Evening journal., 1890-05-15
High SCHOOL ALUMNI.
Preparations Com pleted for the Annual
Banauet-Base Ball Booming.

Special Correspon dence EvENING JoURNAL.
NEW CASTLE. May, 10 The execu
tive committee of the High SCHOOL,
Alumni held its last stated meeting of
the year at the residence Of Miss Kate
Mahoney last evening. The committee
on program reported the following.
which will be presented at the annual
banquet Of the alumni on Monday,
June 30: Instrumental solo. Miss Nellie
Wise; reading. Miss Flora Lurti vocal
solo, Miss Jennie Saunders; reminis-
cences, Fred W. Hoffman; violin solo,
Miss Regina Mahoney address, Herbert
Deakyne; vocal duet, George Frazer and
Mas Regina Mahoney; recitation, Miss
Mary Fleming; glee. the alumni. The
program was adopted.
Tne committee on toasts reported the
following, which was also adopted; Our
Alumni" Professor j. p. Garber ''The
Schools" Professor d. B. Jones; "The
Boys" Miss Regina Mahoney; THE
Girls" Fred w. Hoffman; "The Teach
ers, Miss Mary Fleming; "The Press,
! J. Milton Davidson; '"The Business
World, John B. Sewell; "The Stage,
| Thomas X Lancaster; Eye Ancient
Towne," Miss Kate Mahoney. The re-
sponses will be limited to three minutes
each.
The committee on hall reported in
/ favor of securing the X. of P. Hall for
the occasion. The committee Of arrange
ments for the banquet reported progress.
! Ths executive committee intends to make
this meeting one of the grandest ever
held by the Alumni, and score of old
graduates, who now reside in other
states, have announced their intention OF
participating in the celebration of its
fifth anniversary.
The bazaar and festival, now being
held in the Opera House by the congre-
CATION of the NJ e. Church, was again
largely attended, last evening The
four buck" Indians" Messrs. Vallette
Saunders, Watts and Naylor, afforded
much amusement by their actions anC
appearance. 1t was suggested, however
that it would be bright idea for two o
the savage impersonators to shed thei
whiskers, or have them painted, bef ort
they appear again. A pantomine
describing the capture of Captainlj OH
Smith by the Indians, and the startling
} scene of his rescue fr0m death b,
, Pocahontas, was given, although tn
} rendition was slightly varied from tn
striking story related in history. r. A
} Vallette represented she captain and Mis-
Lydia Dunn impersonated Pocohontas
Captain John did his part very well
although when his head was placed upo
the hard stone, the expression on hi
= countenance did not look like death.
A great game of base ball has been Al
ranged for Saturday afternoon, on tn
Battery grounds. At o'clock, th
: Merry Ten Club will meet the crac
) South Side Grays of Wilmington. Nc
Nulty and Madden will be in the point
> for the Merry Ten. and the outield wi
be the same strong players that playe
! winning ball on last Saturday.
The players of the New Castle Bas
Ball Club practiced on the Batter
: grounds for three hours yesterday after
noon, before large crowd of spectator
The men showed up" well and mac
many good plays.
{ The schooner Kate V. Aitken, while
. lay in the harbor here for several montl
y in the winter, anchored off here for
short time yesterday afternoon. I'll
vessel is bound for Charleston, s. c
u with a cargo of railroad ircn.
z Special Agent Frank Stout of the s.
. c. c., was in this city yesterday, al
visited and cautioned several paren
: who have been complained of.
~ The river was very rough yesterd
= afternoon and evening, and the hea'
= gale Of wind which sprang up in d
+, evening lashed the water into foam. Shl
= were very scarce. as successful fshil
u was rendered almost impossible.