Evening journal., 1888-06-22
CONFERENCE ACADEMY.
~ghe commencement Draws To-
gether Fine Audience.
- rvrN1Ne JOURNAL.


Rv Letter to EVENING Journal
DovrR. Del June q. Principal ". y
flooding and the members OF the Board OF
Trustees OF the Conference Academy, who
vwere seated on the stage OF tie opera
House last night, looked out on an exhslera
ting scene. The hell was crowded, even
evsrv inch OF standing room in the rear
being Oiled aud the audience was tne
choicest that Kent county could produce
Among those on the stage we're senator
SALISBURY, president OF the board; william
II. jackson of Salisbury. brother OF
Governor jackson OF Maryland; Rev. 4.
E Martindale of Salisbury: Presiding
Elder Wilson, Revs. +. Stonecipner sno
r. <. Kidney, William Il. Dyer ana ~
MI. Stevenson. Principal Goodlng presided
and the exercises were opened Win
nraver by Rev. T. Il. Martindale.
the following program was executed;
ora4ion-The West, A. johnson Lynch; ;
OratIon-Ha II. Clay Turner:
Fssav-Iphigenia in Taurie, Miss Nary
f4ihson: Piano duet-Marches Militaires
Rchubert. Misses McMath and Barnard .
Oratiop-D Destruction of Troy, Francis A.
Cochran; Oration-Free Trade, Joseph W.
Holland; Essay-Joan OF Arc, Miss Bassie
ID. Tlnley; Vocal solo-Good Night, MY
Child, Franz Abt. Prof. Hamm; Grafton
Socialism, Thomas B. Cooper; Grafton
Methodism in the United states, J. w.
Fogle. Essay-Michael Angelo, Miss nj.
beaverton: Plano Reinforcement Per
petuel. Weber George Dunn; Oration-
Immigration, e S. ]. AcAllister; Grafton
Our School System, w. I. Richey; Essay
Music and Civilization, Miss Beatrice
Mast; Vocal solo-Cavatina Won Norma
Bellini. Miss Mary Cannon; Grafton
Strikes, @. Kingsley Weston; Vocal solo
The Vagabond, Molley, Prof. 2. Hamm.
The essays of the young ladies were al
well written and well read. Among
&he orators e. &. j McAlllster OF Whites
VILE Md bore off the palm Possessed o
an excellent voice. already well trained
Mr. McAlister will make bis mark In th'
ministry into which be has already en-
tered. At the close OF the program the Il
graduates we're marshalled on the stage
and Principal Gooding In few well-timei
remarks presented 10 each diploma
Benediction was announced by Rev. Mr
sypherd and the exercises OF the class o
'Ss we're ended. Several Of the graduate
had handsome baskets OF flowers and fruit
presented them.
At II O'Clock yesterday morning th
Board OF Trustees met at the academy
with an unusually full attendance Senate
Salisbury presided and G. II. b. Day
Eso was in he secretary 5 chair After
short session an adjournment was had unit
afternoon. The bids for the new ladie
hall were opened and all rejected for ID
reason that they were all to high, IL ws
finally decided TO abandon the plans sub
snitted by the Architect J. II. Windrir
of Philadelphia, under which the bids ha
been asked, and the building commits
was directed to procure plans for buid
ing that shall not cost more than $1,000
to Sl2,9 COO
Senator saulsbury was re elected pres
dent OF the board and c. H. b. Day secrs
tary. w. Gooding was reelected priI
.cipal, Mics E r Potter, teacher Of Frencl
drawing snA naintiug: Miss ]. g. Wilson
instrumental music, Miss Il. MuMa1u, v''s'
music; W. Lee Cannon, Greek and nlssorl
The following new members we're ada'
70 the faculty: J. r Mahler, Carlisle, r
Professor Of natural sciences; Elis
Conover. Latin and Pedagogy; Miss
Clothilde Potter. N. Y, Rhetoric and <
Rlish Literature.