Evening journal., 1896-07-02

Amid floating bunting. ,ral decora
tlous aud before 8 large. wsll-dresaed !
audisnce. the twenty first commence
ment exercises OF the Wilmington High
school, were held In the Grand Opera !
House last evening
The tighty tWo members OF the grad
uatlng class OF '96 were seated on els
waited seats In .he rear OF the stage In
front were the members Of the Board of
Education and their guests. Among
there were; Superintendent David W.
Harlan. Bishop leighton Coleman, Dr.
Gsoree e Fullerton. vice provost OF the
University Of Pennsylvania, President
George A. Harter, Of Delaware
College Principal Isaac T. johnson OF
Friends School; Rev dsorgs O. Hall,
| Hugh O. Browne. DR.. William O Peirce.
Edgar NJ. Hopes, LOWS B Morrow,
samuel Mcdaniel. DR.. John Palmer. l..
/ b. Jones President Charles Baird, of the
Board of Education; Principal A
| II. Berlir, Colonel A. q. McCausland,
Daniel Ross, Senator John Pyle,
1 William Ferris, William q. Baugh,
| Thomas Melvin William Lawton. Samuel
f. Belts. Morris Crossan, Edgar A
Finley, David Coyle. James O. Johnson,
II o Frlck and DR.. Swlthln Chandler
The boxes we're occupied by tho officers
Of the Alumni and Alumu ~ Associations
and the teachers Of tho High School.
The speeches OF the graduates we're
well prepared aud delivered, and the
augmented High School orchestra ren
dsrsd fue SELECTIONS
Mrs May He,ing's rendition OF the
esssy, Power Of Song was good The
essay showed that great care and re-
search had tesn resorted TO for It's pro-
ductlon. She explained how song. from
time immemorable to the present, has been
an effective instrument, not only Ia the
history Of individuals, but also IA that
OF nations, and that musical emotions
have q place oven IA tho humblest breast,
az we'll sa In highly organic ID beings.
"Self Unmade Man. was the theme
OF Frank McOausland's essay. In It be
portrayed many men whose lives have
occupied pages OF history. and who lost
opportunities that turned suctels into
failure The 6rHt instance he said, whore
man had marredshia lie WAS found IN
tho Holy Writ Sslf unmsde mea ara far
10 the majority. even to the present dsy.
q Clinton Fogwsll's oration "Th'
Ninetsanth Century shapes the Twen-
tieth. was carefully prepared and wa'
we'll rendered. dsspits the nervou1heBs oi
: the speaker. BE pictured how the
| Eighteenth century was the infant, thu
Nlneteenth century children and how II
4 the Twentieth century the idsan Of tn
/ past and present will bs Developed
Miss Grace Dillon Hargls recite'
schillsrs "The Yelled Statue OF Sails.
/ She WAS BY far the most compoIsd Of th
n quartet OF graduate speakers She VOL
the audienca from the first
Principal Berlin awarded the prizes o
honor offered By the Board OF Education
ts an incentive to Increase the stnndars
. Of the school The successful graduates
were Miss Mabel K Baird aud Claude n
Thompson. Who attained the averages o
!. S4 . and Se 8 respectively Mr. Berlii
: congratulated the winners upon thel
psrseveranee and falthfulness.
Mr. Berlin also presented 10 Niles Clar
Vincent loft an honor prize for be-
!, pune uAily Ia attending school fron
, friends who admire punctuality. II va
George Eliot's complete works. Mis-
loft had but one absent mark agnina
her during the twelve years la which sh
attended the schools of Wilmington, Ar
y that was due to sickness
= Edgar H. Hopes presented the Morn
y ing News prizes which were won by Mis-
Nellie NcIntire and Thomas H. shrline
These we're TsnRysons poems and Wash
I, ington IrvinR's Sketch Book
), DR.. William O Pisrce, vics-orssldsn
= Of the alumni. presented the prize offsre
BY the association for general exosilenos
y Willard Sweetman was the nuoosssf q
I. one Miss ElIzAbsth Palmer, preside n
Z OF the alumLR. awarded the prizes fc
the highest average In rhetoric to Mi
- Georgia Zoos and Miss Alics Slemmonl
= Bishop Coleman presented the priz'
which he offered for the highest averag'
=, In Latin, to Ethel NJ Cooper and
Albert Pierce. The bishop exp,Ains
shat 1t was not his intention to speak
~ Lstin, bat be did Wish TO dispel the exla
"a Ing idea that this, a language that hH
stood before the world for 2, 200 years
~ y, dead 1T Is very live corpse,
70 continued
On behalf Of DR. Merritt Huiburd, vi
wss unable to be present Hugh
n- Browne presented the historv prizs ofisr'
na BY the former gentleman. Mr.. Browne vi
M suffering from s cold and la his apolof
IA for 1t stated that he had q voice loud
,n than words. The esEay. THE Duties
be United States representatives at Hon
ard Abroad was deemed meritorio
and It's writer, Miss Matilda O Fred
wss the winner
p Dr. George S. Fullerton, vice provo
- Of the Uaiyersity OF Pennsylvania, ma
he = most interesting address TO the grad
be ates. He congratulated the rlaidents
al the oisy and Of the state for having gu
m schools as that which had graduated {
Glasses bsfore him. He made an earne
plea to the people to continue Ia t
support Of them la the goodly spirit th
nd has always been manifested heretofore
N At the conclusion OF Dr. Fullertol
z. address Bishop Colsm an introduced
ed George HArter, wAo yesterday aasum
IRE the chair OF president Of DELAYS
!. College The bishop was earn'
ia his request that tho only c
lego Of our state. and one
rth ths best IA the country, should
,he attended BY many Wilmingtonians
at expressed his pleasure a. the fsct IL
o. number Of graduates intended ent
'rk ing that old and deserving instituti
next Fall. He hoped that the st'
pride that ought to exist would coatin
for the college.
ls President Baird awarded tho diplom
TO - tha af5htv-tMo nam horE nntiLlod