Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-06-16
aLAssBoRo HIGH SCHOOL

| The Glassb0r0 high school commence.
ment in Zane's Hall on Friday evening drew
large audience who greatly enjoyed the ex-
ercises of the evening. The essays and
orations were we'll rendered and showed
careful and earnest preparation on the part
of both teacher and scholar. The grad
uating class consisted of Misses Lizzie T.
Tonkin, Nettie Keebler, Kate H. Keleher.
Messrs. Frank C. Ware and VIM. j. Gle
ment.
The program consisted of vocal and in
struIuental music by the orchestra and
other home talent. The speaker of the
evening was DR.. NJ. G. Brumbaugh, of the
University of Pennsylvania.
The evening entertainment opened with
the High School Cadet" march by the or
chestra, followed by the singing of America
by the audience and the invocation by Rev.
J. s. Van Dyke.
"Do opportunities come t. us +" was the
title of the essay read by Miss Lizzie T.
Tonkin. The title is self-explaining and
full of meaning to the graduates just start
ing out in life.
An Grafton on 8 Prosperity of the U nited
States" was delivered by Frank C. Ware.
Mr. Ware cited the prosperity of this
nation of ours from the early colonies to
the present great nation which stands as an
ornament to her citizens.
The recitation of Miss Nettie KeebIer
f" Jeptha's rash VOW was followed by q
vocal solo by Miss Bertha Iszard entitled
| 1" My ladies bower.
| Miss Katie Fl. Keleher's essay on Alex
ander the great" showed a proficiency in
general history that is not common in pub
lie schools She traced the victorious career
of Alexander and ended with these well
chosen words Better is he that ruleth the
spirit than he that taketh city"
William J. Clement delivered an grafton
on The love of conquest and its results"
This subject was well handled by him
taking for his example the rise and fall of
Rome. What it was and what it is to-day
Mr. Clement also delivered the vaIedictory
which only those in the class were in q
position to realize the true meaning
The speaker of the evening was then in
troduced by Prof. Bowen, Dr. M. G. Bran
baugh, of the U. of Pa. The address de-
livered by that gentleman was very
appropriate to the occasion and of a char
acter that the people of this county are not
often privileged to hear. Mr.. Braubaugh
dwelt at length upon the advancement
made by our public schools and said, as
every good citizen should say, that money
invested in the schools brought larger re-
turns than any investment that could be
made. IF there were any of the school
kickers present they heard something to
doctor said other things that might be OBJ
Ijectionable to some, and requested that il
anybody wanted to use violence, to please
come one at time. Now the doctor is
larger than McCracken and looks as if he
might have taken foot ball course, and OF
course nobody was foolish enough to at
tempt such thing as we saw him peace
fully holding down seat in the car when
the train arrived at Woodbury..
Prof. Bowen presented the class for grad
uation and Rev. 7 S. Hammond presented
the diplomas. After waltz by the or.
chestra Impassionate Dream" the bene-
diction was pronounced.
The other musical features of the evening
consisted of piano solo I'd valse by
Warren Stranger; piano duet Ronda Mil
itaire by Misses Edna Beckett and Lou
Paulin; galIop "Quick as Lightning" by
the orchestra.