The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-06-25
Commencement Exercises the
Event Of the Week with
Many Pupils.
A PROSPEROUS SCHOOL YEAR

the upper rooms marched into the
chapel, then came the twenty-nine
members of the graduating class who
took seats opon the platform. They
were Latin course Mary t. Baker,
Mary Bates, Agnes Burke, Emily Car
rell, Ethel Donley, Abbie johnson,
Marguerite Oliver, Viola Scharendorf,
Mabel Sturgis, Frances Sinclair, Mabel
futile, Victor Boell, Benjamin f..
Howell, J. Robert Moodey, .Jr. English
course Carrie Hibler, Ethel Mills, Ada
Mahaney, Madeline Smith, Cuthbert
Armstrong, Dewitt Compton, James
Croy, Armin Hoffman, I'll. Paul Piper,
Jr. Commercial course-Mary Cor
VENUS, Dora Eccles, Maud Roberts,
Evelyn Smith, Frank Miller, Albert
Karn
The following program was rendered:
Music" Unfold. Ye Portals Everlast- !.
ing" Oratorio : Redemption" Gounod
Chorus
Vocal Duet o, that we two were
Maying, Alice May Smith
Frances Sinclair and Armin Hoffman.
The Lotus Eaters Mabel A; Tuttle
Tunneling- j. Robert Moodey. Dr.
Music Madeline Roeckel
Chorus.
Legends of the Woods
Abigail f johnson
English Epitaphs and Inscriptions
Mary t. Baker
Music. And the glory of the Lord" !,
Messiah" Handel
Chorus.
Wireless TelegIaphy-
Benjamin F. Howell
The Roll of Honor
Music" Blow, ye gentle breezes. blow
j. Christopher Marks, Jr.
Chorus.
Presentation of Diplomas
Music The Soldiers Chorus,n opera
= Faust"
The musical selections were much
enjoyed aud reflected great credit on
E. M. Young, the director of the sing
ing. The duet by Miss Sinclair and
Mr.. Hoffman was a pleasing feature
of the occasion The essays showed
thought nd study and were all round
ly applauded.
Mr.. Haven read the roll of honor,
the names of those neither absent nor
tardy. Miss Edna Sheeran held the
best record, seven years, while Mar
garet Buckle and Beatrice Lippman
had been neither absent nor tardy for
six years. For five years there were
eleven names read for four years !;
three, two, years twenty-five and for
one year tifty-four.
The class of 1907 held a pleasant re-
ception in the chapel of the Maple
Avenue School on Friday evening
with large attendance of friends Of
the graduates. Music was rendered
by the Schumann Instrumental Trio
and program was rendered, consist
ing of bright little play in which
Misses Mabel Sturgis, Carrie Hibler,
Emily Carrell and Emily Smith par
ticipated.
Miss Ethel Mills read the class
prophecy which proved very enter
tanning, especially to the other mem
bers of the class, and was finished by
Miss Emily Smith, who gave the
phrophecy for the reader. Refresh
freshments were served and the class
song was sung.
Morris Academy completed another
successful year on Friday, June 18th
The enrolment shows an attendance
of seventy pupils and a strong corps of
instructors, representatives from AM
hurst, Brown, Yale, Harvard and Co
lumbia. The following pupils will take
preliminary examinations Beach,
Ford and Lippman, Princeton; Sny-
der and O'Donnell, New York Uni
versity Law School. Finals will be
taken by CLARK and Pantaenius,
Brown; G. Thompson, Columbia; Muir
nan, University Of Penn. Medical Col
lege Waller, Harvard.
The annual graduating exercises Of
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, we're held
in the Emmanuel Baptist church last
night. A number Of Morristown peo-
pie were in attendance. There were
375 graduates, among them being the
following from Morristown:
Department of Fine and Applied Art
Miss Helen t. Bird, course in decor
ative and applied design.
Department of Science and Technol-
ogy-RgynOr f. Sturgis, Timothy j..
Murphy, Chas. G.. BuckmaSter, course
In steam and machine design.
Addison Q. Boniface, course in ap-
piled electricity.
The closing exercises of the Hillside
Public School were held on Friday.
Four pupils complete the work OF the
school which extends to and includes
the eighth grade. They are Irene
Ackerman, Mary Jameson, Eva Loree
and Ethel Skellenger, The first TWO
named will go to the Morristown High.
School in the fall. Exercises consisted
of singing and recitations, after which