From Geneva Gazette 2 July 1897

High School Commencement - Geneva NY 1897


The programme consisted of essays and orations by the members of the graduating class.  The young ladies looked very dainty and sweet in their snow white dresses, and essays and orations showed the thoroughness of training to which all are subjected in our excellent schools.

The Wheat Memorial prize of $25, awarded to the pupil having done the best work in English in the eleventh grade, was evenly divided between Emily Kate Truesdale and Henry T. Maxwell, each having the standing of 92 per cent.  The prize of $5 in gold, offered by the Seneca Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, for the best essay on some subject connected with American History was awarded to John Chartres.

Following the announcement of the prize-winners was the address to the graduating class, delivered by the Rev. Dr. Converse, of Hobart.  He took for his theme:  "Do your own work; do it mightily, do your work in the fear of God."  

The names of the graduates are as follows:

Class of 1897

Anna Caroline Brooks
Harry Beggs Hadley
Annie Kerby Hardison
Essie Jacobs
Harry L. King
Mary Agnes Maxwell
Julia Frances Murphy
Adelaide Josephine Worth

GRADUATES OF THE TEACHERS' TRAINING CLASS, 1897

Mary Bond
Clara Belle Goodale
Stella C. Brown
Anna E. Groden
Hariett M. Everitts
Jennie Howland
Jessie M. Fidler
Mary M. Keith
Alice Burton Fothergill
Gertrude Emily Whedon


The reception and hop were held at Leo's hall Friday evening.  The hall was decorated with palms and flags and spirited music was furnished by Knapp's orchestra.  The reception committee was stationed just inside the entrance to the hall.  Supt. Truesdale, Miss Hancock, Mrs. Truesdale, Misses F. Parker, Young, Dennison and Turner composed of the reception committee, and from eight til nine received guests of the school.

The dancing commenced at nine and continued till the early hours of morning.  It was the most successful party the school the school had ever given and was immensely enjoyed by all.  There were just enough present to fill the floor comfortably.  Pretty girls and pretty dresses were in abundance, and the picture was pleasant indeed.



From Geneva Gazette 2 July 1897

ST. FRANCIS DESALES SCHOOL

Commencement Exercises - A Fine Entertainment which was well attended - The Class of '97



The programme was of a high order and very interesting.  The annual examinations were held at the school last week, and on Monday evening the The commencement exercises of St. Francis deSales school were held in the old Dutch Church on Monday and Tuesdayprizes were awarded.  The program follows:
OVERTURE, The Bohemian Girl . . . Balfe
DRILL . . . "Flags of the Nations" -----  Anna Kenney, Kate Carney, Sarah Sweeney, Kate Sullivan, Bessy Lydon, Agnes Kenney, Teresa Hogan, Helen Kierst, Nellie Quinn, Rose Harrington, May Gannon, Anna Gannon, Mary McNamara, Anna Hyatt, Josephine Murphy, Mary Callahan, Margaret Kelleher, Florence Dousek, Julia Carroll, Alice Ferris, Mary Finn, Mary Moylan, Nellie Murphy, Agnes Broderick, Anna Finn
RECITATION . . . "The Father's Choice" - Francis McGrain
The School Festival . . . A cantata in two acts (Seventy pupils); Principal characters:
Queen -- Nora Gannon
Punctuality -- Mary McNicholas
Perseverance -- Eveline Rickon
Generosity -- Pauline Sliney
Tardy Scholar -- Charles Huerter
Selfish Scholar -- Louis Stauff
Pupil of St. Francis de Sales School -- Sarah Moylan
ACT I . . . "Crowning the Children" -- THE LITTLE GRANDMAS, "A Musical Pantomime";  Lillian Enright, Margaret Rogers, Mary Rogers, Hannah Rogers, Dollie Oulehan, Mary Oulehan, Cecia Kearns, Grace Hennessey, Mary Toole, Loretta Higgins, Sara Sheehan, Katie Jordan, Mildren Holleran, Rose Taro, Esther Ryan, Sara Moylan
VOCAL SOLO . . . "A Soldier I'll Be" -- Harry Kane
THE YOUNG CRITIC -- George Greenwood and Austin Joyce
SCHOOL GIRLS IN TARDY LAND -- Esther Hawkins, Margaret McCarthy, Mary Pavlak, Anna Finn, Emma Bourne, Guy Quinan, Francis Joy, George Tyndall
VOCAL SOLO . . . "A Letter to Mamma" -- Mary Coleman
DIALOGUE . . . "Useless Brains" -- Cast of Characters:
Fred Merton (an idle boy) -- Louis Stauff
Prince Wisdom -- Charles Madaio
Spelling -- George Hennessey
Reading -- James Hart
Writing -- Patrick Mahoney
Grammar -- Michael Groden
Arithmetic -- John Moylan
Geography -- Joseph Manley
Pencil -- John Mulcahy
CHORUS . . . "Wrecked and Saved"  --  John Lynch, Lawrence McGuirl, Joseph Davids, Willie Holleran, Thomas Toner, John Malone, Joseph Manley, Thomas Brennan, Abraham Hawkins, Harry Kane, Richard O'Hara, Thos. Welch, Michael Groden, Thomas Sliney, Freddy Hennessy, John Harrington, George Hennessy, Francis O'Malley, Michael Quinn
CANTATA ACT II . . . "The Children's Holiday"
PART SONG . . . "If the Waters Could Speak as They Flow"
Reading of Honor Roll -- Anna Kenny
Awarding of medals and distribution of prizes
Accompanists -- Piano -- Prof. H. B. Huerter; Violin -- Pierce Chartres, class '91
Donors of prize medals -- Daniel E. Moore, Bernard Borgman, Stephen Coursey, Thomas A. Kane, Timothy F. O'Brien
Recipients of medals:
For highest standing in Regents' Examinations -- Anna T. Lynch
For Christian Doctrine -- Mary McNamara
For Catechism -- Helen Carney
For Deportment -- Bernard Blanch
For Regular Attendance -- Anna Claffey


