The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-07
H%ASBROUBK'S BIG WEEK
Baccalaureate Sermon on
Sunday to Open the
Celebrations,

| on Sunday, the 18th inst, the bacca1aur-
cate sermon wiz be preached TO the grad
yates Of Hasbrouck's Institute by the Ber-
| gen Baptist Church. On Monday evening
the closing. musical of the school will take
place at Hasbrouck Hall, under the di-
rection of Mr. Victor Baier.
o. Tuesday the undergraduates hold
their literary entertainment. On Wednes-
day evening the public musical rehearsal
takes place also under the direction OF
Mr.. Baier. Sousa's Stars and Stripes
win be rendered, to which words suited
to the occasion have been specially
adapted. There will also be a new waltz
the Wedding March from Faust and the
usual medley this year, consisting OF Sc
~lections from THE IDOLS Eye "Circus
Girl "Gondoliers'' and other popular
operas.
On Thursday evening the regular grad
uating exercises will take place. consist
ing of short addresses by we'll known
speakers. music and, most important OF
all. essays by at least two-thirds of the
entire graduating class. Among these es-
says are:-"The Bonnie Scot" by Miss
Mary A. Brown; SNAP Shots by Miss
Bessie White; Capital Punishment" by
Mr.. j. Herbert Lippincott: THE George
Junior Republic, by Miss Edna A. VAN
derhoff; Modern Warfare by Mr.. Cin
tonyE. Fiske; Ester a romantic poem,
by Mr.. Robert G. Anderson; "Enthusi-
| asm,,,' by Miss Florence L. Phillips; THE
Republic in History" by Mr. Isaac n.
0uimby; '.Tact," by Miss Suzanne w.
Sands: Utility of Niagara's Power" by
Ernest Sewell; 1.-THE Sin of Ingrabitude,'
by Miss Mary N. Sutherland; New Jer-
sey," by Mr.. Arthur p. Hasking; "Popu-
lar Superstition by Miss Elizabeth Nc
Lean; esThe Twentieth Century" by Mr..
Carl G.. Metzler: ..Smokeless," by Miss
Martha L. Nordfne; 1.-THE Klondike," by
Mr.. Daniel S. Hardenberg, n "Ou1
American Forests by Mr.. Frank F.
Grevatt.
AS these essays are limited to from
seven to ten minutes in the reading. they
will not cause the programme to be
unusually long.
This will be the f~orty-first time Has
| brouck Institute has held its commence
ment exercises. beginning with a schooi
| of something less than forty pupils. arc
| gradually increasing in number until To-
| day there is an enrolment of about foci
hundred. over On6-ddll III lulS yCtt.
| graduates will enter college IN the all
| many going to the same college. Amona
| them are Misses Suzanne Sands, Marion
| Blake and Edna vanderhoff, who Ill ex-
| pect to enter the Syracuse University
Messrs. Arthur Hasking. Elmer Am
| and Daniel Hardenberg will attend tht
| New York College of Physicians and Sur
| geons; Mr.. j. Herbert Lippincott goes &c
rutgers; Messrs. Irving yanderhoff M;
| Isaac Quimby will enter the New YORK.
! University; Mr.. Carl G. Metzler. New
College of Dentistry. Mr.. Clinton Fisk
! will study law at Columbia, MIR. R3beri
Anderson goes to Princeton and Mr.. Err
j nest Sewell to Cornell.
The class officers are:-Mr. Clinton
! Fiske. President; Miss suzanne Sands
| Vice-President; Mr.. ]. Herbert Lippin-
| colt, Treasurer, and Miss Florence Phil
lips, Secretary.
An exhibition of the years work of thu
! Art Glass will be held in the kindergar
ten room of the institute, under the III
rection of Misses Sirley Turner and Flor
ence Holstead, during the entire com.
mencement week. Friday evening. slit
i nth inst. the browning event of all wi,
| take place. This will be the reception heb
| at the hall when the graduates may Wei
/ come their friends and dance, as thu
! faculty put it. "till a proper hour" JUS
what hour this is remains to be seen.