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1887 School News

The Princeton Press, Sat., Feb. 19, 1887:

WITHERSPOON ST. SCHOOL
GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT.

A. M. Hubbard,
Blanche Stocker,
Mamie Schenck, 		86.
80.5
73.4 		  Maggie Vansant,
Mamie Stocker, 		70.2
70.

INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT.

Annie Skillman,
Jesse Hoagland,
John R. Crippen, 		89.
80.4
80. 		  John H. Stockter,
Gussie Redding, 		76.
76.

PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.

A Class.
Sophia Hall,        93.2
B Class.
Bettie Robinson,
Harry Johnson,
Cora Davis,
Adele Jones,
W. H. Scudder,
Louisa Little,
Hannah Lambert,
Eliza Lyons,
Lena Davis,
Henrietta Harris,
92.1
86.
83.2
83.2
83.1
81.
80.3
78.
76.
73. 		 
C Class.
Geo. Harwood,
W. E. Scudder,
Mattie Golestone,
Viola Mason,
81.
80.
74.
73.
The Princeton Press, Sat., June 25, 1887:

WITHERSPOON STREET SCHOOL.
ROOM PRIZES.

    Primary Department--Viola Mason, 24 demerits, First Prize, "Daisy Dimple's Scrap Book."  Louisa Little, 26 demerits, Second Prize, "Our Little Men and Women."
    Intermediate Department--Lizzie Lake, 53 demerits, First Prize, "Blossem's by the Way."  John Stocker, 117 demerits, Second Prize, "The Swiss Family of Robinson."
    Grammar Department--Maggie Vansant, 3 demerits, First Prize, "Sunlight and Shade."  Anna M. Hubbard, 43 demerits, Second Prize, "Fireside Readings."

ROLL OF HONOR.

Grammar Department.
Anna Hubbard,
Blanche Stocker,
Martie Onque,
Maggie Vansant, 		88.5
87.7
80.2
76. 		  Bertha Davis,
Louisa Sortor,
Mamie Stocker, 		75.2
71.
70.1

Intermediate Department.
Lizzie Lake,
Fred. Hoagland,
Phebe Jennings, 		85.
77.2
76.8 		  Johnnie Cripper,
Jessie Hoagland,
Charles Harwood, 		75.2
75.
73.

Primary Department.

A Class.
Sophie Hall, 93.   Hattie Shaw, 73.
B Class.
Harry Johnson,
Adele Jones,
Cora Davis,
Ella Hendrick'n,
Henrietta Harris, 		89.2
88.6
87.6
86.6
86. 		  Lena Davis,
Louisa Little,
Mary E. Jones,
Hannah Lambert, 		83.5
82.
72.6
72.2
C Class.
Laura Everett,
George Harwood,
Mattie Goleston,
Carrie Lake,
George Stryker, 		81.5
75.2
73.
73.
70. 		  Archie Scudder,
W. D. Robeson,
Viola Mason,
Sadie Sorter, 		85.
76.1
76.
70.
The Princeton Press, Sat., June 25, 1887:

    Notwithstanding the stormy weather a fair sized, interested and appreciative audience assembled in the Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church, on Thursday afternoon, the 23d inst., at 2.45 o'clock, to witness the closing exercises of the Witherspoon Street School. The platform was tastefully decorated, and upon it were seated the school, a member of the school Board, and invited guests.
    The following programme of exercises was executed on the part of many in a commendable manner: 
Prayer...........by Rev. Mr. James Schenck.
Music, singing...............by the school.
"Words of Welcome"...........Adele P. Jones
   and Lena Davis.
"A very little Boy's Speech"....Harry John-
   son.
A Word for each Month"......Jennie Scudder.
"The Old Clock against the Wall".....Lizzie
   Lake.
"The Twelve Schoolmates"........Bettie Rob-
   inson.
"I've no Mother," duet......Bertha I. Davis
   and Maggie Vansant.
"That Hired Girl," reading,...Martie Onque.
"Talking Flowers".......A number of pupils.
"The Wonderful Scholar"........F. Hoagland,
   A. M. Hubbard and B. A. Stocker.
"White Wings," organ duet,......Maggie Van-
   sant and Adele Jones.
"The Village Sewing Society".........Martie
   Onque.
"Under the Willows She's Sleeping,"...duet,
   Cora Davis and Adele Jones.
"Rock me to Sleep"..........Phebe Jennings.
"Novel Reading"........Martie Onque, Maggie
   Vansant and Bertha Davis.
"Flowers," essay,..........Anna M. Hubbard.
"I'm not too young for God to see"  Johnnie
   Stocker.
"Going Somewhere," reading,.......Bertha I.
   Davis.
"The World wants Men"........Chas. Harwood.
Organ Solo..................Maggie Vansant.
"I can if I've but a Mind"....Johnnie Crip-
   pen.
"Deaf as a Post," dia........Clara Schenck,
   Bertha Davis, Frederick Hoagland.
Tamborine Drill.............Thirteen girls.
"Widder Green's last Words".........Anna M.
   Hubbard.
"The Widow," duet,.........Bertha Davis and
   Maggie Vansant.
"Summer Enjoyments," essay,.........Blanche
   A. Stocker.
"Breaking on the Twilight Stillness"...Geo.
   Harwood.
"Be Just and Fear Not".....Fred'k. Jackson.
"Star of the Evening," duet,..........Clara
   Schenck and Blanche Stocker.
"Good Bye," an acrostic, Seven little girls.
    Then followed the presentation of prizes. L. H. Anderson, Secretary of the Board of Education, presented prizes to Viola Mason and Louisa Little, of the Primary department ; Lizzie Lake and Johnnie Stocker, of the Intermediate Department, and to Maggie Vansant and Anna M. Hubbard, of the Grammar Department, for attendance, punctuality and deportment.
    In addition to these, prizes were given to pupils in the Primary Department by their teacher, Rev. W. D. Robeson, as follows : To Sophia Hall, for regular attendance and general excellence, a copy of Pilgrim's Progress ; to Cora C. Davis, for regular attendance and excellence in scholarship, a copy of The Vicar of Wakefield ; to Lena V. Davis, for regular attendance, The Parent's Assistant ; to Adele P. Jones, for general excellence, Lalla Rookh.
    Benediction was pronounced by Rev. W. Johnson.
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