New-York tribune., 1899-06-08
FROEBEL PUPILS GRADUATE
CLOSING EXERCISES OF MISS JENNY
HUNTERS KGNDERGARTEN CLASS
r,-,v MERRILL AND PRESIDENT HUNTEF
AMONG THE sPEAKERs-MUslc A FEAT
IRE OF PRIME IMPoRTANCs--AhN
NEW TEACHERS

IRE OF PRIME IMPoRTANCA@-A
NEW TEACHERS.
..-o,, EXERCISES of Miss Jenny Hunt
-. rro,n,nS school for kindergarten WORK took
-. ,es,er6av afternoon in the hall OF the Young
80 christian Association. at No. west One
aand-twenty- -ffth-st The school as at No
a. vest One-hundred-and-twenty-s -seVenth-sI
r,era were forty-two graduates OF the one-sea,
.,... and twenty-three who had finished the fuli
Class e'.1 - oors An were dressed IN white and
70 nnotacle of huttering fans was most at
.,,rs one TO those IN the galleries properly
rrr,ic was made chief feature OF the EXERCISES S
a. ts q chief feature Of the kinderear'eh s''te"i'
Mrs Anna Taylor Jones, who mao tIdineu W. s1"e .,
81 and Miss B. Bosworth who had had charee OF
- Dals.r,e work came in for a large snare OF
.na rleasant commendations OF those VINO "ltHesseu
the skill Of the pupils. Much a''eh'ion H"u -,
,4van 10 the matter OF enunciation ana eVe'' WV
., the songs could be heard without dinicu'y !"
every part OF the hah w.. .-o,ad cha
A march played by Miss Marion Hunt openeo 'iio
.oI nrosramme Then the graduates sang
.I5appv Greetings" and Miss Evelna Rlcharusoh
of Pennsylvania. gave the nrst essay iH -. :.
,,s Talk" There was another concert SONG H"'
- Mics Mary n Lennon. Of Englewood, N -
snoke on "The Industrial Value OF the hinue
80, One more song by the graduates pre-
sd mia, was perhaps the most interesting single
.xarc,sa Of the afternoon-a chalk tax Dy MISS
rorothy Horrax and Miss Lillian Hunt one oi
tbs Young women read paper, ana the otne' MUS
,rs,sd q on the blackboard while the reading was
going on. ,,. .-o ..,-,.s,na
,,on Miss Eva Couse's essay was on Ihe loeai
Klndergartner." and Miss Caroline T. Coe SPOKE on
"Power OF Expression the songs Al'o' ap.r p1,
.sra "Our Flag" Finger Plays. Trades, blru
coros "A Lullaby and THE March Wind MISS
ram Johnsons Original Story" was much en-
Joyed and the crowded hal grew na yred ed
thusiastic over the Delsarte drill by an the ei"u
Aer the diplomas by Miss II HuHtsr ss
there was class song b as M iolSos FIose r Farrell
THE DAISY.
II the daisy folded petals white
Ger its fair and golden heart,
SO that none might have part, t,aor
1t would lose aS the be beauty daIniT n0T head
For only by giving out our [dr pest
oics Are our highest leo.
This was followed by the Froeoel hymn sung -
concert Dr. Jenny r. Merrill mao oeen .,oo
address the graduates She alluded 70 tne Onio
rhsn Miss Jenny Hunter the daughter OF ffesi
dent Hunter of the Normal College hao oeeh ner
punu She had herself suggested to MISS nun. H.
the desrabiity Of establishing such sch1o New
~ he kindergarten system III .,,aa
Wy rnntinued DR. Merrill had more than lustiNeo No
the provision that led TO Ihat now need think
mai she could afford 70 rest or Inusd mus. cbudren
m ns inrovnd schools 10 be provided with kinder
gartners Immediately foIts -sisaadv enu,rped for
~
Dr. Merrill is the supervisor Of the Hnd her re-
marks we're warmly applaudeo oy 'he "'P-
graduates. ,,.. ,-as on the platform, and the
girls Insisted on a short talk from him ne hS, his
that ne had not intended 10 oeak saS ~ and he had TO
iDs her as most men had to mind Their oaegd
,ss TneH was eae especially proud OF this school oe
cause those who entered It had otbeP 10 higher educa
iH iniS,uon and had therefore had advsntaees
in the matter OF culture that %ouio M y other work
S tba exercises ne had seen. and expresses
his general approval of the Froeoei pan oi
"9 nv s two Years class pupils received @
Per ThSS %e. wfhs lSdie @'S Mrs Esabsh
Foster this city snd MS Mss b6noe Mee g2aduatss Of
S Al sisc pi class were the Misses Florence 30
eardus Bennett Lillian BESSIE Hgpi hohs Rove Of
tb;s city: Isabella Louise BLESSING Of brooKEgn EIs
Caroline PaTGs5 drI,TS TSe 9f EdtR Mary Lawton
Of Garden CITY Long Island Mary LemmGnR o} Re el
Ss1eFH hoVo Penn and Ada abel Woodland of Newark
Ssnsr BeSnSp NeWYork city Frances Mich
olson SewYUrk F6,ys S1y RSF?e Mary Far2e
SSTRe Sews1k \ j. oEh Eliza Howard FeoTs NsxYoTk
Mary f Horrax MonsclaI II j. yirsi2ia H9rsts
T9ap Sem Jo6asdn 6aith ciy Florence
SroSkn Wsis vi Mas Msf RS5tePa An
toinet;e Kenderdine Moores. Stamford, Conn;
Pstesas Psafr y
saw Tarrytown. " Y; Anna Belcher Savery
Carver Mass: Annie Collins Sherman Great Bar
rington Mass: Charlotte Siedler. New-York City
Minnie Belle Smith. Louisville, KY; Alice Grandln
Throckmorton Jersey City N J; Mary Elizabeth
TurnbuH. Arlington, \. j., Bessie Thomas, New
Emma Truenan, New York City: Edith Emiline
fans New-York City, and Minnie Estee Wilson,
The ost-graduate students two years class were
Beach, Jersey CITY. \; j. Harriet E. Brandon
< J; Retta Brown Clark. Helena, Mont; Eliza
beth II caulkiqs Hermpstead Long Island Ella
iipshed. sparta y Y; Elizabeth Jaquih, East Or
snge X ! : Hortense F. Keutgen Stapleton, Staten
Island: Edith Lydecker haywood. \. J.. Frances
Iowrev New-York city; Ethel s. Nelson, New
York City: Imogen Peske,- Montclsr, n; J. Clara
p Perkins Riverhead. n. j.; Jessie II. Porter
brooklyn, y. Y; Jessie d Russell; New-York City:
sara v smith New-York City, Matilda s Taylor
New-York city. and Ada Waldron. Binghamton
N Y
IN AID OF CUNSUnPTIVES' HOME.
The annual lawn fete in aid Of the Brooklyn
Home for Consumptves will open this evening at
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