Names from old programs and other publications.
Old school brochures, pamphlets and events programs are excellent sources for finding out personal interests and talents of ancestors. The articles below date from 1847 - 1921, samples of types of items available to view at Wayne County's Office of the County Historian, in Lyons, N.Y.
CONGRESS OF NATIONS
ORIGINAL ADDRESSES FROM DELEGATES
on Wednesday Evening.
February 24, 1847
[Note: this is a student "social studies" presentation.]
Order of Exercises
Distribution of Schemes
Music
Entrance of Delegates in Their Costumes
1. Address - Delegate from the United States of America, Darius H. Denton
2. Address - Delegate from Brazil, George W. Taft
3. Address - Delegate from China, Thaddeus O. Fellers
4. Address - Delegate from C. Tartary, James H. Hyde
5. Address - Delegate from Italy, Baxter M. Tainter
6. Address - Delegate from Arabia, Wm. Knowles
7. Address - Delegate from the Jews, Wm. P. Van Wickle
8. Address - Delegate from Mexico, Stephen Rogers
9. Address - Delegate from France, B.E. Nichols
10. Address - Delegate from the Camanche tribe of Indians, Wm. J.D. Pierpont
11. Address - Delegate from Greece, Wm. W. Voorhes
12. Address - Delegate from Poland, A.E. Morley
13. Address - Delegate from Lapland, Charles C. Moore
14. Address - Delegate from England, David C. Price
15. Address, with song, A Yankee, Wm. D. Foster
16. Address - Delegate from Scotland, J. Irving Pollok
17. Address - Delegate from Switzerland, Jerome Croul
18. Address - Delegate from Germany, Samuel H. Foster
19. Address - Delegate from Turkey, Horace A. Ross
20. Address - Delegate from Ireland, Edwin R. Hughes
21. Address - Delegate from Africa, Henry P. Price
22. Address - Delegate from the Iroquois, F.H. James
Music
The original programme is on file at the Office of the County Historian, Lyons, NY.
W.H. Sepon, Esq. & family
The Managers respectfully solicit your attendance at a UNION FESTIVAL, to be held in the spacious new hall of the Lyons Union School House, Thursday, December 28, 1848.
An address by a distinguished gentleman from abroad, will be delivered at one o'clock, p.m., followed by Dinner, and a Succession of Amusements, during the evening. A Concert of Vocal & Instrumental Music at 6 o'clock. Supper at 8 o'clock. Holmes & Bailey's Brass String Band from Rochester, will be in attendance During the Day & Evening.
MANAGERS
W.H. Sisson,H.J. Leach, C. Demmon, G.W. Benton, N.B. Caswell, C. Rice, P. Babcock, Jus., L.H. Sherwood, E.G. Thurston,
G.A. Wells, J.F. Pollok, M. Brownson, C.O. Hoffman, W. Knowles, J.H. Adams, J.H. Galusha, D.H. Denton, J. Knowles, Jus.,
D.D. Mason, F.E. Cornwell, S.H. Klink, S. S. Herrick, G.C. Halliday, A.B. Williams, W.P. VanWickle, D.C. Price, H.B. Gallup,
H.P. Knowles, A.M. Leach, A. Treadway
HONORARY MANAGERS
J. Adams, H.N. Taft, A. Bemsen, D. Chapman, L. Sherwood, C. Poucher, C. Foster, G.W. Cramer, H.G. Dickerson, J. Leach, W.D. Perrine,
D.W. King, E.B. Price, H.G. Hotchkiss, S.A. Dewey, A.O. Spencer, L. Mirick, J. Dunn, A.D. Folhamus, A. Lyman, W.N. Cole, A.L. Beaumont,
P.C. Wells, D. Watrous, J. Layton, D.W. Parshall, J.C. Smith, E. Johnson
COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS
D.H. Denton, G.C. Halliday, J.H. Galusha, C.B. Price, D.C. Price, H.P. Knowles, G.S. Bennett, A.J. Mirick, A.W. Cook, R.F. Layton,
J.H. Holmes, H.B. Gallup
Misses: L.H. Holley, M.E. Foster, C.L. Dickerson, L. Denton, L. Bashford, L.B. Adams, R.M. Adams, M. Rogers, E. Dickerson, C.A. Hovey,
E.M. Smith, S.H. Foster
The avails to be appropriated to furnishing the new Rooms Lyons, December 7, 1848.
