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Victor Herald 2 January 1903

Honor roll of Boughton Hill school during the month of December: Earle Driscoll, Howard Green, Ellsworth Green, George Leaper, John Mahaney, Will Wright, Lilian Barry, Theresa Barry, Addie Driscoll, Helen Ketchum, Anna Kaiser, Maude Leaper, Catharine Mahaney, Ruth Webster, Laura McMahon.

From Victor Herald 9 January 1903

Allen's Hill, N. Y. - The following students have returned to their school work: Miss Grace Brown to the Syracuse University; Leon Brown to the Geneseo Normal; Messrs. George W. Deal and Burt S. Belcher and the Misses Marjorie Deal and Elizabeth Patterson to Lima; the Misses Jeanette and Ruth Deal to East Bloomfield; Milton and Walter Phillips to Cornell; Maurice Olmstead and sister, Hazel, to Canandaigua.

From Ontario County Chronicle 14 January 1903

St. Mary's School, Canandaigua - Pupils perfect last week:

Ninth Grade - William Fogarty, John Long, John Curtin, John Linehan, Mabel Casey, Mary Flynn, Gertrude Tuohey, Helen Johnston, Elizabeth Whalen, Teresa Farrell, Rose McDade.

8th Grade - Joseph Holihan, George Taylor, Francis Maley, John Collins, Margaret O'Reilly, Mary Cooper, Mary Brooker, Marie Burke, Anna Gartland, Catherine Buckley, Elizabeth Flynn, Frances McIntyre.

7th Grade - John Daffy, Leo Linehan, Elmer Barry, Daniel Murphy, Alida Dear, Julia McPhillips, Catherine Tuohey.

6th Grade - William Cowan, John Hanovan, Arthur Dugan, May Allen, Mollie McNeil, Frances Lucey, Rose Classey, Anna Fuller, Jennie Casby, Helen Casby, Agnes Collins, Jennie Sheehan, Gertrude Farrell, Clara Coyne, Anna Fanning, Regina Lavine, Isabel Donovan.

5th Grade - Mary Quigley, Ruth Keogh, Mary Ward, Mabel Classey, Alice Burke, Mary Dugan, Catherine Fogarty, Angela Cuddihy, Lillian Long, Josephine McCleary, Anna O'Brien, Mary Scully.

4th Grade - Thomas Quigley, Pauline Linehan, Margaret Gannon, Alice Ward, Florence Dwyer, Susan Schmidt.

3d Grade - Raymond Smith, Clifford Murphy, George McNeil, James Sant Angelo, Raymond Kennedy, Howard Meath, John Canan, Francis Monohan, William Egbert, Harold Robinson, Walter Gillespie, Edward McIntyre, Leo Kelly, Michael Callon, Louis Colmey, Margaret Sherry, Mary Murphy, Elizabeth Hilliard, Catherine McDade, Elizabeth McCormick, Gertrude O'Brien, Catherine O'Brien, Elizabeth Dugan, Mary Walsh, Ella Briscoe; Anna Mason, Margaret Johnston.

From Ontario County Chronicle 4 February 1903

St. Mary's School, Canandaigua - Thirteen of our parish school pupils completed their course with the last regents' examination and entered High School. They are a bright class of boys and girls and give every assurance of future success. They are: John Long, James Smith, William Fogarty, Helen Johnston, Mabel Casey, John Linehan, William Flynn, Gertrude Tuohey, Charles Ward, Teresa Farrell, John Curtin, Rose McDade, Mary Ganey.

From Ontario County Chronicle 11 March 1903

Canandaigua Academy's class of '03 will be comprised of Miss Elizabeth V. Doyle, Elizabeth I. Dugan, Mary H. Gage, Alice R. Farrell, Margaret Farrell, Kittie M. Getsinger, Jessie Elizabeth Hart, Anna E. Haskell, Charlotte I. Niblock, Emma Cuyler Robinson, Clara Belle VanVechten, Charlotte A. Whitney, and Messrs. Roy H. Case, John S. Gage and James Olan Reed.

From Ontario County Chronicle 1 April 1903

Victor High School will graduate a large class this year. The following are the members: Misses Jean Ladd, Johanna Keefe, June Turner, Mae Mead, Maide Snyder, Frances Whalen, Florence Lane and W. Bushnell Osborne and William Mosher. The class has organized and elected these officers: President, W. Bushnell Osborne; secretary, Jean Ladd; treasurer, Johanna Keefe.

From Victor Herald 8 May 1903

The following pupils of district No. 9, town of Victor, were not absent or tardy during the month of April: Helen Lewis, Bertha Lewis, Marie McCarthy, Emma Ford and John McCarthy.

From Ontario County Chronicle 27 May 1903

Manchester, N. Y. - As time approaches for commencement exercises in the Union and Classical School of this village, more active preparations are being made for the event. The graduating class consists of three young ladies: Annabelle Johnson, Alice Mae Cole and Clara Pierce Van Arsdale. The class has chosen white and green for its colors and the white rose for the class flower. Miss Johnson is to act as valedictorian, and the diplomas will be awarded Monday evening, June 22.

From Ontario County Chronicle 17 June 1903

Phelps, N. Y. - Invitations are out for the commencement exercises of the graduating class of the High School, which will be held in Gibson Hall Tuesday evening, June 23. The class is composed of Miss Hazel Ingalls, president; Bertha Hicks, vice-president; Ethel Brown, secretary; Lester Waugh, treasurer and valedictorian.

Naples, N. Y. - Commencement exercises at Naples High School will begin Sunday evening, June 21st, with a baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Peter McKenzie at the Presbyterian church. Tuesday will be class day with a reception in the evening by the undergraduates. Wednesday, June 24th, is commencement day. The class of '03 numbers six: Edward Babcock, president; Miss Mary Powers, secretary. John R. Clarke of Rochester will address the class. Thursday will be devoted to a reunion of the alumni.

Clifton Springs, N. Y. - The commencement exercises of the Clifton Springs High School will be held in the Y. M. C. A. hall June 22, commencing at 8 o'clock. There are six graduates, Anna Paskett, Mollie Sullivan, Walter Stewart, Harry Anderson, Parkhurst Whitney, Claud Williamson.

From Geneva Advertiser 23 June 1903

High School - The graduating exercises of the Geneva High School will be held in the Assembly Hall, Friday morning, June 26, at ten o'clock. The graduating class numbers twenty as follows: Bernice Anderson, Carrie Edith Bond, Martha V. Cahill, Mary E. Cannon, Anna Gilbert, Charles Churchill Haskins, Katherine M. Kean, Cecil Curtis McKay, Mary Louise Means, Byron F. Rennyson, Mary Anne Rippey, Allen Mead Rupert, Lucy Rupert, Robert Maxwell Scoon, Pauline U. Sliney, Harry S. Sternberg, Anna Stubbs, Ethel P. Van Houten, George D. Whedon, Roy Elijah Wilson. At the class exercises Miss Bernice Anderson is the prophet of the class. The historic cane is to be handed down to the junior class by Geo. D. Wheadon, and it will be received by Miss Mable Ansley for the juniors. The class reception and ball was held last night in Knights of Columbus Hall, and is pronounced as one of the most brilliant events of the season. The hall was gorgeously trimmed for the occasion.

