The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-23
PROMOTION EXERCISES.
They Were Held in a Number of the
City Schools-Pupils for the
High School.

Between the hours of IL and IL yes
terday morning the pupils in the vari-
Gus schools throughout the city were
promoted a grade higher. That is, the
larger portion of them were, for there's
always a few who are left behind. SUI
perintendent Howell said yesterday af-
ternoon, however that the percentage
of those who did not pass was very
low and below the usual average.
There were 1S9 pupils promoted from
Grammar y into the high school, ac-
cording to the reports in the superin-
tendents office and this number will
probably be swelled to 225, as there
were some reports missing. The High
school building will accommodate $50
new pupils year, so there is no espe-
cial fear of its being over-crowded just
at present.
There were very few special promo
tion day programmes rendered in any
of the schools yesterday, but in the
buildings where there were the at
tendance of parents was reported to be
greater than in any past years.
The promotion exercises of the
Grammar A class of No. 27 school were
held in the school room yesterday fore
noon and were interesting to an un-
usual degree. Principal Hawker pre-
sided. The first paper, ITO Our Prin-
| cipal," by Miss Gertrude Williams, was
| full of praise for the faithful instruc-
| tion .the class had received. Every
number on the programme was we'll
| rendered and deserving Of praise. An
| address by Warren Van Blarcom on
THE Things the Principal Did See,"
| was full of wit.
Margaret Wilson sang in very
| pleasing manner "Mammie's Black
| Coon" At the close of the exercises
Mr.. Hawker delivered a farewell ad-
| dress to the class, in which he spoke
| of the splendid work they had accom-
| plished as scholars In conclusion he
| urged them to keep up the record they
| had made there. The class numbered
| twenty-eight, twenty of whom are
, girls. A large number of parents and
friends of the pupils We're present and
enjoyed the exercises.
Miss INLAND, of school No. 8. had an
entertaining programme, during which
ice cream was served. The pupils of
Miss Edna Klauminzer, of No. 3
schools, gave a most delightful enter
tainment yesterday, the programme
rendered being as follows: Song, by
the school; recitation, Miss Elsie Mar
tin; solo, Bertha Martin; recitation,
Elsie Graf; song, school; dialogue, Joe
Durkin, Charles Hoffecker, Irwin Fleck
and Charles Dtzenberger; recitation,
THE Days of the Week." by Carrie
Scheuer, Anna Lynn, Edith Hoffecker,
Margaret Merrick, Barbara Meyers,
Hilda Storr, Verna Wolf and Katie
Schiel; recitations, Edith Hoffecker,
Sadie Cannon and Irene Cannon.
Nearly all of the schools in South
Scranton had closing exercises of some
kind, some social, some literary and
other musical, and the children en-
tered into the spirit of the occasion
with a zest that spoke palmer than
words of the approach of the glorious
vacation time.
The teachers of school No IL, the
Misses Gibbons, Miss Nellie Jones and
Miss Julia McGuigan, had literary pro-
grammes, as had Professor O'Malley
and Mrs, Dempsey, of school No. 10
Miss Rankin, together with Miss Pitch
er, of school No s, had musical en-
tertainment, while Miss Zang and Miss
Maginnis, of the same school, had q
, short but delightful literary program