The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-05
POLYTECHNIC GRADUATES,
A Large Class Presented at
Commencement Exercises
Last Evening.
TALK BY IRVING M. SCOTT.
A. Comte Jr. PreSides-Director
Hawley Gives Diplomas-Hen-
derson's Speech.

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A. Comte Jr., member of the Board of
Education, presided. Before introducing
the salutatorian he said he was glad to
have an opportunity to pay tribute to the
work of the conscientious teachers of San
Francisco, and he was sure that in no in
stltution is more faithful painstaking work
done than in the Polytechnic High School.
Reverting to his own school days and
comparing the advantages of those days
with the opportunities of the present he
said: "Let us not emulate that city which
contended for the honor of being the birth
place OF Homer after the great epic poet had
begged his bread in its streets Substan-
tlal appreciation should be shown to teach
ers when their best energies have been ex-
hausted in their noble life work" He
urged the class to regard continuous self
Improvement as duty, and to fulfill nobly
the responsibilities that time would place
upon them. He introduced the saluta-
torian, Henry M. Goldsmith, who babe the
audience welcome, and spoke of the pa st
and future of the class.
Hon. Irving NJ. Scott was introduced as
man who could not only build ships but
talk.
Mr.. Scott said, in part:
Ladies and your escorts, belong to the ad-
vanced class at present. Let me impress
strongly upon you the lesson that you should
honor the country to which you belong. Be
true to the grand State OF California. If the
sons ana daughters OF the United Kingdom
bear proudly the flag OF their island country
snail not California's children proudly bear
aloft the stars and stripes, which are the en-
blem OF power, strength and justice? 1t was
t tiqn this Vs. you received your free educa-
nation that has never been guilty of dishonor
| nation that spends more money on its
schools than does any other in the world. The
TOR no nS dc -
education OF its citizens. Italy spends rs cents
1t is to this liberaity with her schools that the
United States owes her grand upward march.
Remember this when you hear that the world
is growing worse and that material wealth is
the god of the human race. Your education
should serve to lead you to look beneath such
fabrlcations to facts. To you we will surrender
the responsibilities of the home and the Ma
ton, and we ask you to keep aoft the standard
OF patriotism. We ask you to respect age, re-
spect merit, brains, ability wherever you may
meet them. Be not disturbed by the waves
that sweep the social fabric. Remember that
force is constant though form changes ever
courage and honor you, know that the public
schools OF San Francisco are safe in the hearts
OF its people.
Remember well the practical lessons, think
well OF your country, your teachers, your
friends. Honor your parents and the institu.
ton that has done so much for you.
Miss Nellie Chase, the valedictoran,
paid a tribute to the teachers expressed
gratitude to the Board of Education for its
aid to the school and babe farewell to her
class.
II. G. Henderson of the Board of Educa-
ton assured the class that when Professor
Bush presented the diplomas to the 100
boys and girls he would be almost as happy
as they. And why were all SO happy
These closing exercises represented the
pleasure of a course completed. How CRATE
full should the young people be to the citi-
zens of San Francisco for establishing and
sustaining the schools in which they have
been fitted for the battle of life. Conclud-
ing he emphasized the fact that success
depends upon individual effort.
Mr.. Comte said that the school building,
corner Bush and Stockton streets, would
be open for inspection the remainder of
the week, and the public was invited to
visit 1t and see the apparatus. Hon. Irving
M. Scott, who had delivered an eloquent
address, and than whom no son of Cali.
fornia has ever done more for his State,
had honored the school with his presence
Would not his example OF interest be
emulated by other San Franciscans?
Mr.. Hawley of the Board of Education
presented the diplomas. He announced
that Edward II. Baker had the highest
standing in the school.
Diplomas and certificates were awarded
as follows:
Three-year diplomas-Honorable mention
Cldrd AQd deSlep, Allce I1cOulet, FANNIE
Walsh, Bertha Bernstein, Maud Folsom, Ger
trude Irma Luckhardt, Eva l. MeInerney, Ma
mic C. Nolan.
