Merion Girls High School Graduation Tribute in Philadelphia
A grand Philadelphia Girls High School commencement unfolds with 526 graduates in white gowns, celebratory music, and praise for the public school system. Dr. Edward Brooks lauds access to education for women, while Principal Dr. Wight and Mr. Rover address graduates before prize awards and Bryn Mawr scholarships are announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls’ High School
Academy of Music
Philadelphia
High School
Board of Public Education
Gratz
Edward Brooks
Morton
William D. Jones
Highteenth Street
M. E
Mary Jones
James
Gounod
Brooks
Hypatia
Francoise de Santoigne
Harvard University
University of Pennsylvania
England
Philadelphia High School For
Bryn Mawr College
Morten
Fetter
Wight
Greater New York
Rorer
Superintendent of Public Schools
Miss Dalrymple
Ellen D. Bilis
Christine Be Mnardock
Cis Roy
Miss Ellis
Bryn Mawr
Middle States
L. Jeanette Craig
Helen Ray
Irene F. Saunders
Rebecca C. Armstrong
Ag Sysch
Nannie Adaire
Susan P. Rohrer
Riehanetstown ‘High School
High School For Girls
Normal School
New Century Club of
Thomas
Ellis
The Graduates General Course Commended and Distinguished List
A historical roster lists graduates by the General and Commercial Course. It names numerous individuals such as Martha Ackley Gertrude Adams Grace Adams Marie Adams Salome Albrecht Helen Anderson and many others, including a separate section of those commended and distinguished for achievement. The entries cover a wide range of names, reflecting a large class with notable achievers across several categories.
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Ma WU
Mary A. Scattergood
Gutekunst
Academy
Great Temple of Amusement
Broad Street
Locust Street
Alice V. Sanner
Eli
Ces
el Capitan
Anna M. Cheston
O’becket
Bellini
Smart
Vincent
Wagner
Cheston
Dr. Brooks
Flora Boyer
Schiller
Orleans
Miss Downing
Clementine Dabour
Henrietta ©. Leypoldt
Parnassus
Wighs
Thomas G. Morton
R. I. Dodd
United States Army
Hannah Matilda Dodd
Associated
Girls’ High and Normal
Waited Typewriter and Supplies Company
Alice L. Campbell
Mary Willits Pharo
Board of Education
Glown
Amy Seville Wolff
Ellen R. Kroneberger
Christine D. Murdock
Sarah J. Hunter
Feldstein
Lillian C. Felton
Evelyn Fink
Katharine M. Bisher
Elizabeth M. Fitz
Katharine A Fitzpatrick
E. J Ford
Lillie J. Frankenfield
Josephine
Froneffeld
Laura C. Fry
Lillian M. Grandley
Nellie Garretson
Mary E. Gattman
Florence. Geisler
Kathryn B. Gilbert
Emilie N. Goulder
Nelle M. Gohl
Margaret E. Geings
Estelle Y. Goldsmith
Bertha
Good
Kees
Corinne
Kean
Jennie
Keller
Pauline
Kennon
Cordelia A. Kenworthy
Athe
Zb Kerr
Martha
Mine
Kathryn J Kinsler
Ethel Knapp
F. ‘Filian
Kramar
Helen H
Rodelhurn G
Socaear
Abigail
Rubel
Jeannette
Francella Steele
Gertrude. Stewart
Marie L. Stewart
Mary. Stright
Mary A. Strubel
Edith
M. Subers
Marion K. Suehner
Florence
Sullivan
Margaret. Swartley
Bessie
Dney
May.aylor
Ella %. Taylor
Lillie V. Thomas
Mary M. Thompson
Anne E. Thompson
Florence M. Thorne
Anna G. Thorpe
Ane Todd
A EB
Adaire
Nannie
Lewin
Henrietta
Adams
Jennie C. McDowell
M. Belle
Meta
McFadden
Mattie W
Adler
Sarah. Allman
George M. Amey
Elsie KK. Barber
Florence A. Barrett
Gertrude
Bates
Marian
Bringhurst
Bessie R.britt
Margaretta C. Brown
Ella G. Brown
May R. Brunswick
Helan
Burke
Anna L. Bustard
Mary, Church
Constance
Carson
Florence W. Crawford
Creighton
Isabel
Crowell
Katharine
Crowley
Lora A. Dettre
Marie
Aatene
Thaus
E. Caroline
Ubbard
Mabel E. Outer
Saravy
Amelia Mollie
Ida M. Hart
Mary W. Pharo
Julia C. Downing