The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-04-27
JERSEY CI7Y'S PRIDE.
The High School on Bay
Street and Its
Graduates.
WHERE FREE EDUCATION ENDS
What Has Become Of a Few Of the
Brightest Scholars of the Past.
The High School.

The High School.
A prison yet paradise.
Prison at certain seasons to the youth
OF maiden who sees naught In life to wor,
ship but sunshine and flowers, q paradise
to the pupil who prizes the culture Of
mental faculties.
/ Prison to the pupil whose step is not
lighted and whose heart is not buoyed by
the echoing peals Of merry laughter ring
| ing through its corridors Of brick and
stone; a paradise to the youth or maiden
who realizes the necessity Of the tedious,
monotonous climb before reaching a
height from where the world begins to
unford its mysterious grandeurs.
| Passing opposite the sombre-looking
building in Bay street few days ago I
was attracted BY the throng Of more than
five hundred pupils that came sur0ing
through its open doors. They were bright
and interesting young people Of both
sexes, Evidently they were OF different
/ sociat grades, as their dress bespoke. yet
| SOME OF the boys in threadbare trousers
| walked proudly by the side OF the cloth
IN silk and nne huen strolled arm IN arm
| with their less fortunate feminine in mus
| lin and stuff gowns.
/ BRIGHT GIRL DEBATERs.
| Some of the girls In the throng had
/ seen taking prominent parts in various
public entertainments. had seen them
IN the forum also championlng this or
| that cause in essays and debates, and i
knew with what ability, supplemented
| by the irresistible charm of enthusiasm
they had urged their ideas. At recent
entertainments given by the Alpha Sigma
| society, which numbers among its mem
beers some Of the keenest and brightest
| young intellects to be found anywhere,
had had the pleasure of listening TO
number OF eleyerly prepared essays upon
important social and political themes.
can yet recall the yells of certain
Society, who tho Alpha Sigmas declared
| where afraid to challenge them TO a test
| OF argumentatiye skill.
| A very large proportion OF the number
| OF girl graduates become teachers IN the
| various public schools. Hence they are
exceedingly ambitious TO gam high per
| centage mark. The school at present
possesses number OF gifted young pu-
/ pills, and the graduating class next June
will score the usual triumph in honor of
| Principal Sweeny and his large corps OF
1 able assistants.
4 the school has sent ont q gOod-sized army
of graduates, many of whom have since
become prominently identified with the
I social, business and political interests of
| the city. What has become of each OF
these graduates is no doubt matter of
| meath its roof But the list, il complete.
would prove too lengthy for newspaper
story. Brief personal sketches OF few,
| CLEANED from various sources, are here
with given
THE FIRST CLASSES.
IL
| 1877. The flrst class graduated February
29-it was leap year-1S76. Carrie Palmer
was yaledictorian, and Josephine Sinp-
| son, salutatorian. Miss Simpson is now
a teacher in No. Z School. OF the class Of
| n were Lawyer William S. Baker,
Cashier William NJ. Laws, of the Third
| National Bank, and Principal William I 8
Vlyman, of No. 5 School
| The class of rs graduated number of
| legal lights, including Earle InsIey, John
| lnwright, William Midledge and Charles
| l.. Carrick, but the feminine wit and in
telligenee bore off the honors of the
class. Eta Shelton was the valedictorian
and Annie Brown salutatorian.
| In 10 Lydia Jenries, now the wife of
] the celebrated elocutionist, Henry Firth
| Wood, and Emma Whiting. now Mrs.
Richard Romano, were conspicuous
| graduates. Harry Brigham, son of the
| late Congressman Brigham, and Mr..
| Frank Nugent, of the firm Of Warren &
| Nugent, also graduated the same year
| with high honors.
Three of the most prominent graduates
| of the Glass of 100 were General William
4. Albeit. son Of Governor Leon Albeit;
Edgar Nar1ck and Jessie Chichester, now
| Mrs. John Menagh. Leon Albeit, Jr.,
| graduated in 1888. Miss Nellie Edelstein,
| daughter of President john Edelstein, of
| the Finance Board, was one Of the most
| prominent graduates Of the same class.
| NOTABLE GIRL GRADUATES
| Miss Addie Gessner, one of the cleverest
| writers upon social topics in the city, and
at present contributor TO The JERSEY
| CITY NEWS and The SUNDAY MORNING
| News, was one OF the brightest members
of Glass "a Miss Gessner graduated
with high honors. OF the same class be-
| longed Miss Ida Holcombe, daughter of
| DR.. Holcombe- Miss Holcombe is styl-
ish brunette and figures prominently in
| society. Misses Emma and Louisa Nj
| gent, daughters of Ex-City Treasurer Nj
| gent, graduated also in 81 Miss Louisa
| Joined the army of pretty ssschool
mar ms" of which Jersey City is SO justly
proud, and is at present assigned to No.
| 81 School.
| Miss Effie Earle, a Unknown pianist. a
! pretty and accomplished blonde: Irene
| Johnston, now Mrs DIR. Farr, of Hacken-
| sack: and Katie Warner, now Mrs. Ed
| ward A. Dugan, pretty brunette with
rare intellectual accomplishments, were
| all three graduates of 1854
The class OF 1876 was one of the largest
| that ever left the school Arthur Brig
| ham, son of the late Congressman
Brigham, was ysledictorian and Miss
| Virginia Stansbily, now Mrs. Herbert
| Wolsey, was salutatorian. The class was
noted for a large number Of pretty and
accomplished girl graduates. One of the
| very brightest OF these is Miss Minnie
/ STANLEY, the brilliant young assistan1 of
Superintendent Poland. OF the Public
Schools of Jersey City. Miss Sailie
| Flemming, beautiful blonde, daughter
| OF Lawyer James Flemming Miss Beulah
Casweil, a young brunette of decided
musical ability, aud at present organist of
| the Hedding NJ. Z. Church; Jennie Bloom.
now Mrs. John H. Ward; Miss Grace
| Clarke, who is teaching school in Pater-
son; Katie McGinness, now Mrs.
| James Whelan: Miss Margaret
| Simmons, now q teacher in No. u School;
Miss Adele Weiss, who is teaching school
in Kentucky, and Lizzie Woodward, now
! the pretty and talented wife of Albert
| Vreeland, all graduated in 1885. OF the
1 same class were Harley Hathaway, son
1 OF the Rev. Mr.. Hathaway, of the West
minister Presbyterian Church, now at
Princeton College; Fred Gubelman, son
| of the well-known photographer, and
| George McAnerney, OF the reportorial
| star of the New York World