Daily Republican., 1879-06-25
WILMINGTON ACADEMY.
A LsrEe Attendance At The Opera
|, House Last Evening-Premiun
| Awarded.

II AWARDED.
To deny the truthfulness of the as
sertion that "Prof. Crabb's entertain
ments are becoming more popular, ,
would be unjust if we Judge from the
vast number of persons who attended
the closing exercises of the Wilmington
Academy at the Opera House last even
ing.
Amy Lettie Clarke welcomed the all.
dience to the third, and was followed
by sweetly sung solo, Market Day, "
by Miss Clara A. Crabb. A duett by
Mary Z. Powick and May Taggart was
greatly appreciated.
"Ths Fairy at the Fountain" a
grand fairy extravaganza, was given in
two acts. 1t was very interesting, and
the participants rendered their parts in
a commendable manner. Little speeches
by little people, were delivered by
thirteen boys and girls.
From shore to shore, was sung by
the Daisy Glee Glass by request. "The
Grecian Bend" was very laughable
farce by seven girls.
Annie N. Stroud gave an instrumen
tai solo, and was followed by "The two
school girls" by Lena s. and Tillie A.
Blizzard. "Our Nation" was well de-
claimed by Frank NJ. Woods. "Away
to the Hills F" was we'll sung by five lit
tie girls.
"The Smack in SCHOOL, was followed
by grand eight leader floral march,
with the following leaders: May Tag
gart, Cornelia S. Jones, l.. s. Blizzard,
F. D. Carpenter, Mary L. Powick, A.
l.. Clarke, Claressa M. Bratten and Grant
S. Riggs. A glee club, composed of six
youths, sung "Flag of the Free. -
"The Rose Bush " was well rendered
by Claressa NJ. and Mamie S. Bratton.
The following persons were awarded
medals and premiums: First honor,
geld medal, A. L. Clarke; second honor,
silver medal &. S. Riggs; third honor,
silver medal, S. B. Conaway. First
prize elocution, f. L. Carpenter; second
prizes English grammar, M. s. Bratten
and T. A. Blizzard; third prize English
grammar, H. M. Fishmuth; first prize
spelling, H. J. Toy; second prizes spell
ing, Z. l.. Thomas and C. M. Bratton;
third prize spelling, T. H. Mayne;
ahead the highest number of times
during the year, T. A. Blizzard; first
prizes grammar and mathematics, H.
". Clover; second prize arithmetic, c.
NJ. Bratton; third prize arithmetic,
VIM. Burton; first prize in composition,
algebra and physiology, H. J. Toy;
Latin, c. NJ. Bratton; first prize in
philosophy, F. E. Carpenter; sec
ond, G. s. Jones second composition,
). Roberts second elocution, E. l..
Thomas third composition, W. H.
Bryan; best boy, W. Mccall best girl,
|. M. Lumis; punctuality, Elmer Jones;
first prize geography, M. S. Bratton
second geography, L. s. Thomas; third,
X. Bailey; first improvement, Daisy
Watts second, w. Mccall third, L.
Jones diligence, c. Wood and W.
Hassan third prize elooution, J. H.
File; diligence, M. Roberts, R. G. Har-
man and +. Wood first prize penman.
ship, A. Carlisle; second, II. J. Toy !;
third, J. H. Mayne; M. S. Bratton re-
ceived parlor music for acting as the
schools organist.
A part of the exercises not made pub
lie was the presentation of a gold pen
and pencil behind the scenes to Mr..
Crabb by his pupils.
"Stars of the Twilight" by Ida l..
and Mollie Roberts, was so loudly en-
cored that they re, appeared and sung
the first verse again.
The exercises concluded with the
mirthful farce, dutch Justice, or How
You Vas ~