From Ontario County Chronicle 1 July 1903

Chapinville, N. Y. - Our school closed last Wednesday. Friday at 2:30 p.m., the teacher and children entertained their parents and friends at the school with exercises and refreshments. Those that stood highest in their respective grades were as follows: 4th grade, Hazel Bissell, Robert Chamberlain, Earl Smith, Adelbert Angel and Walter Davis; 7th grade, Mildred Benham.

From Victor Herald 4 September 1903

East Bloomfield, N. Y. - Three of our best young people expect to be out of town this winter. Miss Thedah Page will attend Albany Normal, Miss Lora Partridge is to take up a course in the nurse's training class, Homeopathic Hospital, Rochester, and Claud H. Chase expects to enter Cornell. Others may follow.

From Ontario County Chronicle 16 September 1903

Rushville, N. Y. - An impromptu reunion of the girls of the primary department of the school during the years of '75 and '76 was held at the home of their teacher, Mrs. Ann G. Jones, recently. Those present were: Nellie Huie Thayer of Penn Yan; Lou Stearns Mather of Canandaigua; Anna Belle Raymond Sawtelle of Memphis, Tenn.; Jessie H. Thomas of Washington, D. C.; Allie Stearns Moody, Jennie Thomas Fisher, Lizzie Smith Blodget, Orra Voorhees Olmstead, Mary Blauvelt Turner, Jessie Jones Carson, Rhoda C. Abbot, Helen T. Jones, Mabel A. Twitchell, Mabel B. Hunt, M. Frances White; and also the janitor at that time, Eliphalet Peabody Sturtevant, all of this place.

The evening was passed in carrying out as nearly as possible the school life of those days. Mrs. Jones, although in her eightieth year, still retains in a great degree her ability to instruct and govern which made her fifty years of teaching successful. A spelling contest was conducted in which Nellie Huie Thayer won the medal.

From Geneva Daily Times 17 September 1903

HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS - Athletics at the High school are booming. At a meeting of the association yesterday afternoon, the following members of last season's baseball team were awarded the right to wear the "G": Whedon, Wilson, Slosson, Ferguson, Callister, Captain Alcock. Football is also receiving the attention of students. The first signal practice of the year was taken last night. About fifteen men were out and the outlook for a fast team is said to be exceedingly good. The team lined up last night as follows: Left end, Roenke; left tackle, Cook; left guard, Hardison; center, Ottley; right guard, LaPorte; right tackle, Reynolds; right end, Ripley; quarterback, Frost; left half, Olmstead; right half, J. Reynolds; full back and captain, Henry.

From Geneva Daily Times 18 September 1903

HIGH SCHOOL CLUB - Musicians in the High School met yesterday afternoon and organized a High School Mandolin and Guitar club. The club proposes to hold regular rehearsals in order to play at the various High School functions and to give one or two concerts during the year. Francis Hardison was chosen leader and Harry Ottley was elected manager. The members of the club at present are as follows:

Mandolins - Henry Roenke, Arthur Rose, Harry Ottley, Arthur Hutchinson, Francis Hardison
Violins - Samuel Nester
Guitar - James Rippey

From Ontario County Chronicle 23 September 1903

Canandaigua, N. Y. - St. Mary's School - Pupils perfect last week: 9th Grade: Mary Cooper, Marie Burke, Anna Gartland, Mary Fogarty, Frances McIntyre, Catherine Buckley, Mary Brooker, Elizabeth Flynn, Marie Donovan; 8th Grade - Leo Linehan, Charles Saxton, Andrew McIntyre, Charles Shea, Henry Daffy, Daniel Murphy, Alida Dear, Catherine Fanning, Catherine Tuohey; 7th Grade - William Lenihan, John Flynn, Charles Maley, John Hanovan, Arthur Husbands, Arthur Dugan, Agnes Collins, Helen Cooper, Anna Fuller, Agnes Kahanitz, Mollie McNeill; 6th Grade - May Harrington, Helen Walsh, Rose Classey, Anna O'Brien, Mary Dugan, Mary Ward, Mabel Classey, Clara Coyne, Josephine McCleary, Angela Cuddihy, Katherine McNulty; 5th Grade - Howard Murphy, Bernard McAniff, John Murphy, Lillian Long, Gertrude McCormack, Anna Connelly, Pauline Lenihan, Ella Holihan; 4th Grade - Clifford Murphy, Raymond Kennedy, Thomas Quigley, Catherine Sherry, Gertrude O'Brien, Elizabeth Hilliard, Catherine McDade; 3d Grade - Mary Gillespie, Helen Dugan, Rose Schmidt.

From Geneva Daily Times 26 September 1903

Phelps, N. Y. - The Phelps football team will play their first game with the Geneva High school this afternoon. The lineup will be as follows: Left end, Floyd Conklin; left tackle, Edward Hicks; left guard, Joseph Hicks; center, William Crawford; right guard, William Leader; right tackle, Frank Van Buren; right end, Percy Condit; quarterback, Leonard Partridge; full back, Fred Vanderhoof; left halfback, Ralph Whitbeck; right half, Charles Corbett. Saturday, October 3, the team will play at Groton.

From Geneva Daily Times 6 October 1903

Stanley, N. Y. - The following pupils are sick with the measles and not attending school: Misses Julia Connors, Eva Lawrence, Christine Roache, Frances Weeks, Anna Harvey, Minnie Grant, Paul Harvey, Albert Lonhengar, T. Pitt, Gladus Moon.

From Geneva Daily Times 7 October 1903

At a recent meeting of the junior class of the High school the following officers were elected: President - Henry Roenke; vice-president - Bessie Allen; secretary - Ethel Lerch; treasurer - Herman Clark.

From Ontario County Chronicle 30 December 1903

Manchester, N. Y. - The following students of the town of Manchester are home for the holidays: Henry C. Dewey, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Ruth Dewey, Cook Academy, Havana; Jennie Van Arsdale, Cortland Normal; Joseph Pettit, Alfred University; Alice Cole, Canandaigua High School; Pauline Heath, Eva Klinck, Oswego Normal; Sidney Heath, Cornell; Walter S. Throop, Albany Law School.

From Geneva Daily Times 5 January 1904

Shortsville, N. Y. - Sidney L. Heath, Miss Mabel Bradley and James Kipp have returned to their studies at Ithaca. Miss Grace Sutphen and James E. Dunn left for the Brockport normal school this afternoon. Joseph Pettit has gone to Alfred university, Miss Ruth Dewey has resumed her studies at Cook academy and Henry Dewey has returned to Ann Arbor.

From Victor Herald 8 January 1904

East Bloomfield, N. Y. - After the Holiday vacation, the following people have returned: Marion Hamlin to Vassar; Thedah Page to Albany; Margaret Smith, Caroline Mahoney and Frances Mason to Geneseo; Lloyd and Raymond Partridge to Lima.

The following pupils of district No. 9, Victor, were not absent during the month of December: Willie Lewis, Ruth Mulheron, Helen Lewis, Bertha Lewis, and Leona Lewis. Others who were absent but one day are Pearl Townsend, Emma Ford, Irving Franz, Willie Mulheron, Charles Hill and Gregory Hill.

