The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-06-28

The Exercises with which the schools
Closed.

The commencement of the Jersey City
High School, which took place in the Ia
bernacle last Thursday evening, was an
event which will be long memorable to
those who attended it. The rostrum was
occupied by President Walker, Messrs.
Laird, Record. Vanderzee, Perkins, Sher-
wood and Clerk Curley, of the Board of
Education, Principal Joslyn and the
faculty, Mayer Collins, Hon. Stewart L.
Woodford, of New York, and Revs Hol-
brook and Wright. The young girl gredu-
ates, members of the class of IS, and High
School choir occupied tiers of seats on each
side of the platform. A number Of we'll
known citizens were seated to the right,
among whom were DR.. Gordon, Mr.. E. F.
@. Young, Judge B. r. Randolph, ex-
Sheriff Cronan, Flavel MCGEE, r. G. Bacot,
Charles Nichols and Rev. Dr. Van Cleef.
Superintendent Barton was detained at
home by a seriou1 illness. The music,
under the lead of Prof Stubs, and the
choir, under the direction of Prof Shep-
pard, rendered very effective service, and
worked together in perfect harmony.
Promptly at 8 o'clock the band struck up
the overture 'sFalka," by Chassaigne, and
it was after midnight when the immense
audience filed out of the church on their
ways home. At the conclusion of the
overture and after a prayer by the Rev.
VIM. A. Hoibrook, the school sang Gounod's
chorus s'Praise ye the Father" which
brought forth liberal applause. Then Miss
Virginia NJ. Stansbie delivered the saluta-
tory address, Clarence Willis recited s'Suc-
cess Promoted by Failure" Miss Carrie
Lawyer, the cart of Printing" Miss
Minnie v. Stanley, ''The Human Coun-
tenance y; Miss Bessie A. Campfeld, ssThe
Follies of Fashion =; Mr.. Joseph Ander-
son, g Great Generals .; Miss Adele Weiss,
"Conscience y" Miss Grace Clark, 'sClosed
Doors Mr.. Dewitt Van Buskirk, of the
Glass of 1877, Master Grafton y; Miss
Dora Weiss, "Colors" Miss Beulah M.
Cawell, " building Mr.. Geo. W. Rock
we'll, I" Decision and Energy" Miss Sallie
L. Flemming, "Pompeii Miss Nellie s.
Bridgart, Advertisements Mr.. Harlie
W. Hathaway, Socialism y; Miss Annie
S. Breslia, sc Importance of Trifes." The
valedictory address was then delivered by
Mr.. Arthur Brigham. The Rotations were
intersperscd with song, and the last thing
on the programme was the class song,
written by George F. McAneny, Jr. At the
conclusion of the exercises, the graduates
were addressed by Mayor Collins and
others.
The following prizes were presented by
| President Walker
Principals Medal, for the highest aver
age grade in scholarship, department and
attendance during the entire course
awarded to Arthur Brigham. Superintend-
ents Medal, for next highest average grade
| in scholarship and attendance during the
| entire course awarded to Virginia Nj.
Stansbie. Toffey Medal, for highest in
Latin and Greek awarded to Arthur Brig
ham Committees Medal, for excellence
| in Latin and Greek; awarded to Harlie W.
| Hathaway The ga" Glass Medal, for high
| est grade in sciences awarded to Virginia
| NJ Stansbie. Dickinson Medal, for highest
grade in mathematics awarded to Arthur
Brigham. The Mayors Medal, for highest
| grade in German awarded to Grace Clark
Shakespeare Medal, for highest grade in
| English awarded to Arthur Brigham.
J Honor Medal, for HIGHEST in French
awarded to Virginia NJ Stansbie. Presi-
/ dents Medal, for highest average grade in
| scholarship, department and attendance
| during the entire course of two years in the
| Commercial Department awarded to Ed
| ward F. Garfield. The Forensic Medal, for
| the best speaking of the evening, was
awarded to Harhe w. Hathaway. Joseph
| Anderson, the newsboy graduate, was
handed $40 bill in recognition of his
| pluck, by a citizen, and received the hearty
| congratulations of his fellow scholars. A
reception of the Alumni Association fol-
| lowed the commencement exercises, at the
High School building in Bay street, where
| dancing was INDUCED in till dawn
| The closing exercises of Public School
I No. were held in the school-building on
Erie street, last Thursday afternoon. The
school was addressed by President Walker,
of the Board of Education, and Rev. Alex
ander McKelvey, each of whom received a
handsome basket Of flowers. The names
of the twenty-eight graduates from the two
| first-grade classes are as follows William
| Oxford, Nellie Buchanan, Philip Dandt,
Dora Hall, Alice Holmes, Clara Ince, Will
| liam Loughran, Jennie Martin, Hattie Mil
Ter, Maria McIlroy, Katie Reardon, Bessie
| Tappan, Grace Winans, Ada Blackwell,
johnnie O'Denuell, Herbert Carpenter,
Fred Reeves, Ella Dawson, Charles Rider,
Frank Eta Schuhardt, Patrick Larkins,
Mamie Suydam, Patrick Larkins, Charles
| Smellie, Nellie Meette, Fred. Van Duyn.
Twenty of the graduates have passed the
necessary examination and will enter the
high school in the fall.
| Appropriate exercises were also held on
| Thursday in all the Public Schools
| and the usual certificates of merit and
promotion were handed out. There was the
usual Misunderstanding just previous to the
| summer vacation, and in each instance the
exercises passed off in good style. The
schools will open again on the first Monday
in September.
| The closing exercises of the Day School
connected with st. Matthews P. E. Church
were held in the basement of the church
last Wednesday, and were very interesting.
| Miss Allie Schaffer delivered the salutatory
address. The others who participated in
the exercises were Maggie Patterson, Nellie
Powers, Eliza Darrah, Anna Hoffman, Pier
] son Rector, Percy Endsor, Rachel and
I Mary Sperry, Sherwell Rice, Willie Anness,
Annie Townlide, Joseph Lewis, Dale Har-
ris and Sherwood Hedden. There was a
collation. after the exercises, furnished by
| the ladies of the church.
| The twentieth annual commencement of
| st. Aloysius Academy took place in the
Academy of Music lsst Wednesday after
noon before an immense audience. The
exercises were very interesting, though
quite long. The following prizes were
awarded: Gold medal for mathematics,
presented by Mr.. Hugh Cassidy to Miss
| Grace A. Fee; gold medal for general ex-
cellence in the third senior class, presented
by Mr.. A. Post to Miss Rose A. Seely; gold
medal for excellence in instrumental
music, presented by Mr.. Nelson Edge to
Miss Mary G. Grimes; gold medal for pro-
fciency in preparatory studies, presented
by Mr.. James F. Cannon to Miss Minnie
Mccarthy; gold medal for elocution, pre-
sented by Mr.. Michael Doyle to Miss Mary
E. Mccarthy; gold medal for German, pre-
sented by a friend to Miss Cecilia R. Loft;
| gold medal for excellence in the boys de-
partment, presented by Mr. VIM. Winberry
to Master Charles O'Brien; gold medal for