Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-07-03

CLOSING EXERCISES YEsTERDAY-INTEREsTINd Ex-
HIBIrIoN AT 80. SCHOOL.
IA full report OF the closing exercises at No. 4
was given in our Fourth Edition, yesterday, and
will be found reprinted-in order to reach all
our readers-on the second page to-day.]
AtNo. ,.the exercises.n the Boys Department
were in charge of Mr.. Woolley, the Principal,
and took place in the third story room. Ritchies
Orchestra furnished music, and added to the ell
joyment of the OCCASION. The programme be-
gan with music, after which Il. Grubb gave a
defamation, 1.-The Independence of Crete" and
the further exercises were rs follows
Essay, Education, Frank II. Thomas.
Defamation, Address of Leonidas, John d.
Kurtz
Galop, Marienbad, Labitzsky.
Defamation, The Polish Boy, II. L. Dure.
Essay, The Monuments Of Antiquity II. II.
Keenan,.
Defamation, True Culture Jno. N Carswell,
Air from Luc Di Lammermoor, Donizett.
Defamation, Colonial Resistance, John r.
Allen.
Essay, Opportunity makes the Thief" John
II. Moore.
Defamation, Protection to Irish Americans
O. Reynolds.
Waltz, Rudof's Klange Strauss.
Essay, The Progress Of civilization, Jas. I'll.
Rile.
Defamation, National Unity, Chas F. wollas-
ton.
for prizes offered by Col. b. II. Heisler and Mr..
Wiley and a committee consisting Of Prof. JEFF
ferris, of Delaware College, Wn. j. Morrow, aud
Col John II. Moore, had been requested to
judge of their merits. They reported, at the
close, in favor of awarding the first prize, gold
medal, to Cha-s Reynolds and the second, a set
Ct books, to Chss. 4. Wollaston.
The several honors of the school were then
presented. Levi @. Bird, Esq. on behalf Of Mr.
II. Seldell, presented the three prizes for ex-
Lon in naia foil LOT
to John Il. Moor ;2nd to Harry ii. Billany 3d.
to Chas. A. Dickens. They were all valuable
sets OF books Mr.. Bird, in presenting them,
made brief and pleasant address, suggesting to
the lads some useful lessons of life. Mr.. Viii
ley also added that in the competition for these
prizes, Masters Keenan, and Kurtz, who had
been awarded them, last year, and were there
fore debarred from the present CONTEST deserve
honorable mention.
Howard NJ. jenkins then presented on behalf
of John IL. Adams, ESD, the elegant gold medal
given by that gentleman for excellence in Eng
sh Grammar. 1t was awarded, upon the exam
ination Of his Teachers to Richard II. Keenan,.
The gold medal, offered by Col. Heisler, for Ell
Oeution, was presented to Chas. Reynolds and
the set Of books, the second prize for Elocution,
given by Mr. Wiley, to Chas. +. Wollaston.
Col Heisler's prize for English Composition was
presented to james IL. Rile for his essay on
'The Progress of Civilization" and honorable
mention was made of the essays read by John r.
Moore, and Frank b. Thomas.
In making the presentations, Mr.. jenkins
alluded To the progress of public education in
Delaware, and the great amount of work
still waiting to be done, and hoped tia the
annual granting of theee prizes would help on
tile advancement of the reform.
EXERCISES IN THE GIRLS DEPARTMENT.
L. tie isisl s.r..--.s.-ti Oh. S4sSs Leo.a.'
shortly after o'clock, in the large room Of the
second story. Miss Mary Miller, Principal of
the Department, conducted them, sand the room
was crowded with friendly aud ence. The
exercises were opened with an instrument
al duett Prof. Ccmmer and Miss Eva Crouch,
who presided at the instrument during the af-
ternoou. After the anthem which followed, the
class in Geography were examined by Miss
Springer. Miss Ida Perkins then read an essay,
entitled "rhe Worlds Workers." by Miss Sallie
Bye, which was followed by song, Let's be
Gay," after which the class in Mental Arithme-
tic was'examined by Miss Lewis.
An essay, by Miss Lucy Hanna, was read by
| Maggie Miller. he Geometry class was then
examined by Miss Miller, and recitation deliy-
cred by Miss Carswell.
The essay "Irue Heroes" written by Miss
Addie Pearce, was excellent The class in
Grammar then underwent an examination at the
hands of Miss Hussey, after which Miss Rand
uitzkey read selection from "The Charcoal
Man."
Rev. L. Marks then in brief and appropriate
address, presented to Miss Lucy Hanna the
Adams prize for general scholarship, beautiful
| gold medal.
The exercises then concluded with final song
| from tile school.