The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-21
LIES THRESHOLD,
Thirty-ninth Annual Com
menCement at the Has
brOuCk Institute.
FLOWERS, MUSIC AND oRAToRY
| Prominent People Listen to
Bright Essays and Clever
0rationS.
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Mechanical Engineers Graduate
at Stevens Institute OF
Technology.

The thirty-ninth annual commencement
of Hasbrouck institute is now ended, ana
the class of '95 has passed the portals,
dividing, School life from that OF the
world. The commencement was on the
whole successful. and many conlmeAda-
tions were uttered. The stage was aec~
grated with the beautiful floral offerings
of the friends of the graduates lana a
large ='95 in red, the class color. huhs
from the ceiling. As Wering's orcnestra
played a sespicited march the members
of the Hasbrouck Glee Gu ana ihe
graduating class entered. The girls az
wore pretty costumes of bright colors'
but then SWEEP girl graduates were as
usual gowned in white. AS the students
entered all seated themselves but tns
member of the graduating class, who
remained standing until the complexion
of the march.
To the right and left of the students
were many prominent men of the city,
among whom were William H. Beach,
DIR. Leonard j. Gordon, DR.. Isaac N.
Ouinby. George f. Perkins, the Rev.
DR.. D.. R, Lowrie. Mr.. John Bergen.
George Carragan, DR.. John C. Parsons,
Joseph A. Dear. James Luby ana y. !.
Harvey.
The orchestra played an overture by
Loetzing, "Czar and Zimmerman" MI
Wait, Vice President of the Institute,
had charge of the exercises. The Rev.
d. r. Lowrie, D.. D.. invoked Gods
blessing and returned thanks that the
city had such an institution as the Has
brouck SCHOOL,.
Miss Elsie Gould who won the second
- 1,.- lalirJnrO6 tho S4II-
tatory in Greek. The subject of hel
essay was "Readymade." She spoke of
the story of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. AL
eshine and their finding a house ready
made in mid-ocean. Wonderful as thai
seems, it~is no more so than the things
(which are every day found ~ready-made
in great contrast to the days of our
ancestors, when they made everything
for themselves. We ind our clothes,
our food, even our talk, ready-made.
but there are some things We do not
find Education is still to be obtained
by dint of hard labor. The most I'M
possible thing to obtain ready-made IL
character. That is handmade. Some
have only just begun to build their char-
acters, but they have already learned
that they alone can be their own aren't
tects. Like the painter who said, =
paint slowly but 1 paint for eternity,
we build our characters slowly but we
build for eternity
The Glee Club sang a delightful chorus,
"Lafes Journey" arranged for ti.e Glee
Club by Mr.. Baier. The BASES were
very weak, but the sopranos and altos
made up for them by the spirited way
in which they sang.
POPULAR GOVERNMENT TREATED.
Mr.. Henry Albers, Jr., delivered an
honorary Grafton, Popular Govern
ment." He said questions are not de-
cided by Legislatures or other political
bodies, but by the common sense OF the
people. America is united with great
interests; if we fall they fall with us,
and If they stand 1t is because we nave
illusions" an essay by Miss Mary
Ward Walker. was a dreamy essay, de-
ate Illusions and then have them De-
stroyed. As the years go by and the
illusions. vanish. one by one, It IS founo
that childhood is not the only time for
illusions. The dreams of greatness van
ish as old age approaches, ana the olu
man finds himself repeating to his cnil.
dren and grandchildren the Illusions or
his youth. Finally ne no longer minis
tiers, but is lninistered unto until nnaNy
where all illusions are turned to reali-
Mr.. Harold Koonz. instead Of deliver
Grenadiers," by r. ~Schumann. with tell
Ing effect. He was greeted with ap-
planse upon entering and also heartily
Paying Too Dear for the whistle"
was the subject of an essay by MISS
Edith Buschman She aid-.peInap
to the world than Benjamin Franklin,
and one of the best known of these is,
Don't pay too dear for the whistle It
DO qailV -spane that too high a Dr9Ce can
be paid for a bad thing, but is it not
also possible with a good thing? Edu-
times TOO high a price paid for it?",,
Miss Buschman cited the case Of the
man who studies for honors tn ne
breaks down with shattered health. and
went on to speak of the American girl
who marries for a title. She said:-"He
has the title; she. the dollars wonder
thinking of the class Of 's5. if in after
years any member of it Will say, I have
An honorary essay, Natures Hiding
Places was read BY Miss Edna Marion
Edwards. This was a very poetic pro-
duction. speaking of the wonderfql things
Dame Nature has hidden Miss Edwards
among Other. things:...'The silvery
white pearls are found hidden carefully
away In an oyster shell; the diamond
Nature guards well. She teaches that
the things worth having are worth, seek
ing for. and md t hatur nothing 1brgug sho ah b De
works. speaks 70 US and says. Whatever
TIE 1TURNING POINTS OF HISTORY.
Til ORCHESTRA played a gazette. and
Grafton on decisive Battles" He saia
war has always marked the turning
points of history, and the results of
wars upon which great issues turn were
often decided by a single battle.
Notably Marathon, Saratoga and Water
loo. He said although the greatest ad-
v~antages of civilization have been aus
to war, it is now hoped that arbitration
will settle the questions peaceably, and
that if our country continues her nom
meddling policy, no decisive battles need
mark and mar the age of the history
to come
Miss Edith Cairns. who gave an essay
on ssThe Literally Educated Woman
was several times interrupted by APP
plause, and had the interest and atten-
ton of her audience from beginning to
end. She said
1--WE are the same as our fathers
have BEEN is a familiar line; but no one
will say that women today are the same
Heart Disease
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