The Jersey City news., 1902-11-15
FITTED FOR
BUSINESS
brakes College Turns Out
a Glass Of One Hundred
and Sixteen.
GRADUATION EXERCISES
Elks Hall Crowded. The Salu-
tatory. validictory and
Award of Diplomas
Elbert Hubbard
Speaks.
GRADUATION EXERCISES

The graduating exercises of the class
of 1902 of brakes Business College
were held last night in Elks' Hall, Hen
derson and York streets. The hall was
crowded and people were standing half
way up the aisles. The platform on
which the graduates sat was decorated
with palms and flowers.
The girls were all charmingly dressed
in white lawns and null, and all wore
white ribbons in their hair.
After the prayer offered by the Rev.
Robert M. Aylsworth, D. D., the salu-
tatory address was given by Mr.. Percy
w. Brough who said:
''On behalf of the class of 1902, Drake
Business College, the largest class in
the history of the school, l have the
pleasure of extending to you all most
hearty welcome. We are not egotistical
when we state that we are the largest
class in the existence of the school; by
no means. That fact is only put for
ward to show the increasing popularity
of this school and business college in
general, and contained in this fact is
one of our principal reasons for well
coming you here tonight; that is, to put
before you the ever increasing nee~s and
advantages of a good education, both
business and general.
we make you welcome to Drake
Business College because it is one of
the important institutions of business
training and education, and as such we.
int 41J -. e.. II.
IL progress and education; an age of
brain, not Drawn
"One of the best recipes for perpetual
ignorance is this: Be satisfied with your
own opinions and content with your own
knowledge Now, then, in closing, l
wish to state that this class is not
going to be this way, but that the men,
bers of it will push ahead and gain
more knowledge, more seif-confdence,
draw higher salaries, and forever be a
credit to Drake Business College,
ROYCROFT IDEALS.
An address on "Roycroft Ideals" was
given By Mr.. Ebert Hubbard, the found
'er Of the .'Roycroft Shop and editor of
the sPhilistine." He said:-s am from
the country. and all country people talk
about themselves. am going to talk
about myself / live in East Aurora,
place where there is no wealth and no
poverty. 1t has two grocery stores, at
which all the philosophers of the town
gather and settle the coal strike.
s'1n that town there is shop where
books are made. Books that go to New
York, London. Paris, Jersey City, Com
munipaw and Railway. Books that are
not cheap. The cheapest is, 81, and they
sell as high as $780, They are made by
unskilled people, by country girls and
boys. country people who do not strike.
There is no such thing as an unedu-
Gated man, and there is no such thing
as a highly educated man. 1t is life that
educetes.
1T is no disgrace to be born in the
country. 1t is no disgrace to have to
work Everyone has to work sometimes,
and if you wait too long the process may
jar you"
Mr.. Hubbard told about the shop, the
work and those employed Some had
been criminals and some boys who had
been expelled for having "energy plus
as he expressed it.
VALEDICTORY.
Miss Mary J. O'Connell gave the vale