From Geneva Daily Times 15 February 1904

The following pupils passed in the grades examination in Stanley school district No. 1: Annie Harvey, Nettie Millard, Esther Moran, Jessie McDonald, Agnes Roache, Edith Preston, Rose Millard, Isabel VanEpps, Nathaniel Funk, Sawyer Preston, Ray Katherer, Carl Nelson, Harry Stratton, Matthew Connors.

From Ontario County Chronicle 16 March 1904

The High School graduates the largest class in it's history this year, thirty-three young men and women as follows: George G. Hogan, Lucas S. Henry, Walter G. Depew, John J. O'Keefe, Alanson G. Reed, Florence L. Suydam, Waity R. Douglas, Caroline T. Oskamp, Helen Leighton, Oliver C. Gregg, Isaphine Tracy, Cora B. Thomas, Pearl M. Higley, Nellie M. Pierce, Earl F. Case, Carolyn M. Sterling, Charlotte M. Carson, Mary Elizabeth Coyle, Frances C. Brady, Frank J. Saunders, Frederic S. Benham, George Bridgman, Anne M. Davidson, Anna Quigley, Torrence C. Bushfield, all of Canandaigua; Edward F. Lane of Shortsville; Maurice F. Olmstead and Hazel R. Olmstead of Allen's Hill; Ralph H. Wheeler of East Bloomfield; Leon W. Van Deusen of Phelps; Louise M. Rossier of Cheshire and M. Anna Wilson of Hall's Corners.

From Geneva Daily Times 4 April 1904

Canandaigua, N. Y. - The class standings of the graduating class of the Canandaigua Academy have been completed, and the following eight graduates, having attained the highest standings will deliver honor essays: M. Ann Wilson of Halls Corners, valedictorian; Maurice Olmstead of Allens Hill, salutatorian; Hazel Olmstead, Allens Hill; Frank J. Sanders, Canandaigua township; Ralph H. Wheeler, East Bloomfield; Leon Van Dusen, Phelps; Floyd Stephens, Clifton Springs; Frances Cecilia Brady, Canandaigua. The following members of the class have received honorable mention: Earl F. Case, George Bridgman, Caroline Oskamp, Caroline M. Sterling, Helen Leighton, Anna M. Davidson, George G. Hogan, Florence L. Suydam, Charlotte M. Carson, Alanson G. Reed, Lucas Smith Henry, all of Canandaigua; and Edwin F. Lane of Shortsville. Louis E. Boutwell, who for the past year has filled the position of teacher of Greek and Latin in the Academy, and who has become very popular in the school, has tendered his resignation. Has accepted the position of principal of the High school at Amityville, Suffolk county, with a salary of $1200.

From Geneva Daily Times 6 April 1904

Shortsville, N. Y. - The following will be graduated from the Manchester High school in June: Belle Padgham, Blanche Houston, Bertha Knapp, Mary Covil, Mollie Macomber and Hugh Hawkes. The class met for organization Monday and selected the following officers: President, Belle Padgham; vice-president, Blanche Houston; secretary, Bertha Knapp; treasurer, Mary Covil; class prophet, Belle Padgham; class orator, Hugh Hawkes. The class colors are light blue and gold.

From Ontario County Chronicle 6 April 1904

Shortsville, N. Y. - Among the young people who were home for Easter were: Miss Eva Klinck, from Oswego Normal; Miss Mary Titus, Rogers Hall, Lowell, Mass.; Miss Grace Sutphen, Brockport Normal; Miss Pauline Heath, Oswego Normal; Sidney L. Heath, Cornell University; James E. Dunn, Brockport; Margaret E. McGurk, Phelps; the Misses Julia, Edith and Lucy Booth from Flushing; Miss Margie Taylor, New York City; Arthur H. Smith, Albany; Miss Ruth Dewey, Cook Academy, Montour Falls; Miss Mae Dibble, Cohocton; Miss Mable Melvin, Brockport Normal.

From Victor Herald 8 April 1904

The class of 1904 of Victor High School numbers eight, seven maidens fair and one young gentleman. They are Florence Padgham, Annie Higinbotham, Hester Wallace, Mae Mead, Gertrude Concannon, Pearl A. Lauder, Nellie Crowley and Ernest Hopkins. This is the third consecutive graduating class of eight members.

From Geneva Daily Times 9 April 1904

Clifton Springs, N. Y. - The '04 graduating class of the High school has organized with the following officers: President, Beldin Pratt; vice-president, Emma Bosshart; secretary, Mima McMaster; treasurer, Julia Maney.

From Ontario County Chronicle 13 April 1904

Victor, N. Y. - The following returned to school this week after spending the Easter vacation at their homes here: Leslie G. Loomis, Jr., D. Henry Osborne, Jr., Williams College; Miss Esther Powell, Harry Martin, Lima Seminary; Miss Jean Ladd, College for Girls, Elmira; Edgar R. Mead, Cazenovia; Miss Bertha Concannon, Syracuse University.

From Geneva Daily Times 2 May 1904

Shortsville, N. Y. - The High school boys have organized a strong baseball nine with Harold Ballard, manager, and Howard Forshay as captain. The line-up will be as follows: John Haggerty, pitcher; Thurlow Huntington, catcher; Harold Ballard, first; Emmett Emery, second; Fred Klinck, third; William Delahuty, short; Roy Conderman, right; Levi Huntington, center; Howard Forshay, left.

From Victor Herald 6 May 1904

The following pupils of District No. 9, Victor, were not absent or tardy during the month of April: Gregory Hill, Charles Burr, Helen Lewis, Leona Lewis, Jennie Ford and Mabel Garling. Those who were absent but one day are Walter Smith, Willie Lewis, John Zonneville, Irving Franz, Emma Ford, Bertha Lewis and Helen McCarthy.

From Geneva Daily Times 7 May 1904

Clifton Springs, N. Y. - The High School baseball team has been organized as follows: Professor Townsend, manager and coach; Hiram Tiffany, captain; Tiffany and Boyd, pitcher and third base alternating; Driscoll, first base; Anderson, catcher; Pardee, second base; Lindner, shortstop; Barker, Bundy and Pratt, fielders. The boys are putting up a very fast game. The first game of the season is being played with Waterloo this afternoon on the Athletic grounds.

From Geneva Daily Times 14 June 1904

Phelps, N. Y. - The closing exercises of the High school will be held next week. The sermon to the graduating class will be delivered by Rev. Mr. Waldorf, at the Methodist church, Sunday evening and the graduating exercises will take place at Gibson hall Friday evening. The members of the graduating class are: John Ernest Connelly, president and valedictorian, Joseph Patrick Doyle, John Barnes, Parmalee and Betrand Grover Vanderhoof.

From Geneva Daily Times 15 June 1904

Clifton Springs, N. Y. - The class of 1904, of the Clifton Springs High school, is composed of the following persons: Belden Pratt, president; Emma Bosshart, vice-president; Mima MacMaster, secretary; Julia Maney, treasurer. The motto of the class is "Non Nobis Solum," and the colors are green and gold.

