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June 22, 1894
The Washington Times
Washington, District Of Columbia
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In 1894, 500 students from Washington's Central, Eastern, and Western High Schools graduated in a splendid ceremony at Convention Hall, with speeches by Commissioner Ross and Hon. W. M. Springer, Marine Band music, and elaborate decorations.
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READY FOR LIFE'S BATTLES
Five Hundred High School Graduates
Receive Their Diplomas.
THOUSANDS OF FRIENDS THERE
Magnificent Sight Presented in Convention Hall-Decorations on an Elaborate Scale.
Hon. W. M. Springer's Address-Music by the Marine Band.
Amid the applause of 5,000 friends, and with the good wishes of principals, teachers, and public, 500 graduates of the Central, Eastern, and Western High schools received their diplomas at Convention hall last evening.
When, a few moments after 8 o'clock, to the music of "Light Cavalry," the pretty young ladies and handsome young gentlemen, all graduates, took their seats on the immense platform, a magnificent sight was presented. The black full-dress suits of the youths formed a solid background, and the white dresses of the young ladies vied with many hundred incandescent lights in adding brilliancy to the scene. The decorations were on an elaborate scale. An immense monogram with the letters "W. H. S., '94,"
worked in blue and white immortelles, and studded here and there with vari-colored electric lights, was suspended from the ceiling. On the platform were seated Commissioners Ross and Truesdell, Superintendent Powell, Principals Lane, Sites, and Westcott, Hon. William M. Springer, and a number of high school teachers.
The Marine band played two introductory selections, and then the graduates marched from the gallery and took their places on the platform as the musicians rendered "The Eastern High School March," composed by Miss Hettie Diver, of the Eastern high School class of '91.
COMMISSIONER ROSS' ADDRESS.
Rev. Rush Shippen invoked the divine blessing, the band played, "In the Clock Store," and then Commissioner Ross made an introductory address.
He characterized the commencement as the annual public school festival. This was the greatest and most memorable of the school days of the graduates. In many cases much sacrifice had been made in order that the boys and girls might secure the advantages of a public school training. Into whatever field of labor they may go they will carry with them the best wishes for success in life.
The "Patrol American" was played by the band and then Hon. William M. Springer, of Illinois, was introduced as the speaker of the evening. In introducing the speaker, Mr. Ross referred to him as one of Washington's most devoted friends in Congress.
"The occasion which calls us together is one of great importance," said Mr. Springer. "It is not merely of local interest. Nowhere in the country has such a spectacle as that now before us been presented to the American people. This is not only a Washington high school. It is the high school of the United States. In it are the sons and daughters of persons from every section of our land."
Commissioner Truesdell presented the diplomas as the graduates' names were called by the several principals.
Then the Marine Band played the "High School March," the commencement was over, and 500 young ladies and gentlemen were no longer members of the Washington high school, but ordinary citizens of the District of Columbia.
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.
The following is a list of the graduates:
Central High School, fourth year class-Gertrude Barron, Helen R. Biddis, Tussinelda Breuninger, Carlotta Brockett, Katherine S. Brown, Nellie Brown, Minnie E. Compton, Lillie J. Cooper, Winifred M. Costigan, May Deming Emily Given, Sadie C. Goodman, Emma F. Hayward, Mary S. Hinman, Agnes E. Martin, Beall Martin, Mary I. McKeever Ethel D. Moore, Celeste S. Moritz, Florence E. Muir, Grace Penney, Grace I. Ross, Mary B. Shaffer, Helen S. Stetson, Anna S. Wilson, Edward M. Adams, Herbert H. Adams, Albert W. Bayard, Guy S. Meloy, Frank E. Skinner, John C. Spaulding, Robert W. Test, Joseph S. Wall.
