The Jersey City news., 1901-05-04
ARBOR DAY.
Hasbrouck Institute Cele-
brates the Day With
Fun and Flowers.
WANTS MARY BENSON PARK
Miss Burgess Presen ted With
Bridal Roses Because of
Her Approaching
Marriage.
WANTS MARY BENSON PARK

Hasbrouck Institute, as usual, leads all
the other schools in the celebration OF
Arbor Day, and nothing could look pref
tier and fresher than the grounds about
the building yesterday afternoon when 10
the array of floral beauty was added that
of girlhood's more vivacious charm. FRI
day was Arbor Day at the Institute. and
even before school opened in the morning
four urns overlooking with sweet scented
blossoms adorned the grounds. Two of
these urns were new, presented by pupils.
AS Master Tompkins expressed it in
presenting the urn given by the B, c and
ID classes:-
I'VE feel especially proud, Mr.. Stimets,
that ours should be the urn placed near
est your house"
The other new urn stands at the south
west corner of the grounds, which with
the two urns presented last year give the
Institute a most delightful front of four
urns with grass and trees between. The
pupils have cause to be, and are, proud
of their grounds, for, as was repeated
again and again in the presentation
speeches, they are without exception the
handsonest school grounds in the city.
The summer class, as has been the GUS
tom of its predecessors, planted senior
tree.
The programme was unusually inter-
esting. 1t opened at half past one with
recitation, composition and essay by the
pupils. "Arbor Day Sentiments pretty
little exercise, was given by Miss Jean
Annette. Miss Mary McIntire, Master
Harold Tompkins and Miss Florence
Long. Then the c Glass gave a number
of very clever compositions on "Trees
That I Like; 1.-THE Oak by Miss Jen-
ME Bauman; 1.-THE White Birch" by Mas
ter Frank Van Wrinkle; 1.-THE Pine Tree"
by Florence Z lnnessey; "The Magnolia"
by Master Ross Craig; "The Cherry
Tree by Master Alfred Norris, and
''Some Sweet Birds" by Master Ed. NJ.
johnson, Jr. Master Hugh Hartshorne.
Jr., gave recitation, 1.-The Daffodils,
and Mr.. William McIntire gave a bright
essay on Golf
One of the features of the day, how
ever, for there were two, the other be-
ing a surprise not scheduled, was an ad-
dress on Little Italy Park by Mrs.
Mary Hudspeth-Benson. She told the
Hasbrouck boys and girls of the miser-
able conditions to be found among chill
dren in the Little Italy quarter; spoke
of the beauties of their own school and
grounds, and suggested that when
through with their books and toys, these
more fortunate boys and girls send them
down to the Kindergarten for distribu-
tion among these poor little waits.
Mr.. Stimets replied that it was the de-
sire of the school to present the new
park with two trees, and also that it place
itself on record in its desire that the
park be named the Mary Benson Park.
This the school endorsed with loud ap-
plause. He would not, he said, suggest
the kind of trees the school should do
nate, but in view of the graciousness and
sweetness of the lady who had just ad-
dressed them, they should be sugar ma
pies and Mrs. Benson left for City
Hall. happy in the possession of two
more trees.
Following this was the presentation of
flowers and urns by Miss Hattie Brown,
representing the middle class; Miss jean
nette Wolfe, representing the Junior
Glass; Miss Gladys Thayer representing
the A Glass; Master Harold Tompkins,
representing B, C and D Glasses.
Then came the second feature. 1t had
been announced by Mr.. Stimets that
morning that Miss Burgess, one of the
favorite teachers was about to resign in
view of her approaching marriage to Mr..
Eoodenough, so the boys and girls were
ready. Then and there Miss Burgess was