Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-07
STUDENTS GRADUATED
EXERCISES AT NATIONAL CATTLE
ORAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.
Address by DR.. Charles w. Needham-
Mine Diplomas Awarded at Fifth
Annual commencement.

ored guests were seated was tastefully set
OFF with ferns, evergreens and potted
plants and the colors of the national en-
blem. The trustees and guests were re-
ceived by the principals of the school,
Miss Lois A. Bangs and Miss Mary B.
Wilton. in large and spacious drawing
rooms
Promptly at the hour named the stu
dents entered the hall, singing the pro-
cessional, Il heard the sound of voices
around the great white throne"
Following the undergraduates came the
graduating class, the alumnae members of
the faculty, and Gen. John M. Wilson, U. s.
A.: Col John A. Kasson. Mr.. James
lowndes. Mr.. Charles j. Bell. Mr. Thomas
Hyde and Rev Alfred Harding, d. D., men,
bers of the board of trustees of the Prot
estant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of
the District of Columbia. Seated on the
stage with the trustees were Rev. DR..
George c. Bratenahl. rector of st. Adams
Church and chaplain of the school; DR..
George Williamson Smith and DR.. Charles
Washington University. Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt was among the distinguished
party of ladies present.
Rev. Mr.. Bratenahl invoked the divine
blessing. after which a piano solo rem
dered by Miss FrauIein Ella Stark. in
structor in music.
BY way of introducing DIR. Charles w.
Needham as the speaker of the occasion
and welcoming the guests, Miss Lois A.
Bangs said it was one of the pleasant duties
and rich prerogatives she had to perform in
extending welcome to those present Miss
Bangs referred to DIR. Needham as a schol-
ar, man Of affairs and Christian gentle
man, and felt grateful that there was pres
ent one whose broader and nobler concep-
zion of education extended from the kinder
garten through the university as one great
whole.
DR.. Needham's Address.
DR.. Needham said there could be no more
inspiring sight than to look into the faces
of the fair graduates. YOUTH" he said
is always interesting; there Is so much
OF expectancy and hope, such genuine OPP
timism. AS I look into the fair counte-
nances this morning l the promise of
much fine living, and this is my highest
wish for you. By fine living l mean the
expression In action of the best impulses
of the soul. the finest conceptions of the
mind You have had rare advantages in
this educational institution Added to the
glorious beauty of nature around you, and
it is no small part of education. You have
been disciplined and trained by the best
minds. and thereby fitted for superior
service.
May I surprise you by saying that
hope you all will become aristocrats. How
that word aristocrats has fallen in these
later days.
at has lost its nobility and is used often
as a reproach. Not so was it used in the
olden times and perhaps it Is well for us
to retrace the old lines and re-establish
some Of the old structures that have in
them so much that Is good and true, and
construct for ourselves new ideals.
1T Is the fine artist that makes the
standard by which paintings judged. 1t
is the finest things in literature that deter
mine what shall pass Only the noblest
souls awaken within us the divine aspira-
ton. The music and poetry of a few charm
and move and uplift generations of men.
The singer sings new song and presently
all the daughters of men are playing 1t
upon instruments of music. boys on the
street are whistlng and marching to Its
rhythm. The orator expresses good and
true thought and all the town and country
take it up and repeat until uneonsciously
public opinion Is changed and men conform
to the thought and write 1t IN their constl-
tuition and statutes.
1.-The divine messenger prclaims a law of
love and service, and the centuries repeat
until the world comes to new and better
civilization. How these aristocrats rule the
world
LAS teachers and students let us put be-
fore US higher ideals. a higher aim. let US
do a few things so well that In these par
ticulars at least we shall rise little above
the ordinary-the common. My wish for
you is that you will be of the aristocracy
in Gods kingdom.
Noblest in Character
1.-THE men and the women who are the
noblest in character. the most gifted in
intellectual attainments, with marked per-
sonality. are alone supremacy interesting.
In cultivating and maintaining your per-
sonality do not omit adaptability. To be
useful and happy one must fit into some
scheme in the worlds life. Association
molds character and gives the genius for
mixing well in the world The elements
of character are determined by the indi-
vidual. but symmetry and beauty Of char
lof1 ,,AI I,v A.
others. AS the pebbles in the whirlpool
that are made smooth by the movement
of the water and frictioon with each other
SO to be fitted and polished for the high
ing currents of life and have the rough
points worn away. eccentrlcities reduced,
the elements of character fitted to each
other. well balanced, and the whole polish
ed by the living mass
You are graduating from the period
where your efforts have been directed to
the cultivation of the mind for the purpose
of making it an efficient agent Of the
will"
Roll of Honor Read.
The next number upon the program was
the singing of the school song written by
Miss Anna Bourke president of the grad
uating class, and set to the music of
Wagners Evening Star" After the last
strains of the beautiful air died away
Miss Bangs came forward and read the
roll OF honor, containing the names of the
students who have during the past year
maintained the highest scholarship. She
also announced the winners in the field
day contests.
In the absence of Bishop Satterlee. pres
ident of the board of trustees who Is now
In Europe on account of his health Dr.
Harding, rector of ST Pauis Church, pre-
scented the certificates of graduation to
the nine graduates, who were introduced
separately by Miss Bangs
After the benediction pronounced by Dr.
Harding the procession moved from the
hall singing the occasional. ''Oh Sion
haste. Thy mission high fulfilling"
After the exercises reception was held
in the parlors.
List Of Graduates.
+ The following are the names OF the grad
yates: Fannie Skeer Barber, Mauch
Chunk. Pa; Margaret Barr. Washington,
D. c.; Priscilla McKaig Beall. Uniontown,
Pa: Anna Bourke. Omaha Neb.; Henrietta