Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16
COOKING SCHOOL GRADUATES.
An Entertainment Our of the Rut Mt the
Grant School Yesterday Afternoon.

An Entertainment Our of the Rut ut the
Grant School Yesterday Afternoon.
The closing exercises of the Pittsburg
school kitchen at the Grant School yester-
day afternoon, were, perhaps, the most inter-
esting of the series. The class was large
one, numbering 56 pupils, making the total
number of graduates 400
The number and variety of dishes ex-
hibited, together with their average excel
lence were really surprising. The girls
seem equally at home in baking bread, max
ing custards, jellies, soups, broiling steaks,
etc. Nearly all the graduates were dressed
in white, with tiny lace caps ana aprons,
and presented a charming picture-as as they
stood over the little stoves and prepared the
different dishes with the ease and confidence
of old housewives.
One of the most praiseworthy features was
the total absence of jealousy, the girls SEEM
ing to take pride in showing and praising
each others exhibits. Prizes were offered
for excellence in bread alone.
The judges were Misses Coleman and
Martin, of the Franklin school, and Miss
McCord, of the South school, who, after a
thorough examination, made somewhat diff
specimens offered, decided as follows: First
prize, a half dozen silver fruit knives
and nut-pickers combined to. No. 81,
entered by Miss Eleanor Baldwin,
of the BellefeId school. Second
prize, two silver fruit knives and nut pick
ers, to Miss Jennie Moorhead, also Of the
Bellefeld school, and third prize, one silver
fruit knife and nut picker, to Miss Edna
Seip, of the Howard school. Favorable
mention was also made of the exhibits of
Miss Mamie Glenn, OF the Howard school,
and Miss Clara Ong, of the Belleield school.
Superintendent Luckey announced that
owing to unforeseen circumstances Mr..
W. D. Moore could not be present and de-
liver the closing address, as intended, and
on that account the exercises would be some
what shortened, though he hoped they had
proved none the less interesting. The
classes were then called to order and
Mr.. William Brown awarded tine diplomas
to the following fortunate young ladies':
Olive Butler, Jennie Barr, Jennie Gogely,
Olive Gould Mamie Glenn, Mary Leffier. Laura
McQuintin, Arie McCready, Blaneh Powell,
Edna seiP Aggie Wineland. Katie Wilkinson,
Maud Hebrank, Mary Hopkins. Mamie Jami-
son, Edgar Jamison. Winifred Reard,
Bessie Stoner, Emma Taylor. Bessie
Maddox. Edith Ebberts,. Nellie Gar
Lizzie Stevenson, Ada Kent. Emma Ackman,
Mary Beltzhoover, Jenny Cole. Bertha Digby,
Flora Hunter, Ella Humphrey, Minnie Mer-
tens. Katie Needham, Stella Reising, Mary
Stanley, Rebecca Smith, Margaret Wilbert,
Mary Engel, Bessie Anderson, Eleanor Bald
win. Bessie Daubes. Blanche Hazlett, Edna
Johns, Annie johnson, Mama Kennedy, Alice
Lathrop, Jennie Morehead, Pearle hatcher,
Clara Ong, Susie Stemmann, Annie Speer, Nat
tie Shook, Ada Thompson.
The class was under the superintendent
of Miss Torrey, who is justly proud of her
brilliant host of pupils She is little bit
of a woman, scarcely more than girl her
self, and considerably smaller than some of
the graduates, with brown hair and eyes,
dressed in black suit and dainty white
cap and apron. Toward her pupils she is
more like an associate than a teacher, yet
her slightest request is obeyed with admir-
able promptness. She is great favorite,
and believes in ruling by love rather than
by force.