The original invitation is on file at the Office of the County Historian, Lyons, NY.
Mr. Editor: On Thursday and Friday of last week, the closing exercises of the Lyhons Union School for the term ending Friday, April 15th, took place at Union Hall. Thursday morning was devoted to recitationss from the 3d and 4th Grades, in which they acquitted themselves with credit.
As the morning was extremely unpleasant, the rain falling in torrents, and the wind blowing a perfect gale, few persons ventured to brave the storm and come to the house, but in the afternoon there was a cessation of the rain, and many spectators were present to listen to the exercises of the 1st and 2d Grades. These were highly interesting and portions of them quite amusing.
It was evident to those present of any judgement in such matters, that they must have enjoyed the advantage of superior instruction to be able to recite in so excellent a manner and the declamations of the little boys and recitations of th elittle girls, showed, not only that the teachers possessed a nice taste and discrimination in reading and speaking, but that they had been successful in imparting to their pupils the true spirit of reading and eloquence.
Friday afternoon was devoted to the rhetorical exercises of the 3d and 4th Grades. To say they passed off very finely would hardly convey to those who were not present a correct idea of their real character. We have often attended, both in the same building and in other institutions, similar exercises; but we think those of last week were superior to any we have ever previously witnessed.
As the connection of the Principal, F.B. Snow, and Miss Julia A. Archer, of the young ladies Academical Department, with the school was to cease with the present term, we suppose each of the scholars endeavored to do as well as he was able.
After the exercises were finished, Mr. Snow, going in front of the stage, called Miss Archer to him, securing her attention while Misses Albertine Mirick and Ida Sylvester approached her thus engaged, for the purpose of presenting, in behalf of the young ladies of her room, a spelndid silver Card Basket, filled with cards bearing the names of each of her pupils. Miss Albertine then read the following address:
"Beloved Teacher: - The hour has come when by your own free choice, you have decided that your date and interest require you to dissolve the connection, which has existed so long and so happily between us, and it is only left us to express our deep regret that you thus read your duty.
You have long and earnestly labored with and for us, and permit us to assure you that we deeply appreciate all your efforts for our good, and the more as we begin to realize that we are about to lose them forever. You have watched over us faithfully to warn us of approaching evil even though afar off, to restrain us from youthful indiscretions, to encourage every noble aspiration and earnest effort to high intellectual attainment and moral excellence.
And now, as we must part, we would ask you to accept this little Gift, that whenever you look upon it, you may call up the memory of pupils here, and be assured that whereas and in whatever sphere your duty may be assigned, you carry with you the gratitude of the young ladies of this school, and are followed by the prayer that the blessing of heaven may attend you until we all meet in that Great School, where Christ shall be the Great head and Teacher."
Miss Archer thanked them for their kindness which she felt was unmerited, and, although it gave her one more instance of that affection and attachment, still it was not necessary that she should receive anything to awaken in her mind in coming years, when distance should separate them, the memory of those of whom they were the representatives, but she should ever retain as one of the brightest recollections of the past, her connection with the young ladies of the Union School.
This, though not in her own language, comprehends most of what she said, but as every one will readily see, it lacks the spirit and smoothness of the original.
After Miss Archer had finished, Mr. Snow went upon the stage to make a few closing remarks. He had hardly commenced when Mr. Smith, teacher of the 4th grade, advanced to the stage in front of Mr. Snow, and was joined by the other teachers of the School when Mr. Smith, in behalf of the teachers, presented him with a magnificient copy of Tennyson's Poems by saying:
Mr. Snow, "Please accept this volume of Tennyson's Poems from us, as a slight testimonial of our respect for you as a christian and a man, and the love we bear you as a friend and fellow teacher."
Mr. Snow thanked them in a few appropriate remarks, at the same time passing some high encomiums upon them as teachers.He then said his labors were done. He had finished his work, and all that remained for him was to say farewell. He had endeavored to do his duty, and though he had probably committed some errors, for to err is human, they were errors of head and not of heart.
He had nothing to regret. He wished prosperity and success might attend the school, and finally when earthly duty was done, that he might meet with all his pupils and friends where assemblies and schools never break up, and "Christ himself doth rule."