From Geneva Daily Times 23 June 1904

Geneva H. S. Graduates '04 - The members of the class this year are as follows:

Mabel Louise Ansley
Winifred Louise Barnes
Edna Gladys Bryan
Eliza Emery
Leah Nellie Fowle
Marjorie Louise Guilford
Edna Dean Lerch
Martha Gertrude McGready
Anna May McDougall
Emma McKendrick Malette
Hester Spencer May
Helen Hamilton Meigs

Laura Belle Merritt
Eva May Ripley
Fannie Belle Stengle
Maria Theresa Sweeney
Harriet Louise Van Tassel
Edith Frances Wagner
Mabel Emma Weeks
Edith Olivia Wilcox
Harry Adelbert Wilcox
James Stevenson Allen
Charles Austin Bickford
Reginald Bickford

James Earle Butts
Frederick Thomas Cass
Francis Baxter Hardison
Hudson Dodge Henion
Paul Henry
James William Ripley
John Garrow Reynolds
Robert Scott Ripley
Edwin Floyd Rippey
James Luther Rippey
Stewart Allen Robinson
Lawrence Edward Tyndall

From Geneva Daily Times 22 June 1904

Rushville, N. Y. - The Regents examinations were passed by the following students:

Reading and Writing - George Blodget, Inez Elwell, Ralph B. Havens Lynn Tenny

Spelling - Albert Fake, Arthur Olmstead

Elementary English - Ralph Hevers, Edna Olmstead, Lynn Tenny

Arithmetic - Vera Davis, Harold Hazelton

Geography - Lynn Tenny

Advanced English - Vera Davis, Alberta F. Eddy, Harold Hazeltine, Elizabeth Walbridge, Blanche Winne

Latin, 1st year - Kathryn Adamson, Mabel Blodget, Alberta Eddy, Harold Hazeltine

Caesar - Harriet Haviland, Rachel Hazeltine, Margaret Williams

Algebra - Kathryn Adamson, Harriet Haviland, Lucy Robinson

Plane Geometry - Grace Ansley, Mary Blodget, Rachel Hazeltine

Botany - Kathryn Adamson, Grace Ansley, Mary Blodget, Inez Elwell, Rachel Hazeltine, 100

U. S. History and Civics - Mabel Blodget, Vera Davis, Alberta Eddy, Ralph Havens, Elizabeth Walbridge

Civics - Mabel Blodget, Mary Blodget, Harriet Haviland, Rachel Hazeltine, Margaret Williams

Commercial Geography - Grace Ansley

Drawing - Kathryn Adamson, Mabel Blodget, Vera Davis, Inez Elwell, Ellen Ford, Harriet Haviland, Rachel Hazeltine

Seneca Castle, N. Y. - Alice Ottley, daughter of Supervisor Clarence Ottley, of this village, will be graduated from Cornell University today. Miss Ottley's parents and several friends are at Ithaca for commencement week.

Seneca Castle, N. Y. - As a result of the grade examinations held last week, the following pupils were promoted from the primary department of the public school to the grammar school: Lula Whitney, Katie Delea, Lucy Lambert, Jennie Armstrong and Elmer Brown.

From Ontario County Chronicle 22 June 1904

On Monday evening, the 27th, the following, having passed the Regents, will be awarded diplomas of graduation, class of 1904: John Collins, Benedict Fuller, George Taylor, Frank Morgan, Francis Maley, Henry Pentoney, Mary Brooker, Marie Burk, Catherine Buckley, Mary Cooper, Alida Dear, Marie Donovan, Anna Gartland, Frances McIntyre, Mary Fogarty, Margaret O'Reilly, Elizabeth Flynn.

From Geneva Daily Times 23 June 1904

St. Francis de Sales school will close tomorrow afternoon without any special exercises. The graduating class this year is the largest to leave the institution in some time, there being twenty-eight members, sixteen girls and twelve boys. The girls' gold medal for scholarship has been won by Marie A. Althoff, whose average is 98 3/4 per cent. The boys' gold medal for scholarship has been merited by Francis J. Joyce, whose average is 96 percent.

The following is a list of the graduates: Henry F. Bolin, William H. Carroll, Edward J. Donahue, Edward J. Dinan, Louis H. Guard, William T. Holleran, Francis J. Joyce, Henry C. Kane, John B. Knight, Thomas J. McCarthy, Leo F. McDonald, Albert J. Mooney, Thomas A. Murphy, Francis P. O'Brien, Marie A. Althoff, Margaret A. Barrett, Bridget G. Burke, Mary C. Burger, Anna R. Buckley, Helen F. Callahan, Mary F. Carrigan, Helen E. Desmond, Alice L. Donaldson, Mary M. Doran, Alice H. LeBrun, Margaret A. Murphy.

From Victor Herald 29 July 1904

Examination standings for year -

Primary Department - Senior A. Class - Luella Boughton, 95; Alta VanDenbergh, 92; Marion Gavin, 91; Joseph Gavin, 91; Olive Simonds, 90; Blanche Quigley, 89; Leslie Toomey, 89; Helen Aldrich, 88; Emogene Ward, 87; Russel H. Hill, 82; John K. Hill, 82; Ione McNutt, 81. Junior A Class - Ruth Clapper, 96; Mildred Clapper, 94; Lauretta Concannon, 87; Mary F. Enright, 87; Bertha Bowerman, 86; George Stevens, 86; Charles Stevens, 82; Evelyn Keefe, 82; James Concannon, 85; Osborne Hunt, 81; Thomas Farrell, 79. D Class - Florence Pearl, 76; Bessie Ward, 75; Margaret Keating, 75; B Class - Esther McCarthy, 97; Marjorie Kennedy, 97; Elizabeth Hill, 94; Fannie Frazer, 94; Ruth Osborne, 88; Harry Embry, 88; C Class - Edward Henderson, 90; Nellie Hurley, 81; Mary Pearl, 80; Ida Hunt, 76; Gladys Rowley, 75; Madeline Eldridge, 75.

Intermediate Department, Grade 4 - Dorothy Loomis, 97; Elizabeth French, 94; John Geraghity, 93; Mary Heffron, 91; Rena Ward, 87; Florence Mead, 86; Harley Lovejoy, 84; Lester Hunt, 84; Norman Brace, 83; Marie Farrell, 82; Leon Quigley, 81; Lucile Loney, 79; Willie Woolston, 79; Laura Sale, 77; Grade 5 - Charlie Lovejoy, 91; Ida Henehan, 90; Ruth VanDenberg, 85; Emmett Keating, 85; Lizzie Hurley, 84; Peer Locke, 83; George McCrone, 78; Hattie McNutt, 76; Ella Boughton, 75; Grade 6 - Gertrude Quigley, 96, Marie Toomey, 94; Clare Woolston, 93; Rhea Harter, 92; John McCarthy, 89; Ethel Ingraham, 88; Roy Childs, 87; Willard Payne, 87, Ethel French, 85; Laura McMahon, 83; Francis McCrone, 83; Milton Wilcox, 81; Carl Higinbotham, 80; Frank Mead, 80; Fred Sale, 79; Roy Boothe, 78; Frank Hurley, 78; Roy Eldridge, 78; Roy Williams, 77.

