The sun., 1898-06-30
HICH SCHOOL
GRADUATES
Hold Their Commencement Exer.
cises In the Grand Opera
House.
AN APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCE
Listen to the Rendition of a
Pleasing Program.
PRIZES AWARDED SCHOLARS
For Attaining the Highest Averages
During the Term and Also For
English and Latin Studies.
Men of Letters Address
the Glasses.
AN APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCE
PRIZES AWARDED SCHOLARS

The Opera House was filled to over
flowing last evening with an admirin|
audience who assembled to witness th'
commencement exercises of the Will
mington High School.
The graduates numbering 35 younl
ladies and 20 young men, representing
the February and June graduating
classes, were seated in tiers upon an in
clined platform erected on the rear Of tht
stage. The young ladies, dressed entirely
in white, presented charming appear
ance.
Seated directly in front of the graduate.
upon the stage were DR.. Evan q. Short
lidge, president of the Board of Educa
ton, Prof. A. II. Berlin Of the High
School, Rev. w. L. S. Murray, d. d., O.
St. Paul's NJ. L. Church, Rev. DR.. Albert
II. Studebaker, one of the leading
Lutheran ministers of Baltimore; Mayor
H. G. McIear, Prof. George Harter o
Delaware College; DR.. Swithin Chandler
Dr. Willard Springer, President of Coun-
Gil Leitch, Rev. George c. Hall, DIR. J. r.
Mahaffy, president OF the Alumni Asso.
citation of the High School, S. H. Bay.
nard, Mr.. and Mrs. C. 5. Howland, Prof.
Fred G. Robinson, Councilman O'Neil
and Board of Education members, Messrs.
Mcdaniel, Barnes, Hartman, Ross. Fraim,
Huey, Turner; Alfrey, Carter, Morrow,
Romlnel, Frick. Singler, Fisher, Adair
and Pyle.
Rev. w. L. S. Murray pronounced the
invocation and asked blessing on the
Board, graduating class and all of the
teachers.
DR.. ShOrtlidge acted as master of cere-
monies and announced the numbers on
the program. The addresses of the grad
yates were in advance of the expecta.
tions OF their warmest admirers, and
showed the result of three years careful,
training under Professor Berlin and his
corps OF able assistants.
The presentation of prizes was one of
the most interesting features Of the even
ing. Tie first honor prizes, given to the
young lazy and young man who had the
highest standing during the course,
were awarded by Professor Berlin to
Miss Alice f. Slemons, whose average
was 81. ) and to Ralph Cahoon Whit
mack, with an average OF $50.
In presenting the awards, Professor
Berlin complimented the winners upon
their averages and said it gave him great
pleasure to present them, and that he
was only sorry that lie was not able to
present scholarships in some institution
of learning, as both Miss Slemons and
Mr.. Whitnack were credit to Whining
ton schools. The prizes were each $40
gold piece.
The Morning News prize of $5 each 70
the two scholars attaining the second
highest average for the same period was
awarded to Mable Robbins Golding, with
an average of "a. 1. and Clarence Medford
Cahoon, who averaged .S4. In present.
ing the prize, Mr.. F.. NJ. Hopes stated
that he would make the same offer to the
recipients this year as he had heretofore,
which was that If at the end of years
time the monev had been so invested as
to double itself. he would add like
amount, as inst received, to the principle.
Mr.. Hopes read letter from Samuel
OFT, who had received the prize last year,
in which Mr.. OFT stated that though he
had not doubled the amount he felt that
it had not been wasted, inasmuch as he
had applied it toward paying part of
the entrance fees tn Delaware College,
but that before his first years course was
completed the country had called for
volunteers. and he, in company with sew
eral Of his fellow students had felt it
their duty to respond and had done So
he is so fortunate as to secure a commits
sion in 60. NJ.
Mr.. Hopes compinented Young OFT
highly on the step he had taken and said
he felt that the award had gone to the
right one.
The Alumni prize of $40 for general
excellence in English was awarded to
Victor Hugo Kett by DR.. James r.
lIahaffv. president OF the association.
who in the course of his remarks said
that ii the recipient ever desired to be
cone teacher be could not choose a
w:drr or more useful field than that OF
teacher OF the English language.
Miss Mary J. McAlister president Of
the alu4nnap association, presented the
aiumnae prize ui $40 for industry and
clnsc attention tr studies to Miss Mary
'rhonlsania Traynor.
Owing +, the unavoidable absence of
Bishop Coleman, DIR. Hart,r presented
the Bishop Coleman prize of So each to
the young lady and gentl man having
the highest standing in Latin to Miss
Alice f. Slemons and Fr.drick Wesley
Cooper.
The address of Rev. Albert II. Studc-
baker, y. D., LII. d., OF Baltimore, do
livered both forcible and a wittv ad-
dress to The graduating class and showed
by the manner in which he handled his
subject that he well deserves the rrputa.
lion he bears of speaker of marked
ability.
In his opening remarks he said tha !