ST. JOHN'S HOME






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Brooklyn Daily Standard Union
17 June 1918

ST. JOHN'S HOME HAS ITS COMMENCEMENT
HICKSVILLE, June 17. -- Brooklynites joined with prominent Nassau County 
residents in a big celebration at St. John's Home here yesterday afternoon.  
It was the commencement exercises of this progressive instituion which has 
performed so much good for the children of Long Island who have been deprived 
of the loving care of parents.  A class of six were graduated with high honors.

Among the distinguished visitors who also took part in the programme were 
President Arthur S. SOMERS, of the New York City Board of Education, and 
Joseph F. KEANY, vice-president of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum Society 
of Brooklyn.........

Vice-President KEANY and the Rev. Edward J. O'REILLY also gave spirited talks 
to the boys.  The Very Rev. Lawrence FUCHS, pastor of the R.C. Church of St. 
Ignatius, of Hicksville, presided, assisted by the Rev. Father Peter SCHULTZ, 
the popular chaplain of the home, and Dr. Fuchs' assistant.

St. John's Home is now rounding out its thirtieth year of splendid activity 
of the orphan boys.  It is under the effective directionof the good Sisters 
of St. Joseph, whose headquarters are at Brentwood-in-the-Pines.  The home 
now has 115 boys.  Attached to the home, which is on the Jericho turnpike, is 
a splendid farm of 154 acres, all of which is under cultivation by the boys.

The graduates of this year are

DALY, John Patrick
CROSS, Vincent Ignatius
EDWARDS, John Valentine
GERRITY, Edward Michael
BURKE, Francis Joseph
FUERNZO, Michael Ignatius

The winners of the excellence medals were 

BURKE, Francis Joseph, grammar department
GRINTHER, John Francis, primary department
KEISTER, Phillip Aloysius, minims
BECK, Francis Anthony, baseball medal


Transcribed by Carol Granville
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