Evening star., 1909-06-22
ADVISED BY cARL|N
B. H. S. Graduates Addressed
by Virginia Representative.
URGED TO BE GENUINE
Warned Not to Be Models or
limitations.
DIPLOMAS TO 1877 STUDENTS
Scholarship in Washington College
of Law Awarded to Miss Caro-
line F. Graham.
|1PLOMAS TO 1877 STUDENTS

One hundred and thirty-Seven Young
men and women of this city. the gradual
ing class of the Business High School. re-
ceived their diplomas yesterday afternoon
at the annual commencement of the in
stitution held in the New National Thea
ter. Nine of them were OF the four-year
course of the school. and the others had
gone through the two-year course.
w. V. Cox, vice president of the board
of education. presided. and opening the
exercises of the afternoon gave the young
graduates some wholesome advice to guide
them in the future. and spoke of the
| gradual rise in local educa tional circles
OF their alma mater. The invocation was
delivered by Rev 3. H. Woodrow. Rep
resentative Charles {. Cariin of Virginia
/ delivered the address to the grad
yates. which made a decided impress
SION The award of scholarships end
prizes was made by A. T. Stuart. super;r-
| tendent of the public schools and the
diplomas were conferred by DR. Barton
| W. Evermann of the board of education.
! The decorations of the theater were
artistic to degree. the graduates and
those the stage being surrounded by
| banks of palms. roses and other cut now
ers and the school standards were promi-
nently displayed. 4 well chosen musical
|
Band under the direction of Lieut.. Will
liam H. Santelmann.
Representative Carlin's Advice.
| In his address to the graduating class
Mr.. Carlin said. in part:
| My Young friends. you are about to
enter from one stage of life into another
that is. from care-free youth to the re-
sponsibiities OF a mature life-and because
tle ,;&i, riA
| With the happiness of your graduating
and your plans for the immediate future
you are joyous and hopeful. But | want
| to tell you that IL Is this very hOpefulness
| that may lead to disappointment, for the
reason that YOU look forward to the flu
ture with eyes which have never known
it. The responsibilities you assume from
now on are far graver than those you
| are leaving.
| I'm moIdina yourself for the future
don't be models and don't be limitations.
! Be the genuine. Be true to yourself and
| true to mankind and you will satisfy all
child I used to imagine my parents did
not appreciate me because they didn't
make a model OF me. l was of that opin-
| ion for long time until l found out the
| true meaning Of the word model 1t means
representation of something else-itsis
| the same thing as imitation. You don't
| want to be false.
| "One OF the greatest assets of mankind
is character. a mans character is what
man makes 1t: il is his own creation, and
| through it his actions are controlled and
guideu with his fellow-man. It's the
mans character, as he makes it, that de-
| yelops his reputation Your reputation Is
| what the world thinks of you. A good
| character means a good reputation. and
| the greater mans position is in this
| world just SO great. lovable and ennobling
| is his character.
I'm your start in life strive to develop
/ thrftiness-it means worldly success to
| you-avoid expensive habits and start as
soon as you are able bank account
and keep 1t going. In word. do your
utmost TO be good men and women, at
tain a responsible citizenship and per-
4 form your duty to your Cod"
i Following the address of Mr.. Carlin.
the scholarship in law to the Washing
ton College Of Law was awarded to Miss
Caroline F. Graham. Miss A. j. Cullinan
being named as alternate. The scholar
ship gives the winner a three-year law
i course.
/ The competitors for the Gait prizes in
commercial geography were announced
as Miss Winifred Crosand and Abra
ham Rice, with Miss c. NJ. Viehmann
and l.. M. Dean as alternates. The
actual winning of these awards will not
take place until the fall, pending work
on the subject by the competitors. 1t
consists of interest on $4,000 in per
| cent bonds.
List of Graduates.
The list of graduates follows:
| Four-year course-Effie Virginia
/ Bean, Maud Ethel Crandall, Mary Wini-
fred Meredith, Alice Powell Myers,
Leila Fordham Scott. Ernest Stanley
| Crown, James David Donnelly, John
i Welsh Gregory and Joseph Wilbur
i Spransy..
1 Two-year course-katharine Vernon
i Agnew. Ruth Merle Baldwin, Elsie May
Barbour. Mamie Ellen Beard. Nellie
Rumell Bischon, Helen Louise Budd.
Mamie Elizabeth Cheney Bessie Theresa
Cook. Violet Louise Coxen. Anna Jo-
sephine Cullinan. Adelaide Dean. Grace
Alice Louise Godron. Caroline Fairbanks
Graham. Florence Albertine Guide. Rosa
May Guilford. Augusta Louise Haase.
Louise Adelaide Henderson, Mary Ella
Bernadette Hopkins, Mary Louise How
ser. Anne Johnson, Lorine Elizabeth
Keller. Julie Marie Lix. Louise Kate
Lowrey. Caroline Theresa Manning,
Marguerite Gertrude Murphy. Elsie May
Neitzey. Charlotte Lillian Femberton.
Ruth Cecilia Petit. Hazel Stuart Price.
Mary Elizabeth Rathvon. Fannie Rice.
sengstack. Mary serrate. Hattie May
sheafer, Florence Emma Teagle. Blanche
Camille Triebler. Frances Antoinette
Tyndall. Mildred Bright WEIGH, Louise
| liams. Marguerite Helen Wood, Mary
Marguerite Younger. Abe Barnhart Har-
old Ffournoy Brooks. Leonard Butt
Courtland Emil Christiani. George Earl
Dement,, William Donahue David Louis
Du Pre-, John Francis Ertter, Elmer
Seton Frazier, Frank LIE Roy Gillian,
Josef Brager Goldsmith. Wesley David
Gray. Willard Hetzell Honey, BENJAMIN
Franklin Hunter. James Joseph Keane
Karl Eimel kritsch. William Russell
Lamar. Thomas Francis Mccarthy
| Walter William Marlow, Robert Koontz
| Middlekaun. Karl Theodore Pitt John
Raymond Pyles. Philip Sylvester Regain.
| Edward Nicholas Sauer Fred George
Sinclair, James Edward Taylor. Charles
| Albert Welcker. Jerome Handy Will
| liams.
/ Certificates Issued.