Daily Republican., 1882-06-29
THE CLASS OF 'S2

| THE CLASS OF 'S2
INTERESTING CVMMENCEMEN
EXERCISES OF THE WILMIEG.
TON HIGH SCHOOL.
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The auditorium of the Grand Opsr
House was filled last night from pit t
dome, with an audience that is seldom
seen in this ...city. Young and pretty
faces were seen on every hand AM
with large ,number robed in whit
and fancy colors the sight was pleas
ing one. The occasion of this vast as
sem blage was the commencement exer
cises of the class of 'S2 of the Whining
ton High Sch ool. The stage was set will
villa scene which was pleasing to tn,
eye. Arranged in front of the stage, il
close proximity to the foot-lights, was 9
large number of handsome bouquets
beautiful baskets of flowers, fruit, anG
other presents for the graduating class
which added beauty to the scene al
we'll as sending q sweet perfume
through the whole house. Over the
centre OF the stage, worked in large
letters of green, were the words; "Class
of 'S2"
A few minutes after s o'clock, Mr..
Charles Baird, President of the Board
of Public Education, and Messrs. Hof.
fecker, Wiley, Mckay and Palmor,
members OF the Board, entered and took
seats on the stage, accompanied by
Superintendent d. w. Harlan; Princi
pal of High School, Charles D. Rhine
John IL. Adams, the Rev Lafayette
Marks, ID. D.,pastor of Hanover Presby
teran church. The graduating class
fifteen in number, also occupied seats
on each side of the stage, op,
posite the proscenium boxes The young
ladies were tastefully arrayed in white
and wore their best smiles, while the
young men were no less happy in
anticipation of the coming event.
Mr.. Charles Baird, President of the
Board of Education presided and intro.
duced the Rev. Lafayette Marks, ID. d.
who opened the exercises with fer
vent prayer, after which the Philhar.
monte orchestra, under the direction of
Prot. G. b. Rhoads, played an over
ture.
WILLIAM L. HoAGLAND,
one of the graduates, was then intro.
duced and delivered his oration on
"Self Assurance" closing with salu
tatory, both of which were delivered in
an excellent manner. In his remarks
he thought self assurance was essential
to success, but it should not be allowed
to develop to that degree called in COM
mon parlance "cheek." The speaker
then referred to the actions of President
Garfield az being good examples of the
proper amount of self-assurance, for he
dared to do right despite the opposition
of prominent statesmen. In conclusion
Mr.. Hoagland welcomed the audience
in behalf of the class and hoped that
their efforts to please would not be vain.
Miss Mary X. Thielman was the
next graduate introduced. The sub
ject of her essay was Liberty" and it
was delivered in a pleasing manner.
Security against wrong was the essay
lists criterion of trus liberty. True
freedom was found in the land where
liberty Of speech and conscience reign
cd, though the love of liberty was
universal. Each point was well TAX en-
and showed careful study on the part of
the speaker.
srANspurv !, w1IIrv
President of the Board of Directors OF
the Wilmington Institute. was intro
duced and presented the Wilmington
Institute prizes. In presenting the
prizes he said that 1t had long been his
desire to see greater love manifested
for standard reading by the public and
to this object, as we'll as to the conduct
of the institution, he had directed
great deal OF attention. The object of
helnstitute in giving these prizes is to
Ciea'o !, lo'1 ioi 'ue ooe'oi ci'se "
gives these young people their reward
for diligence in their studies.
Those who had succeeded in winning
these prizes, Ella M. Pickels, Helen
Alrich, Kate Plummer, John A. Clark,
Frank Jones and William L. Cooling,
then came forward and were presented
with ticket for one years mem ber-
ship in the Wilmington Institute Lii
brary. In presenting them Mr.. Wiley
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