The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-21
NORMAL SCHOOL.
Graduation Exercises
of 44th Class Held
Yesterday.
PRESENTING OF DIPLOMAS
Prof, Royce of Harvad
Speaks--Th Mayor Gives
Some Sound Advice,

The graduation exercises of the 44th
class Of the normal school were held
yesterday morning and afternoon in
conjunction with the 25th anniversary
of the foundation of the institution.
The preliminary exercises were held
in the school hall beginning at $50
oE.lock.
The exercises opened with the sing
ing of Gluck's From the heavenly
kingdom bending" by the school, un-
der the leadership Of z. L. Sumner.
Then followed the reading of the
theses selected from those submitted
by each member of the graduating
class on account of merit and of the
interest in the subject treated. The
following were listened to with inter-
est:
The historical origin of games" Anna
Jane Adelaide McQuaid, Worcester.
Seed dispersion" Anna Walcott Metcalf,
Arnold's Mills, r. I.
"'Comenius' mother school," Addie Eliza
Morse, Canton.
illustrative teaching" Alice Annie Gene
We've Plunkett, " orcester.
Informal nature study" Wilfred Ernest
LinwoOd Todd, Worcester.
'Jack and the beanstalk," Alice Hicks
Fernald. Worcester.
"Chidren's love of make-believe," Edith
Abbie Gainsman, Spencer.
"A child's love of child, ." Elizabeth Way
land Guild, Worcester.
Art in education-a pupils view" Flor
ense Alice Jones, Worcester.
Mind and body" Annie Rosalind Lee,
Worcester.
Physical geography Of Worcester" Will
liam Frank Butler, Worcester.
The teachers concern with childrens
diseases" Ellen Genevieve Callahan,
Worcester.
Two views of Indian character" Annie
Laura Carlberg. Worcester.
Should children under 10 learn to read
and writer" Ida Belle Woodward, Wor-
TIE ideal school-yard," Ada York, Wor-
'cester.
The ushers were the following under
graduates selected by the faculty:
Ethel NJ. Armitage, Rose NJ. Gala
han, Catherine B. Comey, E. Christine
Hoyt, Elizabeth G. Shanahan, Cora B.
Hail. Margaret M. Matthews, Margaret
3. Smith, Susan B. COggsweu, Clara
NJ. Corliss, Mary e. Donohue, Teresa
K. Garvey, Annie E. Hammond, L. Al
Ice Hoe, Bertha z. Jenkins, Gertrude
T. Kane, Lula H. Lester, n. Gertrude
McDermott, Elizabeth r. Murphy,
4 dACeS NJ. RANKIN, hate Is. Smith,
Helen B. Sullivan, Annie B. Whitman,
Elizabeth A. Gallagher and Alice A.
Midgley.
The credit of the decorations of the
building is due to this committee:
Louise NJ Beaumont, Edith G. Carle-
ton, Annie L. Cullen, Nellie A. Good
now, Birdys E. Lockwood, Jennie z.
Sheffield, Della NJ. Breen, Elizabeth L.
Brennan, Nellie B. Blodgett, Agnes C.
Burns, Flora A. Brigham, Maria L.
Church, Margaret C. Duncan, Hattie G.
Freeman, Mary r. Calvin, Bessie A.
Garfield, Lillian B. A. Greenwood, Nell
lie A Hoban, Margaret F. L. Lee, Sa-
rah A. Mack, Catharine E. McElroy
Nellie R. Neeland, Eugenia NJ Oehme
Sadie P. O'Leary, Ruth E. Parkhurst
Sarah B. Skerrett, Mary F. St Amour,
Catharine NJ. Corliss, Jane E. Millea,
Lolita V. Trumdy and James ]. Reyn-
olds.
At l o'clock Principal Russell enter
tained the guests of the day with a
luncheon at his home, at which there
were present, besides the faculty of the
chapel, Col. z. B. Stoddard chairman
of the board of visitors, Mayor Rufus
B. Dodge, Jr., and Mrs. Dodge, Rev.