New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-25
WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
YONKERS.

The sixteenth annual commencement OF th'
Yonkers High School was held last night IN the as
,embly hall Of the Rudolf Eickemeyer School NO 2
IN waverly-st The graduates OF the class OF %
Classical course-William A Alexander. Naoe
.rs-,n clare Barnes. Edna NJ Campbell and Alice
suwel
Language Course-stanley r. Avery. Bessie II
Boardman Ruth Earle. Emma b. Loewenthal
Hulda E. Parton. Annie p. Simmons. Martina A
Tompkins. Edward NJ Chase. Grace T. Boote
Catherine f. Knodel, Lily c. Menzer, Anna l.. sea
bury. John ?. Terrell Louise T. Neini"'" "''
Jacob Wolf.
Scientific Course-Edward Martin. Sophie f.
sievers. Audey V. Quick and Enoch w. Traver'
English Course-Corneia ". Cobb. John a. {.
Feeter Gertrude f. Klein. Eva McNicar. John w
schlobohm. George 5. Edie Henry II. Holmstrom.
Edth NJ. Mcclure Ada J. Newman ana harrlet'
II. Thayer.
William F. Nisbe, president Of the Board Of Edu-
cation. presided and on the platform with him
were a number OF the members OF the Board OF
Education. the Rev. James f. Freeman. the Rev
George r. Cutting. the Rev. Dr. David Cole and
others. The graduates who read papers were Aud-
ley v Quick. "A Plea for the Navy. Lily c.
Menzer on Aunt Maria's Best Room; Huda
Parton on THE Humble Art OF Cooking EDWARD
Monat Chase on THE Coming OF Augustine 10
England: Edna Campbell. on The Hunter. and
Stanley II. Avery "A Motrcal Narrative
bet the address to the graduates was delivered by
the Rev. James f. Freeman. rector of St An
drew's Memorial Church. Ludlow. Mrs. Edward
florence. vice-president Of the Alumni Associa-
tion presented the alumni! prize.
The Froebel festival on Thursday afternoon on
the lawn at The oaks. in North Broadway. brought
out a large number Of the friends OF the Yonkers
Kindergarten Association. In whose ala the festVal
wac given. Sixty children gave pretty exhibition
in costume. Miss jenkins. principal Of The Hal
stead School drilled the children and had the as
distance OF Miss Withers and Miss Cooley. $1,000
The annual tennis tournament OF the Park Hlll
Country Club will open on Saturday of next week.
Play win begin at 23O O'Clock in the afternoon; at
10 O'clock In the forenoon on July and at o'clock
in the afternoon The following days till the
tournament is finished. The games are to be men $
singles and doubles and womens singles and mixed
doubles. Entries close on June 80 with ] p Cole
C. Feeter and j NJ Emmott on the committee As
ISOLATED with them are Miss NJ Hunter Miss
Weller F. O'NeIl and T. f. Vidaud. Of the club s
Tennis Committee
, oeived the guests at the this afternoon 10 be
given at the Amsckassen Club house, in the Pail
The Seton Institute. preparatory department for
ehdse9 eon6uSeq by the SsGrs OF ChSy of st.
f5s Hawthorne-ave. on Thursday. Mother Mary
Rose. superioress of the academy at Mount St.
Vincent with which the institute is ,ahiliatsd pre-
Miss Thorne Master Troanor Miss Louis Ken
nedy and Miss Glare O'Nen.
The Board OF Education held special meeting
year. These designations accepted Miss
Carrie II. Hazeltine principal grammar depart
sic A. Whitney and Grace F. Mccormick. No 6;
Alice F Ryan No. 10, and Ella Slater, No. H. Mary
mcfarland OF No 2, received leave Of absence for
John Hastings. a carpenter employed on a house
being built at No. 1913 WOodWOrth-aVc. fell from
the building Thursday afternoon and broke his
back. He was taken TO s. Johns Hospital
AT the HOLLYWOOD Inn Recreation Field this after.
White Plains.