GRAMMAR Department P.S. #17






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Degraw between Hicks & Henry st

Brooklyn Union-Argus
Tuesday 1 July 1879

The Order of Exercises, which were conducted by Mr. Calvin PATTERSON, 
the efficient Principal of the school, 
included choruses by the school, and essays, songs and 
recitations by the graduating class composed of the following named pupils, 
who acquitted themselves with a degree of proficiency which won high 
compliments from spectators and was creditable alike to the scholars and to 
their accomplished teachers, the Misses Ella L. KEYES and Agnes L. HALE: 

Miss Daisy E. BONACUM, 
Miss M. Louise BURGESS, 
Miss Julia C. CLARK, 
Miss Gertie F. DEANE, 
Miss H. Alice EHMER, 
Miss Mamie O. JACKSON, 
Miss Minnie C. LINGDRED, 
Miss Nellie G. RAWLINS, 
Miss Leonora F. SHEA,
Miss Lillian SHOTWELL,
Master John S. O'NEIL, 
Master Fred OSWALD, 
Master Frank W. RUSSELL, 
Master Joseph E. SAVAGE, 
Master L. P. SMITH, 
Master S. D. WILSON.

The songs by members of the graduating class were the 
solo, "When the Tide Comes In," by Miss Nellie G. RAWLINS, 

and the duet, "Where the Mists are Sleeping," by the :
Misses Nellie G. RAWLINS and Gertie F. DEANE. 

The recitations were: "Curing a Cold," by Master Joseph E. SAVAGE,
"Jennie McNeal's Ride," by Miss Nellie G. RAWLINS.

The Essays By The Girls
were as follows, all being well read by their respective authors, whose 
productions showed much practical knowledge and literary ability on the 
part of the writers:

"The Mound Builders," by Miss Julia C. CLARK, was a comprehensive and 
admirably arranged summary of all that is known of those curious aborigines 
who have left their peculiar traces in various parts of the United States.

"The Crusades," by Miss Gertie F. DEANE, was a short but striking sketch of 
the crusades, with some thoughtful reflections on their consequences down 
to the present time.

"The Indians," by Miss Lilian SHOTWELL, was a series of well expressed 
reflection on the course of the United States Government toward the red men 
and an able comparison of that method with the manner in which the Indians 
are treated in British America.

"The Telegraph," by Miss Daisey E. BONACUM, was a well-worded description 
of primitive and modern telegraphs, optical and electric, with some well 
digested remarks on the growth and importance of the present marvelous 
system of telegraphy.

The Essays Of The Boys
were also well read by their authors, and were as follows:
"Railroads," by Master S. D. WILSON, was a compact but very comprehensive 
history of the origin and growth of railroads, a summary of their great 
extent, especially in this country, where they have an aggregate length of 
80,000 miles, and some very sensible conclusions as to their great 
importance as an adjunct of civilization and commerce.

"Robinson Cursoe," by Master L. P. SMITH, was a peculiarly interesting 
dissertation on the adventures of Robinson, showing how through his scorn 
for parental control in boyhood he had been led into dangers and privation 
and after bravely enduring his long exile, he had come to recognize the 
bank of Providence in his destiny.
After a distribution of diplomas to the graduates by Mr. CLYNE and brief 
addresses by several of the gentlemen present, the school sang "America" 
and was dismissed.

Transcriber: Kathy Jost-Shouse 
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