Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-06-20
SIGNED By
PARDEE FOR BRIDGE
OVER CONVERY PLACE
83 GRADUATE At
EXERCISES FOR
COMMENCEMENT.

Commencement exercises of the
class of 1914 were held last night at
Proctor's theatre. The stage was
finely decorated with palms, green
shrubbery and laurel, with a line of
tiny flags draped In a line along the
front of the stage, extending to the
rails of the boxes. AT the back of
the stage two colored electric lights
were fixed showing the colors of the
class, red and blue.
AS the La Rose orchestra took up
the strains of the overture, the
graduates marched in and took their
places, the largest graduating class
that has ever left the high school.
The girls of the class wore the dress
es which have excited so much ia
vorable comment. None of the
dresses cost over $500. All we're
made by the girls themselves, under
the direction of Miss Helen Seaman,
instructor in sewing. When the
graduates had all assembled upon
the stage, the audience applauded
heartily.
The invocation was given by the
Rev. A. T. Dorf, after which the sa
lutatory was given by David o. e.
Peterson. The salutatory was ad
mirably written and finely delivered,
The rivalry for the valedictory was
close, the averages of Miss Bessie
Brody, who read the valedictory,
and that of David Peterson. being a
tie. The valedictory, however, was
given to Miss Brody, although the
honors were divided.
The chorus, "A-Hunting We VIII
Go" was finely sung by the class, and
DR.. w. l. Rosselle, the speaker of
Principal f. II. Kleinhans. DR..
Rosselle won the hearty regard of
his audience Immediately by his
pleasing personality and fine stock
of humor. His address was based
upon the subject of the omnipotent
power of man to achieve. In rapid
succession, DR.. Rosselle sketched
the evolution of the world from
chaos, pointing out the achieve
ments of man in conquering the ele-
ments. Man has conquered the
sea-" he said, 'and is conquering
the air. Further progress along
these lines is but a question of
few years.
There are people," said DR.. Ros-
selle, who walk blind-eyed through
a world of wonders, and see moth
ing. The greatest book of modern
days is not Darwin's Origin of Spe-
cies' 1t Is Alice In Wonderland
We are all living in a wonderland
every day Of our lives"
Nothing in this world is ugly"
he said. Even the mud which you
scrape from your shoes when you
go into the house (when your moth
er is looking-when she is not, you
go in without) Is composed of crys-
tails of such enhancing form and
wonderful color that it seems i'm
possible that even God could create
anything SO beautiful
DR., Rosselle illustrated his ad-
dress with humorous anecdotes and
stories, keeping his audience in con-
slant tremors of laughter. He con-
cluded by admonishing the gradu-
ates that all things were possible in
the world and that. their one aim be
to become kings and queens of the
earth.
At the conclusion of DR.. Rosselle's
duuTtbhg llt Cldob Bang tic CANuIoiLN
"Carmena," after which Miss Bessie
Brody gave her essay and valedic-
tory, THE Coming of Peace"
The Lafayette college scholarship
was then awarded to David o. f,
Peterson by ]. K. Sheehy, president
of the Board of Education. The
scholarship is given every year to
the high school boy having the high
est honor Last year the scholar
ship was awarded to w. w. London,
but he was unable to accept 1t, and
no one else was eligible. President
Sheehy gave short address and pre-
sented the graduates with their di-
plomas.
Proctor's theatre was crowded for
the exercises and each number on
the program was heartily applauded.
Much regret was expressed by ev-
eryone that the class of 1914, which
has distinguished Itself in various
ways during the high school years,
has now passed from the school.