New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-18
GRAMMAR GIRLS GRADUATE.
ELABORATE COMMENCEMENT EXER-
CISEs OF SCHOOL NO. G.
PRESENTATION OF FLAGS PRIZES AND MEDALS
FoRrY-TwO GIRLS RECEIVE DIPLOMAS

PRESENTATION OF FLAGS. PRIZES AND MEDAN'-
roRrY-rwo GIRLS RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
MRS DONALD MLEAN TALKS.
Ono ~ the prettiest Of the numerous commence
ments tha, are now daily taking place was tha' OF
Tho girls department of Grammar School NO o
which came off yesterday morning. the asseihts
room was decked with flags and daisies ana nie'
with hundreds Of whte-robed little girls "i'iie ''
graduates all carried daisies ana man! "0''
daisies in their hair. These flowers were sat"e'''
bv those of the pupils who live on the ou'shi's ~
the city and they have been bringing 'iiei" !.
the school all week there was any quah'' u
,b.r, hv the time commencement day arrived.
THE CHILDRENs PROGRAMME
w.. .,,d,or.s mart Of the programme was de-
nehtf1 and consisted principally of some oeau'iiu
singing by the school, the opening hymn oelis
v,ven with violin obblgato by Ella Rothemuhu'
solo bv Lillian Marks and three exquisiteN pIe'H
exercises THE Katydids' by "Our Babes,
wand drill by the graduates and me IalhAs
Birds" ,
Miss Edith Fowler and was based on the des''uV-
., ~ rho birds for millinery purposes. The queen
- The fairies began by telling of the woes OF the
birds and then she called them. and they appeared
IN the form Of little girls In white dresses with
wreaths of flowers on their heads bach OF 'hese
little girls described herself. and hnished by sing
he of the bird she persondleu, iheI 0"S
queen harnessed them all UP ana oro'e 'ei' VII ~
Fairyland sr,,, rros equally pretty. the wands
ne ,,nd 1vitb white and decorated with daisies
and "Our Babies" were simply TOO s"eg en- lU ,, u
ecrin,,on while little Miss Marks sang ne Li'tlo
Trapch Dol" so beautifully that the audience IN
sisted on her doing II over again
MEDALS AND PRIZES.
r,. .a,utatory was given by Ella Davis. and the
valedictory by Meta Levin. Commissioner "iihaii
n Huribut delivered the address to the eraou-
s,es and Mrs Sophie c. Schulz one OF the inspectors
~ tho district presented the diplomas MISS
Ievin.s diploma had been framed for her by Yam
kauer & Dublin a firm Of framemakers that mas
undertaken 10 do this for the graduate who STANDS
highest: she also received gold mccall l0r tne
same reasdn from the principal. Miss Katherine
A Rlah medal. from Miss Osborn. one Of the
teachers. was awarded to Catherine Sutherland
Tor general excellence and a third, from the m
spectors Of the district went TO RIA D %rasdpg
81 nresnpted 10 the school couple Of flags from
the father Of one OF the graduates WHO "oU'u HUI
At the conclusion Of the regular me ReT
Drama Of he ReySu1iG3 EfwtG is Hes s on
Ferdnani schack Of the Twenty-second District
MRS. MLEAN's ADDRESS.
Mrs. Mclean was received with great enthusi-
assn and had 10 stop after almost every SEN
tence TO walt for the cheers TO subside before she
could proceed She said that she felt 50 deeply
honored by being called upon TO address such an
audience that she had donned AN her regaiia -
the various badges of the societies 10 Which she
belongs and with which she has been decorated
by othcrs-for the occasion.
Among those present at the commencement: pc
sides those already mentioned. were Mrs Lille
Devereux Blake. Mrs Phyllis Leveredge. and Miss
Car.otta Lowell OF the staff of inspectors.
The graduates are Minnie Ashheim. Marie Grace
Acevado, Beatrice Altmayer Matilda Bayr, Mar
tia Lawrentne Curry Margaret Anna Collins.
Elsie conrad. Lillian Agnes DAILY. Irene Marie
Donegan Ella Davis. Annie Marie Dearden, Freda
Anna Demmler. Eva Freedman Estelle Freund
Mabel Goudchaux. Edith Mildred Grannatt Har
riet Louise Jones. Laura Violet Klotz Charlotte
Louise Kirscht. Jessie Clara Klein Lillian Liebes
kind Meta Levin. Lottie Lieveslev Sadie Levy
Florence Loewus. Florence Miller Elizabeth Knight
Munsie Catherine Dorothy Nusbaum May Arthur
Parmcle. Katherine Frances I'OpOt Miriam Rubin
Belle Henriette Rothenbcrg. Ida Harriet Rothen-
berg. Edna Charlotte Steckler. Martha SHERMAN
Elsie Madeline Schocn Catherine Murray Suther-
land. Edna Terwllliger Olga Veten Emma An
toinette Walsh Bertha Babette Weinberger and
Charlotte Eva Wapler.