Evening journal., 1916-06-28
FOR TEN
HOWARD Graduates
DR.. Pickens Tells Students
of Growth of the
Negro Race
HAS ALWAYS BEEN
LOYAL AMERICAN

Annual commencement exercises or
the Howard High School were held
in The Playhouse last night. when ten
young people received their coveted
diploma. An interesting program was
presented. and the exercises were en-
iOyed by a large audience. Samuel
n. Baynard. president of the Board
of Education. presided, and the ad-
dress OF the evening was delivered by
DIR. William Pickons. dean OF Morgan
College. Baltimore.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. c..
S. Spriggs. after which Miss Marie
Elaine Coleman delivered an address
upon settlement Work; What II Has
Done For the Country The ad-
dress was commented upon freely by
those who heard it, and Miss Coleman
was praised for her splendid effort
An address on the life OF William
| Shakespeare. a theme especially ap-
pfopriate this year. written by Miss
| Elizabeth Walla Jefferson, was dc
livered by Henry Kensil Spearman.
Miss Nell c. Krumme. supervisor OF
music, led a mixed chorus OF ABOUT
! i6O voices in a manner which demon
strated very clearly the care ana at
tention she had given to her WORK
and the strict attention the pupils pay
to her. teachings.
DR.. Pickens address TO the class OF
] 1916 dealt with the rise OF the Negro
/ DIR. Pickens depicted the steady up
ward trend of the members OF that
race from the time of Henry the Navi-
/ gator. who accepted twelve Negroes
ms slaves for some Moorish captives,
10 the present day He led up from
the DAYS OF slavery and the subse-
uuent emancipation Of the colored
race TO the economic conditions or the
Negro today. refuting the statement
once made by General Grant that In
forty years the Negro race would be
extinct. To-day there are three
Negroes where General Grant saw
one" declared DR.. plckens.
Referring to the wage problem, DR..
Pickens said that the difficulty was
the same one that confronted the
white race. Women are paid womens
wages the world over, and likewise
Negroes are paid Negroes wages. The
quality of fitness for the work does
not enter into the question, as II
should. no said AS to education DR.
II pickens said that in this state the
Negroes are taken good care OF. bu
that in some other States there u
room for great Improvement. Accord
ing to the last census only one on
! OF four Negroes was unable to read
ne said
Dealing with the patriotic side o
the Negro question. the speaker state'
I an
gagged in the War of independence
that they voted for the Constitution
that they fought in the Civil War OF
the side OF the Union. and that they
were the first troops to enter Mexico
in the present crisis.
The prizes and diplomas were awardet
by President Baynard as follows
Board of Education Honor Prize
Highest standing in academic course 70
four years, a set of books, Louis Doug
lass Giles, June class.
Board of Education Honor Prize
set of books, Eleanor Marie Coleman
February class. highest standing j
academic course for four years.
Hopkins q Banton Prize For hes
work done in manual training depart
mcnt. set of tosls. Louis Douglas
, Giles. Honorable mention, George Bay
, ard.
! Prize in Domestic Art--For hes
! work done in sewing, Flossie Anderson
Honorable mention. Antoinettc Frazie
!, Marie Clark Annie Young. Mar
1 | Tnppe.
3 Paul Lawrence Dunbar Prize-Mar
r Coleman. prize for English
Mr.. Baynard presented the followiu
z graduates with their diplomas, sayn
= that they had gone through the prepa
4 cdness drill and were now ready to fgl
life's battle; Eleanor Marie Colema
r honor student; Wilbert Edgar Fishe
v Louis Douglass Giles. honor student
Ethel May Handy Elizabeth Walla Ie
9 ferson.. Henry Kensil Spcarman, Gold'
Z Baker Wilson.
: Also to the following members of Il
normal training department. Amy L
n telle lee, Natalie May Miller Lei
Jane Richardson.
\ Following the exercise Miss EC
!. wilma b. Kruse. principal OF III
I school, entertained the members ,
the Board of Education, the gradl
e ates and others at her home No. q
- East Tenth street, at a reception.