From Geneva Daily Times 13 September 1904

Canandaigua, N. Y. - The following Canandaiguans are among those who will attend various colleges and institutions of learning the coming season: Claude and Clive Hallenbeck, at Ann Arbor university; Robert Knapp, at Amherst college; Frank Antes, at the Bradstreet school, Rochester; Elmer Anderson, at Yale; Leo Allen, Milton Herrington and William Wallace, at the University of Pennsylvania; Howard Mason and Carl Thompson at the Electrical school, Washington; Rose Classey, Julia Kelly, Louise Donovan and Louise Quigley, at Nazareth academy, Rochester; Melvin Andrews, at Keuka college; Myron Hawley at Syracuse university; Albert Andrews at Williams college; Allan Cooley at the Buffalo Dental college; Miss Lura Cooley and Miss Mary Jewett, at Vassar college; Miss Charlotte Chase at Smith college; Henry and Frederick Leighton, at Cornell; Miss Elizabeth Houghton, at Meril-Von Lear, New York; James Houghton at Harvard; John B. Sullivan and Daniel Quigley at St. Bernard's seminary, Rochester.

From Ontario County Chronicle 14 September 1904

Shortsville, N. Y. - The following students have gone to Brockport, where they are students in the Normal school: the Misses Mabel Melvin, Lillian V. Stewart, Grace Sutphen, Alice Hebbard, Mabel Latting, Bertha Knapp, and Mr. James E. Dunn.

From Geneva Daily Times 22 September 1904

Phelps, N. Y. - The following is a list of students that represent Phelps in the college world and who have already entered the different institutions to take up their work for the coming season: Thomas Wright, Yale; Burnett Wright, Worcester Polytechnic; Julia Wright, Vassar; John B. Parmalee and Leon Van Duzen, Syracuse university; Leonard S. Partridge, Mann Durand and Bertrand Vanderhoof, Hobart; George Weeks, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Lewis Peck, Rochester ; Earl G. White, University of Rochester; Edward P. Ryan, Jr., Buffalo university, medical department; Frank J. Ryan, law department, University of Syracuse.

From Ontario County Chronicle 26 October 1904

St. Mary's School - Perfect pupils during the past week were: Ninth Grade: Leo Lenihan, Elmer Barry, Michael Bergin, Charles Shea, Katherine Coyle, Elizabeth Fennell. Eighth Grade: Arthur Dugan, Richard McDade, Raymond Hilliard, John Hanovan, William Cowan, John Colmey, Charles Maley, Leo Burke, Edward Guntert, Joseph Phillips, Helen Cooper, Mollie McNeil, Helen Casby, Mae Allen, Gertrude Farrell. Seventh Grade: Helen Walsh, Pauline Haubner, Mary Remery, Clara Coyne, Florence Latz, Mary Dugan, Catherine Long, Mary Quigley, Anna O'Brien, Katherine McNulty, Marie McIntyre. Sixth Grade: Frederick Linehan, George Kolhler, John Murphy, Leo Mooney, Bernard McAniff, Frances Twist, Ella Holihan, Mary Connelly, Florence Dwyer, Alice Ward. Fifth Grade: Charles Tuohey, Katherine McDade, Katherine Sherry, Mary Murphy, Katherine O'Brien, Clifford Murphy, Thomas Quigley. Fourth Grade: Cletus Doyle, Charles Swayze, Edward Donahue, Marie Twist, Gertrude Lenihan, Catherine Donovan, Helen Dannahe, Rose Schmidt, Madeline Wade, Helen Dugan. Third Grade: Leo Curtin, John Dunn, Frances Clawson, Catherine Connolly, Margaret Cooper, Isabel Cowan, Kathryn Farrell, Jennie Gartland, Lillian Hamilton, Catherine Husbands, Catherine Needham.

From Victor Herald 4 November 1904

The following pupils of Victor High School have attained honorary standings for the month of October: PRIMARY DEPARTMENT, First Grade - Ruth Clapper, 92; Mildred Clapper, 90; Second Grade - Esther McCarthy, 94; Ruth Osborne, 90; Edward Henderson, 90. INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT, Fourth Grade - Blanche Quigley, 95; Russell Hill, 94; John Hill, 94; Olive Simonds, 94; Luella Boughton, 93; Leslie Toomey, 93; Fifth Grade - Elizabeth French, 95; Dorothy Loomis, 95; Florence Mead, 95; Lucile Loney, 92; William Woolston, 92; Sixth Grade - Emmet Keating, 95; Richard Levet, 95; Charles Lovejoy, 95; George McCrone, 95. GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT, Seventh Grade - Clare Woolston, 95; Roy Childs, 94; Gertrude Quigley, 92; Willard Payne, 92; Marie Toomey, 91; Olive Boughton, 90; John McCarthy, 90; Milton Wilcox, 90; Eighth Grade - Evelyn Mead, 97; Bella Barry, 96; Esther Toomey, 94; Irene Connell, 92; Elmer Woolston, 92; Ruth Hill, 90; George Woolston, 90. HIGH SCHOOL - Lucy Reissig, 95; Lois Powell, 93; Elizabeth McMahon, 93; Marguerite Simonds, 93; Blanche Howland, b93; Fannie Ladd, 93; Roy Gallup, 92; Lillian Greene, 92; Ruth Thornton, 92; Minnie Kohlhagen, 92; Harry Loomis, 92; Mildred Loomis, 92; Jay Baer, 92; Frank Davis, 91; Mary Webster, 91; Ruth Boughton, 91; Helen Scribner, 91; Marie Norton, 91; Martha Gallup, 90; Charles Wood, 90; Laura Wilbur, 90; Dora Mead, 90; Howard Barry, 90; Miranda Woolston, 90; Elizabeth Osborne, 90; Iva McCloskey, 90; Edith Stack, 90.

From Ontario County Chronicle 9 November 1904

At Victor High School during October the following received highest standings in the different departments: Academic - Lucy Ressig, 95; Grammar - Evelyn Mead, 97; Intermediate - Blanche Quigley, Elizabeth French, Dorothy Loomis, Florence Mead, Emmet Keating, Richard Levet, Charles Lovejoy and George Crone, each 95; Primary - Esther McCarthy, 94.

From Ontario County Chronicle 30 November 1904

Victor, N. Y. - Warren Coville was home from Hobart College for the current vacation; Robert Higinbotham from Auburn Theological seminary, and Roswell Eldridge from Lima seminary.

From Ontario County Chronicle 28 December 1904

Victor, N. Y. - Among the students home for the holiday vacation are the following: Misses Marion Lobdell and Gertrude Concannon, Syracuse University; Robert Higinbotham, Auburn Theological Seminary; Warren Covill, Hobart College; Roswell Eldridge and Harry Martin, Lima Seminary; Ernest Hopkins, Starkey Seminary; Leslie G. Loomis, Jr., D. Henry Osborne, Jr., and W. Bushnell Osborne, Jr., Williams College; Miss Mamie Tuttle, Cornell University; Miss Bernin M. Welch, Brockport Normal; Ruth Parmele, Albany Training School; Morton Locke, Worcester, Mass., Polytechnic Institute.

