Evening journal., 1893-06-28
THE CLASS OF NINETY THREE.
OF the Wilmington High school WIN
Hold Its Commencement Exercises To-
night In the Auditorium Building.

Hold Its Commencement Exercises To-
night In the Auditorium Building.
School has closed and the commence
ment exercises Of the Wilmington High
School, will be held in the Auditorium
Building tonight They have become
social features of this city, and the
building where they are held has always
been crowded in the past. The stage Of
the new auditorium will be beautifully
decorated with cut and potted flowers
and the graduates will occupy seats on
the stage A large number Of seats have
been reserved and the prospects are that
the building will be crowded
The class this year is the largest that
ever graduated from the school. The
boys exceed the girls which Is something
unusual and has never happened in the
history of the school before. Twenty.
three girls and twenty boys com.
pose the class.
The graduating class Is as follows:
Alice Morford, Jennie T. Sooy. Bessie H.
Starr, Annie Cecilia Crotty, Mia Preston,
Louisa l.. Harrar Elsie Stroud, Nellie b
Gillespie, Mary c. Zebley, Margaret r.
Devine, Bessie II. Parker, Mary II
Ritchie, Mary Agnes Zeigler Jean l.
Arnott, Anna Reynolds, Sallie Field,
May Burling Hyde, M Isabella
Macallister, Helen Morton Price, Ellen
l.. Taylor, Anna Ross Campbell, Emma
Bousa Pier, Clara NJ Ferguson.
Boys High School, February class.
Lee Allen, Henry Buckius, Harvey T
Black, Samuel L. Conner George X
Forrest, John +. Lynn, Charles p
Maroney, George w Mccartney. May.
nard s. McDanel Walter b. Rile. William
H. Taylor, Homer l.. Litzenberg,
Frank Camperson, Albert w. Forman,
Samuel T. Green, Clement b. Hallam,
Victor G. Jefferis, Edward R. Kurt,
James K. MahafIy, William Il. Newell,
Herbert l. Rice, William w Robinson,
John A Seitz. Rulih F. Truitt Harvey
l., Vansant, James J. Devlin, George r
Foulk
The program is as follows:
Selection: al Trovatore". ................V Verdi
Stusbgen's Orchestra.
Selection: "Cavaliera Rusticannar. .AIuscagni
Essay: "The Poets Mission"
Isabella Macalister.
| Debate; "Re Olved, That the annexation of
Canada would be a greater benefit
than detriment to the United
Affirmative, James r. Mahaffy.
! Negative. Herbert l.. Rice.
Selection; robin Hood". ............... Boettgel
| Orchestra.
/ Presentation Of Prizes.
| First Honor Prizes..............D ID. w. Harai
| Morning News Prizes .... George w. Roberts
| Alumni Prizes. s.,...... .Swithln Chandler, NJ. ID
Alumnm Prizes. ....,......,. Elizabeth Sarlis'
| The j. Il. King Price. ..........J. r. kinl
Institute Prizes. ..... .. " illiam r. Taylo
| Essay: Song and Its Influence"
Nellie b. Gillespie.
/ Grafton: "The Struggles of the Dscoverer,
Albert W. FOrman.
Selection; "The Bohem an Girl" ....... BALI
Orchestra.
| Address 20 the Graduates by the Rev. Merritt
Hubbard. ID. d.. of Philadelphia
| COnferring of Diplomas by Charles Baird
President Of the Board of Public Edu
Gators.
Selection: Thousand Island March, 4
Stuebgen, Orchestra,
1t Is the custom for the friends an
relatives of the graduates to presen
them with gifts on commencement
night, and as the presents are brought II
they will be placed on the stage