New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-26
EXERCISES IN SCHOOLS.
EOery Girl Should KnO1c Hon. to
Cook and Seq, Says DR.. MARCEL

a
-. $50 and nrou q steak. And I hope you
have ali learned 20 sew. Garry your knowledge
little further. and you viii be independent OF the
most rigorous OF modern tyrants' the dTessinaAer'
Superintendent William T. Maxwell oeaineu
through his spectacles he spoke, upon los bright
young faces. all rising before him out OF oiilo"y
white graduation frocks Of lace. silk or muslin
And the bright young faces smiled back al MIN
50 did their friends and teachers Tor il was al the
commencement exercises Of the girls schools or me
FYneenth District. and four hg schools were repre-
scented in what one Of the speakers termed q Co
operative graduation"
Tyere was Public School 80. 6. Miss Katherine
. Blake. principal. the pupils distinguished by
PINK favors on their shoulders; Public School NO.
81 Miss Margaret NJ Slattery principal with blue
bows: Public School No q. Miss Matilda B. Lem
9sin principal with scarlet bows. and Public School
no. g. Mrs Eliza :. Pei. principal with "il'e
bows.
Dr. Maxwell, who made the address 10 the grad
GATES. gave them a lot of good fatherly advice
Keep young" he bade them Don't be in hurry
% get into long dresses and 90 up your back hair
q q ridiculous knot on top Of your head Il you'A
take the advice Of old fellow Ike me'-heTe DIT
Maxwell cast an appealing glance into the lSS pairs
Of laughing eyes focused upon hn-'youA keep
young long AZ You can.
Then he warned them soleunly to hold TO rever-
ence and 70 tie soy az livinE-the two special at
tributes OF youth. 70 set enough sleep ana enough
exercise and not 10 eat TOO much candy. Il believe
sstlnE candy is doing as much harm among girls as
cigarette smoking among boys be said, and got
spplaudcd for it
Health he told them was indispensable 10 sue
cess and nothing outside their religious duty should
receive more attention than its maintenance. In
this connection he deplored the passing from fash
zc- O. the bicycle. which practically every one
could afford and enjoy. and the substitution for II
OF the automobile. diversion OF the wealthy
Cultivate the reading habit was another
Tecomrler6atic- and 10 Cbviate mistakes the
speaker mentioned a few of the poems he would
--- vice ~c11p with
sEvanEe-tue" and THE CCurtship OF Miles Stan
dish" came first. followed by The Lady Of the
lake" "Enoch arden" and The Princess"
And Shakespeare viii come later. Of course; be-
ginning with The Merchant Of Venice AS You
Like II and The Tempest All OF Scott and
Dickens and The House of the Seven Gables" were
included along with The Newcomes. 90 because
The Eewcomes' contains the portrait Of a perfect
gentleman. and every girl should know a perfect
gentleman when she sees hiru-and The other kind
too"
Finally, he advised every girl 70 master Some
mode o. livelihood not assuming though by any
--aans, that they must all be teachers-for many
peopls the Good Lord never intended TO be teach
ers"-and, IN any event. TO remember that 70 be
bohae woman IS higher than everything else.
william Earkness was one Of the speakers 70 FOL
low. 7 once gave Dr. Maxwell some advice" he
SAD Gigh-ng and playfully shaking his head IN the
direction Of the Superintendent q Schools. 1T
years ago, and his locks were raven, and there
wasn't bad spot on his head. I told him how
keep young. and gave him lessons. but'-with
severe glance behind hinl-'wLats the use?' DIT
Maxwell Joined in the shout al his own expense.
Other speakers we're Colonel Henry P. Butler.
BENJAMIN Blumenthal. Louis p. Bach who presid-
ed the Rev. De Witt Thompson, the Rev. Charles
P. Tinker. the Rev. DR.. Rudolph Crossnan and
Henry y. Tift John L X. Hunt presented the
diplomas and Clarence E. MeIerey the prizes. The
latter. consisting of three gold medals and picture
went % one girl IN each school as follows Re-
becca DaulsEy, Public School No sc: Amy Flash
Elr4H H.
School No %. and Johanna Proehl. Public School
NO =.
AT PUBLIC SCHOOL no. 1o3.
The closing exercises q the graduating class Of
Public School No. lo3, l-9th-st and lIadison-ave.
were held yesterday afternoon. The large audi
forum was decorated with American flags and the
class colors, yellow ana white. Seated the
platform with The principal. Thomas r B1yle
were the following visitors: Henry y. TIT rresi-
Gent q the Board of Education. Frank P C---.on
visiting commissioner. Dr. William r Maxwell
city superintendent DR.. A. ". Edison. associate
Superintendent; Dr. John Dv-yer district s.-ue-s--
tendeHt., Dr. T. A. Chichert7. chairman, Dr Z L
a1-sfenietc ana Dr. william IL Lp-D-- Of the local
school board, DR.. Thomas Hunter and Professor
h-e1aT Mss Burke, The foster cl--1=- q School
10. --2, who was i-s pr--.-z. ---. Two years ago
when she resigned vas z=- 51e n The hc1orsd
guests
Among the Interesting c=z---=s 70 he well cho-
sen programme given ~ -a---=-s ~ the grasg-
Eirs In japanese costumes z-d arranged l7v one
Of TIE pupils, Fannie Levy The school has a
dramatic club under ne r-alAgeT.eut II Miss
Morrison, n the English department. which gave
Two entertaining numbers ia che. "A Partisan
DOL Shop Clara Ship iupersonated Nine Louise
TI-e several girls IN picturesque costumes acted
ss mechanical dolls 4 scene adapted from BAR
RES Little Minister was given by Stella Adler
Florence Springer and Elvieu Perrine
d.. John Dryer, district superintendent gave
The class brief talk which was followed bv the
distribution q diplomas. The address TO the grad
eates vas made ty Ur. Thomas Hunter. The
Ee-514clo1y was delivered by Jeanette Nathan,
VIC .-al tle highest class standing.
" tEe class. composed OF the following foTty-sx
graduates, Itt6en passed the examinations ad-
@-L-nG them 10 Normal College. Florence Abrams
- 81 IN-sL4 Del se4s teaLl t5eIA-
-ssI-isLell, 11elen E5!etteTInan Edith
1yresc2er, jeanette Eoelman. Bertha Ellison. Agnes
---i Isle lscners amy treucenberg, Lena Colt
4.ebs Selma Grsubsrt. Gertrude GTossman Irene
k1ea-y, Rose Jacobson. lrma Katz, Florence Keg-
barn, Esther hoore, Caroline kOpf. Rachel Levy,
margaret AcheCn. Amelia Morris, Celia Norris
yesnnstte Nathan, Mary Panevino Fiyien Perrine
ktOsenthal Jessie Rothschild Rena RothschIld
ammo -aTtaty, LoJte silveTuan, Florence Spriu ger
Florence steinberg and Ada Weiustock.
among the twelve prizes offered. the one for
highest marks Was received By Jeanuette Nathan
Ada We!ustOck won the prize FOR the best class
spirit Hazel Cronk received the mathematical
The programme was concluded By hearty ard
pat5-ouc salute 70 the nag, after which the
SSnlpl department. under the management OF Miss
Care here The pupils Of the class served refresa-
Uerts which they had temptingly prepared
At PUBLIC SCHOOL NO g.
The Jan-ary class Of Public School No. 49, Mrs