VIDI
1862 Lyons Union School Circular
The Board of Education for the village of Lyons issue the following Circular, commending the privileges of the Lyons Union School to the consideration and patronage of the public.
The village of Lyons is situated in one of the finest agricultural regions in the world; and its moral tone and character are unsurpassed.
The Institution is complete in all the material of education; Library, Blackboards, Maps, Charts, Globes, Chemical and Philosophical Apparatus; and the arrangements for ventilating, warming and seating, are even with the improvements of the age.
The Board of Education confidently assert that the Faculty in this Institution are superior in learning, ability, and all requisite qualifications, to that of any similar Institution in the State.
FACULTY
James C. VanBenschoten, A.M., Principal
Fourth Grade (Academic)
Joseph B. Collins, Male Department
Miss Julia A. Archer, Female Department
Third Grade
Miss Hester A. Weston, Male Department
Miss Martha A. VanMarter, Female Department
Second Grade
Miss Isabella Munn, Male Department
Miss Laura B. Adams, Female Department
First Grade
Miss Betsey J. Wirts, Male Department
Miss Adalaide L. Townsend, Female Department
Miss Julia K. Holley, Small Boys and Girls
PLAN OF THE SCHOOL
The pupils are arranged in four Grades, according to their progress in the prescribed course of study.The First, Second and Third
Grades embrace the Primary and Common English studies, and the Fourth Grde contains the Academic Department.The males and females of
each Grade are under the direction and instruction of a separate teacher.
The Principal instructs classes in the high branches, exercises a general supervision over the whole School, and attends to the proper arrangement and classification of the scholars.
COURSE OF STUDIES
We have a scheme arranged ascending by successive and easy steps, from Alphabetical Cards to advanced standing in any of the Colleges of
the United States.In this course the Primary and Common English Studies, Spelling, Reading, Grammar, &c., are not "too much neglected,"
but the instruction in them is thorough and practical.
Our first effort in the education of those committed to our care is directed to the practical and useful, to facility and correctness in composition, and to grace in reading and speaking; but the cultivation of morals, taste, habits of reflection and propriety of conduct, is by no means neglected.
In seeking to supply the great and pressing want of this community - systematic, assiduous, thoroughly American Instruction - we have made our Institution competent, we hope, to qualify those who commit themselves to our charge, for business, for teaching and for professional studies.
METHOD OF INSTRUCTION
The principles of Chemistry, Physiology and Mathematics are continually referred to their applications in life.
In the Languages, the exercises are first written and afterwards repeated orally as often as possible. Particular attention is
given to the Modern Languages.
In Book-Keeping, Lectures will be given on the formalities required in Contracts, the Statute of Limitation, the duties of Town and County Officers, etc.
None but the most competent, efficient and exemplary teachers are employed no other school so constantly unites principles and things, theory and practice.
Our patrons and friends are requested to visit our Exercises and Examinations, in order to become better acquainted with our Regulations and Method of Instruction. Neither the "pouring in' nor the 'drawing out' process is followed, but students are required to learn the lessons given them.
REGULATIONS Students are required to be respectful in their intercourse and relations with each other and with their teachers; to be punctual in their attendance; to be present at dailyk prayers; to be present at recitations. They are forbidden to make any unnecessary noise about the Institution; to mar the buildings; to use profane or indecent language; to leave place or communicate with each other without permission.
CALENDAR The First Term will begin January 27, 1862, and close April 12, 1862. The Second Term will begin April 21, 1862, and close July 5, 1862. The Third Term will begin August 11, 1862, and close October 25, 1862. The Fourth Term will begin November 3, 1862, and close January 17, 1863.
TUITION
In the First Grade, non-residents, $1 50
In the First Grade, residents, 1 00
In the Second Grade, non-residents, 2 00
In the Second Grade, residents, 1 50
In the Third Grade, non-residents, $3 00
In the Third Grade, residents, 2 25
In the Fourth Grade, non-residents, 4 00
In the Fourth Grade, residents, 3 00
By Order of the Board
K.H. Murdock, President
Lyman Lyon, Secretary
The original circular is on file at the Office of the County Historian, Lyons, NY.
