New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-25
BOY And GIRL GRADUATES
Many Public Schools IN the City
Held Closing Exercises yesterday.

Commencement week in the public schools OF the
city is always OF intense interest 20 many
thousands Of pupils. teachers and parents. In
nearly every school besides the exercises by the
children there were addresses by district supern-
rendents o. members Of the School Board or by
speakers OF prominence. Evidently the principals
have made & strong effort TO dignity their closing
exercises with the presence Of persons who could
point q moral and adorn tale" for the edlhca-
tion OF the boys and girls
Next week. on Tuesday, the schools will close
The impression. which TO be general, that
the schools are close tomorrow is without
foundation. as under the bylaws Of the board the
date Of closing the schools is set for June 90 next
Tuesday
Some Of the commencements which took place
yesterday follow
Public School No 165. al No. lS2 West Eighty
rainth-st held its graduating exercises yesterday
morning at $50 o'clock Among the numbers on
the excellently given programme was the Forum
scene from Julius Cesar with Thomas A Grove
as Brutus and Gustav A Jansen Antony. the
mob O. citizens being represented by members OF
the graduating class There were durnbbell
Indian club and freehand drawing drills. with
piano violin and vocal solos. The award OF medals
was matter OF special interest The medals were
distributed as follows: Local School Board medal
Francis a Ga-vey; Fitzgerald medal. Stanley A
Livingston; Fromne medal. THOMAS a Grove; hon
cradle mention cecil jordan; Instructors medals
for general excellence. Van Dyke H Jones and
Gerald Carpenter Abraham Gruber delivered the
work was held yesterday TO remain open to-day
between the hours OF $50 a n. and $50 P m
Thomas Moore IS the principal and the local
school board IS composed Of Louis Werner, chair
man: Mrs Cora L Maguus, Mrs NJ j MulQueen
and Mrs Ralph Trautmann-
Edward s Clinch. ST, the Rev William G Bit
ling D D. and John II. ConneN were the speakers
~ the commencement exercises yesterday OF the
lozs' grammar department OF Public Scfool NO. ~
8 NSicbolas-ave and One-hundred-and-twenty-
Ge1fz eTpdr n
-o-v and Michael Spiro Lobenthal the valedictory
seth 7 Stewart. district superintendent pre-
scented the diplomas In connection WIN tne COIL
rnencenent programme there was an exhiolnon OF
work By the pupils in the various classroors-
The graduating exercises Of Public School No
~ University Place and Rockaway Road: WOOD
5aygr Queens t9oh Pee - ne local schooi board
presented the certificates Of graduation 10 ++ me
given bv the pupJls Lillian E Percy delivered
he salutatory and Edward Kahl the FaIedlctorE.
Lewis :. Clapp Is class president
~ Public School No. 3. one-hundred-and-fifty-
eeve7tf7-st near Cortlandt-ave-, the graduallhs
exercises Of the class 90 took place yesterday.
- 100 a N An interesting programme OF
verr,- numbers consisting of Rotations cnorusfs'
seni-choruses etc was given with excellent erect
by the girls and boys. Girls from GRADE ~ gave
fan driIl the graduates sang the class song. and
tic Rev William T. Yonge made an aodress'
Joseph Auer gave the salutatory and Edith u
Ter-iu the valedictory. William B. SLIDER Is the
principal
Under the direction Of Miss Edith Horton, the
principal the closing exercises Of Public School
30. :. York-st- near Bridge-st, Brooklyn, TOOK
place yesterday afternoon at 80 o'clock Charies
Rantsch recited Ldncoln's Gettysburg address;
there were songs by the school. a violin solo oy
Joseph Kaufman. Rotations. and James H Nc
lines made an address
Other graduating exercises were also held yes
terday the following public schools; Public
School No 10, dadison-ave- and One-hundred-aId-
rfueteenth-st.. James II. Kieran. principal; Public
School No. Sc Andrew J. whiteside principal; Pub
lie School No. - The Bronx. John F. Condor.
lgrtncpal: girls department Public School No. a.
fYrst-ave and Eighty-fifth-st-. Miss Julia Rcn-
man principal, and at Public School No. % No go
T7If-h-er Miss Hannah A Sill principal.