New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-28
A FLAG FOR GRAMMAR SCHOOL no Is
TIL, xxvlrTli pIsTiIcT-EX-JrDGE GEpNEY.
JOB r. HEDGES AID OTHERS SPEAK


Tho commencement exercises Of Grammar s'hool
Ho g. which took place yesterday In IL" school
buudlng in West Thlrtieth-st.. w"r" marked nf an
,r,,,.,,lv ,l..s,ng ceremony. II took tho form ~
a prcsentliior by the members ~ the hialh' Ike
pulllc,n cub q the NXNllih Assembly Disirir' d
tho National colors 20 the school The maj'''N
81 the members ~ the club are graduates OF ms
school and mainly from patrouc mo'N'r DI'
With a desire also 20 commemorate the fw"niy'nf'h
onrivorq,rv Of Principal Hugh Carlslss connec-
tion with the school. movement vas s'Ar'"l I'D
IN. club a short time ago. resulting IN the f'' yes
,erlav of handsome hani-stlichcd hAnh"t-r'"
naa together with two guide arms. made o' D"'
silk frinsei with gold
Tho chairman 81 tie Board OF Trustees charles
F Hancrlorf presided AM among iho~" with MIN
n, the pla,f,rfn were Joseph Moss member o' III"
BOARD OF Trustees. Job T. Hedges. Mayor strong
p-lya,c secretary. cx-Judge Frederick g ''4''y'
Alderman f. o. Ware. George Ludwig J. IiIH"n
T. H. O'Connen subway Commissioner Thomas l.
It.r,u,on ard Hugh Carlisle. thc principal 81 ID"
s.hool l. II O'Coun,li the chairman Of ih'
committee appointed 10 organize and arrange ne
prescnintIon In IA brlcf introductory address SAN
he hor.d the flag would be an m''"''' 10
patriotic feelings among m" pupils a. i"N" 81 "''
country was a principle that should J." n'"'''''
into every one. lob T.. Hedges, III FORMALLY I''.
sentlng the colors to the school. after gvirF T."
in,.re.,ing rcminiscrnccs OF hls ra~sng" through
the school concluded III the presentation Of this
n,g 10 the school make a hoy ihlnk fof one mo-
men, ~ his duty his country. then we ar" amply
repaid Tor GIT. TO him remember that u in'H
nag means anything It means deccncY' hoh''F'
manhood. and u means hat We I've III the s''''''
nation on Gods earth"
Principal Hugh CARLISLE. in returning thanks
said he knew the flag would b. coniuciv" to pa
trioilsn ard enthusiasm among the teachers ana
pupils Of the school. Addresses were d".Vcrel ~
Alderman War. who attributed whatever sue
cess In life he had attained 10 his training In tha'
school and by ex-Judgc Gedr-y. who IN the course
Of forcblc speech said 1T Is gra'fylns To ih"sr
who cndeavorcd TO uphold the nas in the days Of
the Rebellion TO notice this patriotic Impulse surg
ing through the public schools. Thcrc are men
however. who regard II as so nuch suSh ana
/ tir,. wasted. But this sort II p"opi" ar" mercy
O. Ae same class the farmer who only desired
his children to spend their tiinc In learning me
three 'Rcadn'. 'rl,ln' and 'ri'hmo'ic'. They
are mon who would look ~ rare work OF art
tha, would 1--we through ages. and then consider
that the artist would be better employed In paint
ing fences: or men who would gaze into the ris's
OF Niagara and deem IT as only 80 much vast oi
II IL That If the name for mat mysterious
impulse in which il condensed all the memories
and sancti;ies of a nation. II IL that hanh'irSS
something which binds the soldiers hcaristrnss
together, and makes his checks gro% nov WIN nm
/ The standard Of his country II unfurleh that I'M
ne led ranks o. heroes to glorious deaths when
b. ,,,s,s NJ hattie hung heavy on the hills and
the m<rning dcwlrops are turned TO r'ihl"s hahk
God | say for this patriotic sentiment winch IL
/ now go brightly burning in the schools
= Tho exercises which consisted OF "A choirr sei'c-
lion OF instrumental and vocal music. r"citatlons
ana drills were followed with close attention ana
d apurecia ion hy a large number OF visitors. .
. t;rammar school No. H. for girls AZ No 20 IA ~
Twcfth-st Miss Felicia a Grincn princ.pa. held
rs graduating exercises Yesterday morning IN the
: rain room Of the srhOo 80
I The graduates were dressed pfetfy In white ana
the glrla ca rried handsome bCUqurts which were
the gifts Of their friends and re ativcs Nci'rl
Van Colt chairman OF the Board OF school Trustees
/ OF the Fifteenth Ward. presided. Lille klotZ ana
d Anna Kastenbein received the Gerard medals from
Or Thomas Hunter. presidcn, Of the Normal Coz,
legc City SUPERINTENDENT John Jasper awarded
diplomas t. forty nine graduates. Tnr Rev G"orH,
H. BottOmc addressed the class.
Miss Juanitl stephan was va,edictorinn
The commencement exercises Of the mae d.
! partment OF Grammar School No 10 George White
principal. were he'd yesterday morning In the large
room Of the school. No. 2O1 East seventy -h'th-st
Ex-Judge Richard Kelly. chairman Of the Nine
/ ieenth Ward School Trustees. presided
Grammar School No. 70. Henry c. litchncd prln
clpal he'd It's closing ex"r ,iScs yesterday mornnt
at the school, No. - East Flrsi-st Schoo! Inspector
Hlumenthal presented the diplomas To the graduates
Grammar School 40 n. George W. Harrison
principal. at No 225 East Twenty-thrdst held ~
. graduating exercises yesterday morning. James >
Fougy was valc1icioran. .
The girls department OF Grammar school No. u
Misr Annie /. Whytc principal held Its cosnl
exercises yesterday morning In the main room o
the schOolhousc No. 3ii East Fourtecnth-st :
peasant programme was gwen