Class of '97

Frederick T. Burns
James L. Malone
Michael F. Devaney
Anna T. Lynch
Anna M. Claffey
Elizabeth T. Lydon
Mary C. Coursey
Sarah C. Quinn
Sarah L. Sweeney
Teresa A. Hogan

On Tuesday evening the old Dutch Church was again crowded with people who had braved the heavy downpour of rain to attend the closing exercises of the school.  An enjoyable evening was spent and all went home well pleased that they had ventured forth in the storm.



From Geneva Gazette 1 July 1898

ST. FRANCIS DE SALES SCHOOL - Annual Commencement Exercises

At the closing exercises of St. Francis de Sales School, held at the Catholic chapel, corner of Main and William streets, on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, very large and appreciative audiences were present.  The drama "Dolores" was presented; the children taking part in it were trained by the Sisters of the Parochial School.  The play was very ably presented and much credit is due the Sisters and the children who took part in it.
THE CLASS OF '98

Dennis Creedon
Michael O'Malley
Stephen Sweeney
Elizabeth Brown
Ellen Brislan
Katharine Carney
Martha Carr
Mary Creedon
Rose Dowd
Ida Greenwood
Ellen Hogan
Anna Kenny
Kath. McCarthy
Mary McNamara
Ellen O'Malley
Anna Rowe
Pauline Sliney
Anna Toole
Mary Welch
The donors of medals are:  Daniel E. Moore, Bernard Borgman, Timothy F. O'Brien, Stephen Coursey, Thomas A. Kane.

The recipients of medals are:  The highest standing in regents' examinations, Anna Kenny; for Christian Doctrine, Ellen Cannon; for catechism, Helen Mooney, for deportment, Rose Dinan; for regular attendance, Barbara Olsowsky.



From Geneva Gazette 1 July 1898

The graduating class of '98, Geneva High School as follows:  

Anna Baldridge
Pierce F. Chartres
Mabel L. Dickinson
Henrietta L. Eylenbergh
Lucy E. Fordon
Eugertha G. Lawrence
Lillie J. McMahon
Mary L. Meigs
Mary A. O'Neill
Margaret M. O'Neill
Thomas McB. Steele



From Geneva Gazette February 10 1899

GENEVA CLASSICAL & UNION SCHOOL

Results of Regents Examinations



We give in detail the results of the Regents examinations held at the High School during the last week of January.  On the whole the results were satisfactory although the teachers perceive the effects of irregularities in attendance caused by the recent epidemic of grippe.

Three hundred and eleven pupils were examined, who handed in 697 answer papers on 34 different subjects.  Of these papers, 596 were accepted and 227 were marked honor, i. e. 90 per cent or above.  We print below the names of successful candidates.

Those who passed the examinations in reading and writing have completed their preliminary subjects and will receive Regents Preliminary Certificates:  

Inez Alden
Frederick Atwood
Adelaide Barden
Sylvia Beard
F. Lillian Belding
Thomas Bolin
Stephen Borgman
Carolyn Bower
Ford Crissy
Nora Cummings
Maud Demming
Florence Eggleston
Lawrence Fleming
Mean Rupert
Nellie Toole
Walter Van Giesen
Elsie Weburn
Lean Fowle
Mary Gannon
Olive Hancock
William Hickey
Vina LaDue
William Licht
Elizabeth Miller
John Mulcahy
Edwin Murphy
James Murray
Henry Palmer
Eva Ripley
Stuart Robinson
William Schell
Dollie Tyndal
Ethel Van Houten


