Daily Republican., 1890-06-26
3 COMMENCEMENT
ExcEtLENr ESSAYS WELL
DELIVERED.
The High schsol Graduates 1t the Oper.
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aouss IAss Evsnlng-A brilliant
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Asssmblaee The Houss
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aouss Lass Evsning-A brilliant
lAsssmblass The House
Packed.
wIthstanding the excessive heat
last evening the Opera House was filled
With an inmsuss audience. anxious to
witnse tho co@mepcement exercises of
the High school. The stage was taste.
iu!ly dseorsted With ferns and other pot
tea plants, while slone tho front there
wasIa RON Of brilliant bouq quets, baskets OF
flowers and fruit, books and other pres
ents for tho gradqates. Two tables on
graduates, aud pr xes awarded TO those
who had secured ths highest averages
during the school year.
Qt. !. g. 0hortlidgs. Of The High
fcnool Oo9mittss, presldsd, and tn sd-
oitlon :? The graduates the following
occupied ssab On The platform:
The Eight Rev. Lsighton Coleman, &.
J. Di II. D.i- Mayor Austin Harring-
ton, Profesaor 4. b. Bsrlin, Profsss6r
Isaso 7. Johnson, Professor d, @. bhort-
lIdgs Of fedia, David W. Harlan, Stsns-
bury ]. Wiley, Warrington Hsstlnes,
Abner Bailey, 6amusl =. Bes}S, Dr..
John Palmer, .. n. Trump, Robert
Adair, l. D. Jones, william ii. Foulk.
JaIhea n. Scott Thomas II. savsry,
Jesss x Baylia. J. L. Thomas, 8. Rod
mond Smith. Janice L. Dsvou, Profes-
sor q. 9. 0oldsy aud John Pyle,
| The exercises were commenced ct $50
o'clock with an overture, 1.-THE Homo
Circle" by Ritchie's orchestra, fol-
loYsd vlth prayer BY Bishop ColemSn.
| Mia YlUxia uan~knv ~~.. 49, sIA.~
ducsd and dslisssed On essay entitled
'Idsals of Youth, /" in which he treated
Of the hopss and aspirations Of the
toung. The eesay Wss an excellent com.
posil ilion and thai, with the manner in
which u was delivered, reflected the
greatest credit on the ietr young grAdu-
ate. and won the plaudits OF the aud l.
ence.
She was iollowad BY Granville Prizsr
Alexander, with the class oratiou on
"Amerlda -Four Hundred Years Ago aud
Now" The Grafton was delivered In q
clear, distinct tone Of voice, aud was in Q
measure historical sketch OF this couu.
try from the time Of its discovery BY
Christopaer Co'umbus until the present
day.
When he concluded the orchestra rem.
dered "Partink Words" after which the
| Wilmington Institute prIxes, consisting
Of six yearly ticksts for the free use ol
the Ipstitnte Librsry, were awarded BY
Professor Isaac 7. johnson to the follow
Ing for lhs highest standing In the three
clsssss, below the graduates; Ncllie
Robb, Ida Walters, Edith Barnes, WIN,
A exsndsr, Truman Campbell and Goo.
Rummel. In presenting these prizes
Professor Johnsjn made brisi address.
filed with good Advice and instruction.
bright Days was rendered by tAs
orchestra. and % soon ~ the musit
ceased Robert Adair, prssideut Of thu
High School Alumni Association, stepped
$%su:yo ~ z vss sssssa ssp i.o% so,n :s:' :s:'
&tage thst mes.ing Of the High School
Alumni Would be held for the purpose oi
forming ~ association. That meeting
and several others had bepn held, and
there 10 now strong association, which
he believed was destined to be productive
of much good. At one Of these meetings
1t was resolved 70 pre- ent two priEes,
consisting Of $40 gold pieces, to DO known
- the "Alumni Prises," to the two
pupils attaining the highest standing
during the year. Mr. AdaIr then pre-
sented ohs Of the pissss to Miss Mary K.
Stevenson, whcee average was 80 $40.
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an average OF SO Ito.
Stausbtry J. Wiley was then intro
duced, and in . neat aud appropriate
speech conferred tho "Honor Piixss' on
Miss MArgares x. Palmer and John
Joseph poughsrty. MICS Palmer was
presented with . set Of SCOTS works,
handsomely bound and Doughsrty wss
the rec rlent Of Russsll"s works. also
handsomely bound.
This was followed BY . genuine sur
prise, which proved one Of tbs most
pleasing Incidents OF the evening. After
Mr.. Wiley had presented these prizes
he addressed the chairman and said that
hs had ytt another duty TO perform. Hs
had Determined some time ago to award
. prize I'd the boy attaining the highest
unknown to the scholars, and therefore
the one who had earned 1t had worked
without hope or exPectation OF reward,
beyond advancing In his studies. He
then called William Maitland and pre-
asnsed him with $40 gold piece. The
boy was 20 much surprised that he could
sc ircely 1eturn his thanks.
Mis- Mary Prsston Stevenson th en- de-
livered an essay on Natures Noble
men," and while all the essays were
excellent this WAS certainly the gem Of
the evening. Tho entire paper was we'll
written, and In It's delivery the young lady
showed promise of remarkable elocu-
tionary powsra In speaking of those
who have distinguished themselves as
nsture's hoblemen she mentioned Abrs-
ham Lincoln. when she was Interrupted
BY an ouIburst Of applause, which con.
tinusd for some time aud fairly shook
the house. That her sflrt was highly
appreciated by tbs aud4hce WAS shown
by the fact that when she took her seat
the sppIause was rer swed, and oOn-
iinucd until she rose and wed her ac-
knowiedGments.
'Manua ual Training from the Stand
point Of } pupil" wss the title OF q very
excellent essay read BY John Joseph
Dougherty.
This essay was well composed, and
shQwed Id humorous manner tho many
difficulties the pupils had to surmount
during thelr frst experience In tho
school, apd cloeed BY demonstrating the
vast benefit the knowledge there ac-
lqulred would BE- to boy who wished TO
ils.~n q tfade.
"a A p,cco,. solo. "ChIrp, Ch!rp," fol-
lowed, sllsr which 3. y. snortnagv, az,
NJ, o. Nadia, Pa, was introduced, and
made an adurs.S to the graduates, In
whIoh he gave them cv..silerable gooi
advice.
The oonisrring Of diplomas to the
gradual By g.. Rodmond Smith Of the
Board Of Education conclu,led the even
IiBg's exetciseA The n ,me "a Of ttc ptad-