The Washington times., 1910-06-21
Go Forth Into Wide, Wide
World, Is Advice of
Hepburn.
SAYS OPPORTUNITY
is LIMITED HERE
Girl Graduate, Literally and Figu-
ratively, Occupies Center of
Stage at Exercises.
Commencement week!

Commencement week!
The week Of roses. oraLi@rs. young
ideals. and enthusiasm to spare The
week in which the Importance Of the
June bride is overshadowed bv that
Of the girl graduate. whose white gown
futters 10 every passing breeze; and in
which every boy graduate is a hero.
No more enthusiastic and appreciative
audiences have filed Washington play
houses since last June, one year ago.
than those which flock to the theaters
this week when the graduating class
occupies, literally and figuratively, the
center Of the stage. The orator Of the
occasion Is but incidental to the succ cess
OF every graduating exercise The music
and flowers are also incidentaI-that IS.
In the eyes Of the fond parent
The climax Of every commencement IS
reached only when this or that boy or
girl is handed a diploma amid the gen
erous applause OF friends and relatives
whose interest centers in one particu-
lar graduate.
Fans Wave Merrily.
What il the heat is excessive, and the
audience taxes the capacity of the
building? Fans wave cheerfuIly. and
never murnur is heard. For isn't il
commencement week. which, Ike
Christmas, comes but once a year?
After the last diploma has been deliv-
cred, and the last award OF honor made.
there are congratulations and good-bves.
and ordinations on every hand of IT'S
grand 70 be free" and Tn certainly
glad I got through, then more good
byes, and silent, empty SO
Beautiful Continental Memorial Hall
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graduating exercises OF the Washington
Normal School. The class of the pres
ent year IS one Of the largest IN the
history Of the institution. and the ex-
ercises Of graduation were unusually
elaborate.
Advice By Hepburn.
According TO Senator w B. Hepburn,
Of Idaho, who delivered the address TO
the graduates Of the Normal School,
Washington offers fewer opportunities
10 the ambitious young man and woman
than almost any other city in the coun-
try, because Of its lack Of commercial
activity He expressed the hope that
the graduates would go out into other
parts Of the country where opportuni-
ties are broader.
Neither Is Senator Hepburn in favor
OF a woman teaching all the time
i IS a great thing 70 be a teacher. he
told them, and the coming teacher holds
in her hands the destiny OF the coming
man But wOman's greatest destiny. he
declared. Is 20 be a hOme-maker, and
happy marriage IS more 20 be desired
for a woman than a successful career in
one Of the professions
Senator Hepburn spoke eloquently Of
the value Of the Normal School as a
factor in the educational system evolved
in America. He paid a tribute 10 the
efficiency and faithfulness Of the teach
er, and said that the importance OF
their relation 10 the body polite cannot
be over estimated.
Mrs Ellen Mussey Presides.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, OF the
Board OF Education. presided over the
exercises. and superintendent Stuart
also made a brief address. Diplomas
were awarded by Capt. James F. Oys-
ter. president Of the Board of Educa-
tor, and Rev. Charles Wood delivered
the invocation.
The class officers OF this years
graduating class In the general
course are. Elizabeth Ashlin ITALIA
ferro. president: Dorothy Hellman,
vice president. Annie Lowering Willis,
secretsry; Edna Louise Turnburke,
treasurer.
In the kindergarten course the class
officers are: Miss Vera Snyder, presi-
dent, and Miss Fern Prince, vice pres
dent Class day exercises of the Nor
naI graduates win be held this even
ing at Continental Hall
Training School Exercises.
At Columbia Theater this afternoon
the graduating exercises OF Mckinley
Manual Training School took place,
the industry Of ffty-five boys and
girls being rewarded with diplomas
DR. Barton W. Evermann, of the
Board OF Education, was scheduled 10
preside, and Charles WinslOw. eX-
pert on Industrial education Of the
Department of Commerce and Labor.
was invited 10 make the graduating
address. The award Of scholarships
fell TO superintendent Alexander T.
stuart, and Dr. Elmer Z. Brown,
United States Commissioner Of Edu-
cation, presented the diplomas
The graduates Of the Central High
School are announced today by Prin-
cjpal Emory :. Wilson for the first
time. The commencement exercises /
Of this institution will be held tOmOr-
Tow afternoon at 4:3O O'clock at the
New National Theater.
The address of the afternoon will be
made by Or Elmer Z. Brown, United
States Commissioner of Education
and the Rev. John Van Schaick will
present the diplomas TO the gradu-
ates. Harry TurnbuTke will give his
experiences during eight years of
school life, and several musical mum
cETS VIII compete the program. ".
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The following young men and young
women comprise the large gradual
ing class from Central High:
Girl Graduates
Mary Caroline Aitcheson, Mary
Katharine Anderson, Isabel Drum
fnOnd Atkinson.
Edna Nav Baltzeu. Ruth Ellen
Barnes. Irene Elizabeth Barry, Mary
Adelaide Beller, Marie Elsie Board
man, Hazel Ellen Brelsford, Elizabeth
Belle Burt. Ruth Bussard.
Edith Cheney. Charlotte Helen
Chew, Elizabeth Chown. Mildred Lee
Collier, Isabel Lucy Collins, Anna
Iestina Cowden, Anna Margaret
Crook, Ruth Esther CrOssfleld. Helen
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