The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-28
A GIRL PRESIDENT
Hasbrouck Graduates Are
Ready for Commence
ment Week.
WHAT THEY WILL BECOME
Three Physicians and Several Col
legians-Class Essays and
Officers.
WHAT THEY WILL BECOME

June will soon be here and with it the
advertisements about +" the sweet girl
graduate with her golden hair will be
once again aprepos. Jersey City has
this year many sssweet girl graduates,
and an equal number of intelligent young
men. Hasbrouck Institute graduates
twenty-four young people, thirteen young
women and eleven young men, who have
been competing for years for the school
,honors and are now about to begin the
struggle for the honors of life. The
school honors have with one exception
been carried away by the girls. The
Valedictorian is a girl, the Salutatorian
is q girl. and two of the three honorary
essays have been taken by girls. Miss
Blanche Murray Shafer has won the
first honor Of the class, the valedictory.
And the honor was not easily won, for
she had two or three rivals who were 50
near the desired goal that none could
be certain which was the winner. Miss
Shafer is a petite blonde and a favorite
with her class, as was shown by her
election to one of the four offices, that
of secretary. Miss Eva Bullen just missed
the valedictory and won the saIutatory,
the second honor of the class. They
signify that the valedictorian and saluta-
torian have for the last four years of
school had The highest average per
centage in all the studies. department
and attendance. Miss Carrie E.. Myers,
Miss Clara Laws and Mr.. Allston B.
Manchee nave been awarded the hon.
orary essays.
There viii be fourteen speakers COM
meneement night and they are the pupils
who rank next in their averages. The
subject of Miss Skaters essay is
"Bores," an interesting subject and I'M
doubtedly we'll handled. Miss Evan Bullen
answer the question, rs 1t worth
while?" in her essay. Folk Lore of the
American Indians is Miss Myers sub
Ject. Miss Clara Laws tells of prob
lens and Mr.. Manchee discusses 1.-THE
Eastern Question" The students have
round plenty OF material in the troubles
OF our country this year for stirring
essays and they have awaited themselves
OF their opportunity as the accompany
ing list of the speakers and their sub
1ects showaWiiliam Wallace Brooke,
Everitt, THE Monroe Doetrine"; Frank
J, Hall, "A Century Of National Pro-
and IT'S L~egends":: Grace suleean Loom phe H Hn !
son, Our Three Selves; Margaret n.
Page WANTED, q Homely Heroine and
oi.1A LIdSd1 WILL, IUGOQOTe f0OSS-
Welt. It would be impossible. to have
all the essay read, although all are ex-
cellent. The other members of the class
Lockwood, EARRING crlticss; Alexander
9 Msassn i. II Mount ,rh s1,ol MsT Ds,nr d ss6 81
kirk, "Our Naval and Coast Defences":
Eva Perlmutter, The Chivalry Of To.
ha y Tra , aeien 4; Thurston, Education
ems as q Character Fainter; Helen Cad.
Y. Y. ..speer, "A Group Of French
Almost all Of the graduates nave made
plans for their future life. The young
though Miss speeer viii de eseaeea q great
part OF her time to art. None of the
advanced study in Hasbrouck institute
as post graduates and elsewhere. Three
of medicine. Messrs. Everett. NOLAN
ana Brooke will attend the New York
College of physicians and Surgeons,
and S." Mr.. Van Horne will enter CO.
lumbia and will decide when there what
70 fit himself for MI: Watt has chosen
New York University, has been decided
upon by Mr.. Manchee. Mr.. Hall will 20
in business with his ia ther, and the
others have no definite plans beyond
their graduation.
By a strange chance the class president
is a girl, which is almost against ali
precedent. Only one class was brave
enough to elect a girl as president. n
was always an understood thing that
a man would be president and d giri
vice president. And so It was this year.
Mr.. Stephen Lewis was elected president
but early in the. school year he had w
phoid fever and was OBLIGED tn leave
school. The sceptre fell to Miss Eye, the
vice president, and she ruled so nicely
n so well that she has not been dis
| placed. =. Miss Shafar lie soorofar. r go