Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-06-25

also brought out an interesting com
parison of the number of students
who graduate from college to each
hundred pupils entering grammar
school. showing that out of each
hundred entering the elementary
school, but one graduates from col
lege.
Near the close of the exercises
Superintendent Shull facetiously
called attention to the fact that Tor
the first time since the establish
ment of the high school In this city
a second generation of the school
was being graduated, there being in
this years graduating class a child
of one of the graduates of the high
school twenty-five years ago when
the exercises were held in the Pres
byterian chapel in Rector street. 1t
was left for the audience to guess
Z to whom he referred. The class
member this year was James L..
Clevenger, Jr,, whose mother as
Miss Jennie Farroat, was a member
Of the high school class of 1896.
There were six in the class at that
time.
Interspersed throughout the pro-
gram were two additional songs,
one. Trees" being sung by the girls
of the class and the other, Kiplings S
Rec cessional." being by the entire
class. Both were sung in an excel
lent manner.
With a short Introductory speech
covering the advantages and disad-
vantages of high scholarship and
athletic ability of a high order, as
compared one to the other, and
bringing out the fact that honor
students are not freaks" as current
superstition has it. Principal Edgar
kleinhanz made the presentation of
prizes for the year.
The winners of the awards were
Edith Dieker, who took the Mary
Vaughan prize for excellence in
English; Frederick Walker, who re-
ceived the awards offered by the
Rensaeller Polytechnic Institute
and the Periscope for the most eff
ficient work in science and mathe-
matics: Cora Dubois Science club
prize for best work in chemistry;
Herman Nelson, the Ezra Kark kus
cup for the best school spirit shown !:
John Stocked, the Frances Kitchell
prize for elocution and dramatics !;
and Eleanor Comings, who won the
prize offered for the best work done
on a graduation dress. Rose Ma
guinness. Martha Dregier, Anna Han
derhan and Alma Williams, received
honorable mention for their work on
their dresses.
The formal program came to a
close with the presentation of diplo-
mas to the class by John X Sheehy.
president of the Board of Education,
after which an informal dance was
held for the graduates.
The following members of the
class of 1921 received diplomas:
Classical Curriculum.
Cora A. Dubois. Alice NJ. Gade,
Ella NJ. Letter, Eva II. Reda, James
l.. CleVenger. Jr., Theodore w.
Jones.
General Curriculum.
Ethel II. Bartha, Dorothy e..
Clark, Elsie b. Fettman, Helen Ga
laida, Edith n. Goldman. Estelle
Greenspan, Ida Ruderman, Helen J..
Warren, Louis Bender. Raymond r..
Carbon, Anders G. Christensen, Jo-
sen Edelstein, j. Douglas Fraser
Charles O. Frost, Edward r. Hafi-
ner, Murray b. jacobson, Sidney
Kohn, Jacob Linetsky, Herman A.
Nielsen, Arthur r. Parkstrom, Alex
ander Ruderman, Jack Schenkman,
Jacob Schneider, James f. Silver,
Joseph A. Smith, Claude Sofield.
John c. Stocked, Elwood r. Vree-
land, J. Frederic Walker, Jr.,
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