The Jersey City news., 1902-06-07
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Make way for the sweet girl graduate!
This is her month She comes with the
roses and vanishes with the roses. She IS
just as neeting. just as lovely. She steps
for a few short days trembling upon the
threshold dividing the school life from So
ciety-fron the world Of which she Is
warned in the sermon to graduates-and
then vanishes, to be swallowed up In the
whirl Of society, perhaps, or go to col
lege and stand one chance in thou
sand of becoming distinguished. 1t seems
most appropriate that at such time she
should be clothed in white and surrounded
by the rose, scarcely less blushing than
herself, according TO the poets lay At
such time she becomes a creature not
only of fascinating loveliness but of spec
ulation, and one catches oneself uncon-
sciously wondering what will be her fu-
ture
AS usual. Hasbrouck Institute leads in
the matter Of graduation and will hold
whole week of exercises, beginning with
tomorrow morning. when the Rev Arthur
Newton Thompson, of the Westminster
Presbyterian Church, Summit and Mag
nolia avenues, win preach the baccalaure-
ate sermon.
This year the Institute graduates fif-
teen, not an unusually large class, but
most satisfactory one Last year the In
stitute graduated twenty-three, and next
year It viii graduate about thirty, bring
ing the general average up to about
twenty-five. considerable increase
over previous years in its earlier history.
OF these fifteen graduates, eight. an un-
usually large number by the way, have
s;gnified their intention of making prae-
tical use of the Hasbrouck diploma, which
admits them to all the first class colleges
without further examination and further
ing their education Mr.. James Whiting
Gopsill, son of Mr.. Thomas Gopsill, and
valedictorian of his class, will go to
Princeton College as will also Mr.. William
Frederick McIntire, Jr. Mr.. John William
Norwood and Mr.. Clyde Demarest Hutton
intend entering Cornell Mr. Nicholas
vreeland will go to Rutgers, and Miss
Helen Hoffman Herr has arranged to en-
ter wellesley Miss Helen Marion Britten
also intends furthering her education in
college but has not quite decided upon
what college she will enter. Mr. Lester
Andrew Hamilton will enter one of the
scientific colleges. Besides these, about
dozen OF the large middle class will take
college preliminary exams.
The medal winners have not yet been
announced. as that is feature of under
graduates day, and is always kept a
secret until that time. A gold medal is
given, in both the boys and girls depart
ment, to the student who. for the entire
year. secures the highest average in
scholarship, department and attendance.
The medal in the boys department has
been given for several years by Mr.. E. F.
c. Young. In the girls department the
medal has been offered for many years
by Mr.. George Carragan. of Bayonne. 1t
is known as the George Carragan medal.
Strange that to an innocent little game
like ping pong should be attributed nearly
every disease that flesh is heir to, bar
ring smallpox and measles. One man
places the ping pong disease In the ear.
another In the wrist another in the ankle, |
and still another in the chest-and still
they are searching. With the latest fad
of a ping pong collar and a ping pong tie.
a ping pong hat and a ping pong waist,
ping pong belt and a ping pong taste, it
would seem as though the disease must
be located somewhere near the brain.
While England has been making prep
arations for the coming coronation and
crying Long live the King!" Jersey City
thinking of the king that goes up against
aces-King Euehre.
The secretarys report for the Home
for Aged Women during the past year
states that a new heating apparatus and
fire escapes have been added. Verify one
demand creates another
Miss Bertha Dixon, who won the Golf
Club championship for women on Thurs
day last. after having lost it to Miss
Clara Wilkinson a year ago. is the first
HS1Al6it AZ hdS eIuD 70 ilOlu Iue cDdile0St
cup for more than one year. 1t was by de
cidedly good and careful golf that sne
won. and by no accident, which makes
her right TO the title of championship an
undisputed fact. Mrs Burdette Pcs,
Craig is not playing this year or Mis-
Dixon might have stood in even greater
danger of losing than with Miss Rae as
opponent, as Mrs. Craig is a crack play
er, It is not unlikely that Mrs Craig, who
held the cup in 1900. VIII win it back In
1908 If the Golf Club makes arrangements
TO live another year.
Today Miss Clara wilkinson gives a
tournament on the golf links open 10
both men and women.
From present indications it looks as
though the summer exodus from Jersey
City was going to be pretty general this
year. Owing to the backwardness of the
season comparatively few have as yet left
town, but nearly everybody of social note
has ma e arrangements for leaving sooner
or later School, of course. has great
deal to do with IT, and many are only
waiting until it closes that they may take
their offspring from the city's heat with
out defrlment to education.
MFR. Henry Dewitt, Of Bentley avenue.
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