Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-06-15
WOODBURY. HIGH
SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT

lle commencement exercises OF bht
| Woodbury. High School held IN Green's
Opera House on the evening of June 5,
were by far the best ever held in Wood
bury. The exercises were best, not only
in the floral display and floral gifts, ano
the decoration Of the stage, but espe'
cially on account Of the excellent manner
in which each of the eight graduates de
| livered his or her oration or essay. The
orations of the graduates were Of an exeep-
tional high order, and were delivered with
an ease an fuency that was highly pleasing
to the audience that filled the opera house
to overfowing
The decorations were the work Of the
junior class Of the high school. The
pillars of the opera house were wrapped
with red and white crepe paper-the colors
| OF the class. On each side of the stage was
bank Of potted plants and flowers, while
the scenery in the rear was covered with
laurel blossoms. Suspended in mid air
above the graduates were the three words
comprising the class mottc-esse qasa1s
riderl- artistically printed in large red
letters on a white back ground. To the
left of these was suspended figure of the
class pm, also Oh cardboard in red and
white, which had the figures 1905 under a
bar set with the letters W. Fl. S. On the
right was a similar emblem in the school
colors, gold and white. Above the class
MOTIF, crowning all was hung cardboard
shield in red, gold and white. On the
crest of the shield was an American eagle
in his natural colors; on either side were
flags and on the body of the shield below
the letters w. H, S., and 1905 was the
motto, esse guam giderl. These decora-
tions were original in every way, and
their artistic form and setting added a
fitting finishing toqch to the decorations.
Pretty as the decorations were, the class
led by It's president, Miss Mary Walton,
far out shone everything else as it marched
on the stage to the music of Bunker
Hill, " played by the musicians
Following the class president, walked
Alois seifriz, Katherine Gray Carpenter,
Walter C. Picard, Marinita Bispham Roe,
Leon D. straston, Lillian A. Garrett and
Helen /. Smith.
The Rev E. Bruce Price offered prayer,
and after this the class sang Hail and Fare
well, assisted by Juniors Marshall Diyerty,
Lucille White, Edith Clark, Fac Lorence,
Bertha Garrett, Florence Eldridge, Edith
Wiley and Walter Ruch. The musicians,
Mr.. Vim. Dnfield, cornet, Miss Leona
Scott, violin, and Miss Bessie Hustled,
piano, then played, 'TeIl me with your
Eyes
The essay Of Miss Roe, on tThe Power
of Personality was an exhortation to
cultivate the strength Of character and
personality as possessed by Abraham Lin
coin. Not alone brilliancy and natural
strong personality is what is needed in
this life, but rather perseverance in forceful
and persistent men. Lincoln weaved the
roughest material in his nature into the
man of nobility aud honor that be was by
his personality.
Walter Picard in his oration, The Ad-
yantages Of Education took the audience
back to the time OF the ancient Greeks at
the time Of Homer, Plato and Socrates, and
showed how the practical use Of their geom-
etry and rhetoric benefited them and also
the peoples all down the ages since their
times The educational advantages OF the
Romans were also spoken Of, and then 10
good style be told Of the work accomplished
by Blaine, Wadsworth and Morse, who
were all well educated men. In conclusion
be said that the hope Of education was
universal prosperity and peace, and the
Everlasting high aim TO universal higher
education.
Katherine Carpenters essay on 'Tenny-
son, the Idyllic Poet" blended in perfect
harmony her own words, and the lines Of
the poet in her eulogy of his works. A
careful study Of his masterpieces was inter
woven in the essay, and in conclusion the
best Of his shorter poems-Crossing the Bar
was recited.
Alois seifriz, in an oFation, The Pros
poets Of the Twentieth Century, fortold
the perfection of the airship, the complete
mastery Of perpetual motion, the advance
1 of the lines Of f1iacoverv an ep;c in litaya.
ture and better work in the world Of art.
As basis for bis prophesy be took the
fact that our forefathers never sns-
pected the great inventions with which
we are blessed, and that we can reasonably
hope and expect the perfection Of all these
things. American literature has never
produced an epic, ani for this reason hs
looked for one in the future In morals
the advance and success Of the past wal
only prophetic Of success in the future.