Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-26
GRADUATION At
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Exercises Given at Pleasant
Plains and Rossville Schools
This Afternoon
b. sreoial correspondent.

b. Special Correspondent.
TOTTENVILLE, June 26.-Gradu-
ating exercises are being held in the
various schools on this end of the
island today for the closing of the
schools tomorrow. Exercises were
held at public school No. 8. Pleasant
Plains. this morning when diplomas
were handed to t~wenty-one that a
finished for the term. The exercises
at public school No. 6 Rossville held
this afternoon with an elaborate pro-
gram by the graduates n pupils or
the school and diplomas were pre-
scented to twelve graduates. The class
motto at the latter school is "Over
the Top" the class colors blue and
gold and the class flowers were white
carnations.
The exercises at public school No.
4, Kreischerville will be held at the
school tonight. There are nine gradu-
ates here to receive diplomas. The
closing exercises at the Tottenville
school which Is classed as a junior
high school with no graduates other
than from the eighth grade to the ad-
vanced studies will be held tomorrow
In the assembly.
Those graduates at the Rossville
school who were presented diplomas
by Principal ChappelT were Albert Nj.
Poeppel. president of the class; Doro-
thy NJ. Fisher, secretary; Frances A.
Essex. Helen l.. Gladys, Catherine
Mohrmann, John II. Legget, Alice b
Raspin, Muriel v. Lake, Frieda A.
Crate and Harold v. Matthes.
Graduates at the K~reischerville
school to receive diplomas tonight are
Helen Hennessy. Ellen Bundesen,
Margaret Borneman, Elizabeth Ber-
ish, Minnie Fauroate, Tessie Straus
Daw.A C4wa -IrNuT AorE1Aa n
Valentine Hansen. The following 10
the program at the Pleasant Plains
school presented this morning. Miss
Eloise Kline, principal, gave the q ID.
dress and presented the diplomas and
prizes to the graduates. The program
and graduates follows:
Thrift Program.
Opening Chorus-America-School.
A Thrift Message from the u. >
Treasury Departmental Teacher.
Thrift Rhymes-Pupils of First
Grade.
Chorus-Keep the Home Fires Burn
ing-School.
I Love Thee, Mother-Second Grade
Girls.
Saving Acrostic-Pupils of Third and
Fourth Grade.
Vacation Thrift and Saving-A teach
er,
Salute to the Flag.
Chorus-Star spangled Banner
School.
Graduation Exercises.
Program.
Song-Minstrel Boy-Assembly.
Piano solo-"Tales from Hoffman,
jeanette Lynch.
Recitation-The Return of the May
fower-Albert Genzlinger and Mel
son Morris.
Song-Paderewski's Minuet-SB Girl
Essay-Phases of the Peace Treaty
Frederick Sloat.
Song-'Long, Long, Trail'-Assem'
bly,.
Recitation - Peters Flowers
Louise Silk.
Coloquy-"Quarrel Between Cassiu
and Brutus-Harold Seguine ant
Robert McCauley.
Folk Dance-"Irish Lilt"-SB Girls.
Essay-The Labor Problem-Sigmunt
Barckhaus.
Piano solo-Judith Benesch.
Song-"Hope Thou in God"-Assem
bly,.
Address to the Graduates.
Presentation of Diplomas.
Presentation of Prizes.
Graduates.
Albert Genzlinger, Robert McCaul
ey, Frederick Sloat, Nelson Morris
Sigmund Barckhaus. Harold Seguine
jeanette Lynch, Margaret Pearsall
Helma Schopp, Mabel Miller, Gather
inc Dolan, Judith Benesch, Hazel Der
ger Ruth Bennett, Kathleen Winant
Irene Totten, Marguerite G~enzlinger
Helen March, Florence Ives, Mildred
Haskins IOuiSe Silk.