Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1901-06-20
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS.
FOrty-fOur Young Ladies and
Gentlemen Leave the Bridge
ton High School.


was held in Central M. E. Church
Thursday evening.
The church proved very fitting
place for the exercises the comfort
able cushioned seats, the delightful
atmosphere and the most excellent
programme all served to furnish an
evening of rare pleasure to an audi
ence which crowded the auditorium
from the front row to outside doors
including chairs, which had been
placed in the aisles to accommodate
the immense crowd. The general in
terest was centered in the occasion by
the appearance of the forty four grad
uates who marched in, Immediately
after the Board of Education had
taken their seats upon the platform.
The young ladies attired in delicate
white costumes and the young men in
their neat black suits made charm
ing picture as they sat on the spe-
cially constructed platform and in
their turn delivered essays and ora
tions with so much eloquence as to
arouse sentiment most flattering and
the listeners were held throughout.
Every oration was delivered and
every essay read with promptness and
no one excelled, honors being dis
tributed evenly.
Only time prevented the delivery of
all the essays, everyone of which
would have been interesting. Appro-
pirate decorations, ferns and the
American flag, were displayed.
On the PLATFORM to the left of the
graduates sat the Board of Education,
to whom much credit is due for the
advantageous training that the public
schools afford Mr.. Charles f.
Reeves, President of the Board, offici-
ated.
The programme:
Music, (a) March, The Caddy,
(b) Overture, To Our Friends; invo-
cation, Rev. Clark T. Brownell; #Ora-
tion, Wisdom is Wealth, Leroy w.
Loder; essay, Alexander the Great,
Harry Allen; essay, Cheefulness,
Henrietta Ballenger; essay, Common
Things, Ella Wills; essay, Two Evils
of Modern Life, Lizzie Marks essay,
Truth, Florence Nickel *oration,
Wherein the Past Century has Failed,
Nelson S. Moore; essay, The Influence
and Weight of Words, Maude Ballin-
ger; essay, Why go to Collge? John
Moncrief; *essay, Is Poverty Curse,
May Sheppard; essay, An Aim in
Life, Violet Clevenstine; essay, Cour-
tesy, Ella Cox; essay, Kind Words,
Bertha Fralinger; *essay, Night
Brings out the Stars, Jessie Mulford !;
music, Valtzes-Fleur de Alsace, Or
chestra; *oration, Advancement Made
by Education, John @. Peck essay,
Seeing Ourselves Through Cuban
Spectacles, Warren Mcpherson; essay,
Courtesy at Home, Ida M. Daniels
*essay, Superstition, Rebecca Mixner;
essay, Effects of Commerce on Civili-
zation, Oscar Dare; essay, The Tooth
of Time, Anna Davidson *oration,
True Elements of Patriotism, William
III. Shaw; essay, Life's Balance
Wheel, Halle H. Elwell; essay Com
merce, Walter Emmell *essay, Free
Education, Clara Wynder; essay,
Millionaires of Character, Heber
Weeks, essay, A Flower for the Win
dow, Bertha Sooy, essay, Secret of
Success, Edwina Steward essay, The
Next Thing in Education, Sara
Kellum; *essay, Exaggeration, Mary
Hitchner; music, Autograph Darcs,
Orchestra; *oration, Our Country,
Frank Bacon; essasy, Common
Things, Wilmina Whitekar; essay,
High Aims, May Friant; *essay, A
Glimpse Into the Good Old Times,
Dorothy Streets; essay, Pitfalls in
English, Eta Gibe; essay Chivalry
and Feudalism, Annie elliott; essay,
There is Silver Lining to Every
Cloud, Ruth Could *essay Know
ledge, Jessie Baxter; essay, No Vic
tory Without Labor, Mabel Hankins !;
essay Nature of Beauty and Art,
Addie Harris; essay, The Secret of
Happiness, Bertha Heintz essay
Value of the Study of History, Fred
eriok Gould; essay, Has the Ameri-
can Bad Manners? Ada Heller; essay,
Seizing Opportunities, Edna Wynder !;
*essay, Paddle Your Own Canoe, Ber-
tina Fitch; music, March, Best of
ALI, orchestra; presentation of class
for graduation, Principal of High
School Charles H. Platts; awarding
Of diplomas, City Superintendent
William Edward Cox; music, The
Purple Lady, orchestra.
ITO take active part
: In the presentation of the class to
the Board of Education for gradua
tion, Principal of High School