Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-29
OCCASION WAS A HAPPY ONE
FOUNDERS DAY CELEBRATED AT
WASHINGTON SEMINARY.
q Flutter Of Butterfly Wings, Fol-
lowed by Addresses, College Cries
and Other Novel Features.

| Smiling, happy faces and merry voices
! greeted Founders day at Washington Semi
; nary Friday morning. The girls gathered
| il the school rooms, each class rallying
| around its president. mysterious parcels
| We're unfolded, whispered instructions were
| given, while the guests were gather
| ing in the assembly hall made gay with
| American flags and school banners The
| alumnae were represented by girls of for
| rn.r years who are still residing in Wash
ington and the present pupils We're greeted
| b. the smiling faces of their mothers and
| other ne mbers of their families.
Tho advisory board of the school consists
| OF MIS-. George B. Cortelyou, Mrs. ]. Ellen
| Foster. Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, Mrs
| Julia T. Bodfsh and Miss Elizabeth Pierce
| Mrs. Bodfish. the former president of the
Young Women's Christian Association and
Miss Pierce, the recording secretary of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
were the only members present. Mrs
Cortelyou is entertaining the diplomatic
corps at the jamestown exposition; Mrs.
Foster, at the request of the president, is
| touring the various cities OF the United
| States making study of child labor condi-
| tons. and Mrs Mussey untangling q
| knotty problem of law. The two members
| of the advisory board, Miss Hadda way.
| president of the Alumnae Association. and
| Rev. Herbert Scott Smith, rector of ST.
| Margaret's Church, awaited the girls in
| the front of the assembly hall. they
marched through its wide open doors to the
| strains of an inspiring march played by
| Miss Kinds.
| The march was led by the most din1inu-
tive maiden In the preparatory class. Senior
| tia Calvo struggling under the weight of
| the green and white banner displaying the
word Preparatory" After her came the
freshmen, led by their president, Miss
| Louise Alexander. bearing the black and
| gold banner Of 1910.
| The largest representation from the
| sophomore class. Miss Grace Mccoy. its
| president, bore its attractive cross banner
| of lavender and gold. Following closely
| came the juniors, with step and bearing Of
marked expectancy of the senior mantle so
soon to fall upon their shoulders, and
| meanwhile bearing their green and gold
banner with all the presence BETTING a
| junior.
fiutter Of golden butterfly wings on the
shoulders of each senior denoted that the
senior chrysalis would soon emerge into the
alumnae butterfly. Each member of the
| class carried her scepter of authority, a
| cane decorated with a yellow bow. Its
president, Miss Dorothy Smallwood, daugh-
| ter of the principal, bore proudly aloft the
( huge senior banner of brown and yellow
| with its yellow seal wv. s." surrounded by
| the senior motto, ratio mihi sufficit.' This
! has been adopted the school motto and
| belongs to the Graeme family of Scotland,
| of which Mrs. Smallwood is a descendant.
| History of the School.
| To the first strains of Fling Out the
Banner" in which the school joined hearth
| ly, the banners were flung aloft. and then
placed in position. AS the notes died away
| a solemn hush settled over the audience,
| which was broken by the voice OF Rev. DIR.
| Smith. who led In the morning prayer
| service at the conclusion of which the
| girls sang with sweetness and enthusiasm
| Onward. Christian Soldiers.
| Amid the applause of the entire audience
| Mrs. SmalwoOd then arose and gave a
| brief history of the school, follows:
| The founding of this school dates back
! fifteen years-to the 10th of April. During
| these years the school has had on Its roll
| 563 names. representing every state and ter
| ritory in the Union except South Carolina,
| Montana the two Dakotas and Oklahoma.
| Canada Hawaii, Mexico and Costa Rica
| have also sent their representatives. 1t
| has graduated ninety seven young women,
| and in the month of May ten more will be
added to this number. These girls are seat
have filled positions of note In literary,
musical and dramatic circles. and pre-
| siding at family fresides. In our annual
| of next year we hope to have page de-
| voted to Washington Seminary children,
| whose mothers have been with us. We
| have one heroine among our number, who
| saved the life of little child by catching
| it as it fell from the window of large city
| hotel.
| "Our resident alumnae have done work
| during the past year that reflects great
| credit upon their alma mater, and has been
| a help to the child life of the city of Wash
| ington. They brought Christmas Joys to
| 120 children at Noel House and to eighty
| two in ST Davids Parish Hall on the Con-
| duit road. They are now planning lawn
| fete to be held May at Mr.. Thomas w.
| Smiths, 1894 Columbia road, the proceeds
| of which will be used to establish a perma-
| nent yearly aid TO Noel House in the
| form of daily luncheon to be given to
| destitute mothers of young children. l
can ask nothing better from the work of
| this school, than that he girls who go
| from it's doors should realize that they
are only stewards of the gifts God has
| that the greatest among you is he that
I serveth.'
| Our present graduating class has been
| an example of fine enthusiasm and loyal
| help Their beautiful banner that is be-
| fore you is to be left as a gift to the
| its face the counterpart of the alumnae
| pin and the sch DOL motto.
| The Former Pupils.
LAS l look at the dear and loving faces
before me l see also the room filled with
shadows of the girls who have left us. In
the library you will see on the mantel the
| faces of five beloved ones who have gone to
| the Great Beyond, one passing away only a
short time since, as result of the shock
| of the San Francisco earthquake. Photo
| graphs of girls singly and in groups. In this
sa me room, make as feel the bond of union
to be very close this morning have some
| thing better. however, than even photo
graphs that keeps me In touch with the
| girls of past years. In my desk is a pack
age Of letters and card on the top of this