commerce, but he had maintained
some interest in educational affairs
and in his association with the direct
ors of the Lick School he had learned
something about trade and techni-
cal education. No modern university,
he said, was complete without its col
lege of commerce and industry as weli
as of culture. The relations between
commerce, industry and culture were
worthy of inquiry.
He spoke of the human desire for the
pursuit of practical knowledge and de-
scTibed the pleasure Of boys with their
first chest of tools or their first eXper-
fence as practical traders. To aid in
the capitalization of these tendencies
with culture for the benefit of the COM
munity, is, he said, the highest pur-
pose of schools.
The speaker discussed the evolution
of the public schools from the charity
colleges of a century ago and pointed
out that they are the result of the
realization that ignorance does not
make for good citizenship and the poor
must be educated as well as the rich.
In speaking Of the great good of me-
chanical schools he said that the shops
and factories of to-day, with their i'm
proved machinery, require intelligent
workmen.
Mr. Taussig referred to public lib
raries as great educational factors. He
complimented the Lick pupils on their
accomplishments and expressed the be-
lief that they would take high places
in the industrial world with trained
heads and hands.
A COURSE ABOLISHED.
At the conclusion of Mr. Taussig's
address. Clara 1. Dillon rendered a de-
lightful piano solo and then Principal
Merrill introduced the graduating class
amidst enthusiastic applause. Mr.. Mer-
rill explained that diplomas were again
granted this year to those that had
taken the three-year course, but this
course would be hereafter discontinued.
The three-year course was instituted
at the time the San Francisco High
School was giving a three-year
course, while the course in the other
high schools of the State was four
years. The San Francisco High School
is now giving a four-year course and it
is no longer necessary for the Lick
School to admit eighth grade pupils.
LIST OF GRADUATES.
Vice President Symmes then spoke
briefly to the graduates, compliment
ing them for their efforts and admon-
ishing them to continue to- be an honor
and a credit to the school, Concluding
he bestowed diplomas upon the follow
ing named:
Course OF dressmaking-J Jessie Sutherland
Clark San Francisco; Luella Violet May, San
Francisco; Louise Lima Schwellinger, San
Francisco; Marguerite Olga Thiel, San Fran
cisco.
San Francisco; Yvonne c. c. Greer, Alameda.
Alameda County; Anna Henriette Schleef, San
Francisco.
Course Of patternmaking Edmund Baker
Brand, Pomona. Los Angeles County; Frank
Albert johnson. chualar, Monterey County;
William Harten Neeley, Guerneville, Sonoma
Machine shop course-waIter Grant Camp
bell. Quartz, Tuolumne County: Hayden De-
lany, san Diego. San Diego County; Leslie
Burnap Fox, Alameda, Alameda County; Enos
Manuel. Helena. Mont: Louis Frank Sander,
San Francisco: Richard Schmidt, San Fran
cisco; Robert Zenner Young, San Francisco.
Course OF machine drawing-Peter Reese
Bahr, San Francisco; Charles Herbert Benton.
San Diego, San Diego County; Joseph Thomas
Buzzo. Oakland, Alameda County; Percy Ed
ward Cecil, San Francisco: Robert Malcolm
Cox, Oakland. Alameda County: Otis Gibson.
San Francisco; Edgar Wayland Hart, Auburn.
Placer County
Course OF Industrial chemis--y-Louis Julius
Gilbert, Alameda, Alameda County.
The following are the graduates OF
the three-year course which has been
discontinued:
Collegiate preparatory course-Adolph Beck
Chualar. Monterey County, Clarence Ear
Black Chino San Bernardino County; Walter
Ernest Bunch, San Francisco; Edgar Douglas
Bttton, Oakland Alameda County; Emile Gus
tave Champreux, Oakland, Alameda County
Elmo Clifton Cope. San Francisco Hugh
Shepard Jones, San Francisco: Norman Knopf
san Francisco; Frederick Roger Macpherson
Alameda Alameda County: Paul Erwin Mayer
staedt Oakland, Alameda County; Reuben
Herbert Hart Mayer San Francisco; Frederick
Bruce McNaly San Francisco Charles Elwooc
Nsylor Jr Alameda Alameda County; Henr,
John Neuhaus San Francisco; Waiter James
Radford. Berkeley. Alameda County
Certificate for the completion of the pre-
liminary course-Irene Marion Adams Sar
Francisco; Pearl Marguerite Belser San Fran.
cisco; Clara Isadora Dillon San Francisco
Nellie Morse Erskine. San Ffancisco: Elss
Evelyn Herold San Francisco; Mamie Jacob.
sen San Francisco; Marguerite Morgan, Sar
Francisco: Christine Blanche Pennington, Sar
Frarcisco: Carrie Starkweather, Alameda, Ala
media County; Viola Fannie Woodman Sar
Francisco; William Egbert Golcher, San Fran