New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-07
HAIL TO NEW WOMEN.
GRADUATING CLASS OF 12o AT The
GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL.

ESSAYS ON THE POSSIBILITIES of fIi''
,,x,rv-ruE CLASS SONG COMPOSED By
MISS DAISY GAUs AND MISS
MAUD MARY cAwsE
The commencement exercises of the FEBRUARY
class of the Girls High School, were ne'u 'as
svenin9 in the school building, at Nos'rahu-Ne'
s tIa,soy.st class Of 12o girls received their
d,nlomas-fifty five in the language course. my
,hreo IN the English course and twelve IN the
commercial, course The severe storm OF lhe
warning and afternoon did not prevent large
crowd ~ relatives and friends OF the seniors
from filing the big auditorium In the schoo'
building. ,
Above the platform was suspended the cissS
motto "Prospera lux oritur' which, free'y Trans
lated. Is made by the members OF the ciass ~
mean "A brighter day IL da""'"6'
brighter day Is when the new woman COMES ~
her full inheritance. and two or three Vi ."e
SAWS read in the course of the evening n"u 'o'
70 saw about the coming woman, the pas'
achievements of Der elder sisters, the p''''-
b,ities omen to her and the numDerless 'hi"ss
she is destined to accomplish
The following were the graduates:
commercial course-Edth Van Evour BeaVah'
Maud Mary Cawse Lucy Sabina HaIeie, "'"'-
fred Cecilia Higgins. Florence Louise Len'"e.
Allie IIoOla LORD, Marcia -Ne"'"""'
Prestige. Elizabeth Veronica Sweeny, EmeH"e
Wallace and Katie Elizabeth Wischmann.
English course-Elizabeth Walker ADAMS
Margaret Barnes. Pauline Jennie Bromberg.
Jennie Frances Brophy. Elizabeth Regina
Brown May Eliza Brown. Anna veronica
Rvrne Minnie Cohn, Susie Hurlburt Cole ILL
liam Ablah Cotton. Harrette Conrod, Ehzape'h
cooner Margaret Elizabeth Cummings. Ellen
Mercedes Daly Anna Josephine Desmond, Mary
Catharine Dittmcr Agnes Marie Dove, Eva
Cathar,ne Engel, Martha Remington tarrer'
Alice SheckeIton Faulkner. Katharine EiiZape'h
Terguson Sarah Elizabeth Gray, Jane HAM
gan Bertha Happ, Susie Barlow Harris
EIoise Prentice Higgs Ida Burr Homan. Lillian
Elizabeth Kloster. Kathryn Agnes MacManon'
Mary Carlisle Martin. Lucy Teresa Mulligan'
AIfhild Finch Myhr, Daisy Elizabeth Orfnerod'
Lizzie Maude Palmer Ida Belle Pearsall, Mary
Louise Porter Anna Theresa Quinn, May
Agnes Quinn Beatrice Refer. Mary Elizabeth
Reilly Caroline Schmidt, Beulah catherine
Soaring. Estelle Disbrow Skillman, Ida Mae
Spence. Marie Wilhelmina Steffens, jessie
Thompson Emily Geraldine Tonry. Regina
Agnes Twigg Miriam Van Veghten Anna Jane
Wiebe Iyey Tyson Wilson. Mabel Kearney WILL
son. Rosetta Zeier.
Language course--Clara Gift Abeel, Florence
Louisa Reamsh Erna Luc!e Behnken. Marion
Elizabeth Backman Bessie Curtis BordweD,
Emma Coe Brady. Irene Livingston Butler LOU
ise Claussen. Mary Louisa Cogan, Maude Allen
Conkl!n Lillian Agnes De Witt, Elizabeth Fran
ces Duffy Mamie Nell Emerson. Edna whitney
Frost Daisy Gaus. Lydia Augusta Grimm, Grace
Pentland Hanna Julia Meredith Haskins. Laura
Emma Hennlon. Adeline Grace Hewitt, Amy
Luckey Hobbs. Lillian Charlotte Holland, anna
Louise Uoppock Maudc Jones. Jessie Lyle King,
Annie Colman Klinck. Jessie Learey, Ellen i-yth-
go Mason. Lillian Agnes McGann, lima Louise
Moore. Charlotte Elizabeth hoffman Rep t1s;a
/ Palmland Annie Jarman PitOu, Harriette VIOLA
PITT. Alice White Quinlan. Carolyn Neln,nlIier'
Gertrude Angelina Renshaw. Louise Belle hnodes'
Celia Robinson. Mabel Estey Rose. lda Aue ,l
Ross. Charlotte Martha Rouston. Catherine
Schroler Mary Elizabeth Seaman. carolyn Marie
| Shand. Mabel Hayward Smith. Sarah I'M Smi,h,
| Charlotte Dodge Stilnan. Minerva stokes, Aople
| Marguerite Tcrhune. Anna Louise NredenDurSh'
| Edna Amelia Waite. Helen Thompson WILSON,
| Florence Isabel Wright and Mabel Wright q,
The programme was as ioiIo"s. Essay, -
Wizard and the Land He Created, MISS bea'
rice Refer: thrce-part song Church Bells
TAYLOR: essay. THE Worlds Debt to Helm
| hotz" Miss Daisy Gaus; song winter
Women" Miss Ida Burr Homan essay;
weather wisdom" Miss Mabel Hayward
Smith; three-part song. In our Boat, C0wth;
essay. Tone Language Miss Alihiid fihch
Myhr; three part song, Ave Marie. ADJ
The highest honor the class has the power to
confer is the election to its presidency, espe-
ciallv In the senior year. when the class presi-
dent is also the valed!ctoran. Miss Harriette
Viola PITT was chosen by SO az president and
valedictorian. and her essay last evening proved
that the choice was well made.
Mr. Patterson. the principal. presented the
diplomas and j. Edward Swanstrom president
Of the Board OF Education. delivered the ad-
dress to the graduates. The exercises closed
with the singing OF the class song. composed
by Miss Daisy Gaus and Miss Maud Mary
Cawse.