The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-16
NIGHTS OF
STUDY NOW
AMEMORY
Pupils of Hamilton
Evening School
Given Diplomas.
Sent Forth Equipped for
the Battle of Life in
the Busy Workaday
World.

The pupils of the Hamilton Evening
school held their annual graduating eX-
ercises last night in the auditorium of the
Girls High School The exercises were
. exceptionally interesting and the enthu-
slaSm or the pupils and their relatives
ana friends, who taxed the spacious audi
torlum 10 its utmost capacity, ran high.
Mayor Phelan attended the graduating
exercises and favored the audience with
an address.
Congressman Julius Kahn presided and
IN opening the evenings programme
made rather neat little speech, which
was in line with the spirit of the joyous
occasion.
The main feature of the exercises was
debate between William Carey and AL
len Berry on one side and William Jen-
sen and John O'Rourke on the other The
question at issue was embodied in the fol-
lowing resolution. That the United
States should establish a protectorate
over the Philippine Islands"
William Carey and Allen Berry de-
Tended the affirmative side of the ques-
ton and William Jensen and John
O'Rourke argued it from negative
standpoint; 1t was evident that the
youthful debators had studied the sub
ject carefully. They advanced logical
reasons. pro and con, which seemed to
have been born of solid individual
thought in justice to the four young
speakers IT must be said that they pre-
scented their arguments with the assur-
Ing confidence of wel-SeasOned debaters.
Every one of the four speakers proved
himself to be an orator of exceptional
ability and they Spiced their arguments
with oratOr1cal gems of ferVent patriot
ism without INDUCING in flights of lurid
fancy The audience listened attenttVely
and generously applauded each speaker.
Al the conclusion of the debate Chair
man Kahn requested the judges-Daniel
Ryan. Hull McLaughry and r. V. Whit
ing-to adjourn TO one OF the classrooms
TN no TF.lFsl % nRlE Haf1
they returned TO the hall Mr. Ryan, on
behalf of the judges, announced that they
Nor OF the negative SIDE. He then pre-
scented the ViCtorS. MessrS. Jensen and
Q Rourke, with a handsome silKen ban
ner, the gift OF Principal Leland and the
Diplomas We're then distributed to the
graduates by 9. H. Mark, Deputy Super
The pupils will hold their graduating
party this evening at FRANKLIN Hall.
During the evening the school band rem
qered several charming selections. Miss
Rose Frederick sang several sweet solos
and received merited applause
The list Of graduates follows:
Graduates. senior year-Frank GIoeckner
Agnes Irene Rooney, Doris Wolfe
Middle year-Annie Gertrude Brady. Ida He'll
man. Franklin Leavy. Samuel Packscher
Junior year-Nora Agnes Grove. David Joseph
Iiennan. Daisy Celeste Grass, Norah Elijah
Jyle Lake Hamelin. Anna KoepeI. Herbert
Lausdowr. Thomas Marion. John Mccormick
Arthur Selig. Mercy Treadwell, Joseph Weih-
man.
bookkeeping Benin Harry James Boyd
Joseph Brady. William Dittes. Henry Doscher.
Rene Ettinger. Louis Fuller William Hottua
William Bauer Humid. Philip hronberg. Dennis
l. Kenny. Helen Kurlandzik Leon Kurlandzik
Henry Michael Kiutaro Miyazaki Richard
NorErove Robert Ross, Harry ! Spring,
Eleanor Harriet TallcOtt-
Stanogaphy and typewriting-Jo E Bolger,
Meyer Cohen. Grace H Dixon. Arthur Fitz-
gerald, Anna Hart. Lille Hart. George NJ
Jones, Evelyn E Lesser. Irving s. Marks
Harry Munter. Sarah 5 WachOder William
Wall.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Advanced Eighth Grade graduates Division
A-Frank .. Arata, Gabriel Aurich Dale Allen
Berry. Herbert G. Berry. Alexander Brown.
Robert Brown. James Daniel Byrne. Joseph
William Carey. Jesse Cohen, Stephens
". Collins Francis ]. Curran, William
Thomas Curran. Joseph w Downing.
Elton Charles Geddes, Fergus Gomersal viii
liam Jensen. Joseph Patrick Lacey. H Robert
Layton, Abraham Levy, Charles Long. Alex
ander Edward Nero, Harry James Mccain,
Joseph Morris, Albert Oneto. H. Elias Simon,
Peter John Simmons Mabel Cora Sterritt
Advanced Eighth Grade, Division B-Arthur
Acker George Aud. Minnie Altman, William
Coffin, Richard Cook, Florence Ellis William
C5ercke, Arthur Gibbons, Martin Hamburger.
Richard Kerwin, William LArkin. Ella La
Belle, Oscar Malech, Henry Mark, Ethyl Morse
Marius Nepper, John o Rourke. Edgar Smell
Charles Schwartz, Otto Schoning William
Teichert, Walter Veaco. Walter Wolfrom