Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-09
NEWARK ACADEMY
ENDS ITS HUNDRED
NINETEENTH YEAR
Exercises Marked by Utmost
Simplicity Without COM
mencement Formalities.

The Newark Academy today closed
it's 18th year. AS usual, there was no
formal commencement, and the unpre-
tentious exercises were marked by the
utmost simplicity. The fifth form fin
ished their examination on Tuesday
and have been enjoying a vacation of
two days, while their younger brothers
were undergoing their tests. This
morning they returned to the school
and received their diplomas.
The entire school assembled in the
| chapel at 8 o'clock, and after the regu-
lar opening exercises the head master.
Wilson Farrand. briefly addressed the
class, congratulating them on the record
earnest counsel as to the future. He
then presented the diplomas to those
who had completed the full course.
In addition to these four boys were
graduated that have finished special
courses, which, while not emitting
them to the diploma of the school, will
be sufficient to allow them to enter
college. Two boys, also, completed
graduate courses,
Honor Awards Arc Announced.
The honors awarded to members Of
the class for work done through the
course were then announced.
The prize offered by the Alliance
Franchise for the best work in Frepch
| during the year was awarded to Carl
Albin Giese.
% H. ,.-c,1ar- IF TIM rlo al fha fol-
lowing will enter Princeton: Dunn.
Hardin, Williams, Amin, Harries and
Purdy. Bayne n Wells will enter
Yale. Ballantine, Cooke, Wester, Ed
mission and Munsick will go to Cornell,
Corson to Columbia, Collier to Lehigh,
Leeb to the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Brock to Williams, Rankin
and Widmann to Dartmouth. Fergu-
son and Malcolm expect to take another
year before entering college.
This has been one of the most sue
cessful years in the history of the
Academy. The total number of pupils
enrolled during the year has been three
hundred ind twenty-five, and, as usual,
a large number nave been unable to
gain admlttance.
teachers Sick This Year.
The school has suffered this year from
the illness of teachers, and Mr.. Magic,
the assistant head master, and Mr..
Reeve, the instructor in physics, are at
present on leave of absence. Both,
however, are gaining and expect to be
at their posts in September. All of the
other teachers will return. except two,
Mr.. r. f. Smith, jr., instructor in his
49,, or,l 7 attn hos raaiCnad and will
hereafter devote himself to tutoring,
in English n penmanship, caves to
accept another position.
Mr.. Smiths place will be filled by
the promotion of Mr.. F.. r. Whitman,
who has been in charge of the upper
intermediate. Mr.. Winfred Inglis will
be promoted from the lower inter
mediate to take the vacant place in
the upper intermediate, and the lower
intermediate will be in charge of Mr..
F. w. Strong, a graduate of Williams,
now teaching successfully in a school
in Connecticut. Mr.. Waterbury's place
has been filed by the appointment of
Mr.. John w. Cakes, jr., a graduate
of Clark University, Worcester.
This Years Graduates.
Graduates this year are:
Classical-James Michael Dunn, Rob
ert williams, jr., Charles Roe Hardin,
Latin Scientihc-William Stuart An
min, Carroll Smith Bayne, Donald Dun
Ilop Cooke, Herbert Preston Coursen,
William Harold Ziehr Harries, Donald
.Canmore Malcolm, Henry Graham Mar
tin, Ray Williams Purdy, Thoma
P{chuond Wells.
Scientifc-John Holme Ballantine,
Edward Matthias Beger, Robert Bell
Collier. John Asher Lambert, Henry
Lorent Leeb, LIE Roy Wellings Nichols,
Edwin Perry Sinnock, Harry Wester,
Herbert Victor Widmann.
Completing Special Courses-Harold
Corey Bell, William Randlette Brock,
John William Ferguson, jr, William
Rankin.
Completing Graduate Cogrses-Hugh
Caldwell Edmiston, jr., Donald Bert
Munsick.
Honors went to the following:
Charles Roe Hardin, Greek, Latin;
william Harold Ziehr Harries, Latin.
mathematics; Henry Lorent Leeb,
science; Harry Wester, German.