Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-17
BEGIN LIES BATTLE
Business High School Grad
yates Receive Diplomas.
GIRLS OUTNUMBER BOYS
Chief Justice Clabargh Serves as Pre-
siding Officer.
ADDRESS BY ]. H. RALSTON
Superintendent Stuart Makes An
nouncement of Awards-Names
of Glass Members and
Officers.

To eishty-seven girls and to less than
half as many boys diplomas of gradua-
ton from the Business High School were
awarded at the New National Theater
yesterday afternoon. In fact, the boys
were so outnumbered that when the men,
bers of the graduating class were seated
on the stage. with the girls in the front
rows. the boys were barely visible from
the audience.
When the exercises began the scene was
a pleasing one. The stage was banked
on the sides and in the back with many
palms and ferns and across the front
were piled many bouquets sent by friends
to individual members of the graduating
class. On the platform were the grad
yates. about 40 in number. the girls at
tired in white. Above the stage was sus-
pended the class monogram and the
school colors. orange and blue. were dis
played on the boxes and the front of the
galleries. The seats in the auditorium
were all occupied.
Harry NJ. CIabaugh. chief justice of the
District Supreme Court. presided. The
exercises were opened by invocation by
Rev. Henry n. Couden. chaplain of the
House of Representatives.
Address by ]. 81. Ralston.
jackson H. Ralston of the local bar.
umpire of the .Italian-Venezuelan COM
mission. made the principal address. He
spoke in general of business men and
business. Declaring that the idea that
business men practical that they
have no. imagination is wrong. Mr.. Raj
ston maintained that the successful bust
ness man has a vivid imagination. TAX
ing as an example the ,-ilders of the
they imagined the cable strung across
the ocean from continent to continent
foresaw the Intercourse of nations and
The value of the INSTRUMENTATION be
tween different countries before they did
the work. They were the statesmen OF
business. it was added.
You must have a firm belief in your
self. in your purpose and in the vision
you see," the speaker advised, applying
the general principal to the graduates.
by miracles alone men enter into the
wondrous world of miracles. There is a
place for you in the world. You have
development. The world has need of such
people, and never more SO than now.
But you must have courage. Woe to the
faint heart
Announcement of Awards.
Much interest was conferred in the
award of the prizes. The announcements
were made by A. T. Stuart superintend-
ent of schools. The first scholarship,
that in Washington College of Law. Of
fered through Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mus
sey. was given to Miss Nellie NJ Pull
man, with Miss Elizabeth A. Hoffman
and Miss Frances r. Waters as alter
mates. Miss Pullman was gen erously ap-
plauded when she stepped to the front of
the stage. Mr.. Stuart also announced
that the pupils considered by the commit
tee of award as the best qualified among
the applicants to compete for the Calf
prize. which is annually offered to the
geography of the Business High School,
are Benjamin A. Harlan. jr.. and Miss
Mary A. Boss, with Thomas l.. Phillips
as alternate. The two first named will
receive first and second prizes, after fur
Their competition.
Mrs. MuSSey. member of the board
of education. presented the diplomas. with
a word of congratulation for each grad
uate.
Seated on the stage in addition to those
named were Capt James F. Oyster, w.
v. Cox. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell all
of the board of education; P. NJ. Hughes.
assistant superintendent of schools; Allan
Davis. principal of the school. and W. H.
Singleton.
Names of the Graduates.
The recipients of diplomas were Frank
James Allen. Thomas Lawrence Bingham
Rowland Murtha Brennan, Milton Joseph
Bryan. Raymond George Clark Charles
Edgar Davis. Charles Eugene Davis, Mey-
er Davis James Columbus Dulin, jr Sol
Bernard Goldstein. Charles Eugene Cor
don. Louis Henry Grieb, Harvey Law
renee Haight. Horace Waldegrave Hall.
Charles Edward Hamann Edward Francis
Hannah. Benjamin Amos Harlan. jr..
Raphael Smead Harrington, Warren Low
ell Heap. George Clifford Howard
Humphrey Daniel howell, Edgar Franklin
Jenkins. Arthur John Kause, Oscar Win
ter King. William Washington Leishear,
Harold Lichtenstein. Thomas Leslie Lloyd
Rupert Leroy Maloney. Victor Mayer,
Thomas Edmund McHale Albert Grant
Norton. Walter Edwin Paul. Thomas Le-
Roy Phillips. James Frank Rice. James
Garretson Roche. William Frank Some
mann. Alfred Lionel Anthony Tennyson.
Lee Thomas Turner. Albert Ward, Will
liam George Wilding. Noble jerks Wilson.
Harry Eavey Young. Blanche Agnes Bar
ke-. Lucie keatley Basim Annie Marie
Bischoff Mary Agnes Boss. Irma Frances
Buck. Emma Rebecca Butler. Alice
Blanche Butler Alice Imelda Conner. An
ME Margaret Cooper. Ruby Alma Crawford.
Margaret Josephine Dee. Kathleen Ethel
desmond. Amelia Sidona Dunn, Mary
Margaret Dunn. Florence Dyes. Helen
Rosa Engles. Elsie Naomi England Eva
Emily Finotti. Gyneth Theo Fries, Eliza
Deth veronica Geary. Emma Gertrude
wy iC IIaocit, I1dZci Eva SIl1Q-
den: Florence Mary Gompers. Ruth
Letitia Halpenny, julia Elizabeth Handy.
Mary Josephine Catherine Hickey Edith
Margaret Hiser, Martha Louise Hodgson.
Elizabeth Agnes Hoffman. Lucille Marie
Howard. Lorna Doone HUBBARD Julia Cor
don Jack. Bernice Wakefield Jerman.
Susan Margaret Kengla. Harriet Raw
R1mmel. Ruth King. Virginia Kirby.
Pauline Margaret Kruger. Rose Lazerow,
Anna Fulton Lyon Edna Elizabeth
lockwood, Marguerite Caroline Louden.
Florence Virginia Marble. Ida Blanca
Marmaduke. Gertrude Marie Marsden.
Helen Beatrice Martin. Beulah Shacklette
Masters. Edna Miner Masters Rose Lo-
retta McChesney. Mary Winifred Mere
dith. Mary Louise Meyer Theodore lane
Miller. Lillian Anna Mitchell Elsie Nav
Monroe. Helen Barbara Moore. Helen
Seaton Morris. Grace Haibert Nelson
Rose Marguerite Newkrk. Ruth Louise
Newman. Helen Parsons. May Paxton.
Helen Vernette Perkins. Pearl virgil
Philpitt, Mary Emma Poole, Nellie Nav
Pullman. Helen Nichols Ramsay, Ethel
Louise Rhodes, Sarah Roberts Dorotbv
Agnes Sabln. Gertrude Schmidt, Anna
Elizabeth Sellner. Ethel Theodore shane
Lucille Alice Shannon, Maize EliZabeth
Shook. Jennie Marie Spaight. Maud Stin-
son. Helen Price Stoever. Cornelia lose
phine stoutenburgh. Helen Sunderland.
Anne Opheiia T'tow. Marie Emily Torrey
son. Helene Madeline Tyler, Manga ret
Dorothy Umhau. Mathilda Sophia Vost.
Hilda Ruth Warfield. Frances Ruth wa.
tiers.
Glass Officers and Committee.
The class officers are: Charles + Cor