Bridgeton pioneer., 1897-06-24
COMMENCEMENT.
Ihe' Opera House Was Crowded Thursday
Night With an Audience Delighted
With the School commencement
Exercises.


With the School commencement
DllogG sht Exercises 3B 4agy IL
The Opera House was crowded to its
utmost capacity last week, to witness
the closing exercises and the graduation
OF the class of'97. Parents, relatives and
friends were in the audience, some of the
visitors coming from a long distance,
The occasion was the fourth annual
commencement of the Bridgeton High
School, and never before was SO large a
class graduated. The programs were
tastefully printed on white paper with
green ink. these being the class colors.
The stage was beautifully decorated, the
large flags being draped in the rear of the
stage, and beneath were large palms.
while there We're palms at each end of the
stage. The orchestra play ed amarch .'Ye
boston Tea Party,'' and the class, thirty
two in number, marched in and took
their places on the stage They were pro-
ceeded by the Board of Education and
school officials. .t4tA7
After, the class had been seated, the
orchestra played very pretty overture,
and then Mr.. Benz. Hancock, President
OF the Board of Education, made short
address. - l2" ,l'o
This was followed by the invocation,
by Rev. G. G. Tilley. The first Grafton
was by Herbert Wilson, his subject was
THE IT Advantages Of International Arbi-
tration." ~
The next essay was by Gertrude Ether
ington, the subject being Superstition, .
The essay was we'll written and nicely
delivered. She was followed by sReba
Strang, her subject being Loyal in
Everything" this being the class motto.
Her effort was very commendable. Miss
Anna Cast, the soloist of the class, then
appeared in very pretty selection, .'..The
Flower Girl" She secured much APP
Carl Heritage, the class president, gave
his oration THE Power of Trifes." 1t
showed many good thoughts, and was
very carefully prepared and delivered
The subject of Anna Jonas essay was
What we Owe to the Women of Yester-
! day." and was well received. 4a5
The orchestra then gave pretty selee-
ton. erlt 1434s vrfFt tu'f.--t e,-, f,. 4
e. The next was an oration by Luther
| Meyers. his subject being ''Opinions Rule
the World" Itwas admirably delivered
Miss Jennie Hancock, gave choice
essay "The. Loom of Life" and was fol-
lowed by Susie Peck, in recitation,
t''The Maiden Martyr" 1t was admirably
given and received much applause. gs
r. Sydney Williams oration on "Cuban
ePatriotism.'7 was well delivered and
heartily applauded. The last essay was
s"Retrospection,'c by Helen T. Service.
which this young lady treated in a
scholarly manner. LiIs9tg1o oj n3ys
The Supervisor, Mr.. E. y. Hitchner,
then presented the class of197 to the Board
of Education. He spoke of their school
standing and department. The class arose
when they were presented, and stood
while Mr.. John S. Turner, the CITY
School Superintendent, presented to each
member of the class the diplomas. The
exercises were then closed by the or
'chestra playing another selection. q
On account of the large number of the
graduates, all of them could not give
their essays, while they had fully as good
marks, yet the line had to be drawn.
The subjects and the writers who did not
/ give their essays are as follows: 5ao
Have an Aim in Life,' Irwin David
son; Failures and Successes" Emma
Harris; "Whitewash Morally Consid-
ered," Margaretta Garrison; Merchant
of Venice Chester Garrison; Business
Success" Lizzie Maier; "Good Roads, .
]. B. McGear; SLANG" Susie Peck:
|"Civil Liberty" Frank Moore; ."Art in
America" Jennie Campbell 1.-THE Per-
petuity of the Republic Herbert Cossa-
boon; "The Race is not always to the
Swift" Reba Davidson; THE Power of
Circumstances" Philip Meyers; Poetry
as an Aid in Education" Helen Lore:
Imagination" Pauline Hohenstatt;
The Mission of the Public School," Err
nest Glaspey; National Songs,'' Mary
P. Henderson; "What are Books Good
For? Laura Sellers; present Opportuni- :
ties," Eva Sioan; Count the Cost,n Jacob
B. Jones; ''Heroism." Sara Simpkins;
Before the Setting of the Sum-" Ada P.
Heritage; "Judicious. Reading" Anna
D. Cast; National Prosperity" Howard
"A, Clark. a.-,,o h, f,.,..t,,., s..,.rs.s
q After the exercises, the Principal pre-
sented numerous gifts to the graduates,
which had been handed to him from per-
sons in the audience. 3fsi1 sqs a.