Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-10-04
FOUNDERS DAY At TOME.
Mr.. Charles j. Bonaparte Speaks at Il
.3 Port Deuosft School

Mr.. Charles j. Bonaparte Speaks Mt the
Port Deposit School.
Port Deposit, Md, Oct L. Charles
j. Bonaparte of Baltimore delivered an
interesting and thoughtful address on
secondary education this morning at the
Tome Institutes annual observance of
Founders Day.
Mr.. Bonaparte had been invited to
speak at the commencement last June,
but could not come, and his accept
ance for, today gave especial pleasure
to Mrs. Evelyn 8. Tome, widow Of the
founder aud president OF the trustees,
to the other trustees and of Director
James @. Mackenzie, for all are
anxious to more closely identify the
richly endowed school with Baltimore
and Baltimoreans. Et
Tha address OF Mr.. Bonaparte was
devoted to pointing out the necessity
| of sound system OF secondary schools
IN Emerican education. He said the
very general adoption Of elective courses
OF study in colleges and universities
had made the secondary schools vastly
more important than mere preparatory
schools, for upon them now rested tho
responsibility of overcoming the dangers
of the "elective system" by giving a
Surrounded scheme OF studies 10 all
pupils In concluding Mr.. Bonaparte
said: "
Although 1 speak on Founders
Day, l have said much of the worl,
before this great school, but nothing
| Of itself or of its founder Lbalieve
! this is what he would have wished
certainly it accords with the modest
I and practical scheme of labor adopted
! for the institute to which his munifi
cence gave life. 1t is, after all, a small
Q thing that in this foundation he ha.
/ erected to his memory monumon
: more enduring far than the Latii
{ poets bronze: that his name will be
o household word to all the hundred
Il who shall look back hither for Tn
t happy years OF their childhood. 50,
, this is a small thing because it i
/ shadowed by something loftier an,
9 nobler; his enlightened liberality will
I furnish worthy citizens to his country
d brighten countless homes in the lau
J. where he lived and died, make an
s numbered lives happy throug
Is Righteousness. With these fiuit
n awaiting it, his gift needs no wor
r of praise"
10 The exercises were held in tn
d assembly hall, which was profusel
boSOlhbSti Mlph puihbo duo oNOtSiNoi
10 Director Mackenzie presided, and til
s. exercises were begun by the soho'
t, singing Come, Thou Almighty King.
D, The Rev. W. W. Shaw. pastor of POI
y Deposit Presbyterian Church, rea
from the Scriptures. and the Re-
A. S. Mowbray of Tome Memori
:, Methodist Episcopal Church made q
q, Invocation. DIR. Mackenzie made d
~ address stating the objects and az
~ vantages of the great institution
~ ~ which Mr.. Tome was the founde
i ';s after which he introduced Mr.. Bon
/, parte.
\, The observance Of Founders DE-
'a was begun in Mr.. Tones lifetim
,es and has been one of the features
Il; each school year. This time it oil
ho marks tine completion of DR.. Ma
vi kenzie's first year as director and II
~ inauguration of his extensive plans
H. a magniticently equipped preparato
,as school for boys, In spite of u
If finished buildings, everything is ru
- ming smoothly.