Evening journal., 1901-06-07
HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATES Dine
CLAYTON House ReSOundS With
Their Merriment
WAS A DELIGHTFUL FUNCTION
At the BusineSS Meeting Preceding
the Banquet, Dr.. POrrtSt Vas
Chosen President
WAS A DELIGHTFUL FUNCTION

For several hours last evening the
J Wilmington High School boys owned
the Clayton House, and the large and
beautiful dining room and lofty corri-
dcrs rang win deafening school and
class yells and light laughter and song
The Alumni Association held its an.
nual meeting and gave a dinner inI
honor Of the graduating class. Ii was
most enjoyable function in all re-
spects, and no incident occurred to mar
its jollity.
Before the dinner the business meet
ing Of the association was held in the
hotel parlors.
Charles b. Palmer president for the
expiring year. was in the chair. After
routine business. Harry p. Joslyn read
the Executive Committees report He
spoke feelingly of the late David W..
Harlan. and several members of the
association who had died
DIR. Swithin Chandler moved that a
committee Of three be appointed to adj
vance The teaching Of the languages in
this city. Tho motion was adopted. Dr.
! Chandler said that, as alumni OF the
| Wilmington High School they should
| look into and aid the community in
that direction. President Palmer imme-
diately appointed DR.. Swithin Chan
dler, II. =. Joslyn and G.. A. Rudolph
as members Of the committee.
ArmOn ID. Chaytor, Jr., moved that
q committee OF three be also appoint
ed to act in conjunction with the High
School faculty and the Alumni Associ-
alton to foster athletics among the
students OF the High School The mo-
tion was carried. and DIR. II. @. Buck
master. Herbert L. Rice and ArmOn d.
Chaytor, Jr., appointed as the commit
tee
Officers for the ensuing year were
then elected as follows: Dr. G. w. X.
Forrest, '9S; president; Charles A. Ru-
dolph. II, vice-president; Armon ID.
Chaytor, Jr., '9S; secretary; II. L. Bon
ham, '94. treasurer; II. p. Joslyn, Her
bert L. Rice. H. G. Buckmaster. J. b.
Morrow, William Bevan, Executive
COMMITTEE.
The young men then separated into
class groups and. two by two, filed into
the dining room, where Harry Both
man served them with a delightful
dinner
Mr. Palmer introduced Harry p.
u Jcslyn as tOastmaster, and responses
u We're made as follows: Superintendent
Twitmyer. observations of High
Il School Graduates" George Carter.
Journalism; DR.. Swithin Chandler
Nature and Mans Method" Gerald
DOugherty, president of the February
class and Harry Vernon, president OF
the June class OF 1901; Lewis b. Nor
row and William Turner, Of the Board
/, of Education; G. W. X. Forrest and
Professor RhOads made brief ad-
dresses.
Secretary KINNEY read a letter from
Captain A. w. Foreman. class of '93
expressing regret that he could not at
tend the dinner. Those who did par
ticipate were:
Glass Of 1S76-W. Stewart Almond
1S77-Charles A. Rudolph.
1SS3-S. J. Horn
1SS5-A. O. H. Grier.
: 1SSG-Charles b. Palmer.
1SS9-Dr II. G. Buckmaster, Dr.
Swithin Chandler
1S9l-Charles MaTten. Howard d.
Ross
1s92-Ernest ]. Cornbrooks, T. NJ
COrnbrooks. w. L.. Pierce
1896. W. X. Forrest. Charles p.
MarOney.
1S94-Harry l. Bonham. r. J. Field
Frank B. Foster. Harry p Joslyn. John
j.. Kelly, &. M Turner.
1S95-Walter A. Mackey. II. c. Ma
hafy Jr.. J. b. Morrow, l.. r. Reeves
T. V. Simpson.
1S96-William NJ Mask. Jr., c. "
Mannering. George McCloskey.
1S97-Abner r. Overdeer. J. Bayard
Hearn, Paul r. Killiam, Ralph Swartz
; r. S. Latimer. c. L. Bonham, Charles
p F. Perkins, A. n KINNEY.
e. Trl, n
. Chaytor, Jr
1S99-William Lawton, Jr, Robert
E T. Baldwin, Eugene G. Hardesty. c.
Frank Fitzgerald, Philip S. Tyre
I Thomas Dorsey, Jr., IT. B. Patton
q Henry A. Mills, Howard Hahn.
1900-LeOn p. Thomas, Ralph B
p Kyle. Frank Slack Washington A. Hill
les, Claude Dinenderffer Leonard r.
] Hall, Albert II. TAFT, William L. Missi-
d mer, j. Stuart Groves, Frank r. Zeb-
ley, Harvey G. Mcdowell Leon r
Lofman, Lewis w. Ibaugh. Walter NJ
Baylis. Charles +. Hackett, Z. l.. Bag
gerly, A. Norman Andrews.
= 1901-Hugh ]. MacWilliams. James
). II. Parsons. Philip A. Easley, Frazer J
= Wilson, William NJ Adams, Harvey II
Vernon. Charles T. Shoemaker. vii.
e liam S. Kennedy. Jr.. Richard H. Pal.
J. mer, W. G. Tatnall, Jr.. G. L. Dough.
b erty, William Bevan, II. Pennington
b A. S. Reed. Jr., Jerome b. Bell. Jr., s
David Henkel, ]. p. Thompson, Rich.
ard F. Clash. Warren Z. Crossgrove
Howard Braunstein, Harvey H. Hick-
man, A. Hauber, Frank A. Ially, ]. H
s Tyre.
T All in all. 1t was one of the pleas.
4 antest functions ever held under the
e auspices Of the association.