The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-06-27

Diass OF Eighty Young nIeu and womon
Reroiye Their DIDIou,as

Receive Their Diplomas
The members of the graduating class of
80. of the Wilmington High School, re-
eeived their diplomas at the commence
ment exercises at the Opera House last
| night.
| The exercises were the most successful
and impressive of the many commence
| ments of the High School The class was
| large, the essays and orations of the gradu-
| ates were Of higher order and, II possible,
| the audience was larger than on any pre-
| yious occasion.
The house was beautifully decorated in
| the Alumni Society colors and the stage
| presented splendid picture from the body
| of the house. Potted plants, amid which
| were displayed some of the finer specimens
| of the Manual Training School work. sat
| on either side of the stage and over them,
centrally placed. were the figures '95 hang
| ing pendant from the ceiling Seated near
the front of the stage with President Baird
I were the guests who had been invited to
take part in the exercises Next to the
f>rear in two rows of seats reaching from
siS> to side were the members of the
Board - Education, and still to the rear
| were other guests who had been invited to
| be present, and on raised seats at the ex-
treme rear of the stage were the members
rising to the rear. The exercises began at
/ O'Clock, and before that hour the front
| of the stage was covered with bouquets
and packages sent by admiring friends to
| the graduates.
! The house was packed from pit to dome.
The brilliant red and white colors of the
4 Alumni were everywhere. The officers of
4 the association occupied the box on the
l north side of the stage and the teachers
| of the High School were seated in the box
l. on the south side. The High School Or
\ chestra were in the seats OF the musicians
and opened the exercises grandly with a
march. The exercises followed in this
/ order:
I Prayer ..........the Rev, A. N. Keigwin
/ Overture THE Golden Sceptre."
| Orchestra
! Essay. Present Opportunity"
r. Bertha Louise Burke
| Song. Moonlight on the Sea-"
The Misses Williams, Palmer. Banks,
Palmer and Hanee; Messrs. Hoffecker,
stties, Simpson and Crozier.
| PRIZES AWARDED.
The first honor prizes given by the
Board of Education were presented by
/ Professor A. II. Berlin. principal Of the
4 High School. The prize winners were;
4 Miss Bertha Louise Burke and j. Harry
l Muhlhausen. In his speech Professor Bsr-
4 lin coneratulated the winners NJ the bopor
| prizes on their success, in so close contest
| bsth pupils having made an average Of
! about so per cant., the boys calamity con-
| ceiling the superiority of the girls by drop
| ping a small fraction of a cent behind
| Professor Berlin also suggested the pro-
| priety OF having prizes for excellence in
| otber studies as he had found the stim,,-
| ina M nrizs-vylnnine hcpsHcIsl in tbo gnr-
| eral averages of The schnoI Tho nrIze
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graceful address by DR.. Caroline F., j.
Richards, president of the High School
Alumnae Association.
The next two numbers of the programme
wore the essay Of Miss Grace Pauline
Kelly and the oration of J. Harry NIubI-
bausen. both gracefully delivered and won
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