Music, Chorus and Solo, "Doors Open Wide"
Declamations, Geo. Putney, Jac. Schneider, Chas. Teller, Geo. Miller
Declamation, Value of a Reputation, Oliver Durfee
Select Pieces, Laura Andrew and Libbie Shepard
Essay, Life is Short, Jennie Bwinnell
Essay, Concentration of Mind, Sarah W. Spier
Select Pieces, Darrah Osborne and Frankie Sisson
Select Pieces, Lizzie Ellis and Louise Demmon
Recitations, Cornie Knowles and Lucy Ryder
Select Pieces, Irving VanMarter, Geo. Mestler, A.F. VanVoast
Essay, The Influence of Woman, Ella Merrill
Music, Solo and Chorus, "Kiss my Mother Dear for Me"
Select Pieces, Ella Osborn, Louise Metzger, Kate Stratton
Composition, Kittie Moore and Matie Bottum
Declamation, Seward's Defence of Freeman, J.B. Ellis
Select Pieces, Matie Groot and Eunice Owens
Compositions, Hattie Young and Lillie VanWickle
Dialogue, Eva and Mary VanVoast
Essay, Our Aspirations, Mary E. Merrill
Declaration, Mount Tabor, Charles Dunwell
Declaration, Loyalty, James Pell
Music, Chorus, "Stand Up for Uncle Sam"
Select Pieces, Rosa Norley and Maria Wilsdon
Essay, Imagination, Mary L. Rice
Select Pieces, Sarah McCall and Libbie Shepard
Essay, Sympathy, Mary E. Sharp
Recitation, No sect in Heaven, Mary E. Bottum
Essay, Weather, Sarah Hanchett
Select Pieces, Rosa Lyon and Georgia DeGolyer
Declamation, Fate of McGregor, H.S. Williams
Recitation, Emma Richmond and Emma Rice
Declamation, Judgement, Charles Mason
Recitation, Clara Buell, Maggie Latimer, Mary Clark
Original Oration, Nobility of Labor, Wmn. Clark
Original Oration, The Advantage & Disadvantage of Free Schools, Jno. Clark
Original Oration, Learning better than Wealth, E.J. Wickson
Original Oration, Progress of Civilization, Esmond Leach
Music, Chorus, "There's Music in the Air"
Colloquy, By the Fourth Grade of Boys and Girls
The original programme is on file at the Office of the County Historian, Lyons, NY.
Music, "Home is the Best", School
The Old and The New, George Wickson, 4th Grade
Kind Neighbors, Hattie VanWickle, 1st Grade
The Little Orator, Dexter Teller, 1st Grade
Annabel Lee, Hattie Bottum, 3d Grade
The Rising Generation, Mary Ryder, 4th Grade
Solo, Miss Maggie VanWickle
Love of Country, Wm. Hunt, 3d Grade
Be Good To-Day, Rose Case, Half Grade
A Boy's Speech Against Shooting Birds, Wilber Rall, 1st Grade
Never Satisfied, Clara Rice, 1st Grade
Old Boys, Harry VanCamp, 2d Grade
Music, "Love at Home", School
Die Wacht am Rhein, Harry Zimmerlin, 4th Grade
The Red Chignon-(Colloquy), 3d Grade Girls
Our Little Fred, Henry Ravell, 1st Grade
The Horrors and Honors of War, Charles Leach, 4th Grade
My Maiden Mabel, Sarah McCall, 4th Grade
Music, "On the Mountains", Choir
Bernadio and Alphonso, Wm. Vosburgh, 4th Grade
Something to Do, Maria Groot, 4th Grade
Physiognomy-(Colloquy), 3d Grade Boys
The Best Dress, Fannie Wickson, 3d Grade
The Fireman, Luman Nichol, 4th Grade
The Kittens, Jessie Robinson, Half Grade
German Recitation, Girls
Grandpapa's Spectacles, Belle Mirick, 1st Grade
German Song, "Weihnachtsgesang"
The Changed Cross, Mary Raines, 4th Grade
Choice for Glory-(Colloquy), Second Grade of Boys
Hunter, Philip Becker
Fisher, Frank Waterman
Gardner, Bertie Ward
Philanthropist, Willie Mirick
The Planets, Edward Bourne, Half Grade
The Gift of the Fairy Queen-(Colloquy), 2d Grade Girls
On the River, Ettie Shepard, 2d Grade
Sincerity, Annie Cole, 4th Grade
Music, "Christmas Morning", School
German Recitation, Boys
The Lambs, Carrie Tinsley, Half Grade
Trifles Make Perfection, Frank Hovey, 4th Grade
The Dandelion, Mary Clark, Half Grade
Suppose, Nellie Smith, Half Grade
German Song, "Herbstgesang"
The Battle of Ivry, Wallace Horn, 4th Grade
Music, "Sweet Visions of Childhood", Choir
The original programme is on file at the Office of the County Historian, Lyons, NY.
