Washington High School

1883 Commencement Program

Salutatory Address: Miss Phoebe Holmes (Given in Latin).
Oration: "Technical Education," Harry H. Stoek.
Essay: "The Omnipresent Sparrow," Susan B. Sipe.
Essay: "Back Door Glimpses," Florence Perry.
Oration: "Egypt, A Land of Contrast," Harry English.
Recitation: "Die Grenadiere," Maggie M. Hines.
Essay: "The Milk we Drink," William P. Cutter.
Essay: "Rumor," Alice R. Hutchinson.
Oration with Valeditory: "The Americans, A Home Loving People," Clement M. L. Sites.
Music: High School Chorus
Location: Washington High School Assembly Hall.

The Washington High Graduating Class of 1883 (List of Gentlemen)

George Hamilton Ayres James Henry Brown Frank Laughlin Calhoun Appleton Printiss Clark, Jr. Charles William Curtis

William Parker Cutter Harry English Aleyne Abiel Fisher Charles George Forster William David Hoover

Henry George Sherwood Clement Moore Lacy Sites Harry Harkness Stoek

The Washington High Graduating Class of 1883 (List of Ladies)

Hanna Augusta Brecht Clara Leonore Crown Lyda Dalton Emma Augusta Doyle Olivia Dana Eastwood Ida Elizabeth Edwards Emily Enthoffer Julia Adelle Hammett

Wilhelmina Cornelia Hartmann Mary Cornelia Hilton Maggie May Himes Maggie May Hines Phoebe Holmes Alice Rose Hutchinson Mary Cecelia Kelly Mary Stuart McKinney

Helen Gilman Nichols Lelia Russell Nowlin Lillian Martha Orcutt Florence Perry Sarah Emma Simons Susan Bender Sipe Fannie Estelle Towner Lelia Elia White

Information about the commencement was taken from the June 12, 1883, edition of the Evening Critic, Washington, DC, page 3.

1886 Commencement Program

Presiding Official: Hon. W. B. Webb, President, Board of District Commissioners.
Invocation: Rev. S. M. Newman, Pastor, Congregational Church.
Address to the Graduates: D. C. Gilman, President, Johns Hopkins University.
Presentation of Diplomas: Grover Cleveland, U. S. President.
Music: U. S. Marine Band led by Prof. John Philip Sousa.
Location: Albaugh's Opera House, 15th Pennsylvania Ave, NW.

