Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-24
PLAN PROGRAM
FOR GRADUATES
Commencement Exercises of
Grammar School to be Held
Here Monday

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ercises of the grammar school.
which will be held in the Majestic
theatre Monday, June 20. at 2
o'clock.
In the first part of the program
two eight grade classes of girls in
the high school will give an oper-
eta entitled The Fairy Rose"
which consists of five principal char
acters. augmented by numerous fair
les, butterflies and firefies.
The operetta is as follows: Fred
erick, who - lost in the forest is
seeking the Fairy Rose" as its
fragrance is the only thing hat can
cure his i'll grandmother. The Lit
tie Green Man" TO this as
sistance and offers to hide him near
the Fairy Ball Room" At the
sight of the ball, however, Freder-
lex is so enchanted that he claps
his hands and is discovered. The
Queen grants him her rose. but
casts over him a spell, which turns
out to be a happy one, namely, that
his heart should always be young.
Mrs M~endenhall and Miss Powers
in charge of the operetta under the
direction of Miss Beatrice Chisholm,
who has general direction of the mu-
sic of the graduating exercises.
The second part of the program
includes the historical pageant of
Perth Amboy. 1t is difficult for
most of US to conceive of the pro-
gress of Perth Amboy, from the Pc
riod Of its settlement to its present
position. An Indian village in 1888,
1922 finds it prominent in the indus
trial ranks of our state. And all
this transition will be portrayed by
four eighth grade classes Of the
grammar school when, as part of
the graduation exercises they pro-
duce a pageant The History of
Perth Amboy."
The first episode represents an
Indian village at Amboyle. Hitler
the Indian warriors return and per-
form their war dance. Here too,
after a tedious voyage. the hardy
Scotch arrive Following an *
change of friendly greetings with
the savage3 they plan their settle
ment. We are then transported to a
meeting hal in New Perth in the
year 171S, where Thomas Gordon
appears bearing the charter for
Perth Amboy.
The Spirit of 1875" manifests it,
self when in Episode 2, DIR. Benja
min Franklin is seen pleading with
his son, William, governor of the
province of New Jersey to with
draw from the royal aus and give
his aid to the colonies. Governor
Franklin is placed under guard
when he refuses to sign the parole.
The committee of congress is then
seen in conference with Lord Howe.
General Mercer and the American
troops pass to Staten Island to cap
lure the Hessians.
Episode 6. In 1861 again comes
the tumultuous clang of war as a
nation divides itself in strife; the
cause, a down trodden race. Epi-
sode 3 Portrays Perth Amboy as a
resting place for runaway negro
slaves and too, a scene in Mrs.
Springs sitting WHITTIER are
brought the bodies of two follow
ers of John Brown. There were
later buried at Florida Grove.
In Episode 4 fishermen are heard
discussing the prospects of Perth
Amboy as an Industrial site and
here the Spirit of Perth Amboy, long
asleep, is awakened from her drowsy
stupor by Progress. who summons
the Spirits of Other Lands. Edu-
cation, Religion Health. Happiness.
Liberty. Soldiers Sailors and Ma
| rines to rouse this city to a great
and promising future.
The pageant is written and
| coached by Miss Anna Allen. Miss
| Martin, Miss Margaret slugg and
Phil Schlesirger and too much credit
cannot be given these teachers and
Mr.. Steele, who are working con-
| tinually to insure its success. Miss
Jetta Stacey is in charge OF the
dancing and Miss Grace Hawk is the
accompanist.
One of the interesting numbers
of the program is the physical dr!l
| given by the boys of Room No. 3. i;
is the Walter Camps Daily Dozen
and is given under the direction OF
Miss Ida Miller.
The diplomas will be presented
by Paul Steele. The program VIII
close with the graduating class sing
ing the patriotic selection from
Longfellow's Thou Too Sail on Oh
Ship of state"
The graduates are: Ruth Apple
gate. Klaus Abegg, Alice Anderson,
Robert Arnstein. Marion Barten-
hagen, Ruth Baum. Joseph Belkow.
Stanley Boyes. Clara Belso. Frances
Bernstein. Helen Bisaha, Inez
Brown, Edna Brzezinski, Lillian
Predecessor. Lillian Bushin. Harvey
Banks, Charles Bartha, Adam Bron-
sky, Harry Burke, Helen Bunten.
Albert Chereek. David Cheshansky'
Olga Christensen, May Chain, Rose
C~ostanzo, Gladys Cooke. Elizabeth
Cox. Katherine Grouse, Belle Dun
ham. Alfaretta Dunkelberser. Mary
Danko. Ferdinand d'Eustachio'
Thomas DeAngelo. Raymond Dog
ansky, Eda David. Paul Deuel.. Nor
man Dubrow. Charles Dennis, Har-
old Ecker, Solomon Eisner, Lloyd
Evener. stephen Faytok. Frank
Franchak. Donald Fales. Mary
Frederick. Henry Friis. Rose FEEDER.
Marie Frey, Gertrude Goldsmith,
Ledrue Garland. Joseph Granat,
Abe Goldberg. Sidney Goodstein'
Thomas Guerin. Joseph Galaida.
Ernest Galaida.
Anthony Grabosky. Joseph Gresh,
John Homa. Nicholas Hospido@,
Peter Hudak. Mildred Hawkins.
Steven Hatarick. Edward Herbert.
George Hoyer. Emil Hozeny, Ernest
Hansen, Theodore Henry. Mildred
Horner, Stella Herr. Rose Haborak'
Elizabeth HALIFAX, Edna Hallahan,
Esther Hansen, Ruth Harris. Helen
Hawrylko, Marion Hedworth, Mar
garet Holzheimer. Gladys Hulsizer.
Gerson Isenberg. James Jolly. Nor
ris June, Axef Jensen. Edwin Jen-
sen, Andrew Jensen. Elise Julian,
Ira Jacobsen. Oscar Johansen,
Gladys Jenkins, Dora Jones, Eliza
beth Jugon, Esther Jaffee, Anna
Johnson. Mary johnson. Steve