On the afternoon of Tuesday, the 7th instant, Certificates and Diplomas were conferred as follows, viz:
In First Part of the Course.
Miss Mary H. Clark, Praire du Sa. Wis.
Miss Mattie A. Mirick, Lyons, N.Y.
Miss Eliza G. Wickson, Lyons, N.Y.
Miss E. Eloise Clinton, Newark Valley.
Miss Mary E. Peck, Oakhill, N.Y.
Miss Ella A. Browning, Holland Patent.
Miss Eliza M. Horton, Tarrytown, Pa.
Miss Mary E. Hood, Clyde, N.Y.
Theophilus W. Emerson, Conquest, N.Y.
In Both First and Second Parts of Course.
Miss Flora E. Wilcox, Unadilla Forks.
In Second Part of Course.
Miss Libbie M. Wood, Red Creek, N.Y.
Miss Mary S. Henry, Argyle, N.Y.
Miss Mattie A. Conger, Cato, N.Y.
Miss Carrie E. Rice, Hannibal, N.Y.
Miss Lottie M. Reed, Lebanon, N.Y.
Miss Emma G. Mallery, Lyons, N.Y.
The original clipping is on file in the Office of the County Historian, Lyons, NY.
Educational
Lyons Musical Academy
Current Session began
On Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1872
Newly-Finished and Pleasant Rooms have been secured in the Adams Block, No. 50 Canal St.
Circulars furnished on application to the Principal.
O.S. Adams, Lyons, N.Y.
LYONS UNION SCHOOL
Incorporated 18436
Offers First-Class advantages to those desiring to prepare themselves for Business or College.
Next term commences January 6th.
All desirous to join the TEACHERS' CLASS will address the Principal for registration and information before commencement of the term.
The regular course procides thorough drill in the ENGLISH BRANCHES; also in LATIN, GREEK, FRENCH and GERMAN.
PUPILS RECEIVED AT ANY TIME.
For full information address
Edward A. Kingsley, Principal
or M.H. Waterman, Sec'y Board Educ'n
The original ad is on file in the Office of the County Historian, Lyons, NY.
PROGRAMME
Music, Greeting Song, Delegates from each Grade
Prayer, First Grade Girls
Music, "Only a Dream", Misses Ada Kent, Gertie Jewell, Mamie Adams, Anna Baldwin, Sarah Vosburgh, Lina Brownell, Messrs. W.A. Jones, G.R. Klinck, Welling Soule
Declamation, "The old man goes to School", Daniel Engel
Declamation, "Madam Rolland", W.A. Hunt
Music, "Wie-ist's, Moerglich Dann", Ettie Shepard, Maria Shepard, Jennie Devoe, Mamie Mirick
Colloquy, Sense vs. Sentiment
Dramatis Person E.
Miss Trancendental, Nellie Robinson
Miss Mary Douglass, Fannie Wickson
Miss Burnett, Mamie Adams
Miss Strongerly, Sarah Vosburgh
Old Lady, Miss T's grandma, Callie Waterman
Bridget Mulrooney, servant, Jennie Bottume
Flower Girl, Cora Bartlett
Thomas Trancendental, T.W. Collins, jr.
Adolphus Fiz-Allen, a dandy, James Forfar
Jonathan and Sarah Ducklow, G.R. Klinck and Jennie Medbery
Music, Exercise Song, Half Grade Boys
Recitation, "A leak in the Dike", Martha Westfall
Recitation, "Hoe your own Row", DeWitt Price
Disquisition, "America", T.W. Collins, jr.
