Evening journal., 1890-06-26


House-sweet Girls and Brave Boy Grad
nates-Prize winners-Address to the
ass-Conferring Diplomas.
The annual commencement of the
High School was held in the Opera House
last night, and large audience took
great interest in the exercises. The
main auditorium and gallery were filed
to overlooking and Notwithstanding the
warm weather, the people kept cool and
enjoyed themselves In point of merit
the essays were equal to those of pre-
vious commandments.
The stage had park setting and was
decorated With tropical plants at each
end of the foot-Hghts. Behind the foot
lights were the presents for the gradu.
ates, covering the entire front OF the
stage The large number Of flowers
made the arrangement very pretty
Several artistic looking tables in the
space between the speakers and the
footlights, contained the diplomas aud
honor prizes.
The fluttering Of fans by the audience
ceased for a few moments, as at ten
minutes after o'clock the twenty seven
members OF the class of 80 marched
upon the stage and took their seats The
eighteen young women took the right of
the stage aud the nine young men took
the left In the centre of the stage and
in the rear of the graduates sat the
speakers members Of the Board of Edu-
cation, prominent citizens and prize win
ners
Dr. e. g. Shortlidge, chairman of the
High School Committee, presided, and on
the same row we're: Right Rev. Leighton
Coleman, S. T. d.. L. L. D.. Bishop Of the
Diocese of Delaware; Swithin G. Short
lidge, A. NJ, principal of the Media. Pa
Academy Professor A. H. Berlin, princi
pal of the Boys High School, and Super
intendent of Public Schools David w
Harlan. The following men were also
upon the stage: Mayor Austin Harring-
ton, Professor Isaac 4. Johnson,
principal of the Friends School,
members of the Board Of Education
s. Redmond Smith Esq, Samuel Nj.
Trump, Abner p Bailey, Jesse K Baylis
William Turner. Secretary and Treasurer
L. B. Jones. DR.. John Palmer, Jr., John
PYLE and John R. Hartman; John O.
Farra president of City Council, ex-
Mayor John P. Almond, Professor Stans-
bury j. Wiley, President Robert Adair
of the Alumni Association; William II.
Foulk, Washington Hastings, j.
L. Deyou, @. f. Thomas, Pro
fessor Il. S. Goldey, of the Whining.
ton Commercial College; Professor George
NJ. Warren and 7 omas H. Savery. Miss
Mary Miller, principal of the Girls High
School. and several of the teachers Of
both departments occupied the right
hand box.
Glass of go
The elias of 80 COMPRISES the following
persons, all of whom received their
diplomas last night.
BERTHA HARL,N.
LAURA PERKINS,
LOUISE LEACH.
lola REBECCA CHALFANT.
ADA MAY HIBBEhT.
CLARA ELIZABETH SULLIVAN,
IDA MAY LITTLE.
CATHARTNE AGNES Finn.
NELLIE CECILIA S .AIMONS,
MARY PRESTON STEVENSON.
CATH ARINE AGNES FULLMER,
ATHALIA ALDEN.
ROSA lie REGINA FULLMER,
GRETA MAUDE WAINWRIGHT,
MARION SCOTT CROZlER,
MARGARET JOSEPHINE MURPHY,
MARGARETTA HARDING PALMER.
ELIZABETH HAUGHEY.
GRANVILLE PRIZER Z eLEXANDER,
FREDERICK PERCIVAL KLUND
HENRY McLEAR sAyILLE.
JOHN JOSEPH DOUGHERTY,
JACOB FOULK.
JOHN JOSEPH MoG OvERN,
EDWARD ALOYsIUS MoVEIGH.
ALEXANDER WARRINGTON PATTON
ALBERTERNEST PAWLEY.
Exercises of the Evening.
Bishop Coleman made the invocation
directly after a pretty overture BY
Ritchies orchestra He asked for bless
ing on the schools Of this commonwealth
and especially upon the graduates who
were then to start out for the battle oil
life. The audience stood during the
prayer.
The frst speaker among the graduates
was Miss Elizabeth Hgughey, who read
her essay, entitled Ideals Of Youth. ,
She had very large subject compressed
into brief compass, we'll written anC
nicely read.
The boys department was represented
by Granville Prizer Alexander who de-
livered an Grafton on America FouI
Hundred Years Ago and Now" Mr.
Alexander spoke Of the wonderful
changes in the world in that time ant
brought out through comparisons the
grand prospects Of the present.
GAehbnAhAAon bI
Music by the orchestra entitled Part
ing Words, was followed by the presen-
tation of the Wilmington Institute prizes
by Isaac T. Johnson, A. M principal Of
Friends School These prizes, one year
tickets to the library, were awarded tx
the highest students in the last grammar
school grade and the Junior and Middl,
High School classes. The successful
students were Misses Nellie Robb, Ids
Walters and Edith Barnes, Masters viii
liam Alexander, Truman Campbell anc
George Rommell. Professor johnson
spoke of the usefulness OF the library
and hoped that the winners of the prizes
would make the fullest lse of them.
After more music, President AdRir ot
the Alumni Association. presented the
Alumni prizes. He spoke Of the progress
of the association since the last
commencement, and announced thai
the prizes of two $40 gold pieces
were awarded to the graduate:
who led for the three years course end
ing last February These are the first
prizes awarded by the Alumni Associa
tion, which will hereafter offer prizes
every year The winners were Miss Mary
Preston Stevenson, who attained an
average Of S03 per centage. and F. Per-
cival Slund, SO per centage.
Stansbury Wiley, formerly princi-
pal of the Boys High School, in a few
pleasing and complimentary remarks,