Reformed Protestant Dutch Church ceremony

“The pupils of the School of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church celebrated the 253d anniversary of that institution last evening at the Church corner of Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth street.  The exercises consisted of declamations, recitations, original compositions and singing by the scholars.  The presentation of diplomas to the graduating class was an interesting feature in the programme. . . . [Adolph C. Wenzel] delivered the Valedictory, after which the chorus, ‘God is There,’ was sung, and the audience was dismissed with the Benediction.”