Arithmetic

Frederick Atwood
Sylvia Beard
Thos. Bolin
Stephen Borgman
Edna Bryan
Henry Coleman
Ford Crissy
Mary Gannon
Harry Little
John Mulcahy
James Murray
Lucy Reynolds
Annie Slattery
Timothy Twomey
Walter Van Giesen
Adelaide Barden
F. Lillian Belding
Mary Bond
Carolyn Bower
Margaret Clark
Dwight Coleman
Nora Cummings
Pearl Goodelle
Elizabeth Miller
Edward Murphy
Christine O'Neil
Mead Rupert
Ellen Toole
Dollie Tyndall
Ethel Van Houten

Geography

Bernice Anderson
Winifred Barnes
Sylvia Beard
F. Lillian Belding
Carrie Bond
Georgiana Bond
Michael Brown
Edna Bryan
Timothy Buckley
Martha Cahill
John Callahan
Ellen Cannon
Michael Cannon
Margaret Clark
William Clarkson
Carrie Coon
Bertha Coons
Ford Crissy
John Cummings
Maud Demming
Margaret Dinan
William Madden
Harry Marshall
Chas. McNally
Dennis Murphy
Henry Palmer
Alford Philips
Alfred Rice
Stewart Robinson
Robert Rose
William Schell
Robert Snooks
Mary Sweeney
Walter Van Giesen
Elsie Weyburn
Alice Doyle
Leah Fowle
Ernest Fox
Anna Gannon
Sue Gambee
Anna Gilbert
Hobart Gray
Olive Hancock
Mary Hanrahan
Lena Harrington
Henry Hennessy
Fred Herendeen
Irwin Herendeen
John Hogan
Charles Hueter
Anna Hyatt
Nora Joyce
Agnes Kenny
Vina LaDue
William Licht
Harry Little
M. Louise Means
Bertha Merkel
Josephine Murphy
Herbert Perry
Lucy Reynolds
Eva Ripley
Joseph Roe
Lucy Rupert
Alice Sigler
Anna Stubbs
Lawrence Tyndall
William Wier
William Wilson

Elementary English

Irene Becker
Ralph Loy
George Pole
Seldon Rose
Peter Kohler
Stephen Borgman
Lawrence Fleming
Josephine Kane
Edward Murphy
Ellen Toole
Dwight Coleman
Clara Foster
Emma Neil
Byron Rennyson
Harriet Van Tassal
Kate Burbridge
Harriet Clise
Mild'd Van Huben
Edith Wagner
William Kinney
Winifred Barnes
Margaret Cass
Ruby Fox
Carrie McKinney
Alford Philips
Alice Sigler
Edwin Snooks
Ford Cass
Arthur Nerlick
Bessie Ringer
Prince Steele
Ida Bond
Nora Cummings
Mary Gannon
John Mulcahy
James Murray
Dollie Tyndall
Henry Coleman
Cecil Mackey
Christine O'Neil
Stewart Robinson
Roy Wilson
Edna Burbank
Anna McDougall
Mabel Weeks
Herman Gorney
Harry Sternberg
Mary Black
Hattie Coe
Sue Gambee
Bertha Merkel
Ruth Pole
William Weir

Bookkeeping

Florence Eggleston
Mabel Padgham
Nellie Van Tuyl
Olive Humphrey
Blanche Stengle
Halcie Whittington

Solid Geometry

Geo. Fulton
Helen Marshall
James O'Neill
Daisy Taylor

Algebra

Claud Bond
Clara Dilman
May McLaughlin
Florence Wells
Halcie Whittington
Lizzie Wooden

English History

Anna Brooks
Bridget Doran
Nora Gannon
Seth Lewis
Harold Rogers
Edward Touhey
Halcydine Whittington
Elizabeth Catchpole
Pearl Fidler
Nora Hennessy
Elizabeth Neil
Mary Smelzer
May Turner

First Year German

Anna Russell

First Year French

Eugene A. Ellis



Greek History

Whitney Darrow
Mary Dowd
Maude King
Margaret Maxwell
Mary Quigley
Whitney Darrow
Margaret Desmond
Louise Hardison
Helen Marshall
Henry Maxwell
Anna Russell
Bessie Whitfield

U. S. History

Maggie B. Black
Patrick Heffern
Gertrude Mayo
Charles Slocum
Mary Steadmon
Edna Green
Louise Knight
Elizabeth Miller
Richard Slosson

Roman History

Whitney Darrow
Mary Dowd
Maude King
Henry Maxwell
Mary Quigley
Nellie Van Tuyl
Margaret Desmond
Louise Hardison
Helen Marshall
Margaret Maxwell
Arthur Dove
Bessie Whitfield

New York History

Edna Adams
Henry Coleman
Ina Hancock
Maud King
Robert Monagle
Margaret Neil
Anna Russell
Lottie Spenton
Flocie Van Huben
Olive Wilson
Ida Harrington
Fannie Andrews
Margaret Desmond
Ellen Kane
Clarence McConnell
Elizabeth Neil
Ada Parrish
Thomas Schell
Blanche Stengle
Nellie Van Tuyl
Lizzie Wooden

