The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-05-27
H HIGH SCHOOL.
Second Anniversary Entertain.
ment Last Evening-An Artistic Per.
formanee Of a Pretty Operefta BY
Young Ladies'.

Young Ladies.
Last evening the second anniversary
entertainment by the pupils 2. the public
high <choo. vas given at the Tileston
! school, building on Ann street. between
+, Fourth and Fifth streets. The hall In
: the second story was a mass % pa3p.-
wao were present on the occasion. and
/, Eot only were all the seats flied. but All
| the staining room was occupied Among
those present FOR NHom seats were spe-
cialiy reserved were those ardent friends
OF education. School Committeeman Jas.
II. c~hadbourn. Samuel Northrop. James
+. Post. Jr.. and E. Borden: Captain II.
A Bagg. Colonel T. ". Foster and Cap
tain Z. " Manning.
Al SD p. m. Professor VI. c. :. Noble.
the ever Jealous superintendent of schools.
called the audience to order and in his
fei!citous way made a few remarks. in
which he expressed regret that 80 small
was the hall tina tickets OF admission
could not De given out to all the friends
or the public schools. The curtain then
went up revealing the handsome Stage
beautifully decorated with green pines,
Juniper, ivy and moss, presenting a svl-
van scene. To music by Miss Bessie d.
Burt, whose ~pianofort playing has so
many times delighted the Wilmington
public. twenty young ladies then came
on the stage in the different parts. and
gave a charming performance Of a pretty
operetta entitled TIL Mountain
Nymphs." the caste including Il group OF
mountain nymphs sporting and singing
near the shores of Echo lake. boarding
school girls out on d rusticating jaunt in
the woods. and a band of Franconia peas
ant girls who endeavor to sell berries and
flowers to the young ladies'. The play is
in two acts and the curtain goes up in the
! first act with the group of nymphs sing
ing. Then in their turn come on the
school girls and the peasant girls all sing
ing and making merry.
The caste included the following young
ladies':
Nymphs-,disses Mildred Davis. Rosa
Langston. Louise Banks, Lena Sneeden
and Alice Craft.
School Girls-Misses Lilly Belle NcLau-
rim, Emma Stolter. May Galloway. Mamie
Batson, Stella Mcintosh. Neppie Borden,
Daisy Sutton. and Charlotte Styron.
Peasant Girls-Misses Matte Keen.
Daisy N1cIntire. Jennie Calder. Flo.sie
Wallace, Gertrude Bryan, and COrnelia
FfllyaW.
The young ladies were charmingly cos
tuned and the chorus, duett and solo
singing was quite creditable and highly
enjoyed by the appreciative audience.
The curtain went down amid tumultuOuS
applause.
DID HE SAY FAREWELL?
Some months ago Professor Noble was
elected professor OF pedogogics at the
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eral interest as to whether he would
sever his long connection with our pub
lie schools to accept that higher and
more honored position in the field of ed
ucatiou. Without exactly saying what
his plans will be, it might be inferred
from his remarks at the entertainment
at the Union and Heminway schools
Monday and Tuesday nights that he is
to leave us. Last night at the entertain
ment at the high school ne gave a strong
er intimation that he is to leave US. He
went on the stage and addressed the au-
dience at some length. speaking with
very evident emotion. He began his re-
marks by informing the young lady
teachers of the High school and the
Union and Hemenway schools thai Cap
tain E. d. Williams, of the steamer Mar
ion, would give them a boating party
this afternoon, and that he requested all
who would go to meet the steamer this
afternoon at $50 o'clock at Market street
dock, to take a sail around the harbor.
Professor Noble then thanked all the
teachers of the Hemenway, Union and
| High schools for their faithful and eff
ficient services the past year. He next
went on to say, remarking that he did
not do so egotistically, that it has been
seventeen years since he came here to
labor in the public schools of Whining
ton, and that few men in any city in any
state in this union had held one office SO
long as he had. He then thanked the
people of Wilmington for the encourage
ment they had given him as superintend-
ent of public schools and expressed his
| appreciation of the generosity that had
always been shown to him. With deep
feeling he alluded to the warm support
he had received from Captain H. A. Bagg,
SO long chairman of the board of county
commissioners and chairman of the board
of education, and later to the Jealous and
hearty support ne had received from
Captain Bagg's successor, Colonel F. w
Foster. as chairman Of the board of com
missioners and board Of education. Indi-
vidually he also expressed his earnest
who nave served on the school commit
tees-Messrs. Walke Meares, the late
Captain W. M; Parker, Mr.. James
Mr.. Donald MacRae, MI. Samuel Nor
throp. Mr.. James F. Post, Jr., and Mr..
James H. Chadbourn. He paid a high
compliment to each OF these gentlemen.
He said Mr.. Chadbourn is the only white
member of the committee that started in
with him when he first came here and
was still on the committee. With deep
/ cl1ollOu lie eApIcSccN llS j "
the encouragement Mr.. Chadbourn had
given him in holding up his hands-a man
who had inspired him to nobler deeds,
purer thoughts and higher actions. 1t was
Mr.. Chadbourn. he said. who first me-
him when he arrived in Wilmington. and
showed him the public schools. Professor
Noble said in taking his farewell, he
craved nothing but the fond remembrance
Of the people of Wilmington. He said
he may not be with us after this. but
should he leave in the fall months. the
school bells will still ring at 9 o'clock
in the morning and the young people
would be seen IN their way to school.
He spoke very tenderly of the children
Of Wilmington with h at the opening
of the schools he had gone to the great
white throne in prayer. He said he had
met many children but those of Wilmin-
ton were away above the average OF all ne
had ever seen. He specially compliment
ed the boys by saying he had gone in
and among them often. but he had heard
less profanity and less Objectionable Ian
guage than among any Boys he ever
met. In concluding. Professor Noble
specially said that whatever success ne
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