The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-01
HIGH SCHOOL CLUBS
The Forensic Stands at the
Head in Point of Age
It's Work.
THE ALPHA SIGMA.
The Football Team Will Challenge
Princeton -Dramatic and
Class Societies.
TIE ALPHA SIGMA

Every large school is bound to create a
social side by the formation OF clubs
among Its membership. The Jersey City
lowing will show
or all the societies In the school. the
Forensic must stand at the head in point
Of age. 1t was founded in 1875, and has
contin ued It's sessions without a break
other than those caused by school vaca-
lions. sver since. Before its organization
several societies had been attempted. but
with no success until Prof. Hale. then q
member of the faculty, now residing in
Brooklyn, took the matter in hand. The
first object of the society is as It's name
implies the cultivation of forensic apil-
ity. Toe weekly literary programme
opens with q debate, in which four mem
bers, sometimes six, take Tart. An
oratlou, an essay. a reading, and an sx-
tenn poraneous speech. ill OF the pro-
gramme. Assignments are made u week
10 &C vance and noted on blanks made for
the Durpose.
The society has no eiabership limit,
although atacjt understanding keeps the
list always under thirty. AT the present
time 1t is smaller than usual. only twelve
being upon the roll. They are Msssrs.
Frank H. Cole. Philip w. Greece, w.
Cole, John j.. Voornees, j. Brockhursr,
e. Cameron, Edward Hermann, S.
Shxnley. A. Banks. N. Roe, H. Albsrs
and G. Wilson.
Tbs officers chosen at the October cleo
ton are:-F. "a. Cole, President; P. w.
Greece, Vice Presidents; ]. j.. VOORHEES,,
Secretary; e. Cameron, Corresponding
Secretary. James ~Brockhurst. Treasurer.
Executive Commltt ee:-Arthur BANKS.
William Cole and Spencer SaRnisy.
The Baker medal, named for its donor,
one Of the founders Of tAs society, Is the
pronertv OF the club. the ownership being
determined by competitors in oratory.
the last was held three years ago when
it became the properly of Shepard
Franz, now In Columbia. Since then
there has been no challenge. Besides
this the society each year awards a medal
to the best speaker of the evening at CON-
mencement in june. This Is all the more
generous. as of late years 1t has enerA
ally been won by the Alpha Sigma.
g Il SIGMA.
The Alpha Sigma, the girls society of
the school, corresponds to tho Forensic
In that it offers an opportunity for the
I study OF parliamentary. law and the sculr
tiyation Of forensic debate, out the mos
important department of tue socfety's
wo k lisa course of study In piueteenlh
&ShS W . p1&h
drawn up ct the beginning of the year by
u committee appointed for the purpose.
Like the Forensic, IL holds its meetings
on Friday afternoons, and while the
former is argning the merits of some
question OF state. upstairs In Professor
Paddock's room, the latter down
stairs in Miss Bevier's Is dealing
with some Ninetesnth century
author, according to q fixed programme.
This opens with a biographical sketch.
illustrated by four or FIVE selected read
tngs, n further continued by an ANAL
ysis OF mis- work as author. This IL fol-
lowed by an essay on some present-aay
topic. So far the numbers have been
prepared by members appointed a week
IN advance; the society now resolves it
self into The Committees OF the Whole,
for a discussion to which any member is
privileged to bring ANY facts concerning
the author. or read any favorise bit that
might have impressed her. AT the meets
ing that l recently attended, where
Julian Hawthorne was the subject, one
OF the reading was his own statement oil
how he came to write Fortunes Fool"
y valuable light UPON the authors meth
dds. The club also publishes q paper.
The Out.
The society was founded In January,
1888. With = mem osrsbip of teu. II Is
now very near to its limiL of twenty-five.
Although lhe members are generally
CHOSEN from the hrst or second year
~clnskes, before they have had time 10
show their powers ~ medal winners, Ine
members Of the society nave won q large
percentages of all medals offered since It's
beginning.
The offers are:-Lonts- r -