Graduates Receive Diplomas Before Great Audience
The 1915 Bridgeport High School commencement featured a large audience, musical numbers, and addresses. Dr. Deane announced diplomas and Barnum prize winners Edward Weise and Agnes Marsh, with awards for chemistry and improvement prizes. The program highlighted graduation as a life transition and the duty of graduates to advance in society.
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Mgr. Simonds
Alectinn
Mitler
GA. Marferren
Mies
Deane
Pennsylvania
By & Brakeman
Bridgeport Begje
Edward Carl Weise
Mise Agnes Levis
Marsh
Mary Anna Mareffi
Ruth Finklestein
Fairchild
Turner
Margaret Good Myers
William Iost Yates
May Elizabeth Cooney
Everett Hilton Brown
Agnes Lewis Marsh
Nellie Bernstein
Bridgeport
Bridgeport High School
Barnum
Weise
Miss Marsh
Philippines
Mr. Weise
Philadelphia
M. L. Weise
Baldwin Street
Garfield School
Lincoln School
Jefferson Medical College
Walter BE
Colorado Avenue
Maplewood School
Criterion
Russian School of Dancing
Barnard College
New York
Henry A. Bishop
William T. Hincks
George Hil
Frank Miller
Hill
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Victoria Linderoth 1915 Valedictory Address
Miss Victoria Linderoth delivers a valedictory praising Bridgeport's schools and thanking the Board of Education Superintendent Dr. Deane, Principal Mr. Simonds, and the faculty. The class of 1915 bids farewell with hopes for loyal citizenship and future success for undergraduates of Bridgeport High School.
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Victoria Linderoth
Board of Education
Bridgeport
Our Duty in the Philippines by Carl Ellwood Weise
Carl Ellwood Weise discusses the McKinley era decision on Philippine governance. He details 1902 civil government creation, an American led Commission, and four executive departments. Weise weighs ultimate versus immediate independence, citing Taft Harrison and McKinley while urging continued American guidance to foster educated, democratically prepared Filipinos before recognizing full independence.
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The
Philippines
Ellwood
Carl Weise
McKinley
Paris
Senate
Senate’ Committee On Foreign Relations
Hoar
Massachusetts
Philippine Islands
Washington
Cuba
Porto Rico
Spain
Congress
Interior
Commerce
Finance
United States
Taft
Burton Harrison
Wilson
Mr. Harrison
Roosevelt
Commission
Root
The Philippines duty as we governed 1898 onward
A historical view argues the United States inherited a complex Philippines after Manila fell in 1898. It credits commissions, education reforms, and modernization under Taft and later leaders, claiming improved sanitation, roads, schools, and industry while noting ongoing challenges and debates over self government and independence.
Our Duty in the Philippines and the Question of Independence
An editorial arguing the Philippines have not yet reached self government. It reviews American efforts since 1898 to unify diverse tribes, build schools focused on industrial training, establish English as a common language, improve infrastructure, sanitation, and governance. It warns independence now could invite domination by a few elites and urges careful, diplomatic policy that honors the flag.
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Isis
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Philippine Commonwealth
William H. Tait
Manila
Mr. Taft
The
Interior
Commerce
Police
Justice
General Otis
Architelago
Fred W. Atkinson
United States
New York
Islands
America
W. Cameron Forbes
Boston
Napoleon
Caesar
Gimena
Gente Illustrado
Aguinaldo
Spain
Hewitt Boards
Crete
Lootout
Roger Digsy
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Llwood Weise
Miss Lee
Anna, Apstein
Edith Davis Beach
Adelaide Theresa Bediger
Nellie, Bernstein
Alice Bernadette Brad
Bertha Emerson Broderick
Ruth Elizabeth Burns
Mary Catherine Carley
Helen Frances Carroll
Florence Catherine Clancy
Rose Cohen
Lois Bulkley Cole
Anna Bernadette ‘Connelly
Elizabeth Cooney
Marian Josephine Cullen
Angelus
Josephine Cunningham
Anna Lauretta Dailey
Kittie Wileen - Devlin
Ethel Mary Donovan
Marguerite Mary Fallon
Hazel Aloisa Ferry
Madeline Teresa
Benjamin Hermann Gilman
David Charles Grant
Thomas Markham Hallen
Charles William Hughes
Joseph Nathaniel North
Clarence Edward Keating
Clinton Edward Keating
Edward Maurice Kent
William Koblenz
Ernest Krübbiel
Henry Krhbiel
Harry Kursman
Beeton Pullman Lauder
Hugh Thomas Lavery
Edward James Leary
George Edgar -Light
Aston Archibald Lotker
Robert Golden McCullough
John Thomas McNamara
James Edward Murphy
Charles William Nichols
Charles Bonner O' Neil
Robert Edward Phelan
Alfred John Porter
Joseph Wencelaus Prokop
Emil Schwartz
Henry Sherman
Sicard Benedict Swanson
Nathan Robert Tolkowsky
Francis Salmon Wakeman
Ellwood Carl Welse
Russell Hughes Weldon
George Andrew Wildman
William Ernest Yates
Bertha Marione Lakes
Wilma Letray Bakes
Alice Elizabeth Bale
Swen
Elizabeth Nordling
Irene
Anna O'Leary
Pauline Platzek
Marion Mae Quint
Elsie Dorothy Rabinowitz
Sarah Louise Richards
Lillien Reva Rome
Clara Rosenbdluh
Dorothy Angela Sniffen
Lillian Sadie Sochovit
Ethel Ruby Stone
Robert Joseph Bahr
William Joseph Blaggs
Daniel Francis Conroy
William Vincent Darien
William Jefferson Gale
Henry Patrick Kiley
Otis Paul Lewis
Elizabeth Anna Banks
Lois Buikiey Cole
Muriel Hotchkiss
Florence Nadel
Hulda
Matilda Wiemer
Albert Leroy Clark
Vaughn Clifton Garner
William Roblens
Esther Dorothy Frandsen
Rose Beatrice Frank
Mary Pultz Jones
Hazel Otelia Nordbeck
Sifian Reva Rome
Rob
Tctoria Linderoth
Dr. Deane
Mr. Simonds
Bridgeport Bligh
Agnes Lewis Mahsh
Oriental Islands
Lance
Asuinaldo
Elizabeth Margaret Lee
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