The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-11-18
FAIR YOUNG PIONEERS THESE.

FAIR YOUNG PIONEERS THESE.
New York Normal College TurYs Out Its .
First Girl Bachelors Of Arts. II
The big hall of the normal college of
the city of New York at Sixty-eighth
street and Park avenue was filed with an
audience of 1000 people Thursday morn
ing who had come to see the 273 gradu-
ates of this years class in the closing
exercises of the school. These 278 are
now fully qualified, as their diplomas
attest, to teach in New York's public
schools. Noticeable among the gradu-
ates was group Of fifty who wore col
ors Of orange and white fastened with
pins bearing the motto, "Tentanda via
est" concerning which one Of the wear
ers confidently informed friend that it |
meant ''get out Of our way"
This group was composed Of the aca-
demic part of the class, "A. g. 5th," in |
school parlance. and they are the first
girls who have ever received the degree
Of bachelor Of arts from any publicly
supported institution in this country.
This caused no marked difference in
their appearance, however. from that Of
their less fortunate sisters, except in the
colors and pins they wore. There was
discernible in their countenances, how
ever, q subdued consciousness Of their
importance in being the first class ever
| graduated from the institution to attain
tho lofty general scholarship indicated
! by q class average of over 30 per cent.
| Around the bachelor band were seated
tho normal graduates, 223 strong, wear
ing lavender and white colors and pins
ornamented with their class motto. In
the seats back of the white mass Of
graduates and in the overhanging gal
leries the audience was closely packed.
while in the front was the platform
where sat the dignitaries Of the day.
A large number Of policemen were
scattered about the hall, as il fears were
entertained that the bachelors, in cele-
bration of their newly acquired mascu,
, Unity, might institute college rush
, or do something equally subversive Of
normal school decorum. The exercises
passed off without any such disturb
ance, however, from the salutatory o
Harriet M. Raschen to the valedictor.
!, delivered by Lima Hall. The programme
! was agreeably diversified by some yer.
5 good singing by the normal college gle
: club, who reflected great credit on thei
training, both in the selection and ren
r dition of their songs.
After the essays and distribution Q
{ the regular prizes, School COMMISSIONS
Clara M. Williams, who ia herself
= graduate of the normal school, awarde
r. four prizes. one to the girl of each elias
b having the highest standing, and the
o announced that two prizes. one of twer
d ty dollars, the other Of ten dollars, WEI
d to be awarded for the best essays O
u General Grant, the Grant monumer
10 committee having offered the prize
=, One of these was offered to the Colleg
a Of the City Of New York, but the st'
<. dents of that enterprising Institute
y complained that it was too near exam
g nation time to work on essays, so tt
prize intended for them was added
the one offered to their more indust1
:. GUS sisters. The prizes were won
=; Ethel Stebbins and Estelle Forsc
- heimer.
~ When the exercises were over Il
he fifty bachelors led the way out, carr
o. ing their diplomas bearing the new &C
az lege seal of Minerva sitting in GIRO
of ivy, the college plant. clasped to the
lis manly bosoms.-New York Sun