Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-06-13


of the States of the country now
appropriate large sums annually for
(, the furtherance and lbefterment of
agricultural conditions. The govern
ment at Washington, too, maintains a
farmer are the objects of its best
/ thought.
Margaret Platt Gibbs, of Thorofare,
delivered the valedictory oration, TAX
| ing, The Meaning of Hull House" as
| her subject. Behind every great work
there is a strong personality, said the
speaker, and in the case of Hull
House, that personality is embodied
in Miss Jane Adams, the pioneer in
settlement work jim America. The
meaning of Hull House, said the
speaker, is that in America, is to be
/ found the beginning of social work
work which is the product of her
self, and which is the first determined
effort toward making the condition of
I the poor, in their own homes, better.
| With the close of her essay, the
/ Valedictorian turned to the Board of
[ Education, to Principal Dixon, and to
the High School teachers thanking
/ them for cooperation ard hel9. and
/ giving them the credit for everything
which the class, as individuals had
gained And last of all, turning to
! her own class mates, she regretted
| that the time for parting had come,
for it meant the separation of many
friendships and the ending of much
which other spheres could not dupli-
cate
In presenting the Glass to President
! of the Board of Education, Mr.. Under
wood, as candidates for diplomas,
/ Principal H. C. Dixon paid high
\ tribute to the class and especially to
some of the members of the class:
They are worthy of much commenda
tion which | cannot give, said Mr..
Dixon These four years have been
characterized by much perseverance
in the pursuits of knowledge. Their
attendance has been remarkably good.
| Thirteen of their number have been
present every day this past year and
| were not tardy, while one of them
/ fMargaret Giibbs) has neither been
absent or tardy in the course of her
whole four years with us. The aver
age of scholarship is above that set
for exemption. am sorry to see
them go.
Before presenting the diplomas, Mr..
! Underwood addressed the Glass In
part, as follows I'VE hope you are
| looking forward to higher ambitions.
Let it be your idea to make things
better. Your success is the greater
| because of the inconveniences you
have surmounted in the way of made
| quate school Accommodations. May
your success be complete.
With the granting of the diplomas,
each of the recipients was hberally
applauded. A moment later, the
! ushers filed ON the stage laden with
| flowers, heaping them in front of the
graduates Following this, the class
song was sung and with the benedic-
ton by the Rev. A. n. Lucas, ID. D.,
the Class of 1912 had been graduated
Among the graduates, Myra VIII
liams Bachelor, Ella Horner Carter,
Sara Anna EhFmann, Blanche Foster,
Margaret Plat Gibbs William Freder-
| icks Greenig, Harris Torbert Kille,
Astri Lysholm, Nellie Anastasia
Page. Virginia Lois Phillips, Helen
sSchnorr and Gladys Virginia Swack-
hamer are the Honor Group.
The graduates: Scott Green Atkin-
s 2
son, Myra Williams Bachelor, Mabel
Benezet, William Ernest Blackwood,
Harriet Martin Carpenter, Ella Horner
Carter, Elizabeth Montgomery Glenn
ent, John Howard Curry, Anna Eliza
beth Dehnert, Lee White Duffield, Sara
Anna Ehrnann, Keziah Shoemaker
| Featherer, Lois Fletcher, Blanche
Foster, Harry Reymer Gaventa, Will
liam Fredericks Greenig. Margaret
Platt Gibbs. Marie Wendell Higgins,
William Bell House, William Perry
Kern, Harris Torbert Kille, Frances
Justice Kirby, Mary Frances Krayer.
Astri Lysholn1, Nellie Anastasia Page.
| Helen Marie Park, Virginia Lois Phil
lips, Helen Schnorr. Lillian Dey
Stultz, Gladys Virginia SWackhamer,
Elizabeth Briggs Watson, Ralph
! Doughton Wilkins and Linda Ernest
inc zeuner.
For every 10 flies brought to the
Office of the Board of Health Of Chat
ham one day last week one cent was