Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-08
ACADEMY GIVES
MANY DIPLOMAS
Popular Montclair School Ends
Most Successful Year In
Its History.

John g. MacVicar, head master OF the
Montclair Academy, presented the grad
yates of the school with their diplomas
at the commencement exercises held In
the Academy gymnasium yesterday aft
ernoon. Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick
delivered an address to the members Of
the graduating class. and the prize win
ners We're announced by George II.
Jewett. Invocation wal pronounced by
Rev. DIR. F. B. Carter. The other ex-
ercises consisted Of an entertainment by
the musical societies Of the Academy.
The exercises yesterday marked the
close of the most successful year in the
history of the Academy. and the results
were gratifying to Professor MacVicar,
the lead master.
Those who received diplomas were g.
L. Harvey. Newark; II. B. Thorne. jr.,
Montclsir; f. L. Tinkham, Montclair;
W. l.. Deetjen. Montclair; l.. w. Doug
las. Douglas. Ariz.; Karl S~choonmsksr,
Newark; w. F. stanton, jr, Los An
geles. Cal; NJ. f. Hess, Montclair; FL. ].
Seymour, Lima. o.; w. w. Kent, Mont
clair; A. G.. Merrill, Cologne, Germany;
J. c. Thoms, Newark; A. W. Clark, New
ark; R. A. Cochran, Maysville. Ky; A.
g. Pilch, Bloomfield; E. g. Mills, Viz
ginia, Ill.
Pupils who made the most satisfactory
progress during the year and were
awarded special prizes are: Moderns-
Lewis w. Douglas: honorable mention,
Laurence b. May; Robert e. williams.
Classics-Robert E.. Williams; honorable
mention, w. ]. s. Alexander, jr., J. J,
Bettes. W. P. Culver.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. w. Kent; honor
able mention, George b. Hanford.
English-william Field Staunton, jr.
honorable mention. L. W. Douglas, II. J
Seymour.
History-Lewis W. Douglas; honorable
mention, ". +. Staunton. jr.
Science-Miiton A. Fuller; honorable
mention, Robert e. Williams, James s
Alexander. jr.
Winners of the Lucis Frat Ames prlz,
debate-First, W. w. Kent; second, H. J
Seymour: third, Lewis W. Douglas.
Faculty gold medal awarded to that BIO,
10 the upper school who reaches the high
est attainment In character, scholarship
department and manliness-Lewis w
Douglas.
Name on Pearson Cup-b. w. DeetJen
for field day championship.
Name on McCutcheon Tennis Cup
Harold L. Laney, tennis champion.
Name on Wright Swimming Cup-Alfre'
Mathiasen.
Names on SHETLAND Cup-Swimmini
team. Alfred Mathiasen, captain; IL. l.
Lauey, best support.
Winners In final Kodak Club exhibit:
Class A-Gold medal, John r. Ehrmau
honorable mention, H. s. Herendeen.
Glass B-Silyer medal, II. e. Bell; hon
orable mention, Fl. S. Herendeen.
Glass C-Sllver medal-R. Il. Bell; hon
orable mention, G.. Il. Duren.
Class D-Silver medal, w. A. Cooper.
Glass E-Bronze medal, G.. Bancroft
Duren.
Az the close OF the commencement OK
erclses there was a fete on the Academ
Ia avn, with Mr.. and Mrs. MacNicar RI
oeiylng. Westervelt's concert band CAV
nm enjoyable concert, and a great gather
ing of the friends of the school came &c
cethcr TO do honor to it's twenty-ifth al
mversary,
AT " o tlOth III thAp - sNA@
with their friends, made the gymnasium
merry with their final reception an
promenade. The gym was decorated II
the class colors and Westervelt, for tn
twentieth year, played for the dancing
The patronesses were Mrs. j. s. Dougla
and Mrs. John G. MacYicar.
Beginning with next year the Academ,
will maintain an official framed am
postcd cradle roll record, upon wbicl
shall be placed the name, age n dat
of enrolment of each, formally entere'
son of an alumnus. A goodly numbe
of alumni with sons have already ex
pressed their intention of entering thei
BOYS in the old school. The first TO I'll
In q. formal application blank is Georg
p. Cutter, 30, for his several months-old
boy. The next names In order Of aetna
enrolment are the nine pound son of d
B.. Gould, '9S, entered OF May !, 1911.
and William Wells Newell, son of VIII
liam Newell. '01, entered May 9, ,f91.
The first sons of former Academy me
actually to attend school are the son
of Charles u. Burgess, Joseph Va
Week and Robert w. Sayles.
The board of trustees consists of Ed
win A. Bradley, president; James n
jarvis, vice president; John q. Macvica,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Judge Charlie
Black, Professor Robert ii. Fife, jr, Pf
D.: Fred /. Kent aud Randolph c. Bar
rett.