1884 School News

Princeton Press, Sat., June 28, 1884: WITHERSPOON ST. SCHOOL. --------     The Witherspoon Street School closed on Thursday morning with appropriate exercises held in the school building. The singing was an important feature. There were readings, recitations, an essay and a dialogue, followed by an oration, subject: "Proofs of a Designing Creator," by S. John Onque, the A class scholar of the higher department. He had placed on the blackboard a carefully drawn colored map of a section of the New England States, besides some Algebraic examples in quadratics and series. The awarding of the prizes was an event eagerly looked for. The first general prize had never been awarded in the school, but on this occasion there were two -- one to S. J. Onque and the other to Maggie Vansant. The announcement of these prizes was greeted with loud and genuine applause. Besides the usual prizes by the Board of Education, special prizes, by the teachers, were awarded to Maggie Clifton, Samuel Jackson and Lizzie Lake.     After some encouraging remarks by the Rev. W. D. Robeson the school was dismissed, and teachers, pupils, parents and friends all went to their homes well pleased with what had occurred.			WITHERSPOON STREET SCHOOL. -------- FIRST GENERAL PRIZES. Grammar Department.     Samuel J. Onque, no Demerits -- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.     Maggie Vansant, no Demerits -- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. SECOND GENERAL PRIZE. Grammar Department.     Mary E. Vansant, 7 Demerits -- Bryant's Poems. ROOM PRIZES. Intermediate Department.     Martie Onque, 75 Demerits -- "Boys and Girls of the Revolution." Primary Department.     Charles Harwood, 10 Demerits -- "Sunday Reading for the Young."
ROLL OF HONOR. GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT.
Samuel Onque,	91.1		Hattie Schenck,	76.5
Maggie Vansant,	87.3		Maggie Schenck,	74.5
Mary Skillman,	86.8		Mary Vansant,	73.3
Willie Harwood,	86		Maggie Clifton,	72.5
INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT.
Katie Schenck,	91		John Jones,	78
Jessie Jackson,	87		Ella Hopkins,	76
Gussie Redding,	80		Louisa Sorter,	75
Mamie Schenck,	80		Frank Vansant,	74
Robert Rose,	79		Frank Vansant,	74
Martin Onque,	79
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT. A CLASS.
Arthur Conover,	90		George Wykoff,	87
Edith Henry,	90		Joseph Lake,	82
Lizzie Lake,	90		Florence Carr,	80
Charles Harwood,	90		Hannah Jennings,	78
Liv. Redding,	86
B CLASS.
Mary Voorhees,	97		Isaac Stryker,	92
Edith McCarty,	95		Jesse Hoagland,	89
George Jordan,	94		Phebe Jennings,	74
C CLASS.
Hannah Lambert,	99		Willie Holcomb,	76
Robert Lambert,	81
D CLASS.
Thomas Schenck,	99		Annie Sylvester,	77

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