The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-06-16
WEEK
Programme Of Exercises Of
the High School and of
Hasbrouek's.

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While commencement week" is not yet
kept by the Jersey City High School. yet a
step towards such a practice is shown in
the introduction of a SER
mon into the exercises this year. This SER
mon will be preached to the High School
graduates by Rev. Cornelius Wolfkin, tomor-
row morning, in the Ninth Baptist
Church. Both the January and the June
graduates will be present in a body.
On Thursday evening the twentieth an
nual commencement of the High School
will take place in the Academy of Music.
The order of exercises viii be as follows
THE PROGRAMME.
Overture, "Jolly Bandits" Suppe.
Invocation - advertisement, Liberty
Bell" Sousa; presentation OF class, Superln-
tendent Henry Snyder.
January MISUNDERSTANDING Marie E.
Wedin: the influence of Books, Louis Sc +. De-
HART; chorus, Home for the Holidays
Schuhmann; the Present, Agnes z. Sculy;'
the Message of Youth, Edith =. Guiiford;
Education of the Negro, Edythe l. Wallace;
Commerce, Frank Il. Cole; chorus. 'Revel
of the Fairies" Rossini; Ideals, Cora Hop
kins: orchestra, "Ball Room Whispers"
Gregh.
June d~ivision-The Nineteenth Century,
| Adeline Heinold; National Character De-
yeloped by Environment, Philip w. Grece;
chorus, Summer Fancies," Oliver Metra;
the Nobility of Labor, Elizabeth M. Kenny;
Historic Gardens. Besse Terrell; chorus, wei
come Pretty Primrose Pinsuti; Hidden
Heroes, Redia H. Marks; Valedictory. Meta
Terstegge; chorus, Twilight" Fraz Abt;
| Address to the Graduates, VIM. ii. Beach;
tGNoi1a u DalJhaS
Presentation of medals by Elijah S.
Cowles.
Valedictorian Medal-For the highest gen.
| eral average in all studies, Class of January,
'94, awarded to Miss Cora Hopkins, the gift
of Elijah S. Cowles, Esq, Chairman OF the
| High School Committee.
Vale3ictorian Medal-For highest general
| average in all studies, Glass of June, w,
awarded to Miss Meta Terstsgge, the gift OF
Ulalnor Allen, M. D., President OF the Board
of Education.
Salutatorian Medal-For next highest gen
eral average in all studies, Glass OF January,
'94. awarded to Miss Marie Il. Wedln, the
| gift of Leonard 3. Gordon, NJ. D..
Salutatorian Medal-For next highest
general average in all studies, Glass of
June. 1874. awarded to Miss Adeline Heinold,
the gift of Mrs. William L. Dickinson.
Commercial Medal-For highest general
| average in commercial studies, Class OF Jan
! ~ dHdI Z ~ ltiktA va oAO
| gift of Edward Hoos, member of the High
School Committee.
Commercial Medal-For highest general
! average i'll commercial studies. Glass of June,
| '94. awarded to Howard jackson, the gift of
| William NJ. ObergfeA, member of the Board
| OF Education.
Forensic Medal-For best speaker of the
evening, gift of the Forensic Society.
Presentation of D~lplomas-By Ulamor
| Allen. M. D., President of the Board of Edu-
| cation, march, 'Dahomy,' Desormes.
HI HONORs.
The first in rank in each study were as fol-
| lows:-All studies, first, January, Cora Hop
| kins; June, Meta T~erstegge; all studies, sec
ond, June, Marie e. Wedin, June, Adeline
Heinold; mathmatics, January, Cora Hop
kins, Jan. Meta -Terrstegge; science, Janu-
| airy, Cora Hopkins; June, Meta Terstegge
English, January, Laura j. Davison; June,
Jennie McAghon and Bessie Terrell: French,
January, Marie E. Wedin; June, Lulu
Butler; German, January, Lucy J. Howell
June, . Jessie Finke: Latin; Janu-
sry' Louise F.. De Hart: June,
Adeline Heinold: pedagogy, January,
Louise +. De Hart: June, Bessie Terrell and
Meta T~erstegge; drawing, January, Cora
Hopkins: June, Bessie Terrell; botany, Janu-
airy, Cora Hopkins; June, Bessie Terrell;
commercial studies, January, William
Ewald; June, Howard Jackson.
MERTT LISTS.
The merit List for the four years course is
as follows sasae
January-Cora Hopkins, Marie e. Wedin.
Emily K1ingenberg, Laura Dawson, Louise
DeHart, Lucy j. Howell, Anna L. Darsley,
James B. ~Brockhurst, John j. voorhees,, Jr.,
and Agnes c.. Scully.
June-Meta Terstegge, Adeline Heinold,
w. Philip Greco, Bessie Terrell Edith M.
Smith, Elizabeth z. Faulks. Belle Banks,
Jennie Sheffield, Nellie Walker and Jessie
M. Finke.
The merit list of the commencement
course is as follows
January, William Ewald. Mary e. Lock
wood and Frederic Worfolk.
June, Howard jackson, Henry Knoblock,
Hattie Rose and MAZE Thompson.
The ushers at the commencement exercises
will be, Edward Hermann, '95; William
Cole, 96: Randolph Jennings, 90; Arthur
Banks, '95; Rutherford Merriam, '95; George
Norris, '95; Charles Hardenburg, '96: Ed.
ward Cameron, '95; William Dalton, '95
Frederick Wersebe, '95; Norma Rowe, 1916
The reception of the graduates will take
place Thursday evening in the High Schoo
| building Immediately at the close of the
commencement exercises.
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