Three-year certificates-William F. CAIRNS,
Maggie Pryor, Josephine Glynn Kelly, William
G. Wilson.
Two-year diplomas Honorable mention
Edward Paul Baker, Herbert Burns, Nathan
Calm, Nellie Chase, Eva Cohen, Samuel NJ.
Grim, Otto d'Erlach, Anna F. Dorgeloh Lena
Edwards, Henry M. Goldsmith, Josephine
Heger, Johanna E. Helm, Esther Hoppe, Katie
NJ. Kingston, Richard Kirman, William julius
Krukau, Josephine E. O'Rourke, Nellie P
ORourke, Grace Isabel Savage, Genevieve NJ
Voy, ]. 1. Yrigoyen.
Robert Adamson, Samuel Baer, Blanche G.
Baldwin, Francis A. Barr, Edwin J; Baum
sybii j. Camp andrew Carl E Emma May
Clawson, Frank w. Conn, John J. Cullen,
Nora Beatrice Cusck, William Harris Depew,
L. Guerin, Cornelius Hall, Stella Hamburger,
Andrew L. Harrigan, Nellie A Harrington,
William ]. Boradori, Ethel S. Bradford Rose
Breslauer, Mary A. Burns, Timothy John Oman,
Joseph Allowing, Lulu Frances Forbes, Sadie
Gard liner, Susie r. Harrington, William W.
Healey, Edwin c. Hegler, Kittie F. Hol-
land, Fred G. Holzheiser, Ulysses D.; Jones,
H: Clay Miller, Nettie E. Moore, Rose
Samuels, Fannie N. Sanders, Peter F. Scott,
Beatrice Knight, Julian Kramer, Edward B..
Kroenke, Gustave NJ. Lachman, Violet D.
Lauer, Frank Charles Lauinger, Frank Warren
Lawrence, Howard E. Morton, Thomas A. Null
ugan, FRANK L. Murphy, Kathleen j. Murphy,
Julian s. Newman, May O'Brien, Flora oliver,
Ethel A. Severns, Dottie Mira Sewell, Florence
J. Sherwood, Frederick B. Sierck, Adam
Smith, Julia Smith, May Charlotte Stolz,
Frank P. Lee, Selby C. Oppenheimer, Maude
Estelle Thomson, E. Isabel Levin, Eggert E.
Peters, Martha ]. Walworth, Fannie Lord,
Georgia Poultney, John 7. Ward Harry Made,
Marguerite l. Riley, Malcolm C. Whyte, Estelle
j. McAllister, Katie G. Robertson, Alice Wiener,
Celia E. McDermott Regina Rosenberg, Hilma
c. Wistrand, Kittie A. McDermott Daisy Z.
Salter, Daniel L. Wolf
Two-year ertificates-Honorable mention
Laura Edna Tilton, Hannah Valentine, John
Lewis Andre, Louise Becker, Manuel Beirao,
Amy d. Bening, Lila Helen Berry, Arthur l..
Blanchf1ower, Otto E. Falch, Edward Felvey,
Edward Finn, Ada Georg, Fred Guerrine,
Alfred s. Hammersmith, Edward B. Newald,
Richard Nichols, Richard O'Connor, Joseph
Inc Oyen, Marian Pernau, John A. Reidy,
Preston II. Boomer Erminio A. Bozio, Eugene
]. Campodonico, Fritz Andrew Christensen
Julia Charmak, William Lawton Curtin
Edythe l.. Day, Thomas A. Dorgan, Nellie
Elizabeth Johns, Frank r. Knippen berg Lulu
n: Kuhls, William Lamont, Walter Leonard
Nicholas McInerney, James Mcmahon, Laura
A. Minigan, Annie Ernestine Sanders, Henry
schwartz, May Tabrett, Annie Tannian, Frank
William Tiddy, Ada Emily Tracy, Albert
Wheelan.
WASHINGTON EVENING SCHOOL.
Closing Exercises at Saratoga Music Hall