The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-06-15

Glass Ever Graduated from the In
stitution--Interesting Addresses
The thirty-second annual commence
ment of keystone academy. at Fac
toryvillc, was held yesterday. and a
large concourse of people was in at
tendance from the surrounding towns
and country, many of whom were once
students in this institution of learn
ing. The entire week has been busy
one with examinations and various
exercises of the senior and UNDER
graduate classes. Yesterday was an
| ideal day for commencement and Key
| stone academy was an ideal place for
| the holding of commencement eXcr-
| cises. In accordance with the custom
of former years. whenever the weather
has been favorable the commencement
exercises were held in a grove at the
rear of the academy buildings, where
| nature has provided an amphitheatre.
and with the erection of a platform
and the placing of boards upon boxes
for seats. everything is in readiness
| for the exercises, and fully a thou
sand people can distinctly hear the
addresses of the graduates. No work
| of d decorator is needed to bcautify
the surroundings. as nature does all
| this with its stately and expansive
trees, rippling, sparkling brook and
songs of birds. The heated rays of the
sun now and then endeavored to pcne-
trate through the foliage of the over
hanging branches, but what preven-
ton these failed to give the passing
clouds in the sky above succeeded in
.lp IN Itch hat
with heat. and fans were quite unnec-
Cesary, because of the soft Zephyrs
which blew through the grove. Shortly
after 1890 o'clock the graduates
marched from the academy. each lady
being escorted by a young gentleman.
and they took their places upon the
platform. Besides these. there were
upon the platform members of the fac
ulty and board of trustees.
THE GRADUATES. Z
The class this year is the largest
that has ever graduated from this in
stitutiOn, numbering twenty-one per-
sons. whose names are as follows:
James G. Bailey. Scranton: Robert A.
BrundaG". Clifford: Florence Carpen-
ter. Factoryville: Walter D. Chase,
LaPlume; Catharine NJ. Colvin. Craig:
Emma Il. Cook. Factoryville: Gertrude
l.. Finn. Clifford; Harry l.. Hallstead,
Factoryvile. Blanche Nj. Kennedy,
Amasa: Charles Leber. Scranton;
Grace NJ. Mackey. Lathrope: Glenn l..
Marsh. jackson Edna Mccain. Rush:
Josie l. Menger, Mill City; Robert
Northup. Glenburn: Helena NJ. Olds
and Inez l.. Olds, Factoryvile; Pun
derson A. Rainey, Tunkhannock; Mil
dred Shoemaker, Tlmhurst; Wendell
r. Smith Factoryvile, and Franklin
Strong, Jenningsville.
The graduating exercises began at
10.45 o'clock with a selection by Law
rence's orchestra, of Scranton and
Rev. w. +. Grow, of Carbondale. Of
fercd prayer. Not all of the gradu-
ates gave addresses. Although each
one had prepared an essay or Grafton.
only ten were selected to speak at the
commencement exercises. The first
speaker was Robert Northup, the sec
Ond youngest graduate the academy
has ever sent forth. He was also salu
tatoran of the class. He delivered g.
fine Grafton on Beyond the Alps Lies
Italy" Grace NJ. Mackey spoke upon
"The Worlds Editor" and Franklin
Strong gave an Grafton on "Ambtion |
VS.. Poverty" The other speakers and |
their themes were: Wendell r. Smith, |
THE Advantage of Disadvantages" |
Helena NJ. Olds. THE Worlds Today"
Punderson A. Rainey, "Thc Man Who |
Waits;' Edna Mccain. "Word's
Forces James G. Bailey. "Uncrowned |
Queens" Catharne NJ. Colvn, Social |
Tyranny" Walter d. Chase, the vale
dlctorian. delivered a well-written ora
tion on "'rhe Marble Waiteth." The |
exercises were interspersed with music
by the orchestra.
PRINCIPAL HULLEY'S ADDRESS.
Principal Elkanah Hulley presented
the graduates with the diplomas, which
he prefaced with brief address. He
said: You are living in an age of the
world when it is expecting great things
from you young people. We wish all
might go to schools of higher learning.
Prepare yourselves well. The demands
are great, and he ready to meet them"
Following this was the awarding of
prizes. James G. Bailey received the
blanche Reynolds defamation prize:
Edna McClain, the Daniel Langstaff
recitation prize: Lyman c. Drake, of
the middle class, was awarded prize
for the best prepared and delivered
pration, and Homer Pease received
mention. Bessie A. Smith,
nj the middle class, WAS awarded a
prize for the best essay. The Latin
prize for the senior class was given to
Grace MacEey. Principal Hulley an
nounced at this time that the class Of
81 had established a scholarship in this
Institution subject to certain specified
conditions. Rev. II. +. Y. Pierce, d.
D of Scranton stated that no would
establish a prize for Improvement in
among the students next
year. The annual dinner was partaken