Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-26
AWARD OF DIPLOMAS
SEMINARY GIRLS RECEIVE RE-
WARDS FOR ARDUoUs STUDY.
Address by Postmaster General George
B. Cortelyou-List of Graduates
The Exercises.

were the elements that made up an at
tractive scene last evening on the platform
of the Gunton-Temple Presbyterian Church,
18th and streets northwest The occa-
sion was the holding of the class exercises
of Washington Seminary. The significance
of this scene, marking as it did the
trance into another phase of life of girls
who were evidently destined to WELD an in
fiuence for good in the world seemed to i'm
press itself upon the thought of Postmas-
ter General Cortelyou. who presented the
diplomas to the members of the graduating
class.
In performing this pleasant duty Mr. Cor
telyou made an interesting address, in the
course of which he spoke of the advan-
tages of a school located in this city. where
the student may have chance to know
the world of affairs, may read history in its
national and international aspects, may
learn TO discriminate between the true and
the false in public life, ard may come to
have deeper faith in their country and
a greater devotion to its best interests.
And so L believe that in the future when
you read of the transactions of the govern
ment at Washington, you will appreciate
more highly than you possibly can at pres
ent the advantages that you have enjoyed
here in gaining this first-hand knowledge
of public affairs Your diploma will mean
more than the mere completion of your
y
entered the portals of the great school of
international knowledge and experience
Broadminded Citizenship.
IF the training is thorough If this COM
Ing in contact with the great world of af-
fairs is made to teach us right lessons, we
are brought to realize the need that today
exists more than it has ever existed in our
history for men and women who shall be
broadmnded, considerable conservative of
Judgment, devoid of false pride of place
circumstance, not with the weak humility
that makes out lives of small account but
with the evenly developed character that
Is the fruition of the work of the home
and of the school.
You are leaving this institution at time
when as a people we are giving a broader
scope and a greater recognition to the work
and influence of women. Amid much that
is false and much that We deplore, we rec
ognize everywhere the faith, the sacrifice
and the loyalty of our devoted women.
They are inspiration to a higher life;
they are the hope of the nations future.
Then, there is another advantage that
our preSent-day graduates have. and par
ticularly those who have attended schools
here in Washington, and that is that they
enter upon larger life at time when so
much of the old sectional diStrust and mis-
understanding has passed away. There is
sharp rivalry between sections; the ext
gencies of trade force keen competition; but
here on the borders of the southland we can
appreciate more fully than many others
what it means to be reunited people. IL
is no longer a hope. but reality. The clos
ing years of the old and the opening years
of the new century have witnessed no inner
contamination, no happier augury Tor the
nations future. Today the north and the
south are marching shoulder to shoulder in
the mighty forward movement of our peo-
pie along the pathway OF peace, ana
whether in the conflicts of peace or war
to he
Order of Exercises.
The exercises of the evening were begun
with an invocation by Rev. DR.. Herbert
Scott Smith. Then the young ladies came
forward. one after the other, and read their
ESSAYS. The salutatory was given by Miss
Elizabeth Coleman of Oregon. who also read
an ESSAY entitled "A Plea for the Juvenile
Court" The themes of the other members
of the class were as follows: The Revou-
tionary Period in Literature" Miss Florence
Leslie Gordon of New York; THE Relative
Influence of Heredity and Environment
I-pon Character" Miss Aimee Leona We'll
of Pennsylvania also Miss Mabelle Frances
Spencer of Washington; Modern Painting
in America" Miss Lucille Byrd Brown OF
Arkansas; Realism in Modern Literature,
Miss Helen Bundy of New YORK; ARTISANS
of the Renaissance" Miss Eloise Happy of
Washington; THE Obligations of Citizen
ship Miss Judith Margaret Scott of ore
gon; " Relation de Victor Hugo avec la Lit
terature Moderne," Miss Aimee Leona We'll
of Pennsylvania, and Memory, Miss Myra
Isabel Jacobs of Pennsylvania.
Miss Myrtis Melissa Ensign of New York
gave the class history. The class prophecy
was made by Miss May Elizabeth kehoe of
this city, who furnished entertainment to
her classmates by her clever predictions
The valedictory delivered by Miss Sara
Florence Fisher of Pennsylvania, was led up
to by an essay, The Standard Bearer.
Interspersed among the contributions of
the graduating class were musical selections
which were as follows Piano solos. "Rondo
Capriccoso, Miss Myra Isabel Jacobs, and
''Etude de Concert" Miss Mabelle Frances
Spencer; duet, Parting" Misses Happy
and Freeman a trio, THE Violet Misses
Happy. Pantall and Rim. and a chorus and
a hymn by the school. recitation, Com
edy and Tragedy" was given by Miss Sara
Florence Fisher
Diploma Winners.
Those who received diplomas and certifi-
CataS yrere foIIpwS-