The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-08
DEAF MUTES ARE
NOT HANDICAPPED
President Of Gallaudet College
Tells Of Their Business
Success.
FOURTEEN GET DIPLOMAS
Graduates Now Are Winning Their
Way in Many Fields of
Endeavor.
FOURTEEN GET DIPLOMAS

How deaf mutes are practicing law,
dentistry. chemistry, medicine, and other
professions, as well as working at other
| occupations, such as civil service work,
banking. and teaching, was told by Presi-
dent Percival Hall, of Gallaudet College,
when he conferred degrees of Bachelor
of Art on seven candidates, at the forty
ninth annual commencement at Kendall
Green yesterday afternoon.
Besides those who received the degree
Normal School received the degree of
Master of Art, two received the degree
| of bachelor of art, four students of the
of Bachelor of Philosophy, and one Nor
| NAL School student received a diploma.
Law Is Practiccd.
A graduate of Gallaudet, according to
President Hall, is practicing law, having
been admitted to the bar in his State.
| while numerous other graduates are prac-
| ticing medicine, dentistry, teaching, and
| doing other kinds of work which people
in general think deaf mutes incapable of
performing.
The degree of Master of Art was con-
ferred by Prof. Edward A. Day. who, in
his address, spoke of the great need of
capable teachers for the deaf and dumb.
All four Normal students who received
the degree of Master of Art are able to
talk. but unable to hear. They are Julius
j. Heimark. St Olaf College, Minnesota
Clara Anne Lee, Caldwell College Ken
| lucky; William Crooks Mcclure, Central
University, Kentucky, and Mary Hughes
McCue. Synodical College, Missouri
Those who received the degree of
| Bachelor of Art are Mary Helen Burns.
Grover Cleveland Farquhar, Jesse Will
bur Gledhill, Eugene Hogle, Frederick
Henry Hughes. Michael Lapides, and
Clarence Otto Harold Linde.
The degree of Bachelor of Philosophy
was conferred on Cora Agnes Denton
and John Clarence ClessOn by Prof.
Henry f. Day. Burton Wells briggs,
Utah State Normal School. received the
normal school diploma. The invocation
was by Rev. Samuel Greene. of this
city, and the benediction by Rev.
Philip J. Hasenstab. pastor of the Chi
cago NJ r. Mission for the Deaf.
Four hundred people We're present at
the exercises and all commented on
the achievements of the deaf and dumb
scholars.
The class orators were Michael
Lapides who talked on practical
| Idealssm:" Jesse Wilbur Gledhill,
whose Grafton was on Some Ten
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Mary Helen Burns. the subject of
whose ADDRESS was ne otHeT sue VI
the Question" and Grover Cleveland
Farquhar, on Somehow Good" The
address of Miss Burns was given
orally. but those of the other orators
was given in the deaf and dumb sign
language.
DIR. Gore Delivers Address.
DR.. James II. Gore was the principal
speaker of the day. In his address he
pointed out the benefits derived from
broad education. instead of spe-
cialism along only certain lines. The
title of his address was "Preparatio
for the Idle Hour" and that in order
not to waste many idle hours it is
necessary to gain a broad education,
that art and literature may be appre-
ciated.
After the completion of the exer-
cises the school buildings were thrown
open for inspection by the guests and
a reception was rendered AT the home
of the president by Mrs. Hall. who was
assisted in receiving by Mrs. Fay,
Mrs. Day, Miss Chickering. Miss EliZ-
abeth Peet. Miss Agnes Jameson, and
Miss Musa Marbut.
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