The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-25

tasiefully decorated with American
llaSs and strramers and pnttcd plants
About Thousand people attended and
they were from anon" IN" best pcUiir
of the city Cu the platform we're
many Of TIA, prominent educators Of the
:tgtc and other invited guests whose
presence Was fitting for one reason or
another These We're:
Hon. y. G. Shaefter, state superln-
trndent Of public instruction; Prof
George II. Hible, principal of Strouds-
burg state Normal school: Or. j. T..
Welsh. principal of Bloomsbury state
Normal school: Prof. j. NJ. Coughiin
superintendent uf public schools,
Wilkes Barre; Prof. Robert Shields,
principal of tn" Pittston High school:
Prof. j. G. Taylor, superintendent of
lackaWanna county schools; Prof. n.
II. Houser, superintendent Dunmore
uub!lc schools; \. r. Walsh, secretary
of The PittstOn school board: DR.. w. O.
Weaver president Of the Wilkcs-iarre
school board; Prof. II. i. Common.
principal Of the Wilkes Barre high
school: Prof. George LOVelc, musical
director Of the pittston public schools.
Frederick Scibel and Alexander sloane
ii the Pittston school board; Hon.
T. Williams, president of Williams
Business college; Mcssrs. Little and
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The building: Conrad Schroeder. build
~: George Howell city superntend-
ent OF schools: Prof. George W. Phil
lips. principal of the high schoOi:
George Mitchell president Of the hoard
If control Fred l. WOrmser. cham-
mag, and W. i. Welsh O. Il. Srhreiter, ,
John DevaueY, w. :. Iangstaff and I.
}. JenniLHs. who with President Mitch
ell and superintendent Howell, COM
prise the hiCh school committee; the
other controllers Messrs. W l.. Fran
co.'s. II. J. O'NaIley, Benson Nj Davis.
George Il. rarsOn, jacob Scharf"r. {
]. Conrad, Anthony Walsh. G. = Ja.
crbs. J. H. Williams, f.. s. Barker. f.
T. Iangan and John Gibbons. Rev
Hu"erS Israel. Rev. y. j. NcManuS.
fev. George F.. Guild, Rev. ]. Il. sweet.
Rev. f. 7. DOty. Rev. a. +, Chall"e.
Rev. Newman Matthews, Hon. Jchn a.
Tnllows. Eon. John f. Farr Captain
George T.. Thompson. If. \. kin%ahutH.
former members of the board of con
lrol: Dr. l.. f.. Gunster, A W. Dick
son, Or. p. II. ThroOp and Dr. T.. Iel%-
l"r Bower Among the audience, IL
might he stated as an interesting note
Wern three women who attended tn"
formal opening of the old high school
IN 1SjS, Mrs. a. T.. PettipreW, Mrs. ;.
II. Nash and Mrs. T. II. Wint.
OPENING OF E.XEECiSES
The Exercises opened with an over.
ture "BgUnZe Horse" (Auber) by Bau
.r's orchestra, numbering twenty
pieces. This and the other numbers by
Enuer's men we've dOubtlessly the best
orchestral music ScrantOnians have
ever been treated 10 by local musicians.
T. also was the means of displaying tn"
excellent acoustic properties Of the
auditorium. Rev. Rogers Israel Of ~.
rIke's. made the invocation. The or
chestra gave n selection from Verdi $
I'aviatii and then he formal ceremony
q turning over the building to the
citv occurred.
Taking n larg" Gilded key. the build
-. Conrad S5chroeder, handed /, Ia i.
/. WormseT chairman d the high
school committee. accompanying the
art with few remarks in which he
,;.rressed pride at having participated
81 such an extent in giving to Scranton
IFS magnificent new school. The ap-
pIause which was given Mr.. Schroeder
lse meant more for the man who has
Niilt most of greater Scranton's finest
huilGings than for the modest speech
he made.
In accepting the building in the name
&c the high school committee ard turn
ing it over to the board Of control. Mr.
NCrInser said.
I pccapt this key at your hands. sir.
showing that the task committed to you
las been completed. You may well feel
'rorii of your hardiwork. The great ed!-
iice you have erected. its material and
workmanship, will forever rebound TO your
,rg1!t. IN the construction of this tenn
l'i- Of education you have crystaliZed in
,tne that which represents the strongest
E-s.lmqnt OF the American pcople-popu-
llr education. II is but fitting. ladies'
.nd gentlemen. that on such an occasion
,fe tlkc a retrosqective view of the facts
leading up to the erection of this %ulld-
ing.