Graduating Class of 1886 (List of Gentlemen)	Graduating Class of 1886 (List of Ladies)
Luther A. Apple John G. Bartscher Charles H. Bates George C. Bollinger Wilmer M. Browne Charles M. Buchanan Joseph A. Buckler (Business Course) Grant Burroughs Harry C. Bursley (Business Course) Robert G. Campbell (Business Course) Lewis P. Clephane Frank E. Coombs Clarence R. Cranmer (Crammer?) Paul H. Cromelien (Business Course) Charles S. Davis Fenton A. Dennison Edward W. Donn James A. Emery Henry C. Fisher John M. Fisher (Business Course) Louis A. Gebbard Bernard L. Green William F. Gross (Business Course) Fielding H. Harrison Wildo C. Hibbs William K. Hill (Business Course) William A. Hipkins John G. Holden William E. Horton Albert L. Johnson (Business Course) Roy Jones Hervey Simpson Knight Linnaeus E. LaFetra Fulton Lewis (Business Course) Oscar A. McKimmie Francis P. Morgan George R. Ogden (Business Course) Joseph C. Ramage Harry W. Reed Wilson G. Reed Lawrence O. Robbins George H. Ross Joseph N. Saunders John F. Seager Albert E. Shoemaker Edgar F. Strong Samuel A. Swindells George E. Tew (Business Course) Clinton P. Townsend John G. Urguhart John W. Wheatley (Business Course) Louis P. Whitaker George W. White George L. Wilkinson	Margaret Allisson Laura W. Amery (Business Course) Carrie A. Andrews Jennie Appler (Business Course) Anna M. Atlee Miriam J. Austin Jennie E. Barker (Business Course) Addie J. Barrick Alice B. Barron Nellie N. Baxter Margaret Bayly Blanche Beckham Anna Betts Roberta H. Blau Mary C. Bolway Emma N. Brandenbury Bertha P. Buehler Annie Burke Ann E. Burlingame Addie P. Burr Sallie E. Burrough Anna B. Buxman Bertha H. Caron Julia T. Cavanagh Mary A. Clancy Louise H. Clements Lilly M. Cohen Ella M. Condron Martha E. Craig Blanche T. Cranmer (Crammer?) Annie E. Crump Eliza E. Darneille Adaline A. Davis Hester I. Davis Susan H. Dawson Adrienne J. Dessez Sophie N. DeVote Ada G. Dickerson (Business Course) Jennie C. Donovan Mary R. Dunningham Isabella V. Durfee (Business Course) Nettie C. Flagg (Business Course) Mary J. Francis Mary J. Gavin Fannie M. Gilbert Kitie R. Guss Jennie F. Hammond (Business Course) Daisy Hepburn Minnie L. Hess Mary C. Hine Sadie C. Holmes Caroline A. Hurley Grace A. Husted Emma S. Jacobs Imogene M. James (Business Course) Helena L. Johnson Eva Julihn (Julian?) Jean F. Kaighn (Business Course) Margaret A. Kelly Elizabeth P. Kirk Ella M. Knighton Maggie E. Larcombe	Harriet C. Laster Bessie S. Lawton (Business Course) Catherine G. Leech Annie Leonard Mary V. Lithgow Frances H. McCormick Henrietta S. McFarland Mary J. McMonigle (McGonigle?) Mary E. McGowan Mary M. Maher Mabel B. Main Jessie E. Marshall (Business Course) Cornelia I. Mathis (Business Course) Leona M. Miller Ettie A. Moore (Business Course) Mary J. Moore Laura Morsell Dela P. Mussey Eunice Nevius Jessie F. Noerr Ellen Y. O'Dwyer Annie O'Hagan Clara Oettinger (Business Course) Sarah G. Ottoback Grace M. Parker Annie Pearson (Business Course) Theta Phillips Alice G. Philpitt Annie C. Price Virginia Price (Business Course) Nellie E. Quackenbush Myra E. Randall Lizzie M. Ready (Business Course) Carrie E. Reily Lily J. Reinburg Ella J. Riley Mary L. Robbins Hattie Rumell Jennie L. Ryder Mary P. Sampson Planxty Scanlan Kate J. Schermerhorn (Business Course) Henrietta J. Schlerf (Business Course) Annie A. Scrivener Rose R. Seifert Harriet E. Sloat Blanche Smith Mary M. Stephens Eva M. Stinzing Beulah L. Stringer Kate M. Toomey Annie M. Towner Laura A Turner Mary A. Wallis Katherine L. Walsh Alberta R. Wharton Mary L. Williams Lewanna Wilkins Sallie P. Wilson Annie M. Wood Amelia E. Woodward (Business Course) Emlugusta Wright Laura Zeh.

Commencement details and graduate names were taken from the June 17, 1886, edition of the Washington Post, Washington, DC, page 2.

Note: One of the graduates, George C. Bollinger, was one of the victims of the collapse of the old Ford's Theater on the morning of Friday, June 9, 1893. He survived the collapse only to die several months later on January 7, 1894, as a result of the injuries received. The collapse killed many government workers. Ford's had been abandoned as a theater some years after the Lincoln assassination, but was used during the 1880s as a government office building. The Records and Pensions divisions of the War Department, where Bollinger was employed as a clerk, occupied space there. The cause of the collapse was laid to shoddy repair work, use of inferior materials, and failure to apply proper building techniques by contractors hired to repair the aged building.

1888 Commencement Program

Invocation: Rev. Dr. Bartlett.
Address to the Graduates: Hon. Benton J. Hall, Commissioner of Patents.
Presentation of Diplomas: Commissioner Webb.
Location: Albaugh's Opera House, 15th & Pennsylvania Ave, NW.

