The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-19
NEW LIVES BEGUN.
Class of Hasbrpuck '96
End Their School
Days.
UNUSUALLY FINE MUSIC
Bright Essays and Pretty Girls
Twenty -Four Graduates Re-
ceive Their Diplomas.
UNUSUALLY FINE MUSIC

$3.50
an unusually fine commencement Every
thing eonspired to make to make it sue
c~essful; the evening was cool. that rarity
of commencement nights, the music was
better than it has been in years.; the es-'
says lacked the monotony of subject ana
matter so painfully present at many sim
liar exercises; and the essayists, one and
all acquitted themselves admirably. The
graduates and Glee Club were a. little
late in entering, and the overture was
for that reason omitted. The Rev.
Henry C.. Cronin prayed God to bless the
young graduates and to assist. them in
their after careers.N Miss Eva Bullen.
Salutatorian of the class Second honor.
welcomed the guests, the faculty and the
school to the commencement She al
luded to the fact that forty years ago
Hasbrouck Institute was started with
boys alone, and that sixteen years ago,
finding that something was lacking, girls
were admitted to supply the deficiency.
After g%raciously extending a welcome to
one and all Miss Bullen proceeded with
her essay, rs it worth while?" This
question she applied to Study, advising
studen to study, but not for marks; to
worrying over little things; to making
pretensions, n to the cares and sor-
rows of life. She scored the shopper
who spends several car fares hunting for
| bargains, and who buys something be-
cause it has been reduced 10 SO cents
| from one dollar. Miss Bullen seemed to
think these things are not worth while,
| and she closed by saying that there is
a land where these thiIgs shall not be,
when time shall not be watched or trashy
nGDka asaa MSS na' B sna nam eIiy sa sp' her ra Essay y
every word easily understood.
tn aft gIee "s ein5. G Mr. 10y' wi Sim1eckS Walla es
| Brooke gave an Grafton. entitled 'The
Bicycle Mr.. Brooke said the man who
invented the first bicycle is as numerous
| Washington. 70 uhomever belongs the
honor. 1t was in 1850 that It was first
ssen. ia America T dlssans it daS devei nr-
Brooke told some amusing anecdotes re-
garding the bicycle, enc of them being tnat
50 late as 1881, three men were arrested ar e
Speaking of the progress Of the wheel
Mr.. Brooke said It IS bound 70, supplant
ether I vehicles ye5ia it, It i .o snHape aon l1gasers ahd
ride to victory. not In a chariot, but
astride a bicycle.
An hopO "a Nf essay S,or sPr9 9awa Miss Mas
Laws said nothing is SO dreaded by a
student as a problem. whether it be
scientific, physical or mathemallcai Ing
problems of life are many. How to get
rich? How to become famous? are
problems which worry many OF u.s. ana
yet in spite of our dread of life's prob
be- tsaiS without Ho When them. Miss Laws made a
graceful a~llusion to the effect OF problems
en- ones e ! ar weii w,i Tier essay cnor rus
a~Estudiantina." Lacome, followed, and
was voeiferonsly appiauded, but no en-
core Was sls5 Ia,,,.+son,, mos tho tharne nj
the essay by Miss Helen E.. Cadmus;
Miss Cadmus essay was practical and
met with the hearty approval of the
audience. She talked so winningly and
would ave been pleased even had heq
essay been less EXCELLENT than It really
was. Miss Cadnrls pleaded for domestic
education. that a girl whether entering 9
profession or taking care Of a home.
learn the way to make a home. She asked
Miss Vassar and Miss Bryn Mawf mot to
bid defiance to the culinary science, q
Because a man intends to pc q banker
does he learn nothing of bookkeeping!
cause use hisss subordinate viii do the work
there is no need for him to know about
It? Should not the mistress of a house
n sasS'ra how W f ne 90 se tRosa saln Whe Mhi dom sns
/ tic education IS popular, when mistress
as well as maid understands the principles
| Of housemaking, Miss Cadmus says there
will he an end to the rule of the foreign
servant and American girls will gladly
take positions in well-ordered households.
of Mr.. Charles E. Watts Grafton. Mr..
Watt admires Mr. Roosevelt's policy and
his determination to carry out his plans,
success in the politics not only Of the city,
| but the State and nation. MI. Watt gave
d resume Of the work Of the Police Com,
az Mr.. Roosevelt by the ~clergymen of New
York inSregard to the enforcement of the
excise laws.
"Characteristics Of Today the most no
ticeable Is the hurry-scurry. At a ferry
It seems almost impossible to restrain the
oree OF there is such a rush and scram-
bic for seats that one you'd think there
was not another car for hours. Miss
one lives in is always the most interest
ing. Whatever could be said Of this age
In years TO come, It must be said that this
century is one of progress. In this CEN
tuury have been inventions of practical
use. Whoever oubts this should have at
tended the recent electrical exhibition IN
and making it right. Miss Ege Was vers
g epaes With X ! her aoa aslIyfag S Se esr i 1eS ss4 a ans
The medley No. XII, arganged from the
1 f1e Mas sraa' a Soaes sswiz nUp 81 oog the N MES
and dedicated to the Glass of SO. is one
of the prettfest Mr.. Baier has ever ar.
ranged. The glee club never sang better
i and Mr.. Baier is to be commended for the
excellent music. All the songs sung lasI
night were good, and they were we'll rem,
dered: At the close of the medley, Mr.
Baier was presented with an enormous
bunch of beauty roses and a basket oil
flowers from the glee club and a silver
BACKED hand mirror from the Glass Of '9e
Folk Lore Of the American Indian
ar honorary essay by Miss Carrie Il
the myths n stories of the race. Miss
myers said that no longer IL the study
OF folk lore confined to children. Histori-
rians and philosophers study it. Mis-:
Myers told some of the myths Of the In.
dams. One was about the relative posi-,
tons of the negro, the Indian and tht
white man, The Great Spirit made frs
1.-the negro: he was not suited. and created
the red man; once more he tried. and tht
result was the palefaces Three boxes
were offered them from which to choose
i The white man chose books n writins
Implements. the red man tomahawks anf
arrows. And the pegro was obliged to con.
tent himself with implements OF the soil
miss Myers alluded to the manner Ii
which the Indians were elevated by theil
belief Id their myths
MA Chapncey y. Everitt made q pa
Docfrines He told the causes leading Isl
to- Its adoption tn 1929. and said ever
American citizen should Understand III
Briefly, II means that the United State
II will not Interfere with the powers of Eu
rope 50 3loflg as they sc ret try 70 HI
cr8as6 the1f possessions III cis-Affan{I.