New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-09
FORTY-THREE GRADUATES.
THE PACKER CLASS OF &c RECEIVES ITS
DIPLOMAS.
ORIGINALITY THE KEYNOTE OF THE CLASS
DAUGHTERS OF MAYOR wuRsTER AND
EX-MAYOR sCHIEREN AMONG

THE MEMBERS.
The class Of 06 at Packer Institute. like its
predecessors for nearly half-century. now exists
in memory only Forty-three young women. COM
prisng this last output Of the old establishment
of learning in Jornlemon-st.. last night received
their diplomas from the hands OF DIR. Truman j.
Backus. At o'clock the girls, all gowned In
white. and with that ever-present air Of the
sweet girl graduate" about them. marched into
the chapel OF the college. which is on the second
floor Seats were reserved for them at the left
OF the platform and directly in front Of the
chapel organ. DR.. Backus Mayor Wurster, ex-
Mayor Schieren, the Rev. Sylvester Malone. DR.
West. St Clair McKeway and Assessor Hark-
were already seated the platform, and
facing an audience which filed the little place to
the doors.
The Rev. Dr. Storrs opened the exercises with
short prayer and then the graduates sang their
class song. As they stood up and as the evening
wore on. old friends OF Packer. who for yea have
attended commencement exercises, remarked
many times that the class of '96 was original
In fact that was It's chief characteristic. A par
ticularly striking feature the fact that the
daughter of Mayor Wurster and the daughter
Of exMayor Schieren, of this city. both received
diplomas
The programme was as follows
Prayer.
stars q the Summer Night ........... John L. West
G 9sa a'H.s ssnse t. E'in9esh : . Ksasss
ooiese ana ne society OH Henrietta Williams
The 'ilo.ifcat n = the nm npi,ce Else H. Mc,srtce
ashins',n the Virginia Gnil, Ethel II PaIarl
Should Art Teach Mimi - - .hr
MAY Day King Han
lhe Universal Yankee. NJ. Iycjoy
Three Conceptions Of Women. ......" Louis e. Wursicr
rncterN Ehrl Webster
fs", %inG Of apioma;' J. c"'"''e"
poAo,ogy-"The Old hundrcith"
by an order Of the trustees a committee of the
teachers OF the college selected ten papers. ac-
cording t. literary merit. Five Of them were
read lest night by the Misses Kelsey. Blirs. Nc
Cartee. Behr and Wurster. The names OF the
other Ave young women and the subjects on
WI ich they wrote appear in the programme
The valeii tory. by Miss Ethel Webster. was
delivered with not a ltle dramatic emphasis
She is president Of the class - 'N'
Miss Eliz beth Is. Kelsey read al essay. the
subject Of which was Common Sense" which
was rcplete with wise thoughts
Miss Louise C. Wurster. daughter OF the Mayor
OF Brooklyn selected a truly feminine subject
Three Conceptions IF Women
Miss Edith NJ. Bliss discussed 'Ruskin. the Re
fcrmcr."
Miss Nina D. Behr brought out some strong
points in her paper on should ART Tcach?
The Glorihcaton u Con monrlace' was 4
well-written essay read 10y Mise Elsie Eliot Nc
Cartec
The young women VINO were graduated We're VI
Eihelyn Bates. Gertrude l.. Beck. Minaa y. B"hr,
EG!th VI. Bliss. Virginia 4. Coean, Katherine /.
Crane Ellen p. Day. Mary l. Dayton. Lima f.
Doane. 4 Blanche Dubc. Josephine Fransiol!.
Edith c. Hallock. Grace Hamilton. Helena +.
Heuermanu. Gertrude \. Ingalls, Ali'e Kelley.
Elizabeth y. Kelsey. Florence VI kcmpf. Flor
ence a Knapp. Eta VI. Lovejly Helen W Magal-
haes Mary l.. Masters. Elsie T. Mccartee Grace
A Nuns. Ethel II. Panard. Helen L. Perkins.
Grace NJ ouinlan. Emily Olive Richmond. Gene
We've F. Ryan. Ida May Schleren. Mary u.
Shoudy Fanny y Stebbns. Edith NJ sterling
Edith ! Swan. Bessie J. Thompson Isabel II
Van VIE. Fr!cda Walther. Adele Walton. Ethel
Webster Anne Elizabeth Wilcox. Henrietta Will
Jams 4 Maud Wilson and Louise {. Nurs'er.