Spencerian Business College

1881 Commencement Program:

Presiding Officials: Sara A. and Prof. H. C. Spencer, Co-Principals of the College.
Invocation: Rev. Chauncey Giles.
Salutatory Address: D. E. McElhinny.
Ladies Valedictory Address: Miss A. M. Garesche
Gentlemen s Valedictory Address: Mr. Frank B. Noyes.
Address to the Lady Graduates: Mrs. Sara A. Spencer, Co-Principal.
Address to the Gentlemen Graduates: Professor H. C. Spencer, Co Principal.
Address to the Graduates: Gen. Francis A. Walker, Chief of the Census.
Music: Donch s Orchestra.
Location: Lincoln Hall

The 1881 Spencerian Business College Graduates and Recipients of Bookkeeping Certificates (List of Gentlemen):

James E. Chapman, District of Columbia
George A. Davidson, District of Columbia
Charles E. Engels, District of Columbia
George H. Gurley, District of Columbia
Henry W. Heim, District of Columbia (Bookkeeping Certificate)
Louis H. Hopkins, District of Columbia
John F. Javins, Virginia
Jacob W. Jeunemann, District of Columbia (Bookkeeping Certificate)
David E. McElhinny, Ohio
Frank B. Noyes, District of Columbia [Frank B. Noyes, valedictorian, was the son of Crosby S. Noyes, editor of the Washington Star newspaper. In General Walker's address, he commented that 17 of the graduates were commendable workers in his office, excellent in all aspects.]
William H. Schofield, District of Columbia
Samuel Schwarz, Virginia
Alfred J. Smith, District of Columbia
David H. Solomon, District of Columbia
Walter F. Stewart, District of Columbia
Isaac H. Weil, North Carolina

The 1881 Spencerian Business College Graduating Class of 1881 (List of Ladies):

Blanch E. Donaldson, District of Columbia
Zeola A. Dowling, Pennsylvania
Fannie Florence Evans, District of Columbia
Adele M. Garesch , Missouri
Clara C. Minear, California
Lucy E. Moten, District of Columbia
Marie J. Prandi, France
Mary Redmond, District of Columbia
Manonah Tomas, District of Columbia
Mary Torney. District of Columbia

Information was taken from the May 26, 1881, edition of the Washington Post (Washington, DC, page 4.

1889 Commencement Program:

[This was the Spencerian's 23rd annual graduation ceremony. The school held separate day and night classes but the graduation ceremony covered students of both. Two of the graduates, W. Randolph Smith of Virginia and Samuel Z. Walker of South Carolina, were African-Americans. As he presented the diplomas, Postmaster General Wanamaker had a kind and appropriate word for each student; but it was only to the two African-American graduates that he vouchsafed the honor of a handshake.]

Presiding Officials: Mr. Henry C. Spencer, Principal & Miss Sara Spencer, Vice Principal.
Invocation: Rev. Teunis S. Hamlin, D. D. of the Church of the Covenant.
Salutatorian of the Gentlemen s Class: Mr. R. Lee Maddox of Kentucky.
Salutatorian of the Ladies Class: Miss Pearl B. Beverstock of Ohio.
Address to the Graduates: Mr. Henry C. Spencer, Principal.
Valedictorian of the Gentlemen s Class: Mr. Theodore F. Mauss of Washington, DC.
Valedictorian of the Ladies Class: Miss Jeanette R. Talbert of Washington, DC.
Presentation of Diplomas: Postmaster General John Wanamaker.
Music: Marine Band, led by Prof. John Philip Sousa.
Location: Albaugh's Grand Opera House.

Graduating Class of 1889 (List of Gentlemen):

G. Raymond Acton Virginia (Day Class)
Edwin M. Bennett Cass, Missouri (Night Class)
John S. Bradford Illinois (Day Class)
Jesse Columbus Brooke Wash., DC (Day Class)
Samuel S. Coggins Wash., DC (Day Class)
Adelbert Willis Cox Holderness, New Hampshire (Day Class)
John D. Cross Kansas (Day Class)
William J. Elder Wash., DC (Night Class)
Charles J. French Kentucky (Stenography and Typewriting)
Thomas F. Gillespie South Carolina (Day Class)
Stephen A. Green, Jr. Virginia (Day Class)
James C. Hatton Trenton, New Jersey (Day Class)
Ernest P. Hoff Wash., DC (Day Class)
Frank H. Hough Mount Pleasant, Maryland (Day Class)
Edward E. Hunter Virginia (Day Class)
W. Bladen Jackson Wash., DC (Day Class)
Robert H. Lacey Virginia (Night Class)
R. Lee Maddox, Salutatorian Kentucky (Night Class)
Theodore F. Mauss, Valedictorian Wash., DC (Day Class)
Daniel P. McCallum Wash., DC (Night Class)
Will H. McCormick Wash., DC (Night Class)
W. Sewall McDevitt Virginia (Day Class)
Frederick W. McReynolds Indiana (Night Class)
Emory G. Moore Maryland (Day Class)
Eugene T. Mower Iowa (Day Class) (Penmanship Certificate, Teachers Course)
R. Lee Orwen West Virginia (Day Class)
Don R. Patterson Virginia (Day Class)
William D. Porter, Jr. Wash., DC (Telegraphy)
Edward L. Renick West Virginia (Day Class)
W. Randolph Smith Virginia (Night Class)
Frank G. Strong Indiana (Day Class)
John R. Taggart Ohio (Day Class)
William H. Trouland (Tronland?) Wash., DC (Day Class)
Oscar G. Vogt Wash., DC (Day Class)
Samuel Z. Walker South Carolina (Night Class)
Victor V. Watkins New Jersey (Night Class)
John E. Weidman Wash., DC (Night Class)
Henry A. Whallon Alexandria, Virginia (Telegraphy)

