Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-07-02
CLIFFSIDE HIGH GRADUATES SO
BEFORE PACKED AUDIENCE: and
fine PROGRAM OF GOOD SPEAKERS

l
ercises of the Cliffside Park High
School were held in the auditorium
Wednesday evening, June %, when
twenty young men and nineteen young
women received diplomas for having
successfully completed one of the four
courses provided.
The exercises were varied, yet SIM
pie, and were peculiarly appropriate.
The auditorium was crowded to ca
pacity when at $50 p. m the High
School orchestra played the staid and
dlgnlhed strains to the rhythm of
which the stately procession of gradu-
ates advanced along either side of the
hall to meet at the platform and to
take their places.
The formal exercises began with a
chorus, BLOW, Soft Winds" by the
class, solos by Albertine Schlatter and
Cecilia Mccarthy.
A more serious tone was then given
to the exercises in an excellent rendi-
ton of an grafton, ''The Value of High
School Education" by Edward Laf-
ferty. The young orator spoke in re-
Prospect and pointed out with fitting
force and copius example that now at
the conclusion of four years of High
School work he felt that the time spent
at Cliffside had not been spent in vain
Albertine Schlatter followed with
vocal solo, angels Serenade," which
was very pleasing.
Nicholas Frigiola, the honor man of
the class, exploded the fallacy of the
contention that the United States
should take the lead in disarmament.
Miss Cecilia Mccarthy rendered
Chopins ''Nocturne'' on the violin.
/ Departing somewhat from the tradi-
ton of previous commandments, the
next and principal speaker of the eve
ming was the Rev. A. E. Finn, D. D., a
minister from Newburgh and an init
mate friend of the supervising princi-
pal, Mr.. George F. Hall.
DR.. Finn's subject was, "Outstand-
ing Needs of Larger Tomorrow" and
in such subject he took occasion to
illustrate the numerous Biblical ex-
ampleS that civilization without God
is doomed to fail. Bringing his illus
trationS up to date, DR.. Finn painted
a vivid picture of the now eXiled
kaiser standing in all his auSterity,
anticipating the defeat of the French
at the first battle of the Marine, when
the German troops outnumbered the
French eighteen to four and had adj
vanced to within eighteen miles of
Paris, but We're repulsed and routed
despite their numerical superiority.
his defeat, DIR. Finn alleged, was due
to the intervention of God on the side
of the French, and to God the credit of
victory is due.
An innovation in alumni activities
was instituted when Mr.. Walter Stein,
president of the Alumni Association,
presented the first alumni honor medal
to Nicholas Frigiola, who by the
unanimous vote of the faculty was the
student 'whose average for the four
years of high school and who on ac-
count of his interest and participation
in school activities, leadership and
character is most worthy of the
medal"
Mr.. Robert Burns then presented the
class and Mr.. Herman Germann, presi-
dent of the Board of Education, award
ed the diplomas.
The class song was sung and the
Rev. Marshall Montgomery concluded
the exercises with a benediction which
was especially appropriate by virtue
of its effectiveness.
Tho Eipb School orobaCtro ,DIo,,OI 4,
occasional and the happy class of 1921
passed from the stage to receive the
congratulations and gifts of their
many relatives and friends.
Those who graduated were:
Martha A. Anderson, Albert Stephen
Banisch, Frank Joseph Banisch, Ma
rion Christine Baumann, Bernard John
Bonner, Elmer r. Campbell, Frank S.
CastellanO, Edwin F. Corriston, Adele
r. DiSciascio, Francis Leitch Dolson,
Joseph Ormand Eberle, Elsie Helen
Eckardt, Dorothy Marie Ficken, Nicho-
las Frigiola, Anthony John Giananto-
MO, Dorothy B. Horton, Edward Louis
j. Hrebicek, julius August Jozseffy,
: Gertrude NJ Kaiser, Edwin Forrest
J Lafferty, Helen M. Manning, Emil Pc
ter John Martini, Jessie L. Merritt Ce-
celia NJ. Mccarthy, james Emmett Nc
{ Closkey, Salvatore Charles Nocifora,
5 Raphael jain Papa, Edith NJ. Patter-
, son, Emil Vincent Pilz, Morris Herman
, Resnick, Helen Rubin, Albertine
5 Schlatter, Mabel E. Schneider, Flor
1 ence L. Sikorsky, Emma c. Thuemmel,
. Adelaide Anna Ulicny, George Mar
1 riott Vaughn, Gabriel Raymond Vim
cent Mildred A. WiSkidenSkv