The Washington times., 1905-06-03
BLISS ELECTRICAL SCHOOL
HOLDS COMMENCEMENT
Interesting Exercises in Carroll Hall
Closing the Year of This Tech
nica1 institute.

The twelfth annual commencement ex-
ercises of the Bliss Electrical School
were held in Carroll Institute Hall
list night. The class comprised ninety
two graduates representing nearly every
State and Territory Of the United States.
The hall was most appropriately deco
rated. the stage being a yariegated dis
play of bunting. electrical effects. fiow-
ers, plants. and penants. Directly in
front and above the speakers table
the school monogram was worked out In
a novel way by red. white. and blue
electric lights. The display OF electrical
effects and decorations was instaiied
by the students of the school under
the direction OF Prof. Weston
Louis D. Bliss, president OF the school.
presided and delivered very interest
ing address to the class.
Address to Graduates.
". E. Andrews, auditor for the Treas
ury Department, delivered the gradual
ing address, the course of his remarks
being the advantages OF securing an
education in the National Capital
The order of exercises. followed by the
awarding of prizes. reading of the roll
of homer, and presentation OF prizes
was as foiiews:
Overture, orchestra from the United
States Marine Band; invocation by the
Rev. Samuel H Greene. pastor OF the
Calvary Baptist Church: musical seles-
ton orchestra; saluJatory, Gus ..
Newton, president OF the class; melooy'
'sRiue BELLS orchestra, .adQGSSSs Il, =.
Bliss: selection, Bliss Electrical
March," orchestra; annual actress, by
Mr. AndFews. waltz. ~ eddins or she
Winds" orchestra, and beuealctioh' py
DR.. Greene.
The role of honor-Clarence f. Lush,
gold medal TOR highest average IN resu-
lar course, recitation and iaberatofy y
work; William NJ. Leonard, gold ineoai
on lecture reports; Carl G. Thompson.
mechanical drawing; h N souie, exam, , !, /,
nations; Philip Mclean, recitauons ana
lecture reports; " j. Wiiilams. iap7 a.ld
Presley d. Griffin, gold medal, excel
Ience in lectures. The exercises were
followed by a banquG.
Men1bers of the Class.
Diplomas were presented to the grad
uation class as follows:
Regular course-A. Ralph Arnold. f.
Dedhan:, Mass; Clarence 4. Bates,
AEarshalitown, Iowa; James II. Browne
il. Duluth. Mimi; Albert BTadIe5, are 81; a.
JohnstoWn. jkdgD,eS1i 4. T.; Arthur i. Brooks,
Brockton. Mass: William IL BrooAs,
| V estminster. Md; ]. Ashley Brown
Toms River. X. j.; Walter Butts, shaw
nee, Okla; 5. P. Coale. Baltimore, Nd.
Eibert H Coffin. Boston. Mass; Edwin
| w Craig, Lawrence Mass; James u
| Crissei, Republic. Ohio: Gordens W; Day
! Mills. N Y: Ernest Dickey. Blooming
burg, Ohio: Ralph a. Duff. Nebraska
| City. Neb.; F. L. Ebersole. Elizabeth a
s9Tn mg Dndey RfY Foyd ahflsT fIgmberton am093 4
&c; Ibra Ford, Brockton, Mass; d. H
Hancock, New Britain. Conn; William
l. HeffneT, Benniag. y G; H n HI. II
Brainards. y. J.; Floyd H. Hubbell
Stratford. Conn; Sheldon IjaTns, SAT
ford, Ariz.: Frank s. Irvine, Spring
field. Mass; arthur A. James. Water
ford, Va Stuart L. Johnson. canandai
qua. y. Y; Taylor r. Johnston. Bouid
er, Col; G. E. Kemper, New Amsterdam
Ind; William r. Kiley, Millers Falls
sic. y. Y; William NJ. Leonard. Phila
delphia, Pa; Clarence E. Lush, Camden
y. J.; J. B. Mandeville. oil City, Pa.
Howard NJ. Mason, Canandaigua, y. Y.
Mccray. NeS Salem Pa; Harry G. Nc
| InturT, Str4sburg, Va; Bruce d. Mil
Ter. Griffin Corners n. Y; 7. r. Miner
Big Flats, n. Y; Theodore D. MonIgom
cry. Flint. Mich; John W Moore. Can
andaigua, Mich: Thomas f. Moran, Wa
terbury. Conn; O. S. Newton. Milan
Ohio; Wallace L. Minis. Marblehead
y. Y: Decatur Osburn, jr., castleman
Ferry, Va: ". II Parker. Little Rock
Ark; George d Picker Smith Center
Kan. G. w. Poison New Britain, Conn.
Ernest Poole. Polo. Ill; Floyd A. Potter
canandaigua. Mich: ]. B. Racer, Colum
bus. Ohio; Herbert @. Reed, Washing
ton, d. G: Allen Reynolds, West
minister. Md; Ray Reynolds. BattI
Creek, Mich; John A. Robinson, Bell
aire. Ohio; Herbert n. Sharyy, Duluth
Mimi, William T. Sinclair. Dunn
Loring. Va. William Z. Sledgc, Chester
S. c.: Arthur V. Smith. PainesYiilc
Ohio; Ralph n. Soule. East Greenwich
r. l.; Herbert w: Spargur. HiflsborC
Ohio; Monroe S. Sphinx, Warsaw, n. Y
Zeno n. Streeten, centralia. Mo. Ma
: Stunkard. Willis Tannery, Pa; B. I
Swift. Muncie. Ind: Roy \. Thomas
Skaneateies. n. Y; Carl G. Thompson
Cananadaigua, y. " Raymond ]
2 Thompson. Vtneiand. N. j.. W. {
Thompson. Jr.. South Lee. y. H. f.
Turner, Grand Rapids. Mich; John S
Denark. Eimira. \. T.; Charles Wah
+, tirnore, Md: Myrten e. Webb. Ashlane
Ky; Alexander Weinberg, Zanesvill,
: Ohio; Guernsey L. Wilder, Auburn \
" Stewart Williams. Springfield. Tenn
Charles @, Wright, Chicago. ILL.,. an
Carl e Zeigler. Hanover, Pa
Special night course-Dudley Burgess
, Frank n. Chase. Houston cosdon. job
w. Gebert. Presley Griffin. III, e. HoE
: kins, c.. II. Mattingly, Philip S. Mclean
Adolph Schafhirt, o. II. Smith. jr., an
William J. Williams, all Of Washington
d. c.