The Washington herald., 1912-06-20
NORMAL SCHOOL
F. PUPILS GRADUATED
Large Glasses Receive Diplomas Al
Separate Commencement Ezer-
cisss-Carry Flowers.
SENATOR FLETOHER SPEAKS

| Normal School No. were held In the
Sumner School Building, Seventeenth and
N Streets Northwest.
A strong plea for large compensation
for the public school teachers OF the
| District was made by Senator Duncan
] U. Fletcher Of Florida in an address
before the graduates OF Normal School
| No. /.
Il look over this body Of graduates" ,"
he said, and I see only young women.
1 Not young man is in the class There
| must be a reason for the absence OF
male graduates. And ! believe I have
found the reason for this absence. II
Is not because young men are not 50
well adapted to school teaching as young
women, but because the compensation is
entirely too low There is no induce
ment to hold out to the young man to
enter the teaching profession.
No Inducement offered.
1T is a crying shame that the men and
women who are intrusted with the edu-
cation of the children OF this country
are paid such small salaries as they re-
| celve to-day. I hope the time is soon
coming when the authorities will be
stirred upon this point Of compensation
and will do justice to the force OF able
| teachers who have devoted their lives TO
The District Of Columbia pays its dog
| catchers a salary OF $3.50 per annum.
| It pays the average school-teacher q
| salary Of 500 per annum."
| The graduates, clad in white, proceed
| ed slowly down the center aisle Of the
hall at the beginning OF the exercises,
! carrying a long chain Of interviewer
| the front Of the hall and then mounted
the stage. Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey,
vice president OF the Board Of Educa-
| tion, presided. Song OF Thanksgiving
] was sung by the graduates, assisted by
| the undergraduates. who occupied seats
| in the boxes over the platform. The in
vocation was pronounced by Rev. L. @.
B. Pierce. Chaplain of the Senate. Chill
dren's songs, such as are taught to the
pupils Of classes between the kindergar-
ten and the fourth grade, were sung by
the graduates.
Diplomas Are Awarded.
DR.. William NJ. Davidson. superinten-
dent OF schools. delivered a few brief
remarks. in which he lauded the class
for its excellent record. The graduates
then sang chIldren's songs, which are
taught TO the pupils OF classes between
the fifth and eighth grades. The young
women were led in the singing by Miss
Alys Bentley, who is connected with the
music department Of the schools. Miss
Edith Bateman Athey and Miss Bernice
Randall served as accompanies. The
diplomas were presented by Capt. James
F. Oyster, president OF the Board Of
Education.
Following is list Of the graduates:
Regular course-Ruth Estelle Abbott,
Mary Caroline Aitcheson, Juanita Town
send Anderson, Marian Katherine Ander-
son, Helen Irene Appler, Edna May
Baltzell, Ruth Ellen Barnes. Ruth Bas-
sett, Mary Adelaide Beller, Annie Amelia
Betker, Marie Elsie Boardman Marion
May Boyd, Dorothy Josephine Breunin-
ger, Martha Ringgold Browning, Ruth
BusSard. Helen Leitch Clark. Mildred
Msrgaretta Clements. Florida Frances
Clevenger, Isabelle Lucy Collins, Anna
Margaret Crook, Helen Elizabeth Cross |
ley, Grace Croswell, Anna Ramsay
Cumpston. Dorothy Todd Davidson, |
Irene Roberta Douglas Agnes Eleanor
Dowling, Mary Elizabeth Easton, Edna |
Virginia Ellis, Helen Luella Estep, Ethel
Virginia FitZhugh, Natalie Marie Furt- !
ner, Anna Louise Helder, Amelie Hol- |
lander. Eleanor Marguerite Kerr, Wiz
ginis Kirby, Sara Koenigsberger. Edna
Hazel Ladson, Annie Jane Latimer, Mary |
Virginia Lttleton. Ethel Elizabeth Llu-
frio, Lois Hayden Meek, Lola Alice !
Mercier, Mary Mildred Miller, Louise |
Maria Moore, Phyllis Lea Patterson, |
Hattie NJ. Patzschke, Martha Cherry |
Pearson, Leila Dutton Pritchard, Mary
Elizabeth Ramby, Jessie A Ramsay, |
Charlotte O'Byrne Saunders. Mildred |
selene Schmaling. Pearl Artimesa Shreve, |
Dora Adele simpkins, Agnes Margaret
Solem, Clara Louise Stack, Nellie c. !
Stockett, Alice Baird stromberger, Elsie
Marie Swank, Ruth Eleanor Tate. Mil |
dred June Tegeler, Elberta Agnes Thom,
Mary Ellen Tracy. Media Roeser Wal
decker. Laura Goldin Vessels. Anna |
Barbara Wiegand. Wineferd Wilson,
Jessie Emma wTer. Katie Burdettel
Woods, and Rosemary Elizabeth Wright. |
Domestic science course-Flora Marie
Dellwig.
kindergarten course - Louise Lynce
Carmody. Mildred Lee Collier. Maude
Eiker, Mildred Ford Fonda, Ruby Har-
wood Hall, Esther Louise Henderson,
Martha Suzanne Hitz, Emily May Lib
hey. Ruth Eaton McCathran. Grace Cor
della Middleton, Alice Pauline Rea. Dor
othy Shaw, and Lena Forsberg wilkins.
The following were the class officers:
General course-Miss Lois Hayden
Meek, president; Miss Margaret Wilson
Bell, vice president; Miss Laura Golden
secretary, and Miss EIberta
Agnes Thorn, treasurer.
Kindergarten course-Miss Alice Pauline
Rea, president; Miss Louisa Lynch Car
nody, vice president; Miss Dorothy Shaw,
and Miss Ruth Eaton Nc
treasurer.
DR.. Davidson PresIdeE. Il
DR.. Davidson presided at the commence
nent exercises Of Normal School, No. 2 L
The invocation was by Rev. Thomas ].
Brown, rector Of st. Luke's Protastsnr
Church. The address to the
graduates was delivered by DR.. w. V. Ii
runnell, OF the Board Of Education. The
diplomas were conferred upon the grad
lates by Mrs. Caroline W. Harris Of the
Board OF Education. The class song,
which was written by Miss Scottrosa
Gregg Montgomery, with the MUSIC by II
Miss Corrine Aurelia Quivers, both of
he graduating class, was sung by the
graduates. The Howard University
scholarship was awarded to Miss Ruth
Brown Peters. The history Of the school
vas reviewed by DR.. Lucy. E. Moten.
principal Of the school.
The following were graduated: College
Fannie Amanda Holland,
4. B.; Rosa Belle Lane, A. B.; and Sarah
Neville Meriweather, A. B.; drawing
Rachel Olive Farley and
Hiss Lillian Theresa Lott: domestic |
cience course-Aisses Genevieve Lillian
Boyd, Vivian Lucille Thompson and
lara Elizabeth Webster; manual training
'ourse-Chsrles Edwin Wesley; kinder
'arten oourse-Misses Mary Jane King,
dadeline Beatrice Scott. Martha Loretta
Wade and Victoria WfI1fa ma ana repu-