Bridgeton pioneer., 1900-06-14
CLOSING EXERCISES
AT THE ACADEMY.
Various Events Now CrOwding
Each Other.

the summer of the West Jersey Acad-
emy, are now being presented, and
the legion of friends of the school are
enjoying them.
Thursday afternoon at two D. m.
the final meeting of that really SUPER
ior society, Els Dynamin was held,
and many guests were present upon
invitation. The program was ar
ranged in a novel manner, the nature
OF the entertainment being entirely
different from any heretofore pre-
sented
Roscoe BarStler read a selection.
and was followed by a recitation by
Hugh Perry. Then the discussion on
| the usefulness to mankind of animals.
1t was humorous, especially two of the
representations assumed by Lewellyn
Toms and Allan Parker. The discus
sion upon animals was as follows
Horse, Lewellyn Toms; COW, William
Gray; sheep, Robert Toms; chicken,
Allen Parker; mosquito, Harry H.
Lore; pig, Irwin Davidson. These.
young men are the graduates of the
class of 90.
Robert Fithian recited, and Craig
Ayars presented a recitation. One of
the intellectual efforts of the exercises
was the debate, "Resolyed, That the
United States shall support the Mon
roe doctrine, at any COST The de-
baters for the affirmative side were
John Wyckhoff and Robert Camp
bell, while the negative position was
taken by Walter Moore and William
Moore. Both sides were ably Sus-
tained, and there was no vote taken
making a decision as to which team
had presented the best arguments
Prof. Lyon made short address
upon current events, and Prof. Conkey
made review of the society for the
year and also acted as critic for the
afternoon.
Glass Day Exercises.
1.-The class day exercises were held
att $50 Friday morning, and
many were present. The program was
interesting. President Howard Clark
made the address of welcome, followed
by the class history by John Iszard.
The class poem, original, was by
Robert Toms and William Gray gave
the class oration. Irwin Davidson
presented the class prophecy, while
the class will was read by Allan Par
ker. Howard Clark made the pre-
sentation of the gown, and the Ivy
grafton was by Selwyn Toms.
Military Drill.
How waflike it all was. What
military precision was apparent in
every movement. How the martial
| spirit pervaded the very atmosphere
about the campus of the West Jersey
Academy. 1t was the annual mill
tary spectacle and prize drill of the
company, and it exceeded the demon
strations that had been enjoyed there
in the past.
1T was eleven o'clock Friday
morning, when the military picture
was presented. Hundreds and hun
dreds of people gathered about the
great, spacious grounds of the institu-
tion. There were men and women,
boys and girls. The first citizens
were rubbing elbows with the fellow
who had been resting all the morning
about the iron fence of the Cumber-
land National Bank The young
ladies were in their brightest attire
and. the young men were in their
white duck pantaloons and Charley
hats. They looked real sweet. A
number of G. A. r. men, veterans of
the greatest war in the history of the
world were up there, and they were
impressed with the military presence
of the young men of the Academy
company.
The members of the company pre-
sented characteristic camp scene.
The boys in uniform showed how
quickly they could put up their tents
and get camp fire ready. 1t was all
very real, and brought out the admir-
ing praise of the people gathered
about.
The drill was very clever, and the
competition drill was one of the best
that has been given at the Academy
in years. Quick came the orders and
prompt were the responses. One by
one the competitions began dropping
out of the contest until only cadets
Campbell and Wyclshoff remained.
Each had their partisans, and each
were mechanical perfection. The
4 judges watched each closely, and
when it was all over, it seemed as if
neither had made mistake. The
decision was reserved, and the honors
| will not be conferred until next Tues
day night.
When the drill was over, the streets
were choked with people getting
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