Third year class-Maude M. Allen, Mabel B. Babcock, Faith G. Bagg, Ethel Bagley, Grace M. Baird, Alice E. Baker, Margaret Banes, Sarah E. Beamer, Vanette L. Bogan, Adelaide S. Bolway, Stella J. Borland, Martha M. Bowie, Elise Bradford, Margaret T. Brady, Mabel E. Bremer, Mabel E. Brown, Grace Bryant, Maud R. Burbank, Josephine M. Burton, Lillie J. Busey Laura G. Chauncey, Vera M. Coleman, Roxie E. Collier, Gertrude A. Davis, Jenny M. Davis, Elizabeth M. Dawes, Agnes B. Dillon, Annie E. Draper, Helen S. Etchison, Annie R. Evans, Harriet R. Evans, Rosa E. Evans, Margaret W. Fletcher, Ella M. Ford, Carrie M. Fuller, Mary C. Gannett, Lily Gerry, Lillian E. Grayson, Sarah Greer, Ruth Hamilton, Alice Hanley, Ella R. House, Sarah W. Howe, Florence J. Howell, Faith P. Hubbard, Ivy V. Hurdle, Ada R. Johnson, Isabel L. Jordan, Josephine T. Kelly, Annie C. Kelton, Florence H. King, Mary L. King, Anita L. Latch, Isabel B. Leasnitzer, Elizabeth M. Lewis, Mary L. Little Ada S. Love, Hulda I. Luckel, Mary E. Luttrell Mazie McG. Lynham, Edith Marean, Sallie T. Mason, Jennie A. Matthews, Edith G. McArthur, Jean McFarlan, Ruth McGowan, Edith M. McKee, Marie C. McKelden, Little L. McKenzie, Gertrude E. Metcalf, Hannah Michaelis, Lucy K. Montgomery, Lucy M. Moore, Myrtle A. Olmsted, Emily R. Peck, Lillie E. Poole, Annie P. Potter, Lida T. Priest, Ethel T. Prince, Persis Proudfit, Georgia Redway, Edith G. Richmond, Mary E. Robinson, Catherine V. Roeben, Ida K. Seavey, Eva F. Signourney, Dollie H. Sipe, Marie Sipe, Bertha G. Stier, Mabel Stier, Margaret M. Stockbridge, Edith G. Swann, Mabel L. Vaughn, Ida M. Wagner, Gertrude M. Walsh, Elizabeth Weedon, Georgie G. Wenner, Juliet L. Winfield, Helen F. Wright, Clara F. Young, John H. Altschul, Lawrence E. Barringer, Rudolph B. Behrend, Carl S. Brandenburg, John W. Brawner, Howard S. Burbank, Frank G. Butts, James W. Clift, Harry T. Domer, Harry Draper Frank H. Eastman, Victor B. Fay, Byron U. Graham, John P. Gunion, Harry A. Heitmuller, Bernard Herman, Paul B. Johnson, Harry W. Keefe, Charles J. Murphy, John L. Norris, Warren G. Ogden, Charles K. Ulberg, John H. Ontrich, William A. Page, Charles K. Robinson, Joseph Salomon, William M. Shuster, William McA. Smith, Christian Storm, Wilbur W. Underwood, Edmond M. Walsh, Ralph S. Warfield, Charles R. Yeatman.
EASTERN AND WESTERN SCHOLARS
Eastern High School, fourth year class-Mary I. Burns, Virgie McL. Gabreath, Mary I. Kelly, Eleanor A. Lampson, Katharine McNaught, Herbert A. Church, John W. Ewing, Harold C. Grant, Paul R. Hallam, Robert A. W. McKeldin, George E. Tralles.
Third year class-Katie O. Adams, Bertha H. Adams, Maude Alton, Jessie Appler, Louise F. Bartlett, Daisy M. Bartlett, Lelia D. Beattie, Bessie Bonney, Florence E. Bowman, Lily Buehler, Bessie Bullen, Clara H. Burroughs, Marian Carter, Grace E. Church, Fanny R. Clements, Hettie N. Diver, Bessie C. M. Erly, Annetta M. Etz, Gertrude Fairchild, Winifred L. Fountain, Alice Gardner, Emma J. Graham, Signe C. Guerdrum, Theresa Herrle, Maria St. C. Howell, Margaret L. Hughes, Anna S. Hughes, Nellie G. Humphreys, Florence W. Jackson, Willie M. Kilgore, Emma Lee, Mary I. McCauley, Lulu M. MacIntosh, Rosanna C. Palmer, Mary R. Parkman, Nellie Richards, Minnie N. Roth, Grace E. Ruff, Etta L. Sanford, Teresa L. Sexton, Edith M. Smith, Minnie L. Spencer, Minnie F. Thompson, Mabel C. Thompson, Anna M. Tilton, Lillian I. Tolson, S. McN. Underwood, Bessie L. Yoder, Jeanette L. Young, Jesse L. Adams, jr., Allen D. Albert, jr., S. M. Bouton, Martin S. Bowman, Harry L. Brown, Dudley E. Burdine, Royal E. Burnham, Dewitt C. Croissant, Edwin H. Etz, John C. Fitzpatrick, Robert L. Floyd Bertram G. Foster, Joshua L. Gatchell, Irvin E. Gilbert, Charles Hart, James W. Hart, John H. Heady, Ernest E. Herrell, William F. Hillyer, Clair K. Hillyer, Harry Leonard, John St. J. Lockwood, Orton L. Meigs, James W. Murphy, George Parson, William E. Parson, R. R. Riordan, John W. Steward
Western High School, fourth year class-Virginia Brown, Mamie W. Lightfoot, M. Jane Moor, Agnes Muntz, Mayday de A. Solvon, Paul B. Graham.
