The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-05
HIGH SCHOOL
CORNERSTONE.
Interesting Ceremonies
Held on Saturday Al
tern00n. Several \
Interesting Ad- :: ::
dresses.

/ Interesting ceremonies marked the cor.
ner stone laying Of the new high school
on Saturday afternoon. The stone was
laid by DR.. E, G. Shortlidge the president
Of the Board Of Public Education, and ad-
dresses were made by Lewis G. Vande-
the building committee: Bishop Coleman
and Dr.. Shortlidge Music was furnished
by chorus Of public school pupils under
the direction of j. I. CIylner. At tho con.
clusiOn of the exercises the scholars sang
an original hymn, the words of which
were by Howell S. England, and maslo by
Win NJ. s. Brown.
Bi hop Coleman orened the exercises
with prayer.
| District Attorney Lewis G. vandegrift
( was tho first speaker. Ho reviewed the
grift also gave a.history Of the new build-
ing. Ne
Dr.. shortiidge, president Of the Board
Of Education, said In part: n,
"Close upon the opening Of a new cen-
tury we are to-day laying the corner stons
of a new high school, Of which our city and
our State will be proud, let US hope, tog
many years to come.
1.-The free school houses OF this broad
land are the citadels from which pour
forth the defenders Of our democratic in
oVlUuViVhos AAVtCI IL WuUIot AAuSb W
trained those who are In the coming gen.
erations to be the guardians Of our civil
liberty.
Religious bodies, private educators and
rhilanthropists are all doing grand work
for education In every state In tho Union.
but, while we hail their help in the train.
ing OF the young, we hold that II IL the
duty and high privilege of city like Will
mington, and to the interest of tho state
to erect a structure at public cost In which
every citizen shall have an investment
and every child chance to draw diYi-
dend
"In 1900 our whole national population
will be about three times what 1t was In
1850. Our own city Of Wilmington will
In 1900 have more than seven times the
population of 1850, or an increase twice
that.of the increase in the population Of
the whole country.
"We may quite safely look forward to
a growth ths next half century which will
one and two hundred thousand.
''In 1861 there were eight school houses
In use in this city.
while tho management Of the schools
has been conservative with regard to the
introduction Of new things, yet the best
modern methods have been sought out
and are practiced by the teachers gener-
ally.
'In supervising and directing the in-
struction given in the schools, the super.
intendent has laid down as general rule
that the teaching that causes the pupils
to learn Is good teaching, ani that which
doe; not cause the pupils to learn Is not
good teaching. Our schools are deserved
ly popular with our own people, and have
Of late attracted many visitors from other
places, who have spoken in high terms Of
the excellence of cur schools.
at is plain that the public high school
which will meet Wilmlngton's future
wants must be q structure at once plain
but imposing, sufficiently large to provide
DOM for years to come for rapidly grow.
ng city, equipped with tho best modern
appliances for imparing instruction and
furnished with due regard to the health
md comfort Of Its pupils Such structure
Will be for generations to come the pride
md glory Of our city"
In the tin box placed In tho corner stone
we're copies Of newspapers of Saturday to-
.e' her with bills aud coins presented by
). f. Belts, pictures of tho high school
choiars and teachers and annual reports
# tho city departments