Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-16
Graduation Exercises, Wash
ington Normal School No. |,
AT THE FRANKLIN BUILDING
Forty Nine Pupils Are Presented
With Sheepskins.
ADDRESS BY sUPT. STUART
Singing Of Children's Songs One Of
the Features Of the Program.
The Glass Officers.

fOTty-nlne pupils OF washington NOT
NAL School No. l received diplomas of
graduation from the hands of Capt.
James F. Oyster. president of the board
Of education, this morning in the Frank
lin School building assembly hall, mark
ing their successful completion of the
courses of study which equip them for
teaching in the local public schools. The
auditorium lacked space to accommodate
all who wished to attend the exercises.
The front row Of seats in the hall was
occupied by members Of the board Of ed
| ucation. A. T. Stuart. superintendent of
schools; Miss Anne M. Cooling. principal
Of the Normal School, and the supervts-
ing principals. The formal program was
opened with the entrance march Of the
students of the school, headed by the
graduates. After the invocation by Rev:
s. III. Woodrow. pastor of the First Con-
gregational Church. the normal students
Thousand Eyes" by Birse; April
Song by Tippitt. and "Serenade," by
Schubert.
The introductory remarks by DR.. Bar
ton w. Evermann, vice president of the
board Of education. followed. He pointed
out to the graduates that the District Of
Columbia has given them many facilities
for equipping themselves for their life
N,
something from them in return.
Three rules he gave to the future teach
ers: First. he said the teacher should
never go before her class without having
recitation; secondly, she should have
thought out the definite methods she in
tends to use to accomplish that purpose.
| and. third. after the recitation she should
test the class to see how we'll her methods
succeeded The singing of THE Lost
Chord: by the normal pupils was next on
the program.
When Mr.. A. T. Stuart. superintendent
of schools, was introduced to give the
principal address he was greeted with
spontaneous applause He was forced to
walt some time for the applause to cease
Supt. Stuart's Address.
The teacher is the best beloved and
most potent of all our public servants"
DR.. Stuart declared in beginning his adj
dress. and his remarks centered around
that general theme. In celebrating on the
idea of the power of teachers he added:
You can make the children under you
anything you like-liars and thieves or
cultured, refined. loving men and women"
As an incentive to the members OF the
class. all Of whom are young women, he
pointed out that several school buildings
women who have labored as teachers.
The Amidon School Is one, named, he
said. after Margaret Amidon. who was
we'll beloved In South Washington as a
teacher.
Another is named the Briggs School.
after Martha Briggs. the first principal
of Normal School No. 2. A third is
named after Abby s. Simmons, a white
local colored schools and who also gave
money to relieve the wants Of colored
children.
The singing of children's songs by the
toyable features of the program. 1t was
followed by the award of diplomas, Miss
Cooling. the principal. announcing the
name of each graduate as she received
the president of the board of education.
The program was closed by benediction
by Dr. Woodrow.
The class officers are as follows: Presi-
borah Gooch: secretary. Ida Ladd: treas
urer. Rose Carroll. The kindergarten
course class officers are: President,
Louise Endicott: vice president. Amy
Humeston.
List Of Graduates.
Those who received diplomas this morn.
ing were:
General course-Hadassah Backus,
Lilly P. Beck, Mabel A. Bennett, Marie
Bontz, Evelyn L. Booth. Ethel Browne.
Harriet e. Bundick. Rose Nj. Carroll.
Katherine L. Carroll. Isabel Clark. En-
ma l.. Coggins. Ethel l.. Cooke. Kathe-
rine I. Doonan, Mabel E. Duehay, NJ.
Helen Edwards. Jessie c. Fisher, Ray
Fisher. Deborah B. Gooch, Leila p.
| Hardell, Ethel Hehebower. Marian L.
| Hines. Ida r. Ladd, Esther S. Lawton,
Charlotte E. Lockwood. Rose G. Mars
den. Florence E. Milliken. Dora E. Morris
Josepha B. Milford. Laura X. Pollock,
Bessie H. Pyles. Miriam II. Selah, Louise
| E. Seufferle. Mildred E. Stallings Bessie
l.. Tegeler, Mamie d. Wells, Margaret
| e. Welsh. Ada H. williams, Edith E.
Wilson. NJ Jane Wright.
kindergarten course-Grace E. Batche-
lor. Hazel Dakin, Airline Dufour. Louise
Endicott, Mary Endicott. Elizabeth
Hauxhurst Amy Humeston. Margaret l..
| Lawson. Ethel LASER. Helen Mccain
bridge