Third year class-Ella Baxter, Bessie H. Bell, Lillie M. Bremermann, Clara M. Brewer, Elizabeth W. Cartwright, Alice J. Crowley, Ollie R. Dix, Agnes F. Entwisle, Emily M. Frey, Princetta L. Hanger, Minnie V. Heitman, Gertrude M. Janney, Geneva K. Johnston, Sue M. Lacy, Lulu F. Lanman, Alice J. Lynch, Mary L. McGowan Cecil F. McKee, Harriet B. Meding, Julia A. Nichols, Carrie Nordlinger, Ellen E. Patterson, Mary E. Phillips, Elsie I. Roche, Annie L. Shoemaker, Grace L. Stone, M. Edith Taylor, Caroline B. Troth, Mary L. Trunnell, Euphan M. Washington, Cora M. Wetzel, Maud White, Annie W. Willige, Arthur K. Birch, Walter E. Birch, John C. Brennan, George Elliott, E. R. Frisby, Robert L. Haycock, Harry B. Houghton, John McD. A. Lacy, Charles Linkins, Charles J. Ramsburg, Joseph Taussig, James E. Wilson.
Five Hundred High School Graduates
Receive Their Diplomas.
THOUSANDS OF FRIENDS THERE
Magnificent Sight Presented in Convention Hall-Decorations on an Elaborate Scale.
Hon. W. M. Springer's Address-Music by the Marine Band.
Amid the applause of 5,000 friends, and with the good wishes of principals, teachers, and public, 500 graduates of the Central, Eastern, and Western High schools received their diplomas at Convention hall last evening.
When, a few moments after 8 o'clock, to the music of "Light Cavalry," the pretty young ladies and handsome young gentlemen, all graduates, took their seats on the immense platform, a magnificent sight was presented. The black full-dress suits of the youths formed a solid background, and the white dresses of the young ladies vied with many hundred incandescent lights in adding brilliancy to the scene. The decorations were on an elaborate scale. An immense monogram with the letters "W. H. S., '94,"
worked in blue and white immortelles, and studded here and there with vari-colored electric lights, was suspended from the ceiling. On the platform were seated Commissioners Ross and Truesdell, Superintendent Powell, Principals Lane, Sites, and Westcott, Hon. William M. Springer, and a number of high school teachers.
The Marine band played two introductory selections, and then the graduates marched from the gallery and took their places on the platform as the musicians rendered "The Eastern High School March," composed by Miss Hettie Diver, of the Eastern high School class of '91.
COMMISSIONER ROSS' ADDRESS.
Rev. Rush Shippen invoked the divine blessing, the band played, "In the Clock Store," and then Commissioner Ross made an introductory address.
He characterized the commencement as the annual public school festival. This was the greatest and most memorable of the school days of the graduates. In many cases much sacrifice had been made in order that the boys and girls might secure the advantages of a public school training. Into whatever field of labor they may go they will carry with them the best wishes for success in life.
The "Patrol American" was played by the band and then Hon. William M. Springer, of Illinois, was introduced as the speaker of the evening. In introducing the speaker, Mr. Ross referred to him as one of Washington's most devoted friends in Congress.
"The occasion which calls us together is one of great importance," said Mr. Springer. "It is not merely of local interest. Nowhere in the country has such a spectacle as that now before us been presented to the American people. This is not only a Washington high school. It is the high school of the United States. In it are the sons and daughters of persons from every section of our land."
Commissioner Truesdell presented the diplomas as the graduates' names were called by the several principals.
Then the Marine Band played the "High School March," the commencement was over, and 500 young ladies and gentlemen were no longer members of the Washington high school, but ordinary citizens of the District of Columbia.
