Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-29
ADMIRAL IN NEW ROLE
"FACES BATTERY OF EYES" AT
COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT.
Winfield Scott Schley's Address to
Graduates-Other Exercises In
clude Program of Music.

When Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley
passed down the aisle of the chapel of the
Washington College last evening with Or.
Flournoy Menefee, at the commencement
exercises of that institution, he was given
an ovation. After taking his seat upon
the platform the young lady undergradu-
ates of the college marched down the aisle.
carrying In their hands shepherds STATS Of
purple, with punches of violets attached.
AS they reached the end of the aisle lead
ing to the platform they stopped and
crossed the STATS, and the members of the
graduating and certificate classes marched
under and to the platform. AS they came
upon the steps of the platform the admiral
greeted each one with bow and smile.
DR.. Menefee introduced Admiral Schley as
zone who is known to the entire nation and
to several other nations" closing his intro
duction in happy vein. The admiral said:
1.-THE president of this class who presented
me the invitation to address this class this
evening, said / was the unanimous choice,
and l accordingly accepted. l believe IL is
customary on all such occasions for the
speaker to pluck from his experience what
he had gained, so that those who follow
may profit thereby"
The admiral then told of the time when
he in the Naval Academy and said IL
his class had been turned upside down he
would have been nearer the top than he
actually was. He said he remembered the
officer who made the address to the class,
'and." continued the admiral. "he said
everything that made the service seem diff
ferent than l had supposed IL was, and
which made think L had missed my
calling"
Unaccustomed Experience.
Admiral Schley then referred to the fact
that he was facing battery of eyes. and
that 1t was somewhat different than what
he was generally used to- as in his life he
was In the habit of addressing his audience
with a speaking trumpet. He confessed
that his audience at this time was accus-
toned to a more sympathetic appeal. He
declared that most of the good In the world
is due to the women. and that the Declara-
ton of Independence would have been writ
ten by woman IL Thomas Jefferson had
had stenographer. He then delivered
eulogy of women. He told a story of a
little girl who asked her mother If there
were any man angels In heaven. as she had
never seen the picture of an angel with
beard. The mother answered that men
always have such close shave in entering
heaven that you cannot tell whether the
angels are men or not"
The admiral urged the young ladies to
be serious and said that the manners and
morals of the mothers of the girls of yes
terday and today are responsible for tho
growth of this great nation, and that their
Eitcic nave ldittli IciT 10 lfielT
graces.
He called particular attention to the high
character of Abigail Adams and those OF
the heroic stamp of Molly Pitcher. and said
1t was such women that had made the re-
public living reality.
In conclusion he said: Your minds should
revert constantly TO your teachers. and In
all of your after life you viii look to their
friendships with pleasure Let your aims
be high in the home and In the church,
and let your trust ever be in that exquisite
book of life. TIE Bible
DR.. Menefee Expresses Thanks.
DIR. Menefee thanked Admiral Sehley for
his address and praised the work that the
young ladies have accomplished throughout
the year.
The musical program was as follows; Pro-
cessional march CBohm), Miss Croxall and
Miss M, Wheeler; piano solo, la. Lison-
jera'' (Chaminade), Miss ora Baker; So
prano aria, "Where'er You Walk (HandeD,
Miss Mary Stearnes; violin solo "Cantabiie
ct Bolero" Oanbel Miss Name ,,, Lewis;
piano quartet ''Kaisermarch (Wagner)
Misses Stearnes, Smith and Johnson and
Mr. Rath.
The list of graduates. which was the
largest in the history of the college, was;
A. b. course-Mss Ethel Fern Coons, Leb-
anon, Ind; Miss Mary Elizabeth Coons'
Lebanon Ind; Miss Vera Aurelia Cory
lam, Mansfield. Ohio: Miss Name Beach
Lewis. Fairbury H.; Miss Alice Hewitt
Wheeler. New Brunswick, N. ].
rertifcate course-Miss Eula Belle Berry
Beaumont. Tex; Miss Juliette Block, Cleye-
land, Ohio; Miss Madge Summers Burna m
Richmond KY; Miss Eleanor darcy, FL
irsos w va: Miss Annetta Deary Dean,
Fdgewood. Park, Pa: Miss Hester Rebeoca
Frost. Texarkana, Ark. Miss Lucy Hig-
bee. Morley, Mich; Miss Irene adele heIer'
Ranger Pa Miss Helen Knox knoHiSs'
DaVfon' Ohio; Miss Elizabeth Tribbie. Rich
nond Ky. -. rotrso, CT
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