Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-26
OPPOSES the new WOMAN
GEN. WILSON SAYS so In AD-
DRESS TO GRADUATES.
Gives Advice to Girls at Commence
ment Of Gunston Hall-Diplomas
and Certificates.

In an address at the commencement ex.
ercises of Gunston Hall this morning Gen.
John NJ. Wilson. U.S.A.. warned the girl
graduates against becoming new wom-
en-" He mentioned the professions open
to women, and quoted figures from census
reports to show in what professions they
are engaged.
BE not of the order of the new wom-
en-" Gen. Wilson urged. THE sweet.
graceful. modest woman Is the kind that
the men like. not the masculine woman.
with the long stride, the swinging arms
and the mannish manners. Add sunshine
to your surroundings and scatter JOY
about you. Let faith and work be your
motto. Do good deeds, do not dream
about them all day.
What Women Are Doing.
Let mo tell you what the women of to-
day are doing They are the people now
adays, and there are few cccupa ions into
which they have not entered. From the
reports of the census taken eight years
ago l find there are 3.4O5 clergy women
| in this country. 4O9 female electricians
and "a civil engineers and surveyors.
WoOdchopping does not seem a woman 8
occupation yet there are lib women MAX
Ills tHelE uNlnS Uy tIidl WOTh. here are
1.OOD women lawyers. 1880 surgeons and
physicians. and 3o4 women are under
takers. Another line of work into which
we would not expect women to enter Is
railroading, yet we find there are 45 fe-
male locomotive eng neers. : women con-
| ductors. 81 brakemen or rakewomen and
10 baggage women. l think 1t would be
| interesting to see woman baggage
| smaSller throwing trunks into a train.
| Three women are auctioneers. 81 sections.
| han = 1,rh or n1o tore
.45 are carpenters. $40 are hunters and
trapperS, 81 women are boOtblackS and
946 women make their living as CONNER
cial travellers The newspaper profession
has attracted =. 1913 women. There are 100
women proprietors of livery stables, 1876
female blacksmiths, 8 makers of steel
boilers and motor women. Until recent
ly members of the female sex were barred
from the army and navy. but recently
women have been admitted as nurses into
the army service. and 1t is expected that
the navy will adopt a similar plan"
AS final word Gen. Wilson gave the
class members for their motto the follow
| ing: ITO thine own self be true. I'D it
must follow. as the night the day. thou
canst not be false to any man.
Ushers Form Aisle.
Girls of the school acted as ushers,
and when the time arrived for the ex-
ercises they formed an aisle to the
stage. and through 1t the members of
the graduating class marched. each hold
ing a large bouquet of blue sweet peas
and carrying over their shoulders a
floral chain of blue sweet peas and ferns.
The stage was banked. with palms.
Beverly r. Mason. head of the in
stitutiOn, presided. After selections by
the Belasco Theater Orchestra honor
schools who averaged more than 80 per
cent in their studies during the past
year. The awarding of prizes followed:
Diplomas in the international School OF
Misses W. seley, Elizabeth Swift E.
Kebler, Sue Prince, Henrietta Klfberg.
Corinne Hercules, Inez Witter and
Yvonne Murphy.
to Miss Franciska Bausch for holding
the fencing championship of the school
for two years. The second prize was
awarded to Miss Josephine Mason Of
the graduating class.
One Of the Features.
One of the features of the commence
ment was a piano solo by Miss Ethel
Burket In addition to being the only
one Of the graduates to take part in the
exercises she was awarded a bound vol
ume< OF Beethoven's works for excellence
in music.
Gen. John NJ Wilson presented the GER
'tif1cates and diplomas. Certificates of pro-
ficiency were given Miss Sarah Margaret
kilkey of Michigan. Miss Marceline Mac
Spartan Pue of Pennsylvania and Miss
Winifred Montgomery Rogers of this city
Diplomas were presented to the follow
ing graduates in the collegiate course:
Lillian Duncan Baxter of this city. Ethel
Burket Of. Nebraska. Elise VIM Dan-
bridge Of Kentucky, Dorothy Duncan
Gatewood of this city. Josephine Beverley
Mason of Virginia and Florence Marie
Tunstall of this city.