The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-06-13
Hieh school commencement.

ticians were being favored and that tn
| house was to be filled with that elias,
| When the curtain rose, however, nint
ter his of the audience were women an
children, all of whom showed great intel
est in the proceedings.
The stage was occupied by the grad
yates, speaker, board of education and
few invited guests. Among those fror
out of town were Prof. George Megargee
principal of the Moorestown school, Viii
liam Dick, assistant secretary of the Phil
adelphia board of education, and Georg
W. Ekings, principal of the mechanical
department of the Northeast Manua
Training school, Philadelphia
The exercises were opened with praye
by Rev. James H. Durham, pastor of tn
Mount Holly Presbyterian church. TIL
salutatory address was by William M
Nash, and was delivered in manner tina
gained the speaker much praise
The Genius and his Environment was
the subject of an essay by Miss Mary Rebs
Troth, subject to which much though
had evidently been given judging from
the admirable manner in which it wa.
handled.
Harley Roscoe Jones gave violin solo
showing that he has given much attention
to his musical studies, and giving evi
dence of bright future in that line.
John BaYlies took as his subject for al
Grafton, ''The Self-made Man" The ora
tor is quite youthful in appearance anC
stature, but before he had finished the au
dience came to the conclusion that there
was much force concentrated in the stu
dents brain.
Following this came a vocal solo by
Miss Helen White, Primrose Time. The
singer has fine voice, and her selection
deserved the applause it received
Miss Elsie Mae Newbert was the vale
dictorian. Her subject was 1.-The Evolu-
ton of Silas Mariner, and after giving 4
review of the life of one of George Eliot's
characters, Miss Newbert showed her fell
low graduates the dangers to be avoided
and the advantages to be gained by keep
ing before them the story of Silas Mariner.
Then there was another fine vocal selec.
tion-a trio entitled ITO the spirit of
poesy," by Misses Edna L. Bacon, Helen
White and Mary Reba Troth.
The address was delivered by Hon.
Edward Caspar Stokes, Governor of New
Jersey. He was introduced as a very
busy man, and his presence was alluded
to as great favor on his part, to be ac-
counted for by the fact that when the
cause of education called he was always
ready to respond.
After the applause which greeted the
Governor had ceased he addressed the
audience as "Mr. President, fellow grad
yates, fortunate parents, ladies and gentle
men," He thought the introducer had
hardly stated the situation truthfully for
if the audience knew the persistence of
the school board of Mount Holly as well
as he did, they would find it was easier to
say yes than to say no. He referred to
the girl who married man to get rid of
him, and he sometimes felt that the easiest
way to get rid of people when he was
asked to speak every night in the week
was to say yes. But he was glad to be
present for another reason--it made him
young and he was glad to graduate with
this class of 1905. He said there were
two great institutions in this country of
ours-the church and the school house,
and the state recognizes both. 1t makes
upon school compulsory and
at church voluntary, and that
might be the reason there are more truants
from church than from school and more
room in the church than in the school
room.
He went back to 1860 and compared the
number of educational institutions then
existing with those of the present dav,
showing the great increase in the number
of students in that time, and remarked
that with this increase taken into con
sideration ignorance today is luxury that
only the stupid can afford MANY in
stances were given to show the value of
the present advanced system of education
were also given showing the
opposition that had been offered to the in
PRODUCTION of studies which were sup
posed to be useless On this point the
speaker got in story which amused all.
even those whom it hit He said the sub
ject of Entomology was introduced in the
high school of his town and it called for
ridicule One newspaper
referred to it as ''bugology." Of course, .
he said, editors of newspapers know
everything and a little more But thew
cannot help that. That is why God made
them" This brought down the house
and the applause was long and loud
When it ceased, the Governor resumed
by saying ''There are evidently a few
editors in this town"
But in spite of all this ridicule ''bugo-
logy' lived and has proved itself to be of
great benefit to the agricultural com
In concluding his remarks the Governor
said; There is something more in our
school work than its commercial value |
refer to its refining Influences; to its effect
upon the morals; that development which
we call culture. What greater attai nment
could one have than to stand in the sunlight
Of knowledge? 1t makes good citizens and
capable men. To this end our schools are
built. After all it is nobility of character,
proper conception of right and wrong that
makes people great. True men and true
are what this country needs, and
in educating the boys and girls of this
land, in shaping their lives, these teachers
Of ours are engaged in divine work.
In few words, Samuel A. Atkinson,
President of the board of education con-
ferred the diplomas.
The High School pupils then sang Hail
and farewell, the benediction was pro-
nounced by Mr. Durham and the exercises
of the class of 1905 were at an end.
The Governor held reception on the
stage and was warmly greeted by num-
Der of our citizens.
Following is the list of graduates: Second
Year Commercial Course-Bessie Ander-
son, Joseph Harrison Rogers, Dayton j.
Hendrickson, William M Nash, Harley
Roscoe Jones, Morris Keller Perinchief,
Thornton Charles Stockton, Elsie Verona
Haines, John Baylies Third Year Latin
Scientific Course-Elsie Mae Newbert,
Edith Emmons Wells, Mary Reba Troth,
Edna Sylvia Tomlinson, Helen White,
Mary Bruner Grigg. Glass Motto-Esse
guam videri. Glass Flower-Ox- eyed
Daisy. Glass Colors-Black and Gold
Following are the subjects of the essays
written by the graduates: The Influence
of Nature Study, Bessie Anderson; Needed
in the United States, Joseph
Harrison Rogers; Historical Sketch of
Currency Forms in America, Dayton j.
Hendrickson; Education Apart from
Study, Harley Roscoe Jones; The Great
Bear of the North, Morris Keller Perrin
chief; The Significance of the Fourth of
July, Thornton Charles Stockton; Gus
toms of Colonial Times, Elsie Verona
Haines: The Tyranny of Custo m, Edith
Emmons Wells; Co Education inColleges,
Helen White; The History of the Drama,
Mary Bruner Grigg; The Negro Question
from the Southerner's Standpoint, Edna
Sylvia Tomlinson; Why the Poor Flock to
the Cities, William M. Nash
Robbery at Palmyra.
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