Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-06-11
DIR, NJ, H, HARRIS
At GRADUATION
DR.. Wise, Called by Govern
ment, Unable to Be at Hos
pitaI Exercises Tonight.

| The commencement exercises of the
Perth Amboy City Hospital Training
School will be held at 8:15 o'clock to-
night in the high school auditorium
An elaborate program has been pre-
! pared for the occasion of the gradua-
| ton of the four nurses, Miss Bessie
Bastedo, Miss Paula Boettcher, Miss
| Eleanor Ruth Bacon and Miss Sadie
| Elizabeth Lear.
Owing to the assignment by the
| United States government of DR.. Ste
! phen A. Wise to Newport News, Vir-
| ginit, where he is addressing meet
! ing of shipbuilders this afternoon and
will speak at another similar meeting
/ tonight, the committee in charge of
tonight's exercises has been informed
that it will be impossible for DR.. Wise
to speak here as formerly announced.
DR.. Wise had laid plans so that he
could appear here tonight, but he,
like hundreds of other excellent speak
ers throughout the country, has Of
fered his services to the government.
An assignment to Newport News was
received by him yesterday and he had
to inform the committee here of the
turn of affairs. DR.. Wise informed
Sidney Riddlestorffer. president of the
Perth Amboy CITY Hospital. that he
could speak here on Thursday night
if it would be possible to postpone the
exercises, he Offering in addition to
assist in sending out any letters an
nouncing the postponement.
1t was found impossible to change
the date and DR.. Wise then turned
to finding a speaker to take his place.
He prevailed upon DR.. Maurice II.
Harris, rabbi of the Temple Israel of
, New York city, to speak here tonight
and the arrangement committee is
highly pleased with the selection of
DR.. Wise.
The unexpected assignment of DR..
Wise by the government to Virginia,
although disappointing to the commit
tee and those who had expected to
have the pleasure of hearing this well
known rabbi of the New York Free
Synagogue, is one of the results of war
conditions and is impossible to remedy
The usual reception to the friends
OF the graduates will be held follow
ing the exercises, invitations having
been sent out for this affair. No in
vitations are necessary to attend the
graduation exercises the public being
invited to attend. All seats are free.
The program complete follows:
Star Spangled Banner
First verse rendered as d solo by
Miss Irene Langford and audience
singing second verse
Prayer
Rev. w. w. Westcott
Contralto solo
ta) "Invictus" ....... Bruno HUM
CD AT DaWning' ..... .Cadman
Mrs Mollie Chaplin Ely
Presentation of diplomas
! DIR. w. E. Ramsay
Tenor solo-"For You Alone" .Geehl
Stanley Potter
Congratulations to graduates
Hon. John F. TcnBroeck
Soprano solo-"Mechiala Aria" from
Carmen
Miss Irene Langford
Address-"America Champion of
Justice and Liberty"
DIR. Maurice II. Harris
Rabbi of the Temple Israel,
New York City
"Marseillaise"
Miss Irene Langford
Tenor Solo-"The Flag of the Free" I"
.............. Millard
Stanley Potter
Results of Last Years Hospital Cam
paign. .......... A. Clayton Clark
Chairman Campaign Committee.
Contralto solo-"Sing. Sing Birds on
the Wing" ............ Nutting
Mrs. Molle Chaplin Ely.
Presentation of Gifts-From Surgical
and Medical Staffs.
By DIR. George w. Fithian.
From the Ladies' Auxiliary
BY Samuel G.. Garretson.
Past Department Commander of the
G. A. r. of the State of New Jersey.
Soprano Solo--"The Waltz Song"
from Romeo and Juliet.
Miss Irene Langford.
Presentation of Glass Pins
By S. Riddlestorffer, President
of the Perth Amboy City Hospital.
America"
Benediction-
Rev. w. Northey Jones.