The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-18
PROVIDENCE HIGH SCHOOL.
List of the Officers of the Class That VIII
Graduate Notes.

UTduudlS-NOtCS.
The final complete lists of theloflioers OF
the several classes,t that willsgraduate this
year are as follows:
Classical department, President Elmer
3 Chase: Vice President, Thatcher ii.
Guild; Secretary, Miss Minnie Bartlett;
treasurer, w. Louis Frost; assistants,
Daniel T.. Myers, and Miss Alice Kim
ball; class poet, Thatcher Ill. Guild; his
torian, Margaret p. jackson; prophet,
Miss Saida n. Hallett The executive
committee for the class consists or III. N.
Davis, chairman; w. B. Low, Il. L.
Chase, William Hurdle and Miss Il. Gam
NELL
English department., f. B. Williams, pres
ident: Miss Laura Hutton, vice president; f;
Miss Alice Ward, secretary Il. ID. Iweedell.
treasurer; Miss Helen Robinson, historian; !;
assistant historian, Louis u. Allen; poet,
Bessie Murray; prophet, Mabel Rickard; /;
assistant prophet Il. ID. Tweedell; toast
master for tho class supper, Harry M.
Paine.
Commercial department., James A.
Darcy. presidents; James A. Gainer vice
president; Robert Raab, secretary; Ed
ward Young treasurer; Herbert Sherman,
prophet; John McCann, historian; Harry
| n. Scholefield, poet.
| All the arrangements have been made
| for the class suppers. '9I classical will
| hold their supper and exercises in Iilling-
hnst's paslors; the English department
| will have their supper served In the hall
| of Gelp, and the commercial department
| In the same hall
The portraiture of Prof Albert Hark-
| ness, the author of the far famed Latin
| grammar which bears his name. which
| Thomas II. Pierce. photographer OF this
| city has been making for tho class OF 'g7
| classical, is now completed and soon will
| be formally presented TO the school.
The English department. have left as
| their gifts TO their Alma Mater two
large and finely finished photographs
| the one entitled Lands End" and the
| othor 1.-The Souls Awakening" Both
! will be on exhibition In the recitation
| room of the senior class.
| The commercials some time previous be-
| gan to consult In regard to the adyisa-
| bility Of leaving gift to the school and
| Mt present report are still consulting,
nothing definite.
Whitaker has been recently appointed
| as captain of the track athletics of the
| school.
The p. II. 5. baseball team play the
| BulkIey high school at New London at
| 80 this afternoon.
The regular meeting Of the p ii. S. ID.
! ;. was held in the philosophical lecture
room last evening. Tho question for the
! ovenings discussion was: % Resolved,
That Mohammedanism has been more
| cNll tDhn BOOu III uIoH tue
world" Upon the affirmative, argu-
ments were presented by kingman and
| Andrews; negative, Tweedell and Sea
mans Tho discussions were pointed and
| direct and both sides were well repre-
sentcd. After due consultation, however,
| the Judges decided In favor of the aflrma-
| tive. The decision OF the house was given
| for tho negative, each person voting nc
| cording to his personal sentiments on the
matter. Under general business nonna-
tions were made for new officers who
should hold Office during the months of
| Septcmher and October or tho coming
! school year. The following is the list of
| nominations as 10 finally stood, accord
| ing to the socretary's report:
For president, Aldrich; vice president,
| Bradley; secretary and treasurer ii. j.
| White chairman question committee, X.
/ Gray. assisted by kingman and Barrows !;
! mem borship committee, chairman, Clarke,
| assistants, johnson, Ford, Hin, Seamans.
| The annual entertainment will bo given
| i'm the nigh school hall Friday evening,
] June 70, at = y. IN. benjamin w. Grim
/ OF Brown University will read and rho
/ brOwn CLEO Club quartet will furnish
music The l.. "A. :. orchestra will as
sist with MIR. Harry B. Shuman ms solo
| violinist. The debate of the evening will
| bo upon the question: Resolved, That
! literature has contributed more To tho
/ civilization OF the world than science -
| Affirmative, Mcssrs. Myers and Milliken /;
negative. Gardner and Frost
We arc all grieved to hcar of the death
of Wilhelm Mueller, the father Of Prof
mueller our instructor In German.