Evening star., 1909-05-25
LAST DAYS OF SCHOOL
Commencement Celebration at
Many Girl Seminaries.
MUSICAL AT BElCOURT
Graduating Exercises at Lalse'
Phillips and Fairmont.
COMEDY ON HAMILTON LAWN
Recital at Madison Hall-Dr. S. H.
Woodrow Talks on Mission of
Woman as Mans Partner.

conducted at many girl seminaries of the
city last night
Many out-of-town visitors joined Wash
ington friends and relatives to do honor
to the young ladies of the graduating
classes of 90.
Graduation exercises were held at the
Iaise-PhilIips School. 1921 Connecticut
avenue. The parlors were decorated with
the class oolors of lavender and white.
Miss Mabel Fletcher of Virginia and Miss
Mary Louise Wieder of Illinois made up
the graduating class.
The program was as follows: Cantata,
Life of Leaf (Ashford). vocal class;
incidental solos by Misses Ellen Marguer-
ite Stewart. Dorothy Dyer and Anna
Catherine Schumacher, with violin OBJ
ligato by Charles L. Frailey: plano duet,
Country Dance tEthelbert Nevin),
Misses Mildred Grice and Marguerite
Katherine Catlin: mezzo soprano solo.
4-iss Dorothy Dyer; recitation. Sail On
and On Joaquin Miller, and song.
'.Who?" Duanita Milier). Miss Juanita
Miller. daughter of the poet; violin solo.
..Nocturne' (Chopin). Mr.. Frailey: So
prano solo. "A Bowl of Roses (Robert
Coningsby Clarke). Miss Ellen Marguerite
Stewart: piano solo. 'Marche Militaire"
tSchubert-Taussis). Miss Olive Demarest:
Loyalty" (Mrs. Phillips), read by Miss
Miller and sung by the vocal class.
Musical at Belcourt.
Another affair was the musical given in
the assembly hall of Belcourt Seminary,
18th and Girard streets northwest, by the
girl pupils under direction of Mrs. Mary
Burke Somervell, principal. and the
faculty.
As the opening number Miss Martha
Allison gave .Isolie Reverie." opus %
(Henry Ravina). The balance of the pro-
gram was as follows:
Butterfly (Grief, Miss Ruth Hand
ford; vocal solo. "Convien Partir' Doni-
zettD. Miss Gussie E. Riggan: piano solo,
"Rigoletto." paraphrase Verdi. Miss Lu-
ciIe Sanderson; vocal solo, THE Rosary"
(Nevin). Miss Fannie Stokely; piano
solos, 'Minuet rAntique," opus "A. No.
PaderewskD, Miss Gladys Smart. and
melody from Chants du voyaguer. :
opus s PaderewskD. Miss Marjorie Lent;
vocal solos. 'knowest Thou the
Land tThomas) and Absent (Met-
calO. Miss Clara Norvel: piano solos.
.Tanz caprieen valse.' opus 81
tChopin). Miss Lucille Jarvies; violin solo.
Souvenir" Dardla). Miss Mae Belle Cos
by: piano solos, "Cracovienne Fantas-
tique." opus IA. No. 6 PaderewskD, and
III Rusignuolo.' opus 81 &c. Nevin), Miss
Elizabeth ]. Robinson; vocal solo. Par
la" waltz song (ArditD, Miss Louise
Shepherd: piano solos, 'Tarantelle," B
fiat, opus 43 (Chopin). and "Albumblatt,'
opus SO MAX Reger), Miss Lucille San
derson.
Recital at Madison Hall.
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith Maxwell and
Miss Elizabeth Winston gave a recital
at Madison Hall Seminary. Mrs. Max
well has soprano voice, while Miss
Winston is a pianist who for the past
year has been a scholarship pupil of
Ernest Hutchison at the Peabody
with M. Felix Garziglia of this city.
The program included the following
numbers: ''Widnung" (Franz), who
Is Sylva?" tSchubert. Die Lorelei'
Liszp s;,, Una voee Poco Fa, o., Barber
tMacDowelD. "Fallih! Fallah" tvan
9ArditD. Dance " Song" HandD.
"Nymphs and Shepherds" (PurcelD. In
Non Destarm l." Romeo Geulietta''
tGounod. piano solos. "Waldesrau-
schen' Liszt), and B Minor Scherzo
(Chopin).
Comedy on Hamilton Lawn.
A comedy in three acts entitled 1.-The
Fan" by Carlo Goldini, was given by the
girls of the Hamilton School, In H street
northwest. The stage was the lawn of
the school, set to represent the public
square of a small village near Milan,
Italy.
The cast was made up of Count Rocco
Marina, Miss Emile Campbell: Baron del
Cedro. Miss Ruth Stellwagen: Signor
Evaristo, Miss Cherry Head Signora Ger
trude, widow, Miss Irma Grassler: Can
dida, her niece, Miss Frances Lay; Coro-
nato. an innkeeper. Miss Emily Bassett;
Moracchio, a peasant, Miss Eunice Whyte;
10 ct Nor
sanna. small shopkeeper, Miss Alice
Butler Cherry; Chrispino. a'shoemaker.
Miss Sadie Mullins: Tfmoteo, an apothe-
cary Miss Nellie Schirm: Limoncino a
waiter, Miss Eunice Whyte: Tognino, SER
want to the two ladies. Miss Helen Burch:
Scanezzo, servant to the innkeeper. Miss
Adelaide DanenhOwer.
Fairmont Graduation Exercises.
Thirteen young women formed the
graduation class OF 90 Of Fairmont Sem
mary. The platform in the auditorium
of the school. on which the graduates
were seated, was decorated with palms
and ferns.
Rev. DR.. Samuel III. Woodrow, pastor
of the First Congregational Church
made the address.
Il believe the true position of woman, "
said the pastor, lis that of a partner
She is gaining strength through the
tier. finer attributes.
DR.. Woodrow spoke at some length OF
the changes in industrial conditions which
have placed women in predominance in
the operation of factories. department
stores and in other lines of employment
LAS a matter of fact he said, women
have always been workers. You cannot
find an age in which they have no,
done their share in the worlds work
The Jewel Song from Faust was
sung by Miss Ruby Munger, accompa-
MED on the piano by John Porter Law
renee. A portrait of Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe and a flag were presented to the
seminary by Misses Mary Sailer Henri
ette Beeler and Virginia Sterrett
Rev. DR.. Wallace Radcliffe, pastor OF
Church. pronounced the invocation. and
Rev. Ulysses G. b. Pierce of All Souls
Church the benediction.
The class included Misses Angeline
McClintock Bodley, West Virginia; Mary
Rachel Garrett Pennsylvania: Harriette
Matilda Beeler, Kansas; Louise Cruik-
shank. Missouri; Ethel Weston Crews
District of Columbia: Hazel Frances
Dawkins. Kentucky; Stella Elizabeth Ju.
liam. Georgia: Virginia Oakes Jarrett
West Virginia; Rebecca Lucas. Tennes-
see; Edythe Gordon Mallery. District OF
Columbia: Ruby Munger, Alabama Mary
Sailer. Indiana, and Helen Stewart
Pennsylvania.
Lucy Webb Hayes School Exercises.
The class day exercises OF the senior
class of the Lucy Webb Hayes National
Training School for Missionaries and Dea-