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.
The following is a list of the graduates:
Central High School, fourth year class-Gertrude Barron, Helen R. Biddis, Tussinelda Breuninger, Carlotta Brockett, Katherine S. Brown, Nellie Brown, Minnie E. Compton, Lillie J. Cooper, Winifred M. Costigan, May Deming Emily Given, Sadie C. Goodman, Emma F. Hayward, Mary S. Hinman, Agnes E. Martin, Beall Martin, Mary I. McKeever Ethel D. Moore, Celeste S. Moritz, Florence E. Muir, Grace Penney, Grace I. Ross, Mary B. Shaffer, Helen S. Stetson, Anna S. Wilson, Edward M. Adams, Herbert H. Adams, Albert W. Bayard, Guy S. Meloy, Frank E. Skinner, John C. Spaulding, Robert W. Test, Joseph S. Wall.
Third year class-Maude M. Allen, Mabel B. Babcock, Faith G. Bagg, Ethel Bagley, Grace M. Baird, Alice E. Baker, Margaret Banes, Sarah E. Beamer, Vanette L. Bogan, Adelaide S. Bolway, Stella J. Borland, Martha M. Bowie, Elise Bradford, Margaret T. Brady, Mabel E. Bremer, Mabel E. Brown, Grace Bryant, Maud R. Burbank, Josephine M. Burton, Lillie J. Busey Laura G. Chauncey, Vera M. Coleman, Roxie E. Collier, Gertrude A. Davis, Jenny M. Davis, Elizabeth M. Dawes, Agnes B. Dillon, Annie E. Draper, Helen S. Etchison, Annie R. Evans, Harriet R. Evans, Rosa E. Evans, Margaret W. Fletcher, Ella M. Ford, Carrie M. Fuller, Mary C. Gannett, Lily Gerry, Lillian E. Grayson, Sarah Greer, Ruth Hamilton, Alice Hanley, Ella R. House, Sarah W. Howe, Florence J. Howell, Faith P. Hubbard, Ivy V. Hurdle, Ada R. Johnson, Isabel L. Jordan, Josephine T. Kelly, Annie C. Kelton, Florence H. King, Mary L. King, Anita L. Latch, Isabel B. Leasnitzer, Elizabeth M. Lewis, Mary L. Little Ada S. Love, Hulda I. Luckel, Mary E. Luttrell Mazie McG. Lynham, Edith Marean, Sallie T. Mason, Jennie A. Matthews, Edith G. McArthur, Jean McFarlan, Ruth McGowan, Edith M. McKee, Marie C. McKelden, Little L. McKenzie, Gertrude E. Metcalf, Hannah Michaelis, Lucy K. Montgomery, Lucy M. Moore, Myrtle A. Olmsted, Emily R. Peck, Lillie E. Poole, Annie P. Potter, Lida T. Priest, Ethel T. Prince, Persis Proudfit, Georgia Redway, Edith G. Richmond, Mary E. Robinson, Catherine V. Roeben, Ida K. Seavey, Eva F. Signourney, Dollie H. Sipe, Marie Sipe, Bertha G. Stier, Mabel Stier, Margaret M. Stockbridge, Edith G. Swann, Mabel L. Vaughn, Ida M. Wagner, Gertrude M. Walsh, Elizabeth Weedon, Georgie G. Wenner, Juliet L. Winfield, Helen F. Wright, Clara F. Young, John H. Altschul, Lawrence E. Barringer, Rudolph B. Behrend, Carl S. Brandenburg, John W. Brawner, Howard S. Burbank, Frank G. Butts, James W. Clift, Harry T. Domer, Harry Draper Frank H. Eastman, Victor B. Fay, Byron U. Graham, John P. Gunion, Harry A. Heitmuller, Bernard Herman, Paul B. Johnson, Harry W. Keefe, Charles J. Murphy, John L. Norris, Warren G. Ogden, Charles K. Ulberg, John H. Ontrich, William A. Page, Charles K. Robinson, Joseph Salomon, William M. Shuster, William McA. Smith, Christian Storm, Wilbur W. Underwood, Edmond M. Walsh, Ralph S. Warfield, Charles R. Yeatman.
