The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-17

and putting thktr whole SOILS into the n
splitting words.
As = sedative to this cutburst OF pa
triottc excitement and enthusiasm, Rob
ert Anderson recited a romantic poem
Master which suffered a little by con-
trast to the preceding number; but thai
was no fault Of Mr.. Anderson. who showed
THAT his memoir and HIS clocutiop were
Of a high order.
Miss Edna A. Vanderbilt came next
with al description Of the George Junior
Republic started by a New York man al
| Freeviile, to reclaim the boys Of The tene-
ments and give them an idea Of their
| duties as citizens. The essay was OF
much interest, and Miss Vanderbilt de-
livered It well.
Arthur r. Masking delivered the ora
tion, New Jersey" Its history, he said,
placed It in the front rank of States. On
it's ground the principal battles of the
Revolution were fought. Washington
made his headquarters here, and no
State could boast Of SO many Washington
Headquarters, which are IN the increase.
(Laughter.) No States had more railroads
for its size, and financially it was well
on. Al for mosquitoes. Mr.. Hasking ex-
plained amid much laughter, that they
were blown over from Staten Island. New
Jersey surpassed all other States IN It's
manufactures of silk. glass and pottery,
and In times of war 1t was always first
to send a regiment fully equipped and
Reficfent. cloud cheers.)
Clinton Earle Fisk talked of modern
warfare, machine guns n high explo-
sives. The rife OF today, he said, was as
-xx1 ~ 7x,a a ~ HI .n11SEAf nf ReVG-
lutionary time as 1t was over the cross
bow Of the Middle Ages. Magazine rifles
today could kill at two miles. while the
musket was only deadly at 900 yards. The
present rifles were simple in construction
and could be taken to pieces with a pock-
ct knife. Calling and Maxim machine
guns nave changed the methods of light
ing, said Mr.. Fisk. The plan was not to
fight in solid column as n the days 81
Napoleon, but in lines spread out like the
Indians. The Grafton was desefvediy
applauded.
Miss Florence /. Phillips essay was on
Enthusiasm which she said bound peo-
pie together in time of need. A form OF
enthusiasm to be decried. said Miss Phil
lips, was the war journal, with news IN
type as big as the urchin who sold It,
n whic was issued every hour. An
other form of enthusiasm was the crank
and what would the world do without
him? In a proper way enthusiasm was
Of the greatest necessity. No great end
could be attained without it. Perfectly
fitting was the enthusiastic handclapping
accorded to the fair essayist.
"Republicanism in History an Grafton
by Isaac Newton Quimby, was an able re-
view Of the history of self-government,
beginning with that of Attica, through
to the Roman, Venetian and Genoese to
the Swiss, French and finally American
Republic, which was destined to be the
grandest and most enduring the world
has ever known
The valedictory was delivered by Miss
Elisabeth Mclean, the first honor grad
uate, who made a tender little speech to
her classmates 81 began by .recaitlng
their school life n then reminded them
that the results of educational train
ing were that they would become good
citizens and patriots. A graceful COM
pliment was paid to Principal Stlmets
and the faculty, to whom also were paid
words Of afectionate and respectful fare
well.
took his stand behind a table, on which
blue ribbon, three gold medals The
first Of these. the George carrigan medal.
was won by Miss Elizabeth Mclean, who
received nearly IS per cent, being the
highest in the class. Aaron T. Gould
won the gold medal for good attendance,
awarded by Mr.. j. e. Hulshizer, Jr-
Gould has achieved the same honor for
nine years Mr.. r. F. c. Young's gold
medal for the highest record among the
young gentleman was won by Aaron r.
Gould.
Then followed the distribution of the
diplomas to the following
English CourseEElmer II. Ames, Frank
Frommel Grevatt. Daniel S. Hardenberg,
Jr Arthur 2. HaSkins; Eiisabfth I Nc
dine, Florence l. Phillips, Isaac Newton
Quimby, Suzanne w. Sands, Ernect Ser
rell. Mary N. Sutherland, J. Josephine
Van Horne.
A. Brown. Alice s Mitchell. Sarah q.
Moe, Mahelle J. Reimer. Bessie White.
Classical Course-Robert G. Anderson.
Clinton Earle Fiske, j. Herbert Lfppin-
colt. Edna A.. Vanderhoff, Irving N. Van
derhof.
Commercial Course-F. George Staples.
This closed the exercises, and the rush
for wraps and carriages began. making
Crescent avenue a very lively place. even
up to midnight. Tonight the graduates
MIN hold THAR rpeentfau