Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-07-01

Patiently aud Justly the teachers have made
jther awards among the many cantestants,
and with their great ploasuTe n proclaim
them
First, Of course, to the girls, and lesalng az
her iitty-ono competitors, bl'ss hsB,na n.
t}arel will please come forward and receive
tho gold medal awarded her for the best e1-
| animation in FDalish grammar, Whicn no"
| In the name of Mt. Adams and BY direction
OF her teact ers present her.
| Among the competitors Of Miss SaIei "aS w
one who stood SO cloIo 10 her in the score OF
exCcllence that IT required moro tlian one OK
AN iration to decide between plein me
| teachers have, therefore, while awarding the
gold medal to Miss ,farel, allowed ma the
pleasure of presertlng 10 Miss IA stte a.
EarriS y testimonial in recognitien Of ner ex
cellen. scholarship, and will ask her 70 coiae
| forward and accept this volume oI american
poetry at my HANDS.
And. now. for the boys-W ellington i Lee
and Harlan q. Scott " ere worthy liyals, VINO
outstripped their slxty-two competitor,-ar
| II required careful balancing 20 adlu5t their
respective merits-not once, not Twice, put
three times were they weighed Ia tho balance
and though never found wanting, yet the
scalo OF Wellington B. Leo was hnaly DIS
covered to be o little the heavier laden with
English grammar, ana II he VIII now step
| forward Will gladly deliver W htts the go,d
medal awarded for the "best eShDapauoh III
| English grammar Ng
| The teaehers, however, having decided ,after
great deliveratiOn In favor Of Master Lee. are
| not content that his worthy rival should be
passed without some proper recognition OF his
worth and excellence, and have requested me
| to present TO ha.lan G Scott tho volumes
hold in my hsnd, and will, therefore. asa
| Harlan lr, kcOtt TO come forward And receive
this mark Of distinguished appreciation, be-
slowed upon him by those who are the best
| Judges OF his merit,
| This ends the pleasant duty tende1ed to mt
I'm the performance of which have had the
sincerest pleasure and friendly interest.
Senator Bayard was aboutto take hie
seat when little girl stepped up and
presented q beautiful bouquet, He
gracefully bowed his thanks and the
audience applauded again.
FLORENCE T. HoLLIKsswoRrH
read an essay upon the /" The charsc.
teristics OF our age" The young lady
handled her subject in mastery man
ner and in the course OF her essay made
many apt and clever hits at certain
things in the fast American idea. 1t
was read with fine elocutiouary effect
and was loudly applauded, having been
received with more favor than any
other essay Of the evening, and its
length did not at all detract from the
pleasure Of the audience.
| GEORGE II. TISpAIL
spoke Of the advantages OF Bduca-
tion," and seemed TO think that they
were almost too great to be properly
conceived. He particularly dwelt upon
the advantages from an American stand
point, and made strong plea in form
Of the maintenance Of the standard Of
popular education. The essay was
thoughtful and this combined with Mr..
Tindall's earnest style made it quite
impressive.
HENRY c. CONRAD, ESQ.,,
as President Of the School Board, con-
frmed the diplomas. He said in doing
SO:
MY friends:---I am quite sure you have
been pleased In listening TO iAe productions
of the graduates Of this evening, and it now
becomes my pleasant duty to present the dl-
plomas. Ali of the graduates OF the two
classes of 1880 have appeared before you with
the exception Of the valedlctorian, Miss stew.
art, who will follow me. desire to congratu-
late you citizens OF Wilmington, on the TACT
that you are permitted, year alter year, to as
semble in his place to sce classes graduating
| from our High Schools, composed of scholars
who have been trained In our public Schools
! and who are graduating with honor. desire
| TO congratulate you, young ladies ana gentle
men on the fact that you have completed your
| High School course and are now stepping OUT
hh
| To you, young ladies, my earnest wish 10
that you may realize all that Is true and beau
tiful in womanhOod. it is not probable as one
Of your number has suggested to night, that
you can all become Mrs BroWnings or Flor
ouco Nahtingales, but 1t lie possible for all OF
\ you to be true women, and IL Is my earnest
hone that this may be the case.
Young men, ] congratulate you. desire
YOU to receive the respect and regard OF the
citizens OF Whining 'On, showing by your
lives that you deserve them.
MARY G. STEWART
then delivered a recitation, "Lottie
Dougherty," in place of her essay. II
was we'll done, in both action and ex.
preston. Miss Stewart, at its conolu.
sion delivered the valedictory address.
This was excellent. The wording was
appropriate, and the feeling with which
it was delivered, not overdrawn. In
turn she thanked the School Board,
the Principal, the teachers, the scholars
and feeling addressed her class mates
and bade them good bye.
This concluded the graduating exer.
cses Of Public School, No. l, and the
large audience dispersed.