The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-06-21

former principals of Bridgham street
school recently erected by former pupils
near the main entrance attracted much
attention. The tablet is OF bronze and
was cast at Gorhams. The inscription in
raised letters is as follows:
"Bridgham School, 1s57-1907
Masters
Robert s. Fielden, 1S57-1s60
Francis b. Snow. 1s6O-is6s.
Levi W. Russell, 1S6s-1903.
Presented by Their Pupils on the 50th
Anniversary"
The program of exercises was as fol-
lows: Entrance OF the graduates. march,
Bridgham orchestra: hymn. eighth grade;
selection, Brigham Orchestra and Man
dolin club; chorus: prepared readings for
the Anthony medal; chorus; plano solo.
GeStrude Elizabeth Pettis: sight readings;
selection. Bridgham Mandolin club;
award of diplomas by Percy A. Harden
member OF school committee. Fourth
ward: selection, Bridgham Orchestra and
Mandolin club; presentation TO the school
OF the painting. THE Chester Valley
Berkshire Hills" by Benjamin Henry
Pettis. president of the graduating class;
violin duet. Helena Agnes Algeo, Samuel
Juseph Burke: award of Anthony medal
judges. ]. r. c. Farnham. Rev. Albert E.
Hylan. Dr. Roswell 8. Wilcox; chorus
The graduates are: Azniv Arabian.
Louise Mary Alexander. Helena Agnes
Algeo, Ella Irene Burke Kathryn Ger
trude Clarke. Barbara Alice Crawshaw,
Elizabeth Glare. Helen Carter, Rose
Emma Carroll Florence Miriam Dona-
hey, Lena Sherman Davis, Annabel Lane
Hall, Eva May Irons, Marguerite Aileen
Joyce. Florence Veita Martin Irene Fran
ces McGuirl. Gertrude Elizabeth Pettis.
Elsie Taylor Paine. Marion Winslow
Parks, Harriet Lillian Quimby, Jean Cal
pa{d
othy Sadie Saxon. Josephine Ophelia
Tracy Annie May Walker, Samuel Jo-
seph Burke Vartan Reuben Berberian,
Rudolph Emerson Griffin. Roger Joseph
Cotton. Charles Raymond Gallagher, Ed
ward Grant Hayward, Jr.. Gustave Jet
ter, Olindo Marseglia, William Patrick
Nelson, Benjamin Henry Pettis, Leroy
Elwyn Quimby. John Thomas Rice. Will
liam Henry Rice and George Hickman
Stockett.
The Anthony medal was awarded to
Harriet Lillian Quimby.
During the exercises the graduating
class presented to the school through
President Pettis painting representing
a valley nestled among the Berkshire
Hills, near the old town of Chester, Mass.
The gift was accepted in behalf OF the
school by the principal.
At the Peace street school a class OF 80
girls and % boys were given diplomas
Orsmus A. Taft, chairman OF the district
handing the diplomas to the
pupils as they marched past on the plat
form. The Anthony medal was won by
Helen NJ. Presbrey.
The programme of the exercises was as
March, Idaho" entrance OF
the pupils; hymn, Thanksgiving" plano
solo, Alice" by K. NJ. Smith; readings
for the Anthony medal by the following
j. Allan Brown. Hope Heyworth, Webster
knight. ID, Ernest w. Moore, Myrtle r.
Murray, Helen M. Presbrey. Howard l.
Smith. Roscoe l.. Thackery. Judges,
Frank A. Cook, William c. Angel and
Albert G. Day. Selected readings; singing.
vocal solo by Earl NJ. Pearce; orchestra;
sight reading. Christmas Stories;" sing
ing; scarf drill with tableaux by class of
girls; orchestra: singing; awarding of di-
plomas by Orsmus A. Taft; responses,
Gospel of Good Cheer" by graduates;
singing, Star Spangled Banner" hymn.
Lead, Kindly Light" orchestra, San
Antonio"
Weaver Andrews, Edith Eloise Appleby.
Madeline Frances Bannan. Bernice
Veazey Brown Jessie Allan Brown, Ethel
Frances Bird. 'Irene Davis Carter. Alice
Mae Church. Hope Heyworth. Elizabeth
Agnes Hogan. Merilla Altlnea Irons. 'Stel-
la May King. Gertrude Morrison. ELSIE
Marie McMlmtry. Myrtle Elizabeth
Murray, Elsie May Nicholas, Sylvia NAL
vena Paradise. Mildred Howard Pender.
sHelen Moore Presbrey, Lillian Redfern,
Sara Martha Randall, sFva May Rife,
Elsie May Smith, Ruth Belle Streicher,
Harriet Smira, 'Anna Caroline Sam,
sEfrie Lottie Sanderson, Marion Chase
Walker, Mildred Tillinghast Walker. May
Rene Watson. Able Hyman AbiSch, Mel
son Leopold Brant. Francis Chaplin Breck-
enridge, John Cooney Byron, Charles
Frederick Foye. Loring Spaulding Hemen-
way. Irving Ray Hewitt. 'Herbart Ray
mond Johnson. Clinton Prescott Knight.
Jr., Webster Knight, ID, Edgar Babcock
Leonard, Robert Russell Dorang. Ernest
Webster Moore. Benedict Max Olch, John
Francis O'Brien. Earl Moore Pearce, Cor
don Elisha Shepard, Jr.. Howard Irving
Smith, Thomas Spencer. Roscoe Lawton
Thackeray. John Cedric Thompson.
'Bleecker Lloyd Wagner.
'Not absent or late during the term.
POINT STREET.
At the Point Street school the exercises
were as follows: March orchestra:
chorus: competitive readings for the
Henry r. Anthony medal. by pupils from
the eight A class. selected by rank by
Judges in preliminary readings: sight
readings OF selections approved by the
judges: orchestra: prepared readings
The Rising of 1T6'' by Earle w. Smith;
Lady Glare" by Bertha c. Kumph; The
Eve OF Waterloo by Leonis De Muth:
THE Bridal OF Malahide" by Mildred n.
Smith; THE Charge OF the Light Bril-
gade" by Samuel II. Workman: chorus:
violin solo; debate. representing scene
in the second Continental congress. 1776:
address To the graduates and awarding
the diplomas by Frederick Rueckert,
ESQ. president OF the school committed:
address by Mr.. Walter II. Small, superin-
tendent os public schools: chorus; or
chestra concert: overture: sextet; cornet
SOLO Alice Parr: Idyllia Intermezo violin
solo. Max Chesner; song. Miss l.. White
land ealop; awarding OF the medal by
William II. Hersey: singing. THE Star
spangled Banner" march by the orches-
ira; judges OF the competitive readings.
william r. Hersey. Miss Annie n. Nc
Cloy. Miss Imogene A. Truman.
The graduates are: Harry James Barn
brook. Harold Carpenter beware. Almond
Cleveland Gray, Walter Burns Masehall.
Lawrence Hazard Perry. Waldo Mitchell.
Plaisted. Herman Oscar Rosenxweig.
Earle Wesley Smith. Roy Sanford VIII