Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19
TEACHERS COLLEGE
GRADUATION HELD
Diplomas Are Given to 1903
After Address by Dr.. Will
liam ]. Cooper.

The Myrtilla Miner Teachers College
graduated lO3 prospective instructors
this morning. when its annual Spring
commencement was held at the Arm
strong High School, under the chair
manship of Mrs. Mary A. Mcneil, mem
berS of the Board of Education.
In his address to the graduates on us
Teaching a Profession DR.. William
John Cooper, United States commits
sioner of education, declared that teach
ing lis capable of becoming a profess
sion, so far as the nature of the serv-
ice is concerned, in so far as the period
of training is heightened and the
knowledge of science behind it mas
tered" Teaching, he asserted, cannot
rank with other professions in financial
returns. largely because teachers are in
the public service and the public does
not expect to pay for given service"
Must Respect Own Calling.
1.-The poor standing of the teaching
profession in social esteem" DR.. Cooper
added, has been largely due to the
teachers themselves and can be cor
rected only by a change in the attitude
of those of us who enter it. So long as
we do not respect our own calling others
will not respect It,"
Garnet c. Wilkinson, first assistant
superintendent in charge of colored
schools, addressed the graduating class
briefly in the exercises which were
opened with invocation by Rev. j. H.
Jenkins pastor of the Asbury Methodist
Episcopal Church. The class song, the
words of which were written by Doro-
thea c. Scurlock and the music of
which was composed by Beatrice L.
Warwick, was sung at the conclusion of
the commencement.
Diplomas Are Presented.
Diplomas were presented, according to
course, as follows:
kindergarten, primary course-Helen
Aiken, Catherine Alexander, Erna Bar
bour, Lillian Birch, Martha Began
Lydia Browne, Mabel Brown, Marguerite
Chinn, Catherine Clayton, Martha
Cooke, Myrdene Eddings, Flora Fisher,
tine Harris, Margaret Headen, Marjorie
Hopkins, Cynthia Jackson, Hattie jack
son, Bernice johnson, Gertrude john
son, Sarah Minis, Constance Murphy,
Virginia Pair, Erma Perry, Helen Pethel,
Mae Pinckney, Phyllis Reynolds, Vivian
Reynolds, Dorothy Shaed, Mildred Stat
ford. Mary Tanner, Edith Thomas.
Gladys Thomas, Beresenia Walker,
Beatrice Warrick, Ethel Williamson and
EQlIn WOEInlBy,
intermediate course-Clarissa Baker.
Jessie Baylor, Olga Beckwith, Edith
Booth. Elizabeth Brooks. Clara Browne,
Lydia Brownlow, Emma Bullock, Harvey
Bullock, Cera Catlett, Ada Coleman,
Margaret Dickinson, Mary Durham,
Grace Evans, Juanita Everhart Emnie
Floyd, Virginia Francis. Geneva Free
land. Peter Glascoe, Vineta Graves,
Marion Hall, Naomi Hall, Clara Ham
ilton, Sadie Harris, Ethel Marie Haw-
kins, Virginia Hilton. Louise Howe,
Emma johnson, Audrey Jones' Mar
jorie Knorl, Mabel Lancaster, Thelma
Lane, Mabel Lewis, Juanita Mitchell
Edith Morrison, Hannah Nash, Carmel
Neale, Marguerite Paxton, Elizabeth
Radcliffe, Emma Ragins, Roberta Rob-
bins, Dorothy Robinson, Milton Rose,
jamie Ross, Ethel Sanders, Willie Scott.
Dorothea Scurlock Margaret Simmons,
Dorothy Smith, Kathleen Steele, Roxie
Swami Dorothy Taylor, Margaret Tay-
lor, Juanita Thomas, Mary Thomas.
Julia Tolliver. Alberta Turner. Alfredo
Washington, Edward Washington, Mil
dred Washington. Sadie White, Gladys
Williams Pauline Williams, Mabel
Wyche and Ella Yates.