Graduating Class of 1889 (List of Ladies):

Serene A. Bayne Wash., DC (Night Class)
Mary V. Beauchert Wash., DC (Stenography and Typewriting)
Annie M. Coughlan Wash., DC (Stenography and Typewriting)
Pearl B. Beverstock, Salutatorian Milan, Ohio (Day Class)
Katie C. Cullen Davidson, Tennessee (Night Class)
Mary A. Cullen Davidson, Tennessee (Night Class)
Eva L. Cummiski Wash., DC (Day Class)
Lena H. (L.?) Dahler Wash., DC (Day Class)
Alice G. Edmonston Wash., DC (Day Class)
Theresa C. Gately Wash., DC (Night Class)
Elizabeth R. Goods Virginia (Day Class)
Annie M. Griesbaner Wash., DC (Night Class)
Jaffa Elcho Haslup Baltimore, Maryland (Stenography and Typewriting)
M. Ada Larcombe Wash., DC (Day Class)
Mame (Mary?) M. Lazelle North Carolina (Day Class)
Florence E. McKenzie Wash., DC (Stenography and Typewriting)
Anna W. Loyd Minnesota (Day Class)
Nataline E. Pavarina Wash., DC (Day Class)
Lily Beal Porter Wash., DC (Telegraphy)
Jeanette R. Talbert, Valedictorian Wash., DC (Day Class)
Carrie Louise Walker Wash., DC (Day Class)

Information was taken from the May 15, 1889, edition of the Washington Post, Washington, DC.

1897 Commencement Program:

Presentation of the Class of 1897: Mrs. Sara A. Spencer
Invocation: Rev. Samuel H. Green.
Address Before the Graduates: Honorable Lyman J. Gage, Secretary of the Treasury.
Gentlemen s Valedictory: Linwood Burton Nicholson
Ladies' Valedictory Address: Miss Edith Emily Hyde (reading for Miss Edith Graham Granville).
Salutatory Address: Roscoe J. C. Dorsey of the Night Class.
Soloist: Mrs. Helen Lamont singing Luckstone s Delight.
Presentation of Diplomas: Secretary Gage.

1897 Graduates of the Day Class:		1897 Graduates of the Night Class:	1897 Graduates of the Shorthand and Typewriting Class:
Catherine Ward Carr Catherine Radcliffe Frisby May Florence Garnett Edith Graham Granville, Valedictorian Edith Emily Hyde, Reader Ella Mary O Donoghue Amanda Lee Thompson Jennie Marion Thompson James F. Lyle Barnes Edgar J. Wallace Clarkson Charles Isaac Crossman Henry Everett Demarest	Walter Charles English Joseph Capner Fish Henry Hoskinson John Lawrence Hyde Lloyd James Jones Sydney Charles Kaufman Theodore Albert Mayer Benjamin Macher Meeks Linwood Burton Nicholson Joseph Edward Sorrell Henry Alonzo Storm Albert Hopkins Wells Louis William Weaver	Edward Beamer Cranford Roscoe J. C. Dorsey William A. Faloon Newton Marshall Minnix Paca Oberlin Clarence Joseph Walter Marion Ernest Whitehead Louis Alexander Davis	Elizabeth Bradley Bond Estelle Belle Grady Jennie Matilda Harvey Edith Emily Hyde Eleanor Elizabeth Meyer Jane Henderson Millar (Miller?) Ida Lee Parry Caroline Amelia Rosenbusch Louise A. Rosenbusch William Clinton Harrison Charles Sylvanus Lambdin Theodore Albert Mayer Leon Herman Strauss Frank John Sobotka Howard Allen Townshend Clarence Joseph Walter Eugene E. Willard

The list of graduates was taken from the May 5, 1897, edition of the Washington Post, Washington, DC, page 9.