The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-06-04
ALL LINSLBY'S BOYS.
The Former Pupils Of No. ]
School Entertain Their
Honored Principal.
NOTABLE MEN AT TIE FEAST.
Speeches Reviving Many Old and
Pleasant Memories Of
School Days,

other one Of the old boys who attended
Public School No. l, during the years 1s51
TO 1858. had dropped into the large din
ing room of Taylor's Hotel last evening,
he could easily have imagined himself
back in the old school-that is. II be
could have lost sight Of the the elaborate
candalabra, beautiful flowers, rich orys-
tai. and the various good things which
encumbered the tables
There at the head of the table sat the
venerable principal, George II. Linsley,
looking IN splte OF his seventy years. just
as awful as he did IN those days when he
said TO Johnny McCuEcheon. Charlie
Case and Ham Wallis, Go into the next
room and will attend TO your case pres
emily"
The old boy might have been a little
puzzled at finding his old schoolnates
with boards, whiskers and bald pates ar
rayed In the immaculate linen and sombre
broadcloth of evening dress, but no
would have found them ali, In spite of
their spectacles and gray hairs. the same
iovial, good fellows at heart that they
were away back in the fifties. when they
punched marbles on YORK street and each
others heads in the back lots.
THE Principals BIRTHDAY.
The occasion was Principal Linsley's
SEVENTEEN birthday, and bis old boys had
come together to honor their teacher IN =
devotion TO the moral and mental train
ing Of the young of Jersey City
It Is hard for Mr.. Linsley 10 get out or
some OF his old habits. and rs he always
had to have George Fielders and Charlie
Case where he could lay hands on them
when be wanted them, he made them sit
on each side Of him, while be had Ham
Wallis and Ed. Young. two OF his most
mischievous boys, where be could keep
his eyes upon them during the whole
feast.
The Others who stood upon the line
were City Clerk John E Scott, Thomas
Leather. John e. MeCutcheon, Thomas
NJ. Ward, Finance Commissioner George
r. Hitler, DR.. Leonard ]. Gordon
Colonel William f. Taylor, Edmund W.
Kingsland, Wm- Il Hodges, Geo. Narrln,
simeon n Ayers. George NJ Van Deven-
Clayland Tilden. Frank ]. lie Count,
Samuel w. Annesss Assem- niyman
Michael Mullone. Edward Donnelly. John
B. Collins, Thomas L. Halstead.
Horace Jaquith. Walter ktssarn,
Chauncey HoIt. Duncan 3. Parmly-
Joseph u. Bumsted, Seymour Marsh,
joseph J. Comstocks James Crossman,
George W. CLARK, William W. Ward,
Walter Robertson, James T. d Collins,
John Ward, John w. Harrison, CorneIius
Zabriskie, Theodore Shaffer. Jossph w.
Stroller, CorneliuslC. Young, @. B Jordon-
John Denver, John Mell0r, Johp Z. Ne
Allister, Homer Brooke, Courtland n.
Dodd. George F. Durant. Owen Farley.
Frank E McAlIister, John Creech, VII
liam Cooke, Dudley d. FlemminR, Lewis
II. Marinus, Edwin j. Appleton, Edward
G. Gardner aud Charles Durant.
AT eacn plate was q handsome souvenir
consisting OF the menu card. the names
<ka .ff7 f4f z hn at IN L
cellent photograph of Mr.. Llnsiey ana
the espondence between him and the
Banquet Committee, all printed on heavy
paper and bound together with q bow OF
white satin ribbon
SOME PLEAsANT REMARKS
When the cloth had been removed and
the autograph flend had given Mr.. Lins~
ley a short respite, Mr.. Case the presid-
ing genius Of the feast spoke OF the move
ment which had eliminated in that fit
ting testimonial to Mr. Linsley's worth
He referred to the labor that had been
required TO trace the old boys, and he TO
ferred feelingty to those who had gone 70
the war and had never come back he
then presented Mr.. Linsley, who WAS re-
ceived with three rousing cheers.
s.Mr Chairman aud Gentlemen be-
gan Mr. Linsley. when he was stopped
by one concerted yell, boys, boys"
well boys, them" Mr.. Linsley con-
tiuued. 1.-THE position / hold tonight Is
phenomenal one. n has no parallel that
/ know Of anywhere IN this state I
know of no one who has had tne expert
ence of a principal OF the same publ14
school for forty years. The tact that :
am surrounded By men of worth. men
prominent in the social world and OF
rank in the political; men who have been
loyal 10 me all these years, fills me with
delight and gratitude"
The venerable principal was visibly
affected. His voice trembled and ne
spoke with difficulty.
sTJnder these surroundings" he con-
tinued, Il say to You that this Is the proud
est moment of my life and the nappiest
day. | shall ever entertain for you
the highest respect and most sincere re-
gard ] cannot express myself 10 you as
I would
AT this point Mr.. Liusley, overcome by
his emotion, sat down amid cheers The
band played For He's Jolly Good Fel-
low" which was heartily sung By al
present
Mr.. Linsley then arose and went on to
say that though be had lived out the
scripguraI three score and ten, ne had not
outlived the memory Of the boys he taught
and now, my old boys be said. Il
want to give you lesson IN reaalnss
and he read Oliver Wendell Holmes poem
10 the class OF % of Harvard, entitled
Inc boys
THEY'RE STILL LOYAL
Mr. E. +. C. Young spoke OF old No. 1
during which he said thai they were stall
Nit. Lnsley's boys aud he was their COM
uander. and at any time when any OF his
boys could aid him he had only TO speak
the word of command and they would
obey it
CITY Clerk Scott read history Of the
school, Mr.. Hamilton Wallis Of oranEe
told Of the class Of a52; Captain George r.
Fielder spoke Of Mr. Linsieyss boys who
went 70 the war.
Several others spoke and almsst every
one had some "reminiscences TO relate
which kept the guests in q continu2l roar
Of Laughter. Before breaking up the
boys formed permanent Organization
with Charles F. Case, president; Niiiiam
w. Ward. vice presidents, Dudley y.
Fiemming, secretary. Joseph II. Bum
sted. treasurer, and George q Fielder,
John E. Scott, Thomas Leather. John Nc
Cutcheon and Samuel w. Anness, Execu-
tive Committee.
Weather Indications
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