Newspaper Clipping
Title
Newspaper Clipping
Description
High School Graduation
Date
1908-07-03
Creator
Nassau County Review
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Language
English
Type
text
Identifier
Nassau_County_Review_1908-07-03
Spatial Coverage
Oceanside, NY
Text
OCEANSIDE
The Ocean Side Union School House was well filled with the relatives and friends of the graduates of the school on Friday evening, when the Com-.mencement exercises of the school were held. The large assembly room was prettily decorated and presented an attractive appearance, blue and gold, the class colors, predominating I in the decorations, while the class flower, "The Rose" was very much in evidence in the floral decorations. The class motto, "Gradatim" was emblazioned upon a banner hanging over the stage, all tending to make a pleasing appearance. The program of the evening was as follows: Music, selected, Camillia Groepler ; prayer, Rev. A. H. Rennie, pastor of the First Presby-terian Church ; "Barbara Frietchie," Bertha Rhodes; recitation, "To-mor-I row," Hazel McIntosh; recitation, "School," Florence McIntosh; decla- 1 mation "The Black Horse and His Rider, M. Lawson; recitation, "The Mice at Play," Ada Bassett; recita-tion, "The Star Spangled Banner," Misses Finlayson and Thompson ; music, selected, Mr. and Mi. Groep-ler ; salutatory, Lillian M. Pettit ; oration, "Panama the Golden," Edith Frances McIntosh; ora,Ljon, "The. Growth of Our Navy," Percy Garner Southard ; station, "The Spirit of Lib-erty," Lillian May Pettit ; valedictory, Edith F. McIntosh; awarding of prizes by Principal J. Anthony Bassett ; presentation of diplomas, by Charles I H. Taylor, President of the Board of I Education. Benediction, Rev. A. H. Rennie. The graduates were Percy I G. Southard, Lillian M. Pettit and Edith F. McIntosh, with Gladys E. Kessler and Mabel Peace as post-grad- uates.
The Ocean Side Union School House was well filled with the relatives and friends of the graduates of the school on Friday evening, when the Com-.mencement exercises of the school were held. The large assembly room was prettily decorated and presented an attractive appearance, blue and gold, the class colors, predominating I in the decorations, while the class flower, "The Rose" was very much in evidence in the floral decorations. The class motto, "Gradatim" was emblazioned upon a banner hanging over the stage, all tending to make a pleasing appearance. The program of the evening was as follows: Music, selected, Camillia Groepler ; prayer, Rev. A. H. Rennie, pastor of the First Presby-terian Church ; "Barbara Frietchie," Bertha Rhodes; recitation, "To-mor-I row," Hazel McIntosh; recitation, "School," Florence McIntosh; decla- 1 mation "The Black Horse and His Rider, M. Lawson; recitation, "The Mice at Play," Ada Bassett; recita-tion, "The Star Spangled Banner," Misses Finlayson and Thompson ; music, selected, Mr. and Mi. Groep-ler ; salutatory, Lillian M. Pettit ; oration, "Panama the Golden," Edith Frances McIntosh; ora,Ljon, "The. Growth of Our Navy," Percy Garner Southard ; station, "The Spirit of Lib-erty," Lillian May Pettit ; valedictory, Edith F. McIntosh; awarding of prizes by Principal J. Anthony Bassett ; presentation of diplomas, by Charles I H. Taylor, President of the Board of I Education. Benediction, Rev. A. H. Rennie. The graduates were Percy I G. Southard, Lillian M. Pettit and Edith F. McIntosh, with Gladys E. Kessler and Mabel Peace as post-grad- uates.
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Nassau County Review, “Newspaper Clipping,” Edith McIntosh School of Music Digital Scrapbook: A Community History Project, accessed March 29, 2024, https://edithsmusicrvc.com/items/show/251.