Many of Shortsville's young people who are either students or teachers are enjoying the holiday vacation at their home in this village, among whom are: the Misses Julia and Lucy Booth, of New York City; Principal Alson Upham of East Rockaway; Miss Pauline Heath and Miss Eva Klinck of Oswego Normal; James E. Dunn and the Misses Grace Sutphen, Mabel Melvin, Lillian Stewart, from Brockport Normal; Sydney L. Heath from Cornell University; Miss Mabel Bradley from Ithaca Conservatory of Music; Harry Heath and William Knowles from Rochester Business Institute; Miss Marion Hebbard of Brockport Normal; Hugh Hawkes and Bishop Short of Rochester Business University.

From Ontario County Chronicle 4 January 1905

Naples, N. Y. - The following students and teachers were home for the holidays: Misses Bessie and Jennie Maxfield, Misses Eunice and Bertha Cleveland, Misses Anna and Helen Lewis, Ward Lewis, Carroll and Florence Slayton, Frank and Karl McGreevy, Wm. Tyler, Leo Fox, Fred and Harriette Donnelly, Helena Tobey, H. H. Gage, Fred Lyon, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Watkins, Caroline Housel, Minnie Everitt, Seymour Sutton, Harold and Anna Blake, Mauce Schlick and Edward R. Clark.

Chapinville, N. Y. - The following students are home enjoying the holiday vacation: Miss Orlean Cook of Lima; Stella Smith of Cazenovia; Francis Chamberlain of Onondaga High School; Carrie Nicholson and Wm. Lane of Syracuse University.

From Geneva Daily Times 31 January 1905

Shortsville, N. Y. - The following report of the recent Regents' examinations is of interest to every resident of this village:

Spelling - Misses Hazel Ballard, Gertrude Bounds, Hazel Clark, Loretta Farrell, Mary Flynn, Nettie Forshay, Irene Hebbard, Bernetta Kipp, Nettie LeFevre, Blanche Reccord, Florence Stafford, Mae Wheatley; Floyd Gillis, Roger C. Kipp and Walter J. Mosher.

Elementary English - Eric Anderson.

English 1st - Miss Lottie Delahunty.

English 2d - Misses Vera J. Brown, Grace Kipp, Blanche E. Latting, Dora L. McGurk, Margaret E. McGurk; and Harold M. Ballard, Leland Benton, Emmett Emery, John J. Haggerty, Thurlow Huntington.

English reading - Emmett Emery, Fred E. Klinck, Miss Mae Knapp.

German 2d - Charles M. Buck, Misses Mae Knapp, Blanche E. Latting, Ruth J. Sherburne.

Caesar's Commentaries - Leland Benton.

Cicero's orations - Misses Cornelia G. Bidwell, Mae Knapp, Margaret McGurk, and Thurlow Huntington.

Solid Geometry - Harold M. Ballard, Thurlow Huntington, Fred E. Klinck.

Physics 1st - Misses Blanche E. Latting, Ruth J. Sherburne, and Fred E. Klinck, Harold M. Ballard, Charles M. Buck, John J. Haggerty.

Physics 1st and 2d - Thurlow Huntington.

Roman History - Miss Florence Sickles and Harold M. Ballard, Emmett Emery, John J. Haggerty, John F. Keleher.

Drawing - Misses Marion Emery, Irene Hebbard,

Nettie Forshay, Kwineh McGurk, Elta Wells, Clara E. Wilson, and Eric Anderson, Harmon Coates, Roger C. Kipp.

Physiology and hygiene - Misses Emma Doley, Selma Doley, Ruth Forshay, Marion Emery, Kwineh McGurk, Elta Wells, Clara E. Wilson, and Charles Austin, Roger C. Kipp.

Advanced Drawing - Emmett Emery.

The highest standings were made by Emmett Emery, 100 percent in Roman history, Thurlow Huntington, 99 percent in solid geometry and Mae Wheatley, 98 percent in spelling.

From Geneva Daily Times 18 February 1905

Canandaigua, N. Y. - The graduating class of the Canandaigua Academy for 1905 has been organized with the following twenty-one members: Neta K. Hawley, Ray Fitzmorris, Ethel F. Marks, Claude W. Thomas, James Douglass, Jr., R. Waldo Hicks, Edward Lynch, Marion Eugenia Eaton, Glen A. Brandow, Anna Veronica Meath, Katherine R. Ma(xxx)ney, Helen Agnes Donovan, Alfred R. Clapper, Frank Mason, William Francis Gillula, William Henry Smith, Florence G. Hulse, John Raines 3d, Henry Lawrence Howe, G. Warner Ellis, John Donovan. Later on, it is said that there will be six more students in the class.

From Geneva Daily Times 30 March 1905

Canandaigua, N. Y. - The class of 1905 of Canandaigua Academy has the following newly elected officers: President - Henry L. Howe, Jr.; vice-president - Frank Mason; secretary - Miss Helen Donovan; treasurer - Glen Brandow. Class honors were as follows: Valedictorian - S. Wolcott Clausen; Salutatorian - John Raines, 3d; honor essays - John Donova, James Douglas, Miss Neta Hawley, Miss Ethel Marks. Miss Florence Hulse was chosen class prophet; Miss Anna Veronica Meath, class historian and Edward Lynch, maker of the class will.

From Ontario County Chronicle 5 April 1905

Victor, N. Y. - During the past year of school the two societies at the High School have been unusually active and important factors in the school life. They recently elected the following officers: the Hypatian Literary Society, composed of girls, has chosen Miss Marguerite Simonds, president; Miss Lois Powell, vice-president; Miss Lucile Simonds, secretary; Miss Ruth Thornton, treasurer; Miss Lucy Reissig and Ruth Lander, tellers; Misses Elizabeth Osborn and Dora Mead, executive board.

The debating society of young men, known as the Philomathesian Society has elected: President, William Roy Gallup; vice-president, Leon Smith; secretary, Glemore Vail; treasurer, Terry Aldrich; 1st sergeant, Earl Driscoll; 2nd sergeant: Henry Phillips.

Naples, N. Y. - The graduating class of the High School has elected officers as follows: President, Geo. N. Harris; Vice-President, Harriette E. Smith; Secretary, Anna Sutton; Treasurer, Julian Hatch.

From Ontario County Chronicle 19 April 1905

Victor, N. Y. - The following pupils of the lower grades of the High school attained the highest standings for the month of March:

1st grade - Janice Reeves, 95;
2nd grade - Esther McCarthy, 92;
3rd grade - Mildred Clapper, 93;
4th grade - Luella Boughton and John Hill, both 94;
5th grade - Elizabeth French;
6th grade - Richard Levet and Charles Lovejoy, both 95;
7th grade - Willard Payne and Clare Woolston, both 97.

From Geneva Daily Times 22 April 1905

Shortsville, N. Y. - The graduating class of the High school has organized with ten members, and has chosen the following officers: President, Miss Margaret McGurk; vice-president, Thurlow Huntington; secretary, Fred E. Klinck; treasurer, Miss Mae Knapp. Miss Cornelia G. Bidwell was chosen class prophet, and Charles M. Buck is valedictorian.

