Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-26
CLASS OF Il |2
GET DIPLOMAS
Exercises At Tottenville
School Last Night.

f~orty-one pupils at public school No.
/, Tottenyille, last night. The class
which was the same number as last
year, forty-two, vas saddened by the
loss of one of It's members, Freder-
lex w. Hilliard, who passed away at
his home Monday night. The exer-
cises which were held in the assem-
bly, hall Of the school marked an
historic epoch In the school annals
which in future will be looked back
upon with pride and satisfaction by
all who took part in them. Long
before 8 o'clock, the hour announc-
ed for the exercises to begin, the
hall began to fill and soon nearly
every seat was occupied. Those
holding tickets were seated in the
center of the auditorium by the
ushers. After Rev. H. Eugene Curtis,
pastor of st. PauTs Methodist Epis-
copal church, invoked the blessing
the program, which was an elabor-
ate one, began. Before the exercises
started the graduates entered the
room and took their places IN the
platform. The February class came
In on the left and the June class on
the right. The class colors of the
former were white and gold, while
the latter was crimson and gold.
The program which was carried out
was one OF the best, 1t Is said, pre-
scented by a class. Professor N. j..
Lowe, principal OF the school, in
opening the exercises, requested
that everyone refrain from APP
plauding by hand as a token Of re-
spect for the loss Of a member of
the June class.
The orations by Alvin Hopping
and Earle Simonson, the solo by
Miss Cornelia Specht, essays by
Yvonne NORM and Madelyn e. Per-
kins. and piano solos by Miss Doro-
thy Butler and Miss Jennie Cum
ningham, all deserve special e
ton, especially the Grafton by Earle
Simonson, that was given in q mas
terly way. Miss Minnie C~avanaugh
presided at the plano and Miss Gun
bingham accompanied Miss Specht
In her solo.
In the absence Of DR.. william Eft
finger, superintendent of schools of
the borough of Richmond, Profess
sor N. j. Lowe, principal, who came
to the Tottenville school nineteen
years ago, presented the diplomas.
L Io LII Liz touIoO VI lis Q
marks, urged upon the parents to
come to the school more often and
also expressed himself on the sad
ness of the occasion of the loss of
a member of the class. He also
pupils had to study and also made
mention Of the dresses the girls of
the June class wore as the work the
girls had done during the last term.
Rev. Arthur Lucas, pastor of Bethel
Methodist Episcopal church, who
made the address to the graduates,
congratulated the class and also the
excellent corps of teachers under
whose instruction they had COM
their course. He gave an ex-
cellent talk and urged the class not
to give up their studies, but to con-
tinue on into the high school.
The assembly hall was decorated
flags and flowers and present
ed an attractive appearance. Many
of the girls received large bouquets
Of flowers on this occasion.
The following program was car
ried out.
March.
Invocation.
Chorus-"O, For the Wings of a
Dove" ,........ Mendelssohn
Oration-"Evils of Today"
Alvin Hopping.
Plano Solo-"Cu1us Amman.
From Rosslni's "Stabat Mater"
Dorothy Butler
Essay Character Sketch. ......
......... Benjamin Franklin.
Yvonne NORM.
Vocal solo-"Dream Of Para
disc Gray
Cornelia specht.
Chorus-"Beetle Song" ...... Abt
the World to
Meet Mans Needs
Earle Simonson.
Piano solo-"MilitaTy Polonaise"
Chopin
Jennie Cunningham.
Essay-"The UnconQuerable Deep"
Madelyn e. Perkins.
Choru-"After the Rain. Pinsuti
Presentation Of Diplomas.
Address to the Graduates
Rev. Arthur Lucas.
Chorus-"Good Night, Farewell"
Those of the graduates who re-
ceived diplomas were as follows:
List of Graduates.
JANUARY.
Kenneth e. Ballet, Eugene ]
Fountain, Alfred M. Gray, Alvin
Samuel Hopping, Albert Juhl, John
P. Kannofsky, Everett E. LaForge
James D. Napier, Raves 2. Robins
George R. Robinson, Earle Messnel
Simonson, Walter M. Wightman
Flossie r. Anderson, Florence W
Brandmeier, Madeleine G.. Brown
Marjorie v. Brown, Dorothy E. But.
Ter, Berget M. Carlson. Jane G. Gun
ningham, Minnie W. Henne, Maude
L. LaForge, Marion S. Lindenmeyer
Annie Belle Moore. Katharine H
Warner.
William A. Cortright, Frederic
w. Hillard, Edward J. Lang, Norton
B. McHose. George w. Slaight Jr.
| Clinton e. Wood, Mabel L. Adams
Adelaide M. Carstens, Bessie H
Farley, Elizabeth G. Flachopsky
Blanche M. Hughes, Bernetta M
Larkin, Gertrude @. Long, Yvonnt
A. NORM, Ruth NJ. Olsen, Madelyr
Estelle Perkins, Cornelia Specht
Estelle E. Wyrill.