The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-07-05
Normal School commencement.

! Normal School Commencement.
Last Thursday morning large and APP
preciative audience assembled at Taylor
Opera House, to witness the commence
ment exercises OF the State Normal
School.
On the left of the stage we noticed Rev.
DIR. Mclean, of Princeton, Judge Nixon,
Judge Scudder, Senator Lawrence, Prof.
Apgar, Rev. DR.. Richardson and Rev.
John Y. Dobbins, and members of the
Board of Trustees. The members of the
Graduating Glass sat in front, and behind
them the pupils of the school.
The exercises opened with prayer by
Rev. John Y. Dobbins, of the State
Street NJ. E. Church, followed by the
school singing eve Hail Thee, Glad
Springtime," Miss Laura johnson presid-
ing at the piano.
| The following programme was success
fully carried ont
Essay--Mental Edwin j.
| Pond.
Recitation Women of Weinsburg-- Mabel
r. Greene.
Instrumental --Belisario--(Arr. by
Oesten)- misses @. F. Hancock and A.
| X. McGIill.
Essay--The Pickaxe--W Written by Rilla
Bugbee- by Sallie McRae.
Reading--Selection from Merchant of
Venice--Annie X. McGil.
Chorus of Lades--The Heaving Billow--
Verdi.
Essay--The Schoolmaster in English Lit
erature--Benj. q. Wooster.
Essay--The Influence Of Myths on Litera
/ ture--Written by Rachel c. Perry
Read by Anna X. Williams.
Recitation---King Robert of Sicily
lLongfellow)-Eli G. Packer.
Vocal Solo--The Flower Girl--( Bevig-
nani)--Carrie w. Ketcham.
Essay Honorary)--The Englishman--
Kate D. Stout.
Chorus--Storm-k Comes Forth
(Verd)
Prof Hasbrouck said we miss the ge-
NAL and smiling face of President White
head to-day, who was taken suddenly and
seriously i'll about two weeks ago, and he
| had received letter from him, in which
he expresses his regret in not being able
to be present. The Prof. then stated that
it was the unanimous request OF the
Board Of Trustees that Rev. DIR. Mclean,
former President of Princeton College,
should award the diplomas.
The class was then presented to DR.
Mclean, who spoke few cheering words
TO them. He spoke of their successful
application to study, and urged them moi
to trust in their own strength, but that Of
God. He bid them farewell and prayed
that the blessing of God would attend
them. He then presented the diplomas
The exercises then closed by singing
the class song, written by Benz G.
Wooster.
The exercises were very interesting and
every one did we'll.
The recitation by Miss Mabel r. Greene
was excellently rendered, and Miss Carrie
W. Ketcham rendered vocal solo very
finely, and was encored.
! The essay by Miss Kate D. Stout was
excellently written, and was delivered in
a cultured manner.
The recitation by Eliza G. Parker was
we'll recited.
The following ID list of the graduates;
ADVANCED CouRsE.--Georgiana Bar
stow, Atlantic City, Atlantic Rilla Bug
bee, Williamstown, Gloucester; Elizabeth
Cummins, Brooklyn, New York I; Kath-
rine B. Deeths, Little Falls, Passaic ;
Abraham J. Demarest, River Edge, Ber-
gen Jessie Bell Doolittle, Jersey City,
Hudson Jeanette Eagan, Lambertville,
Hunterdon Clara +. Hancock, Princess
Bay, New York Sallie McRae, Hacken-
sack. Bergen; Eliza O. Packer, Wenonah,
Gloucester; Rachel G.. Perry, Peapack,
Somerset Annie G. Proctor, Boonton,
Morris Kate d. Stout, Lambertyille,
Hunterdon Willard A. Stowell Trenton,
Mercer Anna X. Williams, Tuckerton,
Burlington Benjamin c. Wooster, Ber-
lin, Camden William r. Wright, Pat
tenburg, Hunterdon.
ELEMENTARY COURSE Laura G. b.
dine, Stockto Hunterdon Minnie Col
well, Hammonton, Atlantic; Mary F.
Coriell, Jersey City, Hudson Mabel r.
| Greene, wenonah, Gloucester, Mary e..
Gutherson, Franklin, Essex, John S.
Hoagland, Knowlton, Warren Ida Lin
ton, Trenton, Mercer Annie X. McGill,
Wenonah, Gloucester Emma ]. Pickle,
Pottersville, Morris; Edwin J. Pond,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Ellen NJ.
Scott, Lambertville, Hunterdon Harriet
B. Samsel, Belvidere, Warren. Trenton
Emporium.