The Penn's Grove record., 1912-05-24
HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT
Six Graduate With HOnOrS

II commencement exercises of Penns
Grove High School class 1912, was held
Thursday evening in Emmanuel NJ. +.
Church. There was a large number OF
citizens present to hear the essays and
oratIons by the six graduates.
This is the fifth and one of the largest
classes to be graduated since the High
School was put on the approved list.
When a school reaches a certain standard
of efficiency the State Boardof Education
puts It OIL the approved list, and that eff
hciency must be maintained in order to
get certain amounts OF state school money.
1t required -four years for the pupils to
grow into that efficiency. Consequently,
a high school cannot be knocked down
one year and set up the next.
The first was in 1908, with six gradu-
ates: 1909, SIX; 1910, three; 1911, one;
1917, six; total, 22.
The TIVE nty-four graduates from the
Grammar School, Sth grade, is the largest
class the Borough and Township ever
had. They passed by answering the
same questions given to all the Sth grade
pupils all over the State. That proves
that Penns Grove has a good" Gram
mar School, as good as in the State, due
to the efficient teaching by Miss Lizzie j.
Kidd and Mrs. Anna f. Barber, under
the wise supervision of Mr.. Warren
Marts. Passing the examination quail
fies them for the High School.
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.
Emily James Cloud, Marion r. john
Johnson, Justena c. Megill, Emma NJ.
Simkins, f. Walter Seeley, Wallace A.
Strimple.
Glass colors black and gold. Glass
flower, daisy.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES.
Verna Summerill, Ida Mattson, Bea-
trlce Dolbow, Mary Braker, Edith Raighn
Sarah Cook, Madeline Mclean, Alice
Callahan, Frances Harris, Milton Feath-
erer, Paul Kidd, MOntreville Seeley,
John Summerill, James Snitcher, George
Thompson, Joseph Strengthen, Powers
Layton, Edward Hurley, Homer Morris.
Sarah Layton, Central School; Anna
Strengthen, Cove School; Atwood Wright,
Wright School, Florence Hewitt and
Verna Hewitt, Wiley School.
PROGRAM.
Music Largo Miss Anna Leap
ANNihoh
General Announcements
Music, Piano, -Yalse Chromatique Leshtizkey
Marion Johnson
Essay, The Training Demanded by Modern
Emma Nj. SlmkInS
Essay, Importance OF Physical Couture, JUS
tena c. Meglll
Grafton. United States-Energy, E. Walter
Seeley.
Grafton, The Progressive Defined. Wallace A.
Strimple.
Essay, DRIFTING or Sailing. Emily J. Cloud
Essay, IAN Appreciation of the High SCHOOL,
Marion X. johnson.
Music, Violin, RigOlette-Verdi, Z. Walter
Seeley.
Address to Graduates Progress or Regress
Rev. Edgar A. Miller
Music. Vocal sOl0.........Mr. S. Rushing Leap
Presentation of Glass 1912, High school, Mr.
Warren Marts
Awarding Of Diplomas, Won the Game
What's the Use, VIM. A. Summerill, Pres.
Board OF Education.
Presentation of Glass 1912, Grammar School.
Mr.. Warren Marts.
Awarding of Certificates, o.. o. Barr, County
Superintende nt.
BenedictiOn, Z. Petit
Music. IntermezzO from Cav. Rusticana, P.
Anna Leap
The Church was crowded beyond it's
capacity. Several remarked that
it was the best High School exercises
ever held in Penns Grove.
After presenting the certificates to the
Grammar School graduates Mr.. Barr read
a school law passed at the last session OF
the Legislature which allows seventy-five
per cent. Of transportation of pupils TO be
ont of the State School Fund,
which must have the approval of the
Superintendent. He said le
would not allow such to transport pupils
from Penns Grove. file advised members
of the Board OF Education to go on with
the schools as during the present year.
1t will take time to educate people to see
the needs of proper school accommodations
their children.