Civics

Mary Durkee
Josephine Hickey
Isaballa Rice
Charles Slocum
Edward Touhey
Floice Van Huben
Lottie Witter
Pearl Fidler
Mary Maney
Fred Remick
Mary Smelzer
May Turner
Lizzie Wooden

Elementary Drawing

Belle Black
Carrie Coon
Dwight Coleman
Edwin Dobbin
Irvin Gelser
Olive Hancock
Ellen Kane
Gertrude Mayo
Mary Maney
Clarence McConnel
Guy Nellis
Roland Shewman
William Wilson
John Chartres
Lucy Reynolds
Edith Young

Advanced Drawing

George Fulton
Jennie McIntire
Carrie Rice
Marvin Rogers
Edna Greene
Ada Parrish
Olive Hancock
Florence Wells

English Composition

Claude Bond
Edna Bryan
Ruth Coleman
Bertha Coons
Clara Dilman
Edwin Dobbin
Nellie Duck
Eugene Ellis
Alice Fidler
Sarah Fordon
Janet Maxwell
Vrooman Ottley
Lucy Reynolds
Herman Schnirel
Edna Taylor
Myra Wader
Inez Alden
Adelaide Barden
Thomas Beard
Carolyn Bower
Ford Crissy
Ida Harrington
Ellen Kalleher
Eva Swarthout
Edith Kirk
May McLaughlin
Laura Patty
Thomas Schell
Latimer Steele

Advanced English

Edna Adams
Claude Bond
Belle Black
Paul Folger
Louis Lovett
Alice Moses
Percy Palmer
Fred Remick
Edith Smith
Edna Smith
Mary Welsh
William Wilson
Anna Claffey
Mary Creedon
Elizabeth Miller
Michael O'Malley
Pauline Sliney
Charles Springstead
Fannie Stengle

First Year English

Laura Payne

Third Year English
Laura Payne

Course in English Reading

Anna Baldridge
Whitney Darrow
Arthur Dove
Mary Down
Henry Maxwell
Harriet Means
Elizabeth Neil
Mary Smelzer
Lottie Spenton
Edward Touhey
Bessie Whitfield
Pearl Fidler
Margaret Maxwell
Robert Monagle
Lillian Russell

American Selections

Fannie Andrews
Bridget Doran
George Gelser
Edna Greene
Catherine Lake
Winifred Leonard
Fannie Licht
Mary Steele
Ella Truesdale
Elizabeth Catchpole
Nora Gannon
Ellen Kane

First Year Latin

Claude Bond
Ruth Coleman
Mary Durkee
Paul Folger
Nora Hennessey
Edith Kirk
Louis Lovett
James O'Neil
Charles Springstead
Edna Taylor
Lottie Witter

Caesar's Commentaries

John Chartres
Clara Dilman
Edward Hall
Ina Hancock
Olive Jacobs
Josephine Hickey
Robert Monagle
Byron Nester
Isabella Rice
Fred Remick
Florence Wells
Edith Young

Xenophon's Anabasis

Lena Broadway
Whitney Darrow
Henry Maxwell
Daisy Taylor
Arthur Dove
Harriet Means
Lillian Russell
Burritt Anderson

Physics

Arthur Coon
Clarence Howlands
Robert Monagle
Laura Payne
Louise Hardison
Helen Marshall
James O'Neil

Physiology

Fredericka Atwood
Dwight Coleman
Irwin Gelser
Florence Eggleston
Elizabeth Miller
Michael O'Malley
Clarence Smith
Mary Creedon
Edna Smith
Carrie Clarke
Ford Crissy
Michael DeVaney
Fred Herendeen
Catherine Murray
Pauline Sliney
Ethel Van Houten
Rose E. Rice

Chemistry

Anna Brooks
Josephine Hickey
M. Louise Meigs
Mary Quigley
Louise Hardison
Seth Lewis
Eugene Ellis
Bessie Whitfield

Astronomy

Anna Brooks
Louise Meigs
Louise Hardison
Daisy Taylor

Physical Geography

Elizabeth Catchpole
Olive Jacobs
Jennie Marsh
Byron Nester
Daisy Taylor
Carrie Rice
Arthur Coon
Mary Landon
Margaret Neil
Cleveland Reed
Florence Wells

Zoology

Anna Brooks
Pearl Fidler
Seth Lewis
Harriet Means
Elizabeth Neil
Anna Russell
Abraham Stotenbur
Bessie Whitfield
Mary Dowd
Josephine Hickey
Margaret Maxwell
Louise Meigs
Elizabeth Rippey
Mary Smelzer
Edward Touhey
Lottie Spenton




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