The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-05-24
High SCHOOL PRODUCTS.
The Graduates Of This
Year, Their Work and
Their Plans.
FOUR ADAMS, MANY EYES.
Nearly ALI the Young Ladies Will
Qualify as Teachers
Class H0nors.

The eighteenth class to graduate from
the Jersey City High School will hold its
commencement exercises in the Academy
of Music. June IA, at eight O'clock, when
the curtain will rise on forty-six young
people, thirty-two graduates from the
regular four years. course and fourteen
from the two years. commercial
The names of the four years. graduates
are:-Henry Bartlett. Nellie Beach, Emma
Brown, Flora Bush. Elma Coddington,
Margaret Connery, frankie Campbell,
Elsie Dusenberry, Nellie De Large, Fred
Decker. Edward Dusel, Annie Hyatt.
John Jardine, Kate Madden. Jessie E.
Marvin. Leila Muller, Hattie Medole,
Frances Nash, Mary O'Dea, Mary O'Cal-
lahan, Elma Olin, Estelle Robertshaw,
Loretta Rochester, Ida E. Rink, VeroD-
lea Stanton. Susie Sillcox, Bessie Still
man. Amelia Schaefer. Maggie Tworny,
Gertrude Van Ripper. Bertha Van Ripper
and Violet Wande. 1t will be noticed
that the presence Of four young men.
Messrs. Bartlett, Decker, Dusel and Jar
dine, alone prevents the class from being
an Adamless Eden. or the young ladies,
nearly all will take the teachers training
course, while one. Miss Bertha Van
Olp6E, Wiuu6I VI tuo OldeSlCS lu6Q6is w la
enter Barnard College In the fall. The
class numbers fifteen brunettes and thir-
teen blondes, and ages range from twenty
to fourteen, the youngest member be-
ing Miss Kate Madden. Six of
the young ladies are members Of the
Alpha Sigma. and of this number four
are medal winners, the list including
Miss Bessie Stillman. valedictorian; Miss
Nellie Beach. saiutatorian; Miss Van
Riper. classics, and Miss Leila Muller,
mathematics. The corresponding boys
society. the Forensic, is not SO fortunate
are medal winners. The mineralogy
medal is the property of Miss Elma Cod
dington. Miss Susie SillGrsx has the English
honor, Miss Elma Olin, French. and Miss
Gertie Van Ripper. science. The class is
unusually gifted in q musical direction.
as those who have listened to Mr.. Fred
Decker's violin, Miss Marvin's piano or
the work of several other amateur music
ians, could testify. Several are well
known amateur ThespianS, prominently
Messrs. Bartlett and Decker, Misses Rink
Hyatt and Stanton.
TIE CLASS ORATORS.
The speakers have been appointed by
the principal and will be as tollows:--H.
N. Bartlett, Success; Nellie .B. Beach.
"Old Songsn and salutatory; Elma s.,
Coddington. "Ambition's GoaP'; B. w.
Decker, Fame; Edward ]. Dusel. ''The
SCaLeSuan OF Jno cuLur6'', AQulS ayabIs
Beauty: Jno. Jardine, "Here and
There Jessie e. Marvin. Power Of
Music; Mary NJ. O'Callanan. Should
Women Voter" Loretta M. Rochester,
Vantage Grounds; Eliza E. Rink, I'm
fluence of Women in the Field of Litera-
ture"; Veronica stanton, Education Of
American Girls"; Susie W, Sillcox,
Progress; Bessie Stillman. "Growth Of
Jersey City's School System" ana valeoic-
tory; Gertie Van Riper, Mind Reading;
Bertha Van Ripper. ''The Girl Gradu-
ate"; Violet Wande, "Inspiration." The
vexed question OF "who will win the
Forensic medalr" cannot be even guessed
until the night of the commencement,
but among the names confidently m en-
| toned for the honor are Mr.. e. j. Dusels
Miss Eliza Rink and Mr.. John Jardine.
THE COMMERCIAL COURSE.
The commercial course graduates four
teen members, all but one being young
men. AS might have been expected,
| the one young lady, Miss Adele C. Plog.
won the valedictory, and demonstrated
that her sex can win high honors with
| only one-fourteenth of chance. The
thirteen young men are Immanuel Pyle.
Sidney W. Wallace, Fred. p. koewen-
stein, Charles LederIe, Robert J. Hoos,
Michael F. Kelly, Jas. W. Davidson.
Charles A. Lave. John G.. Kimpel,
Leonard j. Feinen, Jr., VIM. II. Nor
rison, Thomas II. Giblin, and Henry #.
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