1886 Washington High School Graduates
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.
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
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Graduating Class of 1886
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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.