Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-07-01
The High school commencement.

Ino Opora HOUSE presented gay
scene last evening on the occasion OF
the High School commen cement, and
every seat was filed, while number
were Obliged to stand. Precisely at &
O'Clock the graduating class Of '86, con-
sisting Of eighteen young women and
ten young men, took their seats on the
stage. Besides these, there were seated
on the stage Hon. Charles b. Lore,
President of the Board of Education
Charles Baird, Superintendent OF
Schools OF Wilm ington ID. w. Harlan,
Principal Of the Boys High School
Thomas L. Graham, and several mem
bers Of the Board OF Education. In the
rear of the footlights there were two
rows of presents for the graduates, from
their friends, consisting of handy ne
bouquets, baskets filled with fruits ~ d
flowers and number OF myste rious
looking packages, the contents OF
which no doubt made the hearts of the
recipients glad.
Immediately after music by the or
oheBtra Edward Mcintyre stepped for
ward and delivered an Grafton on
Society, or the Ir fluence of Aesooi.
alton" He was followed by Miss Mary
f. McMonagle, who read very excel
lent essay on tElucation ard the
State" The Wilmington Institute
prizes, cousistingEof certificates of mem.
bership for one gear, were then pre-
sented by /. Fl. qommack, to Eugenie
DeVou, ella NJ. Eitchie, Anna Dough
erty, William p. Pyle, Charles II.
Grantland and awithin Chandler.
This was folbwed by music, after
which George Il Baird delivered q we'll
composed oratbn on Habits" in
which he spoke Of the power habit
obtains, and Iged his bearers TO ee
careful and notcontIact bad habits.
Miss EmmaT. Downing's effort was
one OF the gem Of the evening. Her
subject was "qurios," and 1t WAS han.
died in a masbrly manner.
President Btird then announced that
the Adams plies, consisting OF two
silver medalsj would be presented by
the Hon. Chsfles Il. Lore to Miss Mary
+. McMonagl 10 and William B. Pyle,
for excellence in English grammar. He
q lso said thuJ IL was the first time in
fourteen years that Mr.. Adams had not
been present, and that he was now pre-
vented attending by illness.
The medals were then presented by
Mr., Lore who opened his address by
saying that while very few wrote cor
rectly, there were none that spoke the
EaRlish language perfectly. He
thought Miss McMonagle and Master
Pyle had great cause to be proud, as he
was certain that ii the ten questions
which had been given to them in Eng
fh grammer had been given to the
ttree hundred and twenty four gentle
men with whom he sat in the House OF
representatives, the latter would have
been obliged to take back seat. He
felt proud of these scholars, as Miss
McMonagle had come out ahead of
forty with an average of 9S out of
possible 100, while Master Pyle had 13o
competitors and had scored an average
of 90.
The next essay was on self-cultuIe By
Joseph h. Jefieris, after which the
honor prizes, for three years. standiag,
were conferred on Miss Nora Stuart and
Charles B. Palmer by S j. Wiley.
These prizes consisted of copies of Web
ster's Unabridged Dictionary, with
stands. just previous TO the presentg
tion Miss Stewart was seizcd with a
sudden faintness, and had to be assisted
from the stage.
Miss Emma Louisa Brady gave an
oration en- "America'd great men not
reared in palaces" which was well
composed and delivered in au excep-
ti9ual manner. 9. Redmond Smith,
ESQ followed with an address 10 THE
graduates, and the exercises closed with
Presid lent Baird presenting the diplo
mas. THE entire affair was a grand sue
oeas, and although the program was
long AID the exercises did not com menee
until ao'clock, the entertainment closed
few Ainutes before 10 O'Clock.
The FOLLOWING are the graduater
Elizabfh Webb, Mary ] McMonagle,
Florrid J. Smith, Sue +. Walters, Anna
X Carlisle, Carrie P. Forbes, Emma V
D1wnilg, Cal rie j. Shockley, Mabel s.
Jones, Lizzie j. Patton, Joanna DUP
McLsuthlih, Emma l., Brady, Ella G.
Daily, Nora Stuart, Sallie N. Pickles,
Mary q. Morrow, Ella r. McCracken,
Gertruds A. Wakenhu;, George f.
Baird, John s. Bertolette, Charles P.
Blake, George r. Carmichael, Thomas
II. Do4Drty, William f. Dougherty.
Kirk AAddock, Joseph R. Jefferis, Ed
ward NcIrtyre and Charles B. Palmer