New Britain herald., 1930-02-14
Bristol Mews
EVENING STUDENTS
 ID BE GRADUATED
Crowd Of 400 Expected at South
 Side School Tonight
ANNOUNCE PRIZE WINNERS

ANNOUNCE PRIZE WINNERS I5 Pupils Perfect in .Attcndancc-i3
 Days Left for Tax Payments
 state Legion Adjutnnt Coming
 Leave, S25 900 tu Housckccpcr.
 It is expected that about 400 pu- pills, friends. patrons of public adult education. and officials will assemble in the South Side school auditorium tonight at 7:G0 o'clock to view the elaborate graduation exercises Of the local evening schools for the I929-3o season. Pupils Of three institutions in both the vocational and English divisions will be awarded certificates by Superintendent of Schools Karl A. Reichc and will then entertain their guests with q splendid musical program.
 Arthur $. Barnes chairman of the evening school committee. will act as the master of ceremonies imtue- diatcly after an introduction by Principal Carlton E. BeckWith is made. Tho principal address of the evening will be delivered by Miss Sadie O'Connor. who is supervisor oF IJ1, CthnnlS Representative of the Daughters of the American Revolution, American Legion ladies' auxiliary and Wom ems Christian Temperance union will be present.
 1 Mrs. Stephen NT Wells past re- gent of the n. X. E.. will award l5 pupils with badges and copies Of Edward Bok's book. "America. Give Me a Chance" one pupil in each Of the three grades will receive q $@.5o gold piece for tn" best essay on "Why I Wish to Become an Amcri- can Citizen" Mrs B. W. Case. pres idont of the local chapter of the w. iC T. r.. will make the presentation. The winners Of the prize essay con- test on "Thn American Flag will ithcn be announced by Mrs. Frank W. Dutton. snealiinS for the ladies auxiliary to Scichprey post, Ameri- can Legion.
 Folk songs will be sung by more than n of the pupils. The pupils will br divided into groups and those in each group will chant the anthems of their homeland, Quar- tets representing the Italian and German factions Of the classes will then render instrumental numbers. Following ths Graduation tho group Of evening school men and women arc invited to listen to Miss Lela O'Connell's talk before the members ot the parcnt-TcaChCr as sociation of the Federal Hill school ir the auditorium of that institution
 It has been announced that an cN' hibition of the work Of the three dreSsmaknc classes and the two groups in mechanical drawing vii be displayed in the manUcl training room tonight,
 IFlW " lIliltTS .NiiibiliN'fI
 lt has been announced that the following 15 pupils or the English classes were perfect in attendance and arc eligible for the books and badges to be awarded: Marguerite Machet, Frank Pcrfetto. Ludgcr Lc Clair. Margaret Valley Alnhonse Roy. Adelia l'orticr. Ludwig Goulet. Ida Reich, Exilia I.aCroiN, Hjalmar | Chcllborg, Arthur Gagne, Anna Todt, Oscar F.schner and Carl Johnson.
 Very Successful season
 Mir Bcckwth, principal of tho evening school group, announced that the 24th season was particuIar- ly successful Tho largest number ever 10 register since 1926 was re- corded this year.
 There were l5 classes at three school c"nters with a teaching staff Of 99 regular instructors and substi- tutrs. The school opened on Scptem- hcr 90 with 399 registrations, lS% Of which were in vocational classes and 9iG in English.
 The teaching staff numbers many who havc served 10 years or more. q truly remarkable record for such intensive work.
 Nearing Tax Payment Limit Tax Collector Francis E. Riley stated this morning that only l5 days remained in which people SciendGcp&&S Safe