Music, "The Yankee Girl", Alice Manfield
Recitation, "Die Kline Sobueker", Edward Wesley, Miles Soule, Wills Young, Charley Stults
Colloquy, The Enrolling Officer
Performers
Mrs. Gridley, Minnie Klinck
Mrs. Withers, Adie Forfar
Miss Spindle Shanks, Florence Ravell
John Smith, Chas. Stults
Music, "Leaf by Leaf the Roses fall", Misses Ella Soule, CallieWaterman, Mamie Adams, Lina Brownell, Sarah Vosburgh, Eva DePew, Messrs. W.A. Jones, G.R. Klinck, Welling Soule
Declamation, "Putting on Airs", J. Stewart
Recitation, "High Tide", Ella Soule
Dialogue, "The Model School", Lizzie Ireland-Teacher
Gespraech, "Der Loewe und Das Lamm", Sophie Keller, Libbie Haitz, Frieda Eitelman, Anna Eitelman, Clara Bardon, Caroline Baltzel, Maga Liedinger
Burlesque, "The Irish Schoolmaster", R.H. Rozell-Teacher
Recitation, "Little Boy's Speech", Eddie Weden and Cora Bartlett
Declamation, "The American Sailor", Welling Soule
Music, "That Sweet Story of Old", Half Grade Boys
Colloquy, Never Say Die
Characters
Mr. Simon Graylock, Chas. W. Bennett
Mrs. Graylock, Gertie Jewell
John Bounce-coachman, Henry G. Tinsley
Patty Pert-maid, Hattie Allen
Mr. Ralph Cheeney, Willie Mirick
Alice Chase, Lida Dickie
Music, "Sweet Bells of Memory", Misses Callie Waterman, Anna Baldwin, Messrs. W.A. Jones, W. Soule
Recitation, Brush-Wood, Gertie Jewell
Oration, "Freedom", W.A. Jones
Music, Good Night
EXTRAS!
Recitation, "The Court Ladie", Bertie Althen
Recitation, "Mollie's Trials", Nellie Tinsley
Dialogue, "The Heavy Man", Annie Huff, Annie Boardman, George Hartnagel
Recitation, "The Drummer Boy's Burial", Mellie Ireland
Dialogue, "The Doctor and his Patient", Ada Steever, May Stults, Nellie Smith, Willie Mills
The original programme is on file at the Office of the County Historian, Lyons, NY.
SYRACUSE JOURNAL
September 12, 1874 The Union school at Lyons, Wayne county, made a very pleasant trip from that place to Clyde and back on
Greenway's "Annie Laurie", one day this week.
The original article is in a scrapbook on file at the Office of the County Historian, Lyons, NY.
"From School Life to Life's School"
Academic Department
Commencement Exercises
at Memorial Hall, Friday Evening, June 25th, 1897 at 8 o'clock
Prayer, Rev. M.S. Wells
Music, Orchestra
Essay, Wit and Humor in America, Rena M. Dickie
Essay, Standing on Tiptoe, Edith H. Crowell
Piano Duet, Lichter tanz der Braute von Kashmer, Anton Rubinstein, Misses Rogers and Sweeting
Essay, Japan's Fair Daughters, Ila M. Hopp
Essay, The Red Man, Abbie E. Bryant
Vocal Solo, For All Eternity, A. Mascheroni, Katharine M. Mackin
Violin Obligato, Alec Ostrander
Essay, Heroines of Longfellow, Mary L. Lockwood
Piano and Violin Duet from Mozart's "Don Juan," Vieuxtemps and Wolf, Alex Ostrander and Mamie Murphy
Essay, Our Puritan Mothers, Elizabeth F. Nusbickel
Essay, The Children's Poet, Emma L. Tinsley
Chorus, The County Fair WAltz, Obt.
Presentation of Diplomas by the Principal
Benediction
CLASS OF 1897
Abbie E. Bryant, 53-40
Edith H. Crowell, 51-40
Rena M. Dickie, 69-56
Ila M. Hopp, 51-38
Mary L. Lockwood, 61-50
Elizabeth F. Nusbickel, 63-52
Emma L. Tinsley, 77-64
The first number opposite each name indicates the Regents' counts obtained according to the old method of awarding credentials including 14 counts for preliminary subjects; the second number by the new method which includes academic subjects only, 48 counts being required for the Regents' diploma.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Crain A. Moore
Wm. Kreutzer
Burton Hammond
W.H. Kinney, Principal
The original programme is on file at the Office of the County Historian, Lyons, NY.