The following subjects have been assigned the graduates for their essays: "Niccola Paganini - John J. Haggerty; "David Crockett" - Harold M. Ballard; "Julius Caesar" - Emmett Emery; "The Monroe Doctrine" - Thurlow Huntington; "The Open Shop" - Fred E. Klinck; "Socialism and Anarchism" - Leland Benton; "Hannibal" - Charles M. Buck; "Home" - Miss Mae Knapp; "Relative Extravagance" - Miss Margaret E. McGurk; "Prophecy" - Miss Cornelia G. Bidwell. The class colors are green and gold.

From Geneva Daily Times 26 April 1905

Shortsville, N. Y. - The following children made the highest standings in the grades of the village school during the month of April: Grammar department - Miss ____ Wheatley, .95; intermediate department - Miss Geraldine Coates and Erford Bedient, both .95; second primary - Miss June Latting, .96; first primary - Miss Marjory Martin, Miss Virginia Heath, and Elizabeth Brown, each .95.

From Geneva Daily Times 27 April 1905

Shortsville, N. Y. - The commencement exercises of the Manchester High school will be held in the school hall Monday evening, June 19, and the address will be delivered by Professor Kendrick P. Ladd of Rochester. The graduates will be Ernest Brophy and Charles Smith, both of whom have already completed their course of study, and have already acquired all their regents' counts.

From Geneva Daily Times 28 April 1905

Phelps, N. Y. - The commencement exercises at the High school will be held Friday evening, June 23. There are eight members of the graduating class, as follows: Mae Burt, Alice Mickelson, Carol Bussy, Elizabeth Connolly, Ruth Ottley, Joseph Doyle, Wesley Post and Charles Yahn. The class colors are green and gold.

From Victor Herald 12 May 1905

The members of the Class of '05 of Victor High School are busy completing the last few weeks work of the school year; graduation day details are already talked of and the time for roses and commencements is fast approaching. The class business is transacted by William Roy Gallup, president; Fannie Ladd, vice-president; Laura Wilbur, treasurer; and Dora Mead, secretary. Scarlet and silver have been chosen as the class colors and the motto is "Ad astra per aspera" - Through difficulties to the stars." The class consists of nine members. William Roy Gallup is valedictorian, and Fannie Ladd is salutatorian. Dora Mead will give the Class Prophecy; Laura Wilbur, Class History and Presentation; Mamie Reissig, Class Poem; Grace Frazer, Address to Juniors and Class Will. Wilfred Nelson will deliver the oration. Carrie Aldridge will give a musical number and Lillian Green has not yet been assigned her subject.

From Geneva Daily Times 16 May 1905

Clifton Springs, N. Y. - The senior class of the High school has been organized. There are four members, Miss Eva Vanderlip, Miss Maggie Barry, Miss Mary Donovan and Miss Edna Joyce.

From Victor Herald 26 May 1905

The Junior Class at the High School has organized. It consists of seven members: Lois Powell, president; Lucy Reissig, vice-president; Jay Bare, secretary; Marguerite Simonds, treasurer; Martha Gallup, Catherine Brady and Earl Rugg.

Roswell M. Eldridge of this village graduates from Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, Lima, next month in the Classical course. Mr. Eldridge is the only student to complete the Classical course this year. Miss Ina K. Finucan, formerly of this village, is a member of the class in elocution to finish at the Seminary this year.

From Geneva Daily Times 20 June 1905

Superintendent William H. Truesdale has announced the personnel of the class which will graduate Friday morning at the fifteenth annual commencement of the High school. The members of the class of 1905 are as follows:

George Walter Angus, Leland Brewer Bonnett, Arthur Bernard Buchholz, William Charles Cass, Herman Aldrich Clark, Allen Paton Olmstead, Henry Merrill Roenke, Arthur Lawson Rose, Lawrence Prescott Van Slyke, Elizabeth Hayward Allen, Merian Elizabeth Canfield, Leonora Coleman, Sophia Louis Cook, M. Nellie Donahue, Edith Erskine, Marjorie Frances Farwell, Margaret Helen Field, Caroline Matilda Fordon, Edna Adelia Gasper, Violet May Goodwin, Alice Abigail Hawkins, Anna Mabel Hutchinson, Ethel Regina Lerch, Mildred Louise Meeker, Maude Moody, Frances Moore, Ethel D. Morris, Helen Theresa Murphy, Catherine Susan Oaks, Elsie Chathem Pontius, Diana M. Porter, Julia Rice, Blanche Martha Roberts, Ida Emma Schnirel, Mable Frances Sperry, Cora Genevieve Sweeney, Virginia Palmer Thayer.

Rushville, N. Y. - The following are those who passed the Regents' examinations in the High school last week:

Reading and writing - Maude Hogan, Gertrude Blodget, Faye Fisher, Mary Mahoney, Minnie Ford, Madeline Meade, Maude Raymond, Ernest Cole, James Paddock, Elzer Eddy, Lawrence Torrey.

Spelling - Gertrude Blodget, Maude Hogan, Minnie Ford, Madeline Meade, Faye Fisher, Ethel Cole, Gladys Stokoe, Reta Lane, Harry Cole.

Arithmetic - Clea Fisher, Jessie Mallory.

Elementary English - Gertrude Blodget, Maude Hogan, Ethel Cole, Mary Mahoney, Jessie Mallory, Madeline Meade, Gladys Stokoe, George Blodget, Ernest Cole.

Geography - Gertrude Blodget, Ethel Cole, Mary Mahoney, Jessie Mallory, Ernest Cole, James Paddock.

Advanced English - Belle Fake, Clea Fisher, Edna Olmstead, George Blodget, Ralph Havens, Lynn Tenny.

U. S. History - Jessie Mallory, Edna Olmstead, George Blodget, Edith Bates, Lynn Tenny.

Advanced U. S. History - Kathryn Adamson.

American Selections - Mabel Blodget.

Civics - Edith Bates, Mabel Blodget, Elizabeth Walbridge, Vera Davis, Harold Hazeltine.

Drawing - Florence Harkness, Mabel Shuman, Harold Hazeltine, Ralph Havens.

First Year Latin - Vera Davis, Mabel Shuman, Elizabeth Walbridge.

Caesar - Kate Adamson, Mabel Blodget, Harold Hazeltine.

Virgil - Harriet Haviland, Rachel Hazeltine, Mary Blodget.

First Year German - Mary Blodget, Harriet Haviland, Rachel Hazeltine.

Second Year German - Mary Blodget, Harriet Haviland.

Algebra - Mabel Blodget, Edith Bates, Vera Davis, Mabel Shuman, Harold Hazeltine.

Geometry - Kate Adamson, Harriet Haviland, Rachel Hazeltine.

Shortsville, N. Y. - All of the citizens of this village will be interested in the following list of students who passed subjects during the regents' examinations held in the High school:

Spelling - Mary Carson and William Warren Lane.

Elementary English - Charles Austin, Emma Doley, Selma Doley, Marion Emery, Ruth Forshay, Kwineh McGurk, Clara E. Wilson, Lillian Allen and William P. Delahunty.

Geography - Eric Anderson, Gertrude Bounds, Emma Doley, Selma Doley, Marion Emery, Kwineh McGurk, Ralph W. Petty, Florence Stafford, and Clara E. Wilson.

English, first year - John F. Keleher, Richard H. Keleher, Florence Sickles and Martha C. Petty.

