The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-06-24


Medal"
Miss Harriet West Tomlins, sweet
faced girl with short, light, curly hair,
disputed the claim to the medal, in her
delivery Of well written essay on the
Rule Of the Majority" Both viii receive
Forensic medals. Miss Tomlins declared
that as the stone Is TO the structure, so is
the individual man 10 the community.
she dwelt upon the foibles OF fashion, but
in certain measure defended the dance
and the theatre. Every man should re-
spect his own opinions. Our conscience
Is the bar of refuge, and the Deity our
hnal judge said she.
VARIED THEMES.
Mr.. Edward II. Hoos, VINO has every
appearance of student. delivered stu
"lngratitude,n for which he was rOundly
%The Path of Glory Leads but to the
Grave was the theme of Miss Helen VIII
sons essay. 1t was well written and well
delivered.
"Capillary Attraction was a subject
pleasantly handled BY August A. Stras-
ser, young man of ministerial appear
ance, and Rose vs.. Poetry was skillful-
ly discussed by Miss Georgetta Smith,
tall and graceful brunette.
II, the Heir OF all the Ages" formed
the ini eresting topic discussed by Miss &.
Maud Jones.
Edward G. Schmidt, young man with
classic features and the appearance of q
student, was the valedictorian or the
/ class. His effort was in keeping with his
/ disposition, modest ana discrete. His
/ good byes" were gracefully aud feel
| ingly uttered and won for him the full
appreciation of the audience.
Other graduates who presented their
theses, but who were excused from deliv-
ering them were Ida E. Hollingshead,
Aims and Purposes" Mamie Higgins,
american Literature;" Z. Solomon, "Tne
Red Hussar;' Lillian Bramm, "The In
| fluence of Foreign Powers Upon Our
| Country" Edith I. Blauvelt. Memory
and Thoughts" J.: Alexander Roe,
'.Utopia;" Nellie L. Edwards. Youth a
Time for PREPARATION" ana Georgia G.
| Grimes, ''The Sentiment of Loyalty"
Other graduates seated on the stage
Ella Parthenia Anderson, Jane McNab
Anderson, Louise Cobb Bidwell, Kather-
inc A. Brady ,Ludelle Brooke, Rachel Cole,
| A. Florence Dawson, Edna X. Denver,
| Susie Douglas, Lizzie 9. Dugan, L. Emma
Falkenbury. Lillian Heinuld, Ida Z. Hol-
lingsheadt Grace Hook. Leola Kittie
| Hopler. Gussie w. Hull, Harriet Z.
Meyer. NJ katherine Thomas, Margaret
j. S. Thomson. Alice w hittaker.
PRESENTATION OF MEDALS
Mayor Cleveland presented the follow
| ing pupils with medals:-
PRINCIPALS MEDAL.-For highest average
grade in scholarship, department and attend
ance for entire course, also first rank in mathe-
MATES and German, awarded to EDWARD G.
SCHMIDT The gift of W. s. Sweeney, Principal
SALUTAToRIAN NKDAL-For next highest aver
age in scholarship, deportment and attendance
for entire course. also first rank in science aud
English, awarded TO GERTRUDE HOPKINS. The
| gift Of DR. l. j. Gordon.
PRKstDKST's NJ EpAL.-For excellence In science,
awarded TO LILLIAN BRAKM. The gift of John j.
Voorhees,, President OF the board of Education.
MAYORS MEDAL-For excellence in English.
awarded to1DA e. HoLLINasHEAD. The gift Of
CLASSICS MEDAL-For first rank in Latin and
Greek, awarded to GEoReErTA SMITH, The gift
of the Senior Class
awarded 70 GRACE NJ. FEuRY. The gift OF DR..
BENZ. +. Edge.
DicKsos MEDAL-For excellence in mathema-
tics, awarded to JENNIE NJ. ANDERSON. The gift
of Mrs. VIM. l. Dickinson.
DuaAr MKDAL-For excellence In mathematics,
awarded to LILLIAN HEINoLD The gift OF Ewd
| A Dugan. Street and Water Commissioner
FKEsEY MEDAL-For first rank IN English COM
position, awarded to EDWARD H. Hoos. The gift
Of John r. Feeney, President Police Board.
i-BoTAEy MEDAL-For first rank in botany.
awarded to HARRIET L. MKyER- The gift Of
Dennis Mclaughlin, County Clerk.
MlNERALOGY MEDAL.--For first rank In mineral
ogy. awarded TO LOUISE CoBB BiDwELL. The gift
Of John Boyd, Clerk of Board of Freeholders.
COMMERCIAL. MEDAL-For highest average
grade in scholarship. department and attend
ance for entire course, ending January, 1921,
awarded TO HAROLD ScHAFE, The gift Of
Rob Davis.
COMMERCIAL MEDAL-For next highest average
grade in scholarship. department and attend
anee for entire course. ending January, 1891,
awarded 70 J; ALEXANDER Roe. The gift of Pat
rick II. O'Neill. City Collector.
CoMMERcIAL MEDAL-For highest average
grade in scholarship, department and attend
ance for entire course, ending June. 1891.
Awarded TO BENZ. T. GivaudaD The gift of
Chas. ]. Somers. Street and Water Commits
soner.
COMMERCIAL MEpAL-For next highest average
grade in scholarship department and attend
ance for entire course ending June, 1891.
Awarded to Mamie Higgins The gift of John
Edelstein, President Of Board of Finance.
FORENSIC MEDAL-For the best speaker fthe
evening. The. giit of the Forensic Society.
Committee for awarding the Forensic medal
Jos. d. Bedle. Gilbert Collins, John j.
Voorhees,, Dr. III. Gordon and Dr. BENZ F. Edge.
President John j. V Voorhees presented
the graduates with diplomas. The exer-
cises were interspersed with well sung
choruses. accompanied by an orchestra
under Professor Louis R. Dressler.
MR.. M'ADoo's ADDRESS.
Congressman William McAdoo
then addressed the graduates.
The audience loudly applauded him as
he advanced TO the centre OF the stage.
Mr.. McAdoo said that the occasion was
to him glad one. He was pleased with
the efficiency OF the public educational
system, as demonstrated by the character
of the exercises OF the evening. 1t was a
vast Improvement over the facilities offer
ed way back in the sixties and the seven
ties, when he was pupil in the old
Bright street school.
If, during those day any one had ad-
yocated the teaching of French and
music and botany, etc., ETC.. the local
papers would have been flooded by pro-
testing communications from PRO Bono
Publico," !" "One Who Knows" and so on.
1t had been question as to whether the
State had the right IN the matter of pub
lie education to go beyond the political
expediency of educating the youth TO cast
an intelligent ballot And yet in those
days the learning was solid and sub
stantial.
Mr.. McAdoo believed in educating the
children in the arts and sciences, put he
believed also in industrial education.
Said he:-"If the State is to care for its
children, it should give them the rudi-
ments of trade" loud applause, and
"Hear Hear % from Dominic Halleron.)
THE OLD AND NEW.
Speaking of the school days of the six
ties and the seventies, Mr.. McAdoo said
he felt the sentiment expressed in James
Whitcomb Riley's poem, 81 want to hear
the Old Band Play" The educational
facilities of the present day might be
more stylsher'' thau those afforded
then; nevertheless, they paved the way to
the present grand achievements-''the
stylisher band we have here tonighu.''
[Applause.l
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