No. of Regents' counts after the June Examination.
Jennie Anderson, 52
Myrtle Alden, 10
Jennie Agett, 6
Frank Bauers, 12
Maude Bastian, 32
Sadie Beadle, 34
Clara Broderick, 41
Meda Bastian, 10
Irene Berns, 0
Fred Boeheim, 28
Walter Burgess, 10
Helen Beal, 2
James Carmer, 61
Edward Christman, 37
Louise Comfort, 22
Emily Cramer, 36
Edna Curtiss, 32
Agnes Carey, 2
Mayme Carey, 2
Sarah Carmer, 16
Cila Caves, 12
Florence Claussen, 24
Adella Cosselmon, 6
Hannah Doyl, 6
Jessie Deady, 29
Florence Deuchler, 35
Belle Dunn, 32
Sadie Dunn, 44
Wilfred Douglas, 4
John Deady, 6
Eliz. deVeitelle, 8
Ida Eberling, 30
Mabel Engel, 16
Alice Feiock, 44
Albert Foster, 28
Fred Foster, 18
Fred Frost, 20
Townley Fries, 52
Harry Fries, 12
Henrietta Fletcher, 4
Dora Goewey, 4
Susie Ginn, 4
Frances Getman, 32
Saxon Gavitt, 10
Ed. Goetzman, 4
Emma Greenagle, 22
Marion Getman, 4
Kathleen Hahn, 14
Clara Hammond, 8
Carrie Hotchkiss, 10
Wm. Hotchkiss, 30
Eliz. Hotchkiss, 10
Irving Hartman, 4
Rachel Hammond, 2
Edgar Jennings, 6
Price Kinney, 9
Arthur Leach, 40
Marie Lockwood, 58
Albert Lendt, 40
Fred Lucas, 4
Bertha LuDugne, 2
Jeremiah Lally, 6
Leon Leach, 4
Mary Miles, 14
Birgitta Moran, 4
John Moran, 14
Eliz. Moran, 6
Florence Mann, 39
Nellie Mahany, 22
Mabel Medirk, 14
Arte Meade, 32
Margaret Murphy, 44
Edward Miles, 4
Ina Newkirk, 2
Nellie Needham, 8
Fred Nusbickel, 45
Insanelda Nusbickel, 42
Ethel Ostrander, 10
Maggie O'Keeffe, 6
John O'Malley, 0
Nora Paylor, 4
Grace Putnam, 10
James Paton, 20
Wm. Pilcher, 10
Frank Pflug, 4
Jason Parker, 56
Millie Putney, 6
Albert Rooker, 55
Nellie Robinson, 50
Bessie Rudd, 16
Mary Rudd, 10
Eva Rodenbach, 24
Nell Rogers, 6
Ada Rogers, 2
Lewis Reynolds, 10
Henry Reynolds, 2
Clara Ridder, 0
Minnie Sherman, 8
Esther Storn, 12
Cora Smith, 30
Minnie Smith, 8
Maud Stephen, 2
Florence Stolz, 19
Bertha Siegrist, 8
Dorothea Spies, 20
Gertrude Streeter, 8
Geo. Shuler, 8
Matie Shaw, 26
Grace Snitzell, 40
Wm. Schneible, 42
Chas. Starer, 50
Louise Sisson, 10
Willard Vader, 38
Nelson Weier, 16
Nellie Warren, 4
Wm. S. Weeks, 28
Herbert Warfield, 2
Grace Zimmerlin, 12
Original list is on file at the Office of the County Historian, Lyons, NY.
