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Mr. Wolf�s address to the students was of an anti-war nature. He described soldiers as the takers of life and a menace to peace. He next compared them to teachers, described as those who build up civilizations and instill a love of humanity. A singular incident was the presentation of a diploma by Commissioner Ross to his son, Lee Ross.

Commencement Program:

Presiding Official: Commissioner John R. Ross.
Invocation: Rev. Dr. Wallace Radcliffe.
Address to the Students: Mr. Simon Wolf.
Shepherdess Drill by Ladies of the Graduating Class: Misses Elizabeth Keady, Josephine Hiatt, Grace Kneessi, Lucy Loeffler, Rosann Smith, Grace Cramer, and Laura Fearson.
Reading of Names of Graduates: Principal Allan Davis.
Presentation of Diplomas: Commissioner Ross.
Music: U. S. Marine Band Orchestra.
Opening Number: The newly-composed �Business High School March,� composed by Prof. Fanciulli and played by the Marine Band Orchestra.

Graduating Class of 1896 (List of Ladies): Minnie Amelia Bruseke Grace Mabel Cramer Maude Dexter Laura Josephine Fearson Mamie Adlena French Bessie Elsie Gresham Mary Helen Helm (Mary Helen Heim?) Josephine Evangeline Hiatt Anna Veronica Jones Marguerite Loretta Keady Mamie Teresa King Gracie Alice Kneessi Bertha Gray Linton Lucy Hayes Loeffler Debbie Elizabeth Lukel Gertrude Corrine Lyddane Katherine Ellinor Manning Mabel Martin Alice Helen McArthur Helen Christine McGinnell Adelaide Gracie Miller Emma Clements Mudd Margaret Marie O�Gorman Florence May Parr Nettie Agnes Payne Alice Virginia Scrivener Ida Van Horn Shirley Irene Florence Shirley Anna Marion Simonds Rosann Shaw Smith Rhoda Thomas Nettie May Tolson Ruby Ray Troup Eva Marie Waugh Winnifred Mae Will Annie Yeatman

Graduating Class of 1896 (List of Gentlemen): Henry Teller Archibald William St. John Blanchard Herbert Sydney Bryant Albert Guy Carpinter Thomas Reed Clift William Hayden Collins Edmund Walker Duvall Charles Theophilo Felter (Charles Theophilo Pelter?) Newton Harvey Ferree Herman Middleton Grimes Worth Leighton Harper Melville Ambrose Hays Frederick Seymour Hazard Milton Milford Herman Ellis Hughes Bernard Raphael Kelly Arthur Lahue Kitchin Edgar Morlan Kitchin William Houston Littlepage Avon Morse Nevius Joseph Sidney Parker George Bassett Pitts Lee Ross Joseph Cabell Sheehy William David Shoemaker William Aaron Simonds William Howe Somervell David Edgar Stephan Robert Laurence Stone Henry Edmund Stringer George Edward Sullivan William Cleary Sullivan Henry Randolph Thomas Joseph Scott Walsmith Cyrus Wheeler

Transcriber's Note: Information was taken from the June 16, 1896, edition of the Washington Post, Washington, DC, page 11.