Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-06-17

uISb He bdlu, 10 DeSJOW upon Iue
promising young scholar tribute
from "Old Lafayette" Mr.. Fletch-
er urged the recipient to continue In
his gentlemanly, courteous manner,
and make a name for his city, school
and himself In the Pennsylvania in
stitution.
Mr.. Woglom modestly bowed his
thanks and accepted the token amid
the applause of his class mates and
the admiring audience. The schol-
arship entities the young man to four
years of tuition at Lafayette.
Every possible seat and standing
room in the spacious theatre was oc-
cupied long before the hour appoint
ed for the exercises. Boughs and
green's hung from the walls of the
play house, while the footlights were
intermingled with decorations of
similar nature. The curtain had
been drawn before the audiences ar
rival, displaying beautiful Amer
ican flag in the background as the
only stage decoration.
Board of Education Enter.
Superintendent Shull, of the city
schools, led the faculty, Board of
Education and members of the class
as they marched on the stage from
the left wing and arranged them
selves in an artistic circle, the grad
yates slightly facing the faculty and
the huge assemblage. Never before
in the history of the school has such
large gathering witnessed a gradu-
alton as last night. Rev. c. w, Han
son, OF the Danish M. e. church,
spoke the invocation and pronounced
the benediction. Smiths orchestra
enlivened the program with we'll
rendered selections.
Reception and Dance.
The new alumni and the old then
adjourned to the Auditorium, where
delightful music and dancing were
enjoyed until early this morning A
five piece orchestra furnished the
music for a classy order, which in
cluded twenty-four dances and sew
eral extras. Refreshments were
served during the intermission be-
tween the halfs.
Dainty senior hands decorated the
spacious walls of the ball room with
an innumerable number of pennants,
flags, etc, long before the evening of
pleasure All we're -loud In their
praise of the energetic entertainment
committee and the sociable way in
which they were greeted by the hosts
and the hostesses. Kenneth Martin
was chairman of the reception COM
mittee. The other members were.
Mrs. Leo Donehue, Frances Macan,
Rose Mccormick and Charles W.
Barnekov.
Among Those Present.
Among the dancers noted were:
Misses Anna Holm, Margaret Pfeif-
fer, Helen Hanson, Ruth Fletcher,
Edith Crowell, Louise Dover, Miss
Oliphant, Miss Mccormick, Pauline
Philo, Mary Gridley, Marie Hender-
son, Agnes Clarkson, Libby Clark
son, Frances Macan, Bessie Brown,
Anna Dover, Janet Young, Miss
Hardiman, Mary E. Vaughan, Flor
ence Ciani, Sara B. Goldstein, Mar
garet Booz, Mollie F. Roth, Agnes
Brown, Cornelia L'Hommedieu,
Clara c. Petersen, Kathryn Herbert,
Ruth Hegstrom, Eleanor Meade,
Mary Mcintyre, Grace O'Brien, Hon
ora Martin, May Tighe, Dorothy
Goldberger, Margaret Wight, Lydia
Oksen, Marguerite Strandberg, Nell
lie Bardrum, Edith Gallagher, Lille
Singer, Elizabeth Brown, Esther Low
enberg and Dorothy Sher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Donehue, Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph 3. Seaman; ,Messrs.
Andrew Wight, Miles and Barney
Browning, Louis Booz, Mr.. William
son, j. Colyer, Robert Hand, Jack
Klein, Herbert Strandberg, William
Henry Wilson, of Paterson; Eugene
V. Davis. Of Jersey City; " Butler,
of Tottenville; Nels Macan, Thomas
Brown, Clarence Wright, Roy Rog-
ers, Edward Hardiman, Voorhees,
Garretson, Arthur LaRoe, Joseph
Coley, Clarence Herbert, Clarence
Little, Eugene Davis, Thomas Major,
Irving Kreielsheimer, James Greives,
Walter Reilley, Oscar Leu, William
Therkelson, Rufus Allen, John Too
Ian, Philip Costello, William Wedeen,
William Gillis, Brace Eggert, Will
lam Boughton, David Wilentz, Fred
DeVoe, Millard Boughton and How
ard Jernee, Frederick O'Brien, Harry
Levine, w. Gerald Barnes, Carroll
Skeen, Hans Roessler, Russell Wog-
lom, Alvin Jacobson, Kenneth Pier
son, William Wilson, George Sea-
man, j. Scott Burns, Frank McCor-
mick, Joseph Massopust, Harry
Schwartz, Edward Dreibelbies, John
Pfeiffer, Jr., John Polensky, Wallace
Sofeld, Earl Mullins and Victor