English, second year - Hester V. Heath, Richard H. Keleher.

Advanced English - William Allen Lane.

English Composition - William Allen Lane.

Advanced English Composition - Vera J. Brown and Hester V. Heath.

German, first year - Richard H. Keleher, Dora L. McGurk and Martha C. Willson.

German, second year - Leland Benton, Cornelia G. Bidwell, Vera J. Brown, John J. Haggerty, Hester V. Heath and Herman V. Willson.

German, third year - Fred E. Klinck.

Caesar's Commentaries - Leland Benton, Martha C. Willson.

Algebra - Roma Baggerly, Elmer Clarke, Roy Conderman, John F. Keleher, Richard H. Keleher, Hazel Klinck, Ralph Quinter.

Plane geometry - Charles M. Buck, John J. Haggerty, Blanche E. Latting, Dora L. McGurk, Margaret McGurk and Martha C. Willson.

Physiology and hygiene - William Farrell, Floyd Gillis, Irene Hebbard, William Warren Lane, Rae Packard, Ethel Wells, Martha C. Willson.

U. S. History - William Warren Lane.

Civics - Elmer Clarke, John F. Keleher, Florence Sickles.

Arithmetic - Eric Anderson, William Warren Lane and Florence Sickles.

The largest class ever graduated from this school includes the following students: Miss Cornelia Genette Bidwell, Charles Mortimer Buck, Harold Mead Ballard, Leland Benton, Emmett Hiram Emery, John James Haggerty, Thurlow Titus Huntington, Miss Mae Estell Knapp, Fred Edgar Klinck, and Miss Margaret Elizabeth McGurk.

From Geneva Daily Times 22 June 1905

The closing exercises of St. Francis de Sales school were held this afternoon when the following program was given: Chorus, Spring Invitation, seventh, eighth and ninth grades; salutatory, John H. Oulehan; instrumental duet, "The Dragon Fighter," Loretta M. Higgins and Mary H. Manley; concert recitation, "Berenice," graduates; awarding of diplomas and prizes; address by Very Rev. W. A. McDonald.

The following received diplomas from the school: George F. Knight, William P. O'Malley, John H. Olehan, Francis M. Quinn, Howard H. Welsh, Elizabeth R. Broderick, Anna M. Groden, Mildred A. Holleran, Elizabeth A. Kane, Alice L. Lydon, Mary H. Manley, Anna E. McDonald, Anna C. McNarama, Frances A. Murphy, Margaret M. Russel; Margaret A. Smedes, Mary E. Toole, Frances M. Tracey, and Anita A. Veit.

From Victor Herald 23 June 1905

East Bloomfield, N. Y. - The Class of 1906 organized June 19th with Edna Brown as president, Mary Belle Leete, vice-president and Lottie Tooley, secretary and treasurer. The other members of the class are Lula Chapin, Ruth Chase, Florence Terry, Elvira Butler, Gertrude Dunlap, Bessie Abbey and Thomas Purcell. The class colors are red, white and green.

From Geneva Daily Times 28 June 1905

Canandaigua, N. Y. - The closing exercises of St. Mary's school and the graduation of the class of 1905 were held last evening at Bemis hall. Diplomas were presented to each of the following twenty-four members of the class of 1905, whose motto is "Success Crowns Effort":

Elmer J. Barry, Leo T. Burke, Michael M. Bergin, Augustine J. Colney, John E. Connelly, Edward J. Cross, John H. Duffy, Louis J. Figenscher, John F. Holihan, Katherine L. Coyle, Elizabeth F. Fennell, Katherine A. Fanning, Charles W. Johnston, George Leo Linehan, George T. Linehan, Daniel V. Murphy, Katherine A. Tuohey, Andrew F. McIntyre, Joseph J. Phillips, Hugh E. Smith, Charles R. Shea, Francis M. Stapleton, Gertrude H. Kelly, Julia M. Lynch, Julia M. McPhillips.

From Geneva Daily Times 7 July 1905

Shortsville, N. Y. - The Alumni Association of the high school will hold its annual reunion and banquet in the parlors of the Presbyterian church this evening and about fifty guests are expected. The banquet will be served by the Ladies' Aid Society of the church, Mrs. Harriet U. Gaylord being chairman, and the following members of the committee in charge: Mrs. William H. Wilcox, Mrs. Bernard P. Darling, Mrs. Luther J. Howe, Mrs. B. W. Slocum, Mrs. J. D. Cooke, and Miss Ollie Johnston. The following have been appointed on the table committee: Mrs. Harry McDowell, Mrs. Harvey S. Van Cott, Mrs. J. D. Cooke, Mrs. W. J. Copping, Mrs. B. W. Slocum and Miss Mabel Upham.

From Victor Herald 1 September 1905

The following members of the class of '05 of Victor High School are planning to enter the various schools this fall: Miss Lillian Greene, Elmira College; Miss Mamie Reissig, Buffalo Normal; Misses Fannie Ladd and Grace Frazer, Syracuse University; Miss Carrie Aldridge, Canandaigua training class; W. Roy Gallup, Williams College; Winfred H. W. Nelson, Lima Seminary.

From Victor Herald 6 October 1905

The following students have attained an average standing of 90 percent or over in their studies during the month of September and are entitled to a place on the Honor Roll:

Primary Department, First Grade - Mabel Collins, Ida Hunt, Olin Eldridge, Harvey Aldridge, Charlie Bailey, Harold Mead, Raymond Tobin, Margaret Brown, Frank McNutt.

Second Grade - Alice Eagleson, Irving Quigley, Laura Webster, Gladys Rowley, Florence Hill, Ernest Keating, Wilbur Hudson.

Intermediate Department, Third Grade - Charlie Stevens, Ruth Osborne, Esther McCarthy, Evelyn Keefe, Fannie Frazer.

Fourth Grade - Hattie Moore, Ruth Clapper, Mildred Clapper, James Concannon.

Fifth Grade - Gladys Merrill, Marie Farrell, Blanche Quigley, Luella Boughton, Olive Simonds, John Hill.

Sixth Grade - Elizabeth French, Florence Mead, Dorothy Loomis.

Seventh Grade - Lillian Magnus, Charles Lovejoy.

Eighth Grade - Gertrude Quigley, Clare Woolston, Marie Toomey.

Academic Department - Blanche Howland, Lucy Reissig, Rena Dillingham, Marguerite Simonds, Cathryn Brady, Martha Gallup, Iva McCloskey, Marie Norton, Lois Powell, Glenroie Vail, Earl Driscoll, Florence Hollingsworth, Lelia Kyte, Ruth Thornton, Ida Van Vechten, Almaha Wheaton, Earl Rugg, Lucile Simonds, Maryett Benson, Helen Scribner.

From Victor Herald 29 December 1905

East Bloomfield, N. Y. - The following students are spending the holidays at their homes: George Terry from Syracuse; Miss Bessie MacGreevey and John Condon from Niagara Falls; Miss Gertrude Wheeler and Bertram Hicks from Buffalo; Misses Alice Santry, Anna Welch, and Mary G. Monahan from Geneseo; Lloyd Partridge from Ann Arbor, Mich.; Miss Etta McCutcheon from Washington.

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