Evening journal., 1897-06-26
AFTER THIRTY YEARS.
Professor Morgan's Stirring
Address on School Progress.
GIRL GRADUATES MAKE HITS

ALL ACQUITTED THEMSELVES
WITH MUCH CREDIT - MISS
GoRNfLEY GIVES POST AND Pill
LORY A BLOW WHICH CHIEF
JUSTICE LORE REsENTs.
Clover hues Of green and pink adorn-
cd the Opera House last evening at the
97 class exercises OF the New Castle /
High School. It was the fifteenth com |
mencement Of the school, and the
motto, Rowing, Not Drifting" seemed
more than appropriate to the progress /
i've class that stepped upon the stage at
S.l5, headed by Professor G. w. An
drew, of the High School and his as
sistant principal, Miss Clara M. Kast.
Others seated upon the stage amid
| the flowers and potted plants were
Hon. Charles b. Lore, chief justice OF
Delaware; DR.. James II. Morgan, of
Dickinson College. professor of Greek
and Political Economy; Rev. +. M.
Munson, LIZ d., chaplain of the Della
ware National Guard; Rev. E. l..
Brady, priest in charge of st. Peters
parish S. Atwood Stewart, president
OF the Board Of Education, and Messrs
HIdLtis l1dAiONts Dhih iAt anu 1di AANAAf
Of the board.
The commencement was a pronounced
literary and social success, and never
in the history of the commencements in
New Castle have graduates acquitted
themselves so creditably The girls did
not stand like statues and sing a Choir
ale essay in pianissimo tones tina.
could not be heard beyond the Orches-
ina 0s is characteristic OF the sweet
girl graduate but they advanced TO
che front and spoke with an abandon
and expression that Mary Ellen Leases
friends would be proud Of
a he two boys on the program were
excused from their orations, and they
smiled as their places on the program
were skipped, when they thought what
competitive struggle they had gotten
out of.
GAVE POST AND PILEORY A SLAP
Miss Gormley, the valedictorian,
gave hot shot to the whipping-post and
the New Castle Jail methods of admin
istering justice. She pronounced them
not only unjust, but downright cruelty,
and Chief Justice Lore smiled blandly
to President Stewart as both wondered
what was coming next
COLLEGE PROFESSORS FINE AD-
DRESS.
Professor Morgan stated that he was
} present in the place of President Reed,
OF the college, and, in the language OF
r Holmes, he would simply try to rattle
/ around in DR.. Reeds place DR.. Nor
II gan, thirty years ago, was in the pub
lie schools Of Delaware and he was as
founded at the progress that has been
made. He was in the lower county
and there no high school advantages
were given and a commencement was
Z unheard of after the four or five months
Of schooling. The educational poverty
then was marked. The state appro.
If priated $50 ay ear to each district, on
)f condition that the district would raise
a like sum by local taxation. Nothing
- more was allowed, no matter how mucl
70 In excess of the $50 was raised by th'
Al constituency. Where they maintained {
school at all the teacher was janitol
and carpenter as well.
Very often the appointments to thu
office of teacher were not at all becaus'
OF the candidates peculiar fitness TO
the position, but because he needed tn
c money.
"But change has come" said tn
&c speaker, land l cannot express to yol
how l have been delighted with thes
'C exercises of tonight The state super
10 intendents, larger appropriations, ex
- aminations have come to stay. II wa
&C found that a teacher had as much O
his share of the labor as the fac
&c tory hand, the merchant, the OK drivel
From Maine toColumbia these addition
al opportunities are being given to ou
young men and young women.
- First Of all came the great univers
cd ties fed by streams of eager student
.es who fiocked to their doors. Much {
re- the history of the American publ
school system dates within the live
49, Of those before me.
"This means that the school systei
stands to-day as the realistic protest
the people that a small class of favore
\ few could lead nations while the lars
class of the common people must 70
;ow in dumb subseryiency. COnseqUen
Ia the tremendous agency Of the pu
lie school has come and is GROWN
la marvelously. The people can be ed'
ew Gated; the people can educate then
nd slves. The meaning CT il all, ther
ac- fore, is that the common men mu
ley have the advantages Of developir
re, their native capacity"
ma The professor closed with an appe
al for systematic preparation in a
err che high schools for profession
schools, colleges, and for cor
es' merce He who would succeed in eth
professions cr commerce must ha
mental lCgCe and power.
PELlClrOUs REMARKS FROM TT
COURT.
3. Chief Justice Lore delighted the aud
,or ence with his felicitous presentation
~ diplomas. Said he;
II want 10 coneratulate these Ne
Castle school directors, these prime
and pals. and / am proud of this hi
uili school. If New Castle keeps on dol
nv " the great work it shows tonight, ev
ceri the professors Of Dickinson College b
better look out Ernst Peterson,
in first old schoclmaster of New Cast
never thought that woman was fit
,bc, anything except TO stay at home a
sne | crack corn. II he had been here