The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-03-07
TRAINING SCHOOL
GRADUATION
Glasses Of June 1905 and
January 1906 Bade Fare
well to Study Last Night
PRESENTATION or PICTURES

PRESENTATION or PICTURES
MISS NJ. L. HEFFERNAN VALE
DICTORIAN AND MISS ALICE
BURGESS ssALUTAToRIAN- -SU-
PERINTENDENT sNYDER's AD-
DRESS.
June Glass. 1905, and January Class,
1906, Of the Jersey City Training School,
held their graduating exercises last even
ing in No. 8 School. Brunswick street.
The exercises were very interesting and
there was plenty of good music and
splendid addresses. The big assembly
room was draped with the stars and
stripes and the rostrum was fringed with
palms and potted plants. These were
the graduates of the two classes:
Glass of June. 1905 Miriam G. Ba-
ker, Stasia e. Boucher. Myra G. Fitz-
sinlmonse Edith Raynor Gerow. Margar-
eta ]. German, Meave Hamill, Mary L.
Heftrnan. Edna c. Hewitt, Loretto
Virginia Keogh, Florence Klein, Martha
9. Landrine. Luella Mahan, Annie Glare,
Meaney. Lavina NJ. Miller, Eileen No
Ian. Eta S. Rickerich. Edna Evendson
Robinson, Lillian H. Seay. Loretta A.
Somers. Louise Stapleton. Lisette 3.
Stork. Norinne A. Straughn, Clara E.
Stuckert. Mary Thomas. Agnes G.
Thompson, Helen Regina Tunilty, Ethel
NJ. Van Nortwick. Winifred NJ Winning,
Jennie Wanamaker.
Glass of January. 19o6-Irene Edna
Balduf, Carolyn W. Bradt, Alice A. Bur
CESS. Minnie F. Diehl. Edna Cora Doan,
Ida Gertrude Egan, Anna Belle Haynes,
May E. v Horsfall, Elsie D. Sandfear,
Caroline NJ. Laverty, Emile Tommastch.
Florence c. Muller. Margaret Shannon,
Nettie Stout, Marguerite G. Wall. Ida
Lenore Whelan, Ada Durill Willets.
The exercises ope ed with an invoca-
fions BY the Rev. Jasper Hogan This was
was followed by piano duet Spanish
Dance No. s. tMoszkowskD by Misses
Julia G. and Lucie G. Harvey The clas-
ses were presented by Superintendent of
Schools Henry Snyder, who compared
/ the education of the school teacher to the
seaffolding of school building, and the
pupils to the little bricks or stones of
which the great mansion of manhood and
womanhood is reared. Such a mansion,
he said should be built upon solid foun-
dation. He said that the proper train
ing of teachers rested entirely upon the
ability of the teachers.
Miss Alice Burgess delivered the sall-
tatory address. 1t was brilliant effort
It was followed by vocal solo by Miss
Eileen M. Nolan (a) "Come, Wen Wan
DER" QCornelius)' OBJ "That Night in
May (Brahms.) Miss Florence Muller
read Very bright essay entitled Com
pensation'' and her essay was followed
by another bright one by Miss Meave
'Hamill entitled, "The Mission of a
Teacher Miss Meta Terstegge sang
sFor All Eternity" Then followed the
address to the graduates by James c..
Egbert, Phi. D.. professor of archaeology.
Columbia University and former mem-
her of the local Board of Education. He
was somewhat droll, but grew serious
when he discussed the question of the
eligibility OF a teacher. He said he was
glad that it was no longer vested with
political pull but with their own ability.
Miss Marie Orthen sang (a My Alf'
| (Rohn), Obi 'Tatters'' (Lane.)
Then came the presentation of two
| splendid pictures Diana's Hunt" by
Miss Anna B. Haynes and THE Morn
ing Dew by Miss Clara E. Stuckert.
| The speech of acceptance was made by
Director John H. Ward. who was presi-
dent Of the Board during the time the
pupils of the graduating class were go
ing through their course of studies. He