Evening star., 1915-06-19
GRADUATES ARE URGED
TO IMPROVE TALENTS
P. T. Moran Delivers Address at the
Business high School
Commencement.
Faithful Work and Good Morals, he
Tells Them, Will Assure
Success.

Telling the graduates of the two-year
class Of the Business High School at
their commencement last night in the
school building that unless they gave to
the employers the best that was in
them they would fall by the wayside,
to be trampled upon by the strong, P
T. Moran. president Of the Washington
Chamber of Commerce, gave them much
advice as how to succeed in the busi-
ness world.
There Is only one thing on the mind
Of the mothers and fathers here to-
night to see their children graduate,
and that Is What will be the future of
our boy or girl?'" said Mr. Moran
Your future will be just what you
make it. 1t is in your own hands. Your
graduation here now indicates that
your foundation stones have been laid
and now you go into the world for good
or bad. 1t will require all the energy
and force of character in your makeup.
You must give the best that is in you
to your employers. If you don't you
will. fall by the wayside. and the strong
will trample over you. Therefore. I
say, give the best that is in you. Never
shirk responsibility
EQucaCed Men Plentiful.
THE country is full of educated men
and women I might say that the country
has surplus of educa ted men and wom-
en- But the country does not have a
surplus of good, Christianized men and
women. There will be much temptation
to do wrong thrown before you in your
business life If you accept these invita-
tions to do wrong you will be despised
by your friends and your parents. Nerve
yourself now to resist these foundations
Do 1t for the benfit of your ha working
fathers and mothers, who have made
sacrifices to give you an education. Do
it for your friends Do it for old Busi-
ness High School. The sacrifices that
your mother has made for you should
make you more determined than ever to
make this strong fight.
When you go out into the business
world do not go to work every day with
long faces. You should indulge in health
full exercise and play. 1t will assist you
in keeping the mind clear and the body
healthy and strong. You must pay par
ticular attention to your health, and do
not eat things which do not agree with
you.
Opportunities Are Open.
When you get your first position
make a determination to hold to it. If
dissipation you will find it hard to get
another one. Make your presence felt
in your employers office. Make that
man think that you are necessary to
his business. There will be some one
else watching you, and If that en-
ployer does not give you an increase
in salary when you deserve 1t there
will be a man in the next block who
will want you and will give you bet
ter salary to get you.
DO not get angry when your en-
ployer points out an error. Determine
that he was right. and make every eff
fort to prevent it the next time. That
flee, but don't let that clock worry you.
If you have too many engagements and
have to get away too quickly, that en-
ployer will begin to watch you closely
to see if you are falling into temptation,
He may fire you. and you will go
home and tell that worshpful mother
that your employer was too hard to
get along with. The trouble is that
there are too many excuses. If that
American mother would tell you that
you couldn't get anything to eat until
you got another job she would be con-
ferring a great favor upon you"
Mr. Moran also warned the graduates
against bad companionship. and, above
all he said. do not try to know it
all" He told them to give respect to
the opinions of others who have long
been in the business world.
Ernest L. Thurston. superintendent of
the Washington public schools. presided
at the ceremonies The invocation was
Mrs Susie r. Rhodes, member of the
board of education, presented the di-
plomas.
List of the Graduates.
Following are the graduates:
Ruth Ainsworth, Mary Helen Abra-
ham. Laura Margaret Alvey.
Gladys Elizabeth Beall, Nellie Ange-
lyn Beall, Clara Leola Beckwith.
Rachael Beuchert, Annie Elizabeth
Birkbeck, Ellen Marie Birmingham,
Christine Elizabeth Brent. Beatrice
Florence Brewer, Agnes Catherine
Brown, Alma Pauline Buehler.
Loretta Agnes Campbell, Elijah beth
Elliot Chase, Catherine Dalton Clarke.
Rosna Warden Cole. Lucie Agnes
Combs, Clara Mcclure Conrad, Lilas
Elizabeth Craig. Margaret Crittenden,
Annie Christene Cromar, Mary Cath
crime Curran, Nellie Isabelle Curran,
Courtenay Washington Davidge.
Mae Cecilia Deery, Beulah Benton
Dewey.
Christena Gertrude Eckhardt, Jane
Irene Elmore. Louise Johanna Cath
crime Eppley.
Hazel jeanette Forbes.
Alice Blanche Gallagher, Helen Mars
den Glading and Rose Goldstein.
Alma Frances Hager, Sybel Amanda
Hall. Hazel Pauline Heller, Mary Ellen
Heller, Ada Alice Hughes, Lillian May
Hutchinson. Edna May Hopwood and
Margaret Cecilia Howes.
Viola Edwina Jasper, Mildred Vir-
ginia johnson and Elizabeth Magdalen
Jones'
Elsie Marie Kane. Clara Florence
Keenan,. Evelyn Virginia Kerr. Muriel
Keller, Dorothy Ray Keys. Sadie Eliza
beth koons and Bessie kotz
Alice Marion Leishear. Mildred Lieb-
ermann and Olga Randolph Lowell
Helen Eivien Malone, Emma Gather
inc Martin. Pauline Elizabeth Michael,
Gertrude Michaelson. LEM Ruth Mil
Ter. Louise Moore. Nina Virginia Nor
gan, Freda Moskow and Annie Myers.
Augusta Margaret Nau.
Helen Anna Neumeyer. Doris Eliza
beth Noetzel.
Elizabeth Margaret ockstadt, Lois
Elizabeth Oliver.
Mary Frances Palmateer. Georgette
Alice Pendevant. Grace Julia Petit.
Rose Elizabeth Pohlmann, Lillian
Portion.
Mabel Virginia Reichard. Esther En-
lily Susana Ries. Thelma Leola Rigdon,
Margaret Walther Robey. Thelma Ger
trude Russell.
Elsie Anna Schenken, Marie Elizabeth
Schutt Emma Margaret Schwab. Marie
Louise Shryock. Jeanette Silber. Ha-
eel Vinton Smith. Hazel Moffatt Snifin,
Helen Mary SPAIN, Ada Irene Stearns.
Estelle Margaret Stockman, Thelma
Mary Sweeney.
Roberta Imogene Talley. Ruth Mil
dred Tompkins. Irene Clara Trammell.
Maud I.oujSe Viehmann Eleanor Mar