Graduating Class of 1888 (List of Gentlemen)	Graduating Class of 1888 (List of Ladies)
William E. Aughinbaugh William O. Belt William I. Boyd Arthur L. Bryant Frederick W. Buckler (Business Course) Elbert F. Burdine (Business Course) John S. Carman Charles S. Champion Charles B. Chatfield Gilbert A. Clark Guy V. Collins (Business Course) Howard O. Cook John H. Crowley Thomas A. Cruikshank William M. Cruikshank John Davies (Business Course) Bruce S. Elliott William W. Everett (Business Course) Charles K. Finckel Frederick L. Fishback William N. Fisher Edward E. Gisburne Thomas A. Hammond (Business Course) Melville D. Hansey Albert R. Harrison Reginald H. Higgins Halstead Hoover (Business Course) Henry T. Hopkins Henry W. Howard George S. James Walter P. Keene Robert Kelton William E. Knight John E. Laskey William F. Lillie (Business Course) William C. Looker (Business Course) Marcus B. May John H. McCormick Richard W. Meade, Jr. William W. Miller Josiah T. Newcomb Charles J. O'Neill Frank N. Nye (Business Course) Henry Orth Jr. (Business Course) Herman H. Pechin Arthur M. Poynton Frederick D. Riggles (Business Course) Harry H. Sailer Thornton F. Sanborn Frank J. Saxton Charles A. Sherman Louis P. Smith Carleton E. Snell James M. Spear John S. Stearns Hugh M. Sterling Frank P. Stockbridge John A. Stoutenburgh Harry L. Strang Frank C. Talley James W. Thom Auburn T. Towner Addison C. Towsend (Business Course) Frederick W. Uber Ralph R. Upton Francis W. Vaughn, Jr. Edward C. Weaver Walter A. Wells Samuel H. Wiggins Edgar W. Williams John M. Williams (Business Course) Louis J. Willige John C. Wood (Business Course) Charles B. Wright John N. Wright	Belle Allen Flora M. Allen Alice R. Andrews Annie N. Arnold (Business Course) Mary A. Baxter Grace M. Black Louise L. Boesenberg Charlotte C. Bogan Margaret H. Brewer Grace W. Brooks Mary R. Brooks Blanche G. Brown Virginia Bukey Lizzie J. Burrough May W. Cameron (Business Course) Blanche Campbell Mary A. Cartner (Business Course) Clare Chapman (Business Course) Luciana Chickering Antoinette Clements Mabel Colemen Annie M. Coughlan Annie G. Cross Mary J. Davenport Katie B. Davidson (Business Course) Christies (Christine?) Davies (Business Course) Lottie E. Denham Mary A. Dodge Adelia F. Doolittle Mary A. Douglas Bertha M. Dove Emma V. Dulin Jessie F. Eaton Emma L. Eckstein (Business Course) Elizabeth A. Edmonds Mary E. Edmonston Margaret S. Evans May Fonton (Business Course) Bertha L. Gardner Lina R. Gedney Isabelle Gibson Mina Goetz Esther A. Goldney Sarah B. Gorham (Business Course) Julia M. Green Alice R. Green Lilian M. Grimes Isabel R. Hazen Myra M. Hendley Harriet R. Helmick Mattie A. Herbert (Business Course) Vinnie C. Hodges Annie E. Holcomb Fannie Holmes Theresa L. Huncke Grace Hunter Ethelle S. Johnson Annie Kelley Alice F. Kerr Henrietta King Nelly A. King Susie M. Keuhner Mary B. Lewis Annie DeS. Lovejoy Constance Luebkert Josie M. Lupton	Mary B. Maclean Mareta M. McAlister Minnie E. McCormick Retta J. McCullough Helen T. McKeever (Business Course) Hester E. McNelly Sarah A. McNulty Indiana E. McPherson Mary McPherson Annie W. Major Carrie V. Marr Gertrude M. Martin Edith W. Meloy Margaret J. Merillat Robert (Roberta?) L. Miller (Business Course) Adella (Adelia?) Mockabee Maude M. Moore Maud Morris Mary T. Muntz Maggie C. Muntz Gertrude Musson Edith N. Nixon Mary F. Ossire Lula Purcell Elizabeth B. Purman Minnie Riggles (Business Course) Maggie C. Roberts (Business Course) Margaret Robertson Amy C. Rock Maimie A. Russell Alma O. Sager (Business Course) Martha B. St. Clair (Business Course) Blanche E. Seaver Mary E. Sheads Sarah V. Sherwood Nellie M. Shields Florence Shipmen Mary E. Shugrue (Business Course) Annie C. Spalding (Business Course) Mary L. Squier Mary G. Sterner Mabel L. Strattan Annie W. Stuard (Stuart?) (Business Course) Florence W. Summer Annie K. Swett Mary E. Sword Lulie C. Tennyson Grace Tenlon Mary J. Thompson Frances E. Throckmorton Carrie E. Toner Anita Ulke Emma M. Vale Margaret W. Voorhees (Business Course) Elizabeth Walker Mary W. Wellner Mary A. Whelan (Business Course) Angie B. White Annie G. Williams (Business Course) Isabel C. Williams Henrietta Wolfe (Business Course) Lillie L. Zimmerman

Details about the graduation program were taken from the June 22, 1888, edition of the Washington Post, Washington, DC, page 3.

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