The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-27
ALL DESKS IN USE
No Place in High School
Assembly Room for
the New Pupils.
COMMERCIAL CLASSDAY EXERCISES
Statistics Of the January Grad.
uates-Girls Take the
Honors as Usual.

cial Glass of January, 81, of the High
school, were held yesterday afternoon In
the Assembly Room. It is the first time
that class day exercises have been held
hitherto the classes have picked up their
books and walked out without any fare.
We'll The President of the Commercial
Glass, Mr.. 3. Stanley, had charge of the
exercises. He made short address of
welcome. In 1t he alluded to the Com
mercial Glasses of the second, third and
fourth grades, and the presidents of
these classes responded with apt speeches
Mr.. Alfred A. Deucker, first in rank in
the class, read the class history. Mr..
George J. Fermeir gave an GRAFTON, -tEle-
ments of Success in Business" which
was written by Mr.. Rudolph Dreasmer.
Principal Haskell. in place of an adj
dress, gave to each graduate a maxim
from Poor Richards Almanac" refer
ring to business life. He told each student
to use the quotation as a motto. Mr..
John A. Walker made speech full of
practical business advice. He referred to
Andrew Carnegie and Chauncey NJ.
Depew and said the reason they sue
ceeded was that they did their work well
and when promotion was necessary they
were the most capable. Miss Augusta
H. Stubenbord, secretary of the class,
read class ode written by Mr.. Arthur
v. O'Neill. The school Joined in singing
America" The officers of the class are.
President, Frank Stanley; Vice President.
Martin e. Naughton; Treasurer, George
J. Ferneir, and Secretary, Miss Augusta
Stubenbord.
The statistics of both the four years
and commercial classes of January, "a,
have been prepared by Mr.. Haskell. Miss
Marie Jensen is valedictorian of the four
years course, having the highest general
average. She also ranks first in science
and Latin. Miss Emma Menke is next in
rank and is Salutatorian of the class.
In mathematics Miss May Carty ranks
first; Miss Emma Menke, second; Miss
Jensen, first; Miss May Flanagan, second;
Miss Mabel Rinehart, third. French
Miss Thekla Peterson, first; Miss Ethel
Cameron, second; Miss Mabel Grimes.
Miss Alice Waters, second. Latin-Miss
Marie Jensen, first; Miss Emma Menke,
second. Pedagogy-Miss Lena Roster.
first; Miss Floye Dale, second; Miss
berg, third. Drawing-Miss May Carly,
first; Miss Marie Jensen, second; Miss
Mabel Rinehart, third.
The first ten in rank in general average
Marie Jensen, 90 s.; Emma Menke, $500;
Lena Roster, 9l75; Thekla Peterson,
slos;; May Carty, $3.50; Floye Dale, sO5i;
ss.l5; May. Flanagan. ss.21; Kittie Rey-
The averages of the thirty-ive mem-
Theodore Ackermann, 8l.67; Edna Beers,
g so; Amelia Bristol, SIT; Ethel Cameron,
50 Is; May Carty. $3.50; Frances Corbstt.
May Flanagan, SS.2l; Florence Grahan.
SS7S; Mabel Grimes, 85.45; Eleanor Gull
Ian, Los; Florence Harding, $50; Gretta
Marie Jensen. SIS: Marian = Kane Kanesburg. burg.
9l.75; Laura Meachem. so2e; Elizabeth
pouglas Pendietton, et n s7.5s; Thehia % Peter. Peter.
1888; Kittie Reynolds, ss.Os: Mabel Rine-
tie Symes, S1O6; Minnie Usher, S2 IS; Min
ME Ward, S1.51; Alice Waters, 4.5S; Mary
Whelan. s. -; Minnie Wheelthan. .s1.o5.
are:-Number admitted, January, 1883.
81; number graduating, January, 1897, 35;
number intending to teach, 81 number
entering college, September, 1897. /; aver
scholarship, s4.ss: number not absent dur
ing course, o; number not tardy during
course. 10; number neither absent nor
tarQy, y.
In the Commercial Glass. Mr.. Alfred
A. Dencker ranks first. Mr.. Rudolph
Dreasmer ranks second. The averages
are:-Alfred A. Dencker, S8.42; Rudolph
preasmer, s4.57; George J. Fermeir. 1872
Martin E. Naughton, T.31; Arthur ".
O'Neill, 82.14: Emil J. Pattberg, $685.
Frank Shanley, 1854; Augusta n. Stu-
benbord, 8S.35.
The statistics of this class are:-Num-
Der admitted. January, 1885, 81; number
graduating, January, 1887, 3; number not
absent during the course, I, number not
tardy during the course, Q; number
neither absent nor tardy, i: average age
of graduates, 1929; average in scholar
ship, S2.18
In the Four Years Course Class ths
twenty-five honors are won by girls. In
the Commercial Class the two honors are
The two classes were discussed yester-
day. Their absence, so far as empty
seats are concerned was not noticed.
The desks left by these classes were i'm
mediately filed There are now thirty.
five pupils who are obliged to sit down-
stairs where there are no desks. These
pupils carry their books about with theu1
from class to class. It is probable that
two hundred pupils will enter High School
next Monday from the grammar schools.
For these pupils there are no desks. They
will have TO sit in the recitation rooms
and carry their books about with them.
The desks in the assembly rooms were
intended for one pupn each.
Two pupils occupy each desk. 81
MATTERS OF FACT.