New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-22
NORMAL COLLEGE DEGREES.
FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT
GRADUATES RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
THOSE WHO WON CLASS HONORS.

To 4sS graduates were given diplomas yesterday
ct the thlrty-hrst annual commencement of the
Normal College This is the largest number of any
year in the history OF the college.
Long before 70 o'clock in the morning the gallery
seats were filed with proud and enthusiastic rela-
tives Of the students. the aisles were lined with
srandees and the corridors We're crowded with per-
sons who were unable TO penetrate the throng. The
platform was occupied by President Hunter, the
faculty and School Commissioners, with specially
invited guests. the faculty being decorated with
boutonieres Of sweet peas in the college colors.
lavender and white.
The present fashion Of nlmy gowns IS especially
attractive the sweet girl graduate" and in the
assembage Of yesterday there was a noticeable
prevalence Of white rnousgeIine &c sole, with Earn
lures Of white satin baby ribbon in clustered
rows Each white ROBBED maiden bore on her arm
a bouquet OF her favored flowers tied with gay
ribbon, which greatly enhanced the color scheme
OF the occasion
The programme opened with song The Earth
Is the Lords" followed by a reading OF the
Scriptures by the Rev. Frederick De Sofa Mendes
The song Summer Days preceded the salutatory
read by Agnes Peterson. Miss Peterson paid
a graceful tribute 70 Alma Mater. and then spoke
Of the promising outlook from the proposed change
IN the curriculum and extension OF time for course
OF study, Il would create deeper fellow feeling
and form a closer bond for the students.
Miles NJ O'Brien. chairman OF the Board OF Trus-
tees who was instrumental in establishing the win
for a free library and the Commercial High School
made an address. in which he complimented the
graduates and the profession Of teaching. He
spoke Of the evils OF class crowding, and thought
fifty or sixty scholars too many for any one teacher
The diplomas which you receive today" said
Mr. OBrien. will allow you to teach IN any de-
partment-
There were quotations from English. Latin
French and German poets by the graduates music
from the glee club, and the college song, written
by Helen Gray Cone. The vaedictory de-
llvered by May Agnes Ingenthron.
President Hunter distributed the diplomas. The
graduates President Hunter said 1t the only
title Of nobility recognized by the Constitution Of
the United States and was the passport into all
societies.
Dr. Waldo H Richardson awarded the medals
and prizes to the honor students and in his ad-
dress facetiously called them the class Of naughty
naught." He dweIt largely upon the influence of
the home and in closing SAID: Happy the man that
women trust and little children praise" The exer-
Cises 3 finish at about 2 p m with a gen
era singing Of America
The following students received class honors:
The Ottendorfer gold medal. for proficiency in
German. was awarded 10 Eugene Adolphine Krusi;
German, TO Mary II NcIernot: Kelly silver medal
for metnods OF teaching 10 Re5ecca Frank; Kelly
prone medal for methods Of teaching, to Bella $
Fogo-H, h91e god ReaaL Tor natural science 70
Ineqal. Ior LATIN TO Rebecca Frank: Henri Mail
lard prize gold watch for proficiency in French. 10
N EoGl. for greatest progress in French. Estee
te.lE. Randolph Guggenheiner prize gold watch,
Tor English literature, to Clara Habermann-
IN the academic department the Adoluh Kutrof
Prize SO n gold, for proficiency In German was
awarded 70 Charlotte Heuschkel: Albert Tag prize
S5o IN gold, for greatest progress in German. to
Louise Susanna Zetsche: Frederic r. CoUdert prize
gold watch. for proficiency IN French, to Mary
I5os5roeIn; AsW-York French Chamber Of Conn
Ierce prize $40 IN gold, for greatest progress in
tTePSh, 70 May A Ingenthron; Commissioner Henry
a rogers prize $50 in gold. for pedagogiCs. 10
5loslla Ella Smith; prize in memory Of Adoph l.
SaHger lbooks) to the valediCtorian: .Toseph
Fettrech prizes, for mathematics first prize (s25 in
gold to Bertha Lillian Suy and second prize (Sl5
n gold. 70 Louise Susanna Zetsche; Commissioner
Joseph J. Kittel prize $40 in god) for proficiency
n psychology. 10 Irna De Sofa Mendes and Rosua
Ella Smith This prize the young women agreed to
olFlde rather than 70 draw lots for IT, Libble Van
Arsqae MEMORIAL prize $40 in gold. for proficiency
IN music. TO be divided between Bella Sophia Pol
!ock; Loretto jackson and Rose Weissman; Herman
Rider German composition prize $50 in gold TO
Elsie Marie GrOSsen bacEer; Charles Q. Wehrun
prize 80 in gold. for best essay Anita Law
Bernard Cohen prize $40 gOldD for English
composition, TO Elna HARDWOOD
one OF the honor students who had the degree OF
B. A. conferred upon her for passing the academic
course was Fanny Sears Mason. q colored girl. OF
pleasing appearance, whose name the first
called by DR.. Hunter, and to whom n roUsing re-
cepion was given as she received her degree