"Non Offensionibus sed Victoriis"
Lyons High School Commencement Exercises
Memorial Hall, Thursday Evening, June 23, 1904 at 8 o'clock
Prayer, Rev. W. G. Hull
Music, Orchestra
Oration, Commercialism of the Age, Lloyd R. Kneeland
Oration, The Octopus of the West, John Clifford Rogers
Music, Selected, High School Mandolin Club
Essay, Child Labor, Elizabeth F. O'Connor
Oration, The Automobile and its Development, Carlton A. Blaine
Music, "The Torrent", A.W. Merchant
Three Part Song
Sopranos 1, Lillian Murray, Delena Myers
Sopranos 11, Ellen Bailey, Mabel Phillips
Altos, Nora O'Keeffe, Irene Baltzel
Essay, Library Work as a Career, Emma L. Graff
Oration, The New Element: radium, Frederick L. Hoffman
Music, Selected, High School Mandolin Club
Essay, Marriage Customs, Ellen M. Meehan
Oration, Why Japan Should Win, William Clark Mason
Music Solo, "I loved You Better Than I Knew", Robert G. Hennessy
Oration, Russia's Claim to Our Sympathy, Harry F. Gardner
Essay and Valedictory, An Optimist, Olive L. Putnam
Three Part Song, "The Last Rose of Summer", Thomas Moore
Address to Class and Presentation of Diplomas, Principal W.H. Kinney
Music, Class Song, "Lyons High School"
Benediction
CLASS of 1904
Carlton A. Blaine, 52
Harry F. Gardner, 56
Emma L. Graff, 54
Fred L. Hoffman, 54
Lloyd R. Kneeland, 60
William Clark Mason, 50
Ellen M. Meehan, 50
Elizabeth F. O'Connor, 55
Olive L. Putnam, 62
John Clifford Rogers, 58
The numbers opposite the names indicate Regents counts obtained, 48 counts being required for the Regents Diploma.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Dwight P. Chamberlain
Calvin Hotchkiss
Crain A. Moore
W.H. Kinney, Principal
The original program is on file at the Office of the County Historian, Lyons, NY.
"Climb, Though The Rocks Be Rugged"
Memorial Theatre, Tuesday Evening, June 19th, 8:00 o'clock
Prayer, Rev. F.W. Kneeland
Music (Chorus), "A Day on The Water", Veazie
Essay, "Robert Burns", Helena F. Schleich
Debate, "Municiipal Ownership of Public Utilities"
Affirmative, Addison G. Mann, Heiby W. Ungerer
Negative, Lloyd S. Jordan, Rhea D. Putnam
Music, "Princess Gavotte", Mandolin Club
Essay, "A Fair Pagan", May Morsheimer
Oration, "Is Football A Suitable Game for High Schools? No.", James P. Gleason
Recitation, "The Famine", Longfellow, Irene Baltzel
Music (Chorus), "Merry June", Vincent
Award of Diplomas
Benediction
CLASS OF 1906
Irene Baltzel, 83 333/4
Jeannette Burnett, 71
Irving C. Clausz, 73
James P. Gleason, 70 1/2
Lloyd S. Jordan, 67 1/2
Roy Killick, 68
Addison G. Mann, 65 1/2
May Morsheimer, 63 1/2
Harry W. Paton, 66
Rhea D. Putnam, 69 1/2
Helena F. Schleich, 77
Heiby W. Ungerer, 77
The numbers opposite the names indicate the number of Regents counts obtained, 63 counts being required for the Regents diploma.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Dr. C.A. Moore
D.F. Chamberlain
L.D. Rodenbach
W.H. Kinney, A.M., Principal
The original program is on file at the Office of the County Historian, Lyons, NY.
"THREE PILLS IN A BOTTLE"
Cast of Characters
Tony Simms, Clara WIlliams
Widow Simms, Helen Rife
The Gentleman, Howard Hartnagle
His Soul, Stanley Reeves
The Scissors Grinder, Clyde George
His Soul, Gordon Avery
The Washwoman, Ruth Turpin
Her Soul, Elizabth Smith
Scene: The Kitchen in Widow Simm's Home
"THE NEIGHBORS"
By Zona Gale
Grandma, Gladys Studer
Mis'Diantha Abel, Myrtle Carr
Ezra Williams, George Tucker
Peter, Stephen Wolfe
Inez, Sarah Graff
Mis' Elmira Moran, Edith Gruschow
Mis' Trot, Helen Keesler
Mis' Carry Ellsworth, Isabelle Bradley
Scene: Mis' Abel's Kitchen
"THE SILENT SYSTEM"
By Brander Mathews
Virginia, Evangeline Miller
Paul (her husband, George Tucker
Scene: The Living Room in Their Home
The original program is on file at the Office of the County Historian, Lyons, NY.
Contributed by Co-coordinator Allyn Hess Perry. All spellings and punctuation are as in the original. Thank you in advance for directing all questions about persons and schools listed to the Office of the Wayne County Historian.