EASTERN AND WESTERN SCHOLARS
Eastern High School, fourth year class-Mary I. Burns, Virgie McL. Gabreath, Mary I. Kelly, Eleanor A. Lampson, Katharine McNaught, Herbert A. Church, John W. Ewing, Harold C. Grant, Paul R. Hallam, Robert A. W. McKeldin, George E. Tralles.
Third year class-Katie O. Adams, Bertha H. Adams, Maude Alton, Jessie Appler, Louise F. Bartlett, Daisy M. Bartlett, Lelia D. Beattie, Bessie Bonney, Florence E. Bowman, Lily Buehler, Bessie Bullen, Clara H. Burroughs, Marian Carter, Grace E. Church, Fanny R. Clements, Hettie N. Diver, Bessie C. M. Erly, Annetta M. Etz, Gertrude Fairchild, Winifred L. Fountain, Alice Gardner, Emma J. Graham, Signe C. Guerdrum, Theresa Herrle, Maria St. C. Howell, Margaret L. Hughes, Anna S. Hughes, Nellie G. Humphreys, Florence W. Jackson, Willie M. Kilgore, Emma Lee, Mary I. McCauley, Lulu M. MacIntosh, Rosanna C. Palmer, Mary R. Parkman, Nellie Richards, Minnie N. Roth, Grace E. Ruff, Etta L. Sanford, Teresa L. Sexton, Edith M. Smith, Minnie L. Spencer, Minnie F. Thompson, Mabel C. Thompson, Anna M. Tilton, Lillian I. Tolson, S. McN. Underwood, Bessie L. Yoder, Jeanette L. Young, Jesse L. Adams, jr., Allen D. Albert, jr., S. M. Bouton, Martin S. Bowman, Harry L. Brown, Dudley E. Burdine, Royal E. Burnham, Dewitt C. Croissant, Edwin H. Etz, John C. Fitzpatrick, Robert L. Floyd Bertram G. Foster, Joshua L. Gatchell, Irvin E. Gilbert, Charles Hart, James W. Hart, John H. Heady, Ernest E. Herrell, William F. Hillyer, Clair K. Hillyer, Harry Leonard, John St. J. Lockwood, Orton L. Meigs, James W. Murphy, George Parson, William E. Parson, R. R. Riordan, John W. Steward
Western High School, fourth year class-Virginia Brown, Mamie W. Lightfoot, M. Jane Moor, Agnes Muntz, Mayday de A. Solvon, Paul B. Graham.
Third year class-Ella Baxter, Bessie H. Bell, Lillie M. Bremermann, Clara M. Brewer, Elizabeth W. Cartwright, Alice J. Crowley, Ollie R. Dix, Agnes F. Entwisle, Emily M. Frey, Princetta L. Hanger, Minnie V. Heitman, Gertrude M. Janney, Geneva K. Johnston, Sue M. Lacy, Lulu F. Lanman, Alice J. Lynch, Mary L. McGowan Cecil F. McKee, Harriet B. Meding, Julia A. Nichols, Carrie Nordlinger, Ellen E. Patterson, Mary E. Phillips, Elsie I. Roche, Annie L. Shoemaker, Grace L. Stone, M. Edith Taylor, Caroline B. Troth, Mary L. Trunnell, Euphan M. Washington, Cora M. Wetzel, Maud White, Annie W. Willige, Arthur K. Birch, Walter E. Birch, John C. Brennan, George Elliott, E. R. Frisby, Robert L. Haycock, Harry B. Houghton, John McD. A. Lacy, Charles Linkins, Charles J. Ramsburg, Joseph Taussig, James E. Wilson.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Personal Triumph
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
High School Graduation
Washington High Schools
1894 Diplomas
Marine Band
Commencement Ceremony
What entities or persons were involved?
Commissioner Ross
Hon. William M. Springer
Superintendent Powell
Principals Lane
Sites
Westcott
Graduates Of Central, Eastern, And Western High Schools
Where did it happen?
Convention Hall, Washington
Story Details
Key Persons
Commissioner Ross
Hon. William M. Springer
Superintendent Powell
Principals Lane
Sites
Westcott
Graduates Of Central, Eastern, And Western High Schools
Location
Convention Hall, Washington
Event Date
1894
Story Details
Amid applause from 5,000 friends, 500 graduates from Central, Eastern, and Western High Schools received diplomas in an elaborate ceremony featuring music by the Marine Band, addresses by Commissioner Ross and Hon. William M. Springer, and presentations by Commissioner Truesdell.