Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-20

an i"nterscholastic league chess tourna-
ment next September. They are: Mont
clair High, Montclair Academy, East
Orange High, Orange High, Elizabeth
High, Jersey City High, South Orange
High, L~awrenceville Preparatory, Stew
ems Preparatory and Newark Academy.
The Alpha Betas met today in $50"
to discuss the resolution THAT women
should be given the suffrage right"
The affirmative supporters are the
Misses Grace Beardslee nj Sallie Rob-
inson. William Netschert and Pietro
Cucuzza nave been chosen to defend
the negative status. Last Friday Miss
Ethel MacEvoy and Miss Mary Tomp-
son, affirmative, proved THAT injunc-
ions are j%ustiiable in labor disputes"
when they defeated Messrs. Donald
Swaziland and Abraham Teller, the
negative opponents.
Principal Stearns will permit the
members of the glee and mandolin
clubs to unite in holding a social dur
ing the first week in June. Each club
member may invite three friends. The
committee on arrangements includes
Walter Seymour, Everett Read, Ray
mond Haythorne, Chester Blauvelt and
Professors Ray H. Hart and Daniel
Knowlton.
At a meeting Of the female tennis
candidates Miss Minnie L~iebschutz was
elected manager Of the Interscholastic
League team. The challenges issued
by the girls from East Orange and
Montclair High schools have been ac-
copied.
The members Of the fourth A class
convened yesterday for the special pur-
pose of choosing q class motto.
"Gradatim" was chosen. meaning step
by step. Chester Blauvelt was selected
to deliver the Ina will and testament
of the class.
The class-day exercises of the gradu-
ating class have been scheduled for
June 20. Final arrangements have not
yet been made, but as representatives
to distribute the class gifts Miss Hazel
Cooper. Miss Marjorie Porter and Miss
Rose Rettig have been chosen. Glass
prophesies will be recited by Miss
Teresita Ungaro-Mancusi, Miss Isabelle
Holmes and Miss Isabelle Schwarz.
Miss Julia Pickering. the class secre-
tary, will call the class roll. Miss
Johanna Stobaeus. vice-president. will
narrate the class history. The saluta-
tory will be delivered by Everett Read,
president, while Treasurer Radcliffe
Swinnerton will present the key of
knowledge to Paul Adams, president
of tho nAvf ~ 5,ott,- class
Commencement exercises will be held
June "a. Professor Ray H. Hart, musi-
cal instructor, has selected THE Bridal
Chorus" from THE Rose Maiden" by
F. H. Cowen as one of the songs the
class will sing. Rehearsals are held
Mondays and Wednesdays in the school
auditorium.
An innovation in banner construction
is the result of the work of Miss Edna
Robbie, chairman of the banner COM
mittee. The banner, which is the first
of it's kind to be produced at the local
school, is made of a background of
wood, covered with blue leather, upon
which the design of the class pin In
hammered brass appears. Miss Made
line Kirk and Clifton McNabb COM
prise the remainder OF the committee.
A new secret society has been or
ganized, consisting of members of the
two upper classes. The purpose of the
organizers is to secure the advance
ment of social intercourse in an en-
tirely different way from what has
heretofore been attempted. The cleo