The Washington herald., 1911-06-20
Justice Stafford Speaks to Western
Glass on Gospel of Poetry"
Scholarships Are Awarded.

Elaborate commencement exercises, but
strictly In accordance with the regula-
tions of the board of education. marked
the graduation of seventy-two students
Of Western High School yesterday after
noon in Columbia Theater.
Packed high with floral decorations and
palms, the stage presented a handsome
sight as thirty-one young girls, clad in
their dainty regulation graduation gowns
of simple white, took their seats on the
stand, while thirty-one young men fol-
lowed them.
Among those on the stage were Miss
Edith Westcott, principal of the school;
Ernest H. Daniel, of the board of edu-
cation, who presided Rev. Paul A. Men
eel, pastor of Concordia Lutheran
Church; Justice Wendell Phillips Stat
ford, of the District Supreme Court; A.
T. Stuart, superintendent OF public
schools; Senator Elmer J. Burkett, and
others.
Following the invocation by Rev. Mr.
Menzel, Justice Stafford addressed the
graduates, taking as his subject The
gospel Of poetry"
Gospel of Poetry.
America should add a clause to its
litany." he said, which should read.
That 1t may please Thee to send true
poets to this nation, Oh, Lord, we be-
seech Thee Poetry was rather the SEN
tence that gave to the world dignity,
sublimity, and grandeur. Its true pur-
pose is that the ideal may be real to
men, which is the Gospel of poetry"
He told the graduates simply that the
noblest things in their lives were actuated
by poetry, and appealed to them to take
70 ffu
After the announcement of awards by
Miss Edith Westcott, principal Of the
school, Senator Burkett, who presented
the diplomas, spoke briefly to the gradu-
ates, urging them to keep their hearts
and eyes set to the future. which they
must face fearlessly and with the spirit
that marked their progress at school.
Music was furnished by eight pieces of
the Marine Band, directed by Lieut.. WILL
lam H. Santelmann, leader.
Awards Announced.
The announcement of awards was as
follows: s-... --, --.. -.
Lafayette College. Randall, F. Holden;
Chicago University, William Micajah
Gray; Harvard University, Duncan Full
Ter and James Booth Lockwood; George
University. Maurice Cohen.
and West Point, Edwin Alexander Bethel,
The honor roll consists Of Katherine
Theresa Meyer and Harry Cullen Blan-
ton.
List of Graduates.
Following is the list of graduates:
GeneTieTs shober Ambrose Cecilia Woods Arnold.
Bertha Alice Baker. Martha Kathleen Bitter,
Frances Elizabeth Brown, Lenore c. Burkett. Cathe
rine CLARK Edith Scott Combes. Mary Ellen Conry.
Louise Davis Cd.tenden, Avonelle Marie Crockett,
Loleta !. Dawson, Lucy Keziah Dortch, Grace
Laetitis Forsythe Dorothy Kan HanVey Marguerite
Henrietta johnson, Dorothy Kimhall. Helen Mildred
knight. FloCa May Linkins. Dorothy Loud. Isabelle
VI. Ducey, Helen Mabel McCumber, Florence Louise
McDOnel. Edythe NeTins McQuade, Frances Martina
MaheT, Zenaida Merriam, Katherine Theresa Meyer
Psttie n. Morris Marian Negley, Mary Margaret
0Bien, Lille May Payne. Marie Ahmighito Peary
Helen Knight Rogers. Marianne Council Rucker
Madeline Gertrude Schneider, Margaret Church Sco
field. Emily Nourse Steuart, Mary Sanderson Thrift
Mabel UpdegRf. Virginia Wheat, Ruth Fisher
Wrghtson. Harold Bantz Edwin Alexander Bethel.
Harry Cullen Blanton, Edwin Caleb Burt, Paul
Bushnell, James Augustine Cahill. IT,. John James
Chew. ID, Maurice Cohen, Sam J. Cohen, James
Henley Courts Stanley Coyile. Duncan Fuller, Alan
Freeman Gamer, William Micajah Gray. Edwin Al
bert Hale. William p. Hertst, jr., Randall F. Hol-
den. Frederick Hammond knight, Richard n. Lans-
burgh, James Booth lockwood. Howard s. Nc
Candlish, L EmmArt Meany, Paul Theodore Menzel.
Benjamin n. Micou Hilary Herbert Micou. Ken
meth HassleT Read, Thomas NJ. Rector, Adoiph !.
Frank Clark Scuheld, Raymond lie Roy
Walter F. lyman