Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-06
CLASS GETS DIPLOMAS
Ninety-Th Graduates From
Bliss Electrical School.
JUDGE ANDERSON'S ADDRESS
Counsels Students to Join the Rough
Riders Of Industry.
ADVICE BY PRESIDENT BLISS
Roll Of Honor and List Of Diploma
Winners-Banquet Follows
Exercises.
JUDGE ANDERS0N's ADDRESS
ADVICE BY PRESIDENT BLISS

xSACAC ASCS
Ninety-three members of the class Of 1907
OF the Bliss Electrical School, the largest
number of graduates to receive diplomas
from the institution in any one year in its
history, gathered in Carroll Institute Hall
last night and participated in the fourteenth
annual commencement. The stage was beau
liuily decorated with palms. flowers and
ferns. and the seats reserved for the grad
uating class were separated from the others
by ropes of ribbons of the school colors
twined together. Distinctly the feature of
the decorations, however was an illumi-
mated emblem Of the Bliss school and the
lettering Glass Of 1907. spelled out in a
myriad of electric globes
Walter n. Weston. secretary and treas
urer of the school, presided at the exercises
The invocation was pronounced by Rev F.
D. Power and Harold c. Burgess president
OF the class. delivered the salutatory
President Bliss Discusses Standards.
In his annual address to the graduating
class Louis ID. Bliss, the president of the
school, laid great emphasis upon the ne
cessity of each Of the young men proceed
ing upon his life work with a high standard
Va SiAthi oStci ever oelOTe nlEn. lou nave
decided upon your careers-now stick to the
plan. If you are to succeed you must have
that pluck. endurance and good sense with
out which no man can succeed in any pro-
fession. Batteries OF the class OF 1907
salute you. You are charged tonight with a
high potential of usefulness. The char
acteristic curves of your 'electro-mentaI
forces are straight lines, and l venture to
predict 'long-distance transmission Of
oil ri nf
the erratic uncertainties OF alternating
watts but with continuous current of
success. "
Justice Anderson's Address.
Justice Thomas H. Anderson Of the Su
preme Court of the District Of Columbia
also addressed the class and besides speak
ing Of the value Of Industrial training for
the young man of today. he too laid stress
upon the necessity for high ambition and
high character, combined with singleness
of purpose. The speaker quoted at some
length from the Lansing (Michl speech OF
President Roosevelt. and gave the class a
distinctly Rooseveltian epigrammatic motto
to live by as he counseled them to Join the
Rough RIDERS of Industry, and forswear for
all time the moIlycoddles Of Incidence"
The diplomas were delivered to the grad
yates by President Bliss. and Immediately
after the close Of the exercises the class OF
1907, accompanied by members OF the fac
well banquet was served, after the follow
ing menu:
MAIN LINE SWITCH.
ElectroChemcal PURGE Of Tomato Soup.
oNE-oUARTER LOAD. s.u..
~ Duchess Biouolar Potatoes.
HALF LOAD.
Practical Applications Of Energy to Tenderloin of
Heteroph Mushroom Sauce.
Monoohase Sweetbreads.
500 900 C. NJ. Asparagus. So per cent pure.
THREE-oUARTER LOAD.
Poyphase Chicken Salad la Ma avon ss;..r
High Resistance Chow Chow.
FULL LOAD.
Sherry Blsque Ice Cream. Zero Temperature Co
efficient.
5000 Volt Coffee French).
Gramme- Ring Type Rolls.
HEAVY OVERLOAD AND CONSEQUENT BLOW
Harold Burgess the class president, was
POSTMASTER, and the after-dinner addresses
called for by him. with the speakers. in
cluded the following: The Faculty. MI
w. A. Davidson; Laboratory Practice"
Mr. F. G. Boyce; THE Glass Of 1907" Mr..
W. N. weston: Glass Paper" Mr., E. B.
Brown; romses," Mr.. ]. Hamilton;
! "reminiscences" Mr.. M. ]. Jackson.
Roll of Honor.
The roll Of honor of the graduating class
was read by President Bliss. as follows:
CESS. St. Louis, Mo-; laboratory. Charles
Mannhardt, Rochester N. Y; lecture re-
ports. H. C. Burgess, st. Louis. Mo-: exami-
nations, H. C. Burgess, st. Louis. Mo-;
mechanical drawing, Seymour d. Benedict,
Syracuse, N. Y.
Przes-Highest in mechanical drawing,
dictionary, Seymour D. Benedict, Syracuse,
n. Y; highest in laboratory, volt meter,
Charles Mannhardt. Rochester. N. Y;
most progress in mechanical drawing. draw
| H.: most progress in laboratory. micro
meter calipers. Wells H. Hall. Chatta-
nooga. Tenn; highest standing in all sub
jects for entire year. B. E. 8. gold medal,
Harold c. Burgess, st. Louis, Mo.
The Graduates.
A list Of the graduates follows:
Robert w. Adams. Gastonia, N. c.:
Church B. Augenstein, Lowell. Ohio: Roy
Carson Allan, Morris, Ills: Morton B. Avery.
Mottville, N. Y; H. H. Babcock, jr, West
erly. R. l.; H. Leroy Barley, Baltimore.
| Md: Seymour D. Benedict Syracuse. n. Y:
Andrew Belts, Coal City, ILL.,; Fred Bisset,
| Creston. Iowa: Albert Blaylock. Milan.
Washington: Frank G. Boyce. Boonville.
N. Y; ]. Herbert Brotbeck. Chattanooga
Tenn; Aubrey Brewer. Parsons Kan;
| Brown. jr., Charles City. Iowa: Allie s. Blu
| chanan. Lexington. Ky: Harold G. Bur-
| CESS. st. Louis. Mo-; William G. Coppess.
Union city, ma. LOUIS u COTSOH, f1uSIeS-
ville Pa; William A. Davidson, st. Thorn
as, Ontario, Canada; Ezra ]. Dougherty.
| New Martinsville. w. Va: Edward ]. Dunn.
Lake Geneva, Wis; Louis o. D'Olive. Mo-
| bile, Ala; George E. Dunn. Kewadln. Mich. {:
| Edward NJ. Eppleman. Glenolden, Pa; Roy
A. Farnsworth Manchester. N. Y: Otto c..
| Faust. Bellevue. Ohio; Richard Lee Fearn.
| jr.. Washington, D. c.; Arthur l.. Fish,
Woicott, N. Y; Maltby 8. Fowler. Pough-
| keepsie. N. Y; Harold L. Fuller Ellington.
N. Y; Joseph Scott Giles. Middle Granville.
N. Y; Percy A. CHASER, Watertown, Wis. !;
w. Orville Goodwin, Port Huron, Mich. :;
Charles H. Gordon, Washington. D. c.:
Wells H. Hall. Chattanooga. Tenn; John
HeIder. Washington, d. c.; Edmund Hell
lerstedt, Chattanooga. Tenn: Marion A.
Human. Grand Rapids Mich: Raymond
w uoonar Woodfords Sta Me William