New-York tribune., 1905-06-29
CHEERS FOR Mr.. GROSS.
Public School Graduation Boom
for Him as Principal.

What's the matter with Mr.. Gross? Oh. he's
all right"
With these remarks. coupled with their schoa3
yell and various other exciama tions, the boys OF
Public School No. 6 finished their years work
yesterday morning and marched out of the as
sen1bly room. where they had been having their
closing exercises and witnessing the triumphs
of the graduating class. Besides being a tribute
to the acting principal, Magnus Gross, this DEM
onstration was also protest against the action
of the Board of Education. which has appointed
Maurice Thompson, instead of Mr.. Gross, to sue
ceed the late Wilbur f Henderson as principal
of the boys department Of Public School No. o.
And in this protest most of the grown up speak
ers of the day Joined. although Mr.. Thompson
l.y invitation of MIR. Gross present on the
platform.
II know many of the graduates Of Mr. Gross
classes who are to-day an ornament to the
community said the chairman of the local
school board, Benjamin Blumenthal That's
the kind of man Mr.. Gross is. and this matter
is not settled yet. The position is not filled
and if we fight for justice hard enough we can
usually get it. You may have Mr.. Gross for
your principal yet You will if the local board
has anything to say about it. and 1t ought 10
have great deal to say"
Sidney Neu representing the alumni Of No. g.
expressed himself similarly, and assured the
local board that the alumni ready to assist
1t TO the utmost of their power in any efforts
it might make to secure this appointment for
Mr. Gross The New-York City Teachers Asso-
oat;cn has already taken up the case and in
tends to institute legal proceedings to compel the
Board of EducatiCll to place Mr.. Gross's name
on the principals eligible list.
The salutatory address given by o. A
Egenolf. and H F. Unger delivered the valedic-
tory. The remainder of the programme con-
sisted of songs by the school, piano solo by
R. Reuter- an ol6 graduate; vocal solo by
A. Holley, a defamation by Alfred NJ
SHERMAN, and addresses by Ferdinand Shack
Lewis NJ. Hornthal and Mr.. Gross Miss h. l.
Thain of the local school board, presented d.
Auerbach, Edward c. Black. Jefferson j. Blu
menthai. Ezra 1. Cohen. John NJ. Demarest'
Harry L. Dunwoody Charles A Egenolf, Irving
NJ Fischlowitz Solomon NJ. Cans, Merrill M
Harris, Arthur R. Hecht Louis Heimler, Walter
Hesse, Paul A. Hollweg John A Horn, John j.
Jennings Monroe Z. Kahn, Jerome s. katz
Isadore NJ. Levy Clarence A. Manning Thomas
A McMenomy, John II. Miller, Isaac Mindheim,
Paul J. Moscou William II. Naldrett Joseph
Netter. Herbert NJ. Rothschild. William Rupert
Joseph C. Rubel, Joseph B. Schloss. Leonard b.
Schwarcz, Thomas J. Shack, H. Monroe Selling
Alfred NJ. Silberman Harold L. Stern. Richard
J. Toeplitz, Herman F. Unger, Jesse j. Wank
Lancelot A. Wilson and John c. Wolf.
Miss Thain also presented medals TO
Monroa Selig. Joseph Rubel and Clarence Man
ming for excellence IN French, and to Clarence
Manning for general scholarship. medal for
English composition given oy the alumni was
presented by Mr.. Neu to Alfred NJ. Silberman
Thomas ]. Shack received honorable mention for
English composition, and Charles A Egenof
for general scholarship.