The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-27
HIGH SCHOOL
gRADUATES.


She looks q dream in satin!
With tingling cheek
hear her speak,
And every utterance moves me.
Would / could hear,
In English clear,
Her red lips say she loves me!
Essays were read, orations were de
liyered, honors were bestowed, diplomas
were conferred and the graduation exer
/. cises closed4s#ith the benediction. y
was a sight'of inspiring cheerfulness, thu
commencement exercises Of the gradual
ing class Of the High School which were
held last evening in the school auditor
ium.
All the participants and all the sur
roundings breathed that air OF happy
hopefulness which characterizes only the
exuberant satisfaction of youth in mer
itorious achievement. The preparatory
school days, for some all the school days
of their life, were past Their thought
must be for the future; and to the strife
of the battle with the world they looked
forward with unbounded faith i> their
ability to master all obstacles that might
arise in their path.
Amid handsome decorations Of pretty
foliage and the school colors. cherry and
white, the graduates faced the large
audience, which filled the auditorium,
proud of their achievements. 1t was a
pretty scene. To the strains of march
played by the Philharmonic Orchestra
the graduates marched into the auditor.
ium at s o'clock and took their seats on
the stage. In the centre of the platform
sat President ShoTtlifge of tho Board of
Education, who presided. the members
of the board Superintendent George w.
Twitmyer. Principal A. Fl. Berlin, Bish-
on Coleman, Jerome B. Bell Edgar NJ.
Hoopes. DR.. G. w. X. Forrest and the
Ravs. George G. Hall. Charl $ b. Duhell,
G. A. Grice, O. G. Buddington, Hubert
w. Wells and J. w. Easley.
The graduates were: Elizabeth Rose
Brphan. Charlotte Louisa Black, Mar
garct Grace Chapnle, Susanna Marie
Connclt Jessie MAY Cooper, Ida Grnbb
Devinc. Elizabeth Cessna Diviney, Eliza
beth Turner Doughten. Annie Gregg
Fredd. Irene Fulton. Mabel Shaw Haley,
Elizabeth Gilpn Huey. Mabel Pere
Hyrons. Mary Martha johnson. Edna
Lillian Kirk. Katharine Lang. Margaret
Helena Mccormick, Sara Cecilia Null
rooney. Edna Aldrich Pearson, Ruth
Pennington. Blanche Evelyn Reese.
Maud Ethel Swayne, Florence Victoria
Tatem, Lolita Thompson. Lydia Pusey
Thomson. Catharine Regina Walsh,
William Thomas Bevan, Clarence James
Conwell, Gerald T.nke Doughorty. Philip
Ayres Easley. Ralph Irine Finn. Har-
vey Hazel Hickman. Frank Aloysius
Lally. Isaac Stidham Lenderman, Wat
son Geatty Lendcrman, Jr.. Hugh John
MacWiliams, James Henry Parsons,
Henry Carmichael Pennington. John Lin
coin Platt, William Porter Poole. Joseph
Aloysius Rosscll James Harris Tyre,
Walter Gibbons Tatnall, Jr.. Anna Els
telle Barnhill. Marguerite Baxter, Mary
Agnes Bradley. Helen Richmond Brown.
Jessie Hannah Culbertson, Lucy Harding
Diverty. Elizabeth Corse Bunker, Car
olyn Hirst Fisher. Vera Godfrey, Anna
Maxwell Grse. Frances Elliott Illus
bands. Mabel Jones. Mary Jane Lewis,
Isabelle Maxwell, Emma MeIntire. Ger
trude Kane Meanpy, Ida May Moore,
Serena Mabel Munda. Helen Constance
palmatary. Mabel Rellngham Pierson,
Linda Pizor. Estelle Moore Rice, Sadie
Elizabeth Robertson. Charlotte West
ROYAL, Stella Slcsinger. Katharine Queen
Read Thatcher, Gertie Mae Townsend,
Bertha Theresa Welt, Jerome Bonaparte
Rell. Jr.. Howard Rraunstein, Richard
Feddcman Clash. Warren Ellsworth
Crossgroye Solomon David Henkel, Will
liam Stinson Kennady, Richard Hampton
Palmer Archibald Steele Reed. Jr.,
Charles Thomas Shoemaker, Harvey
Hutchinson Vernon.
rho axercises were opened with PRAYER
hv the Rev. T. w Easley. pastor of
Scott NJ u. Church. An essay on
ideals written by Anna Maxwell
Crise, was read by Stella Slcsinger.
Richard r. Palmer delivered an grafton
m ENERGY Rules the World"
Then came the presentation of prizes, |
, most interesting part of the program.
First honor nrizes for highest averages
we're presented by PRINCIPAL Berlin to
edna Lillian Kirk and Philip Ayers
Isas,ev The nrizcs were 81, gold pieces,
For regular attendance. having answered
h tho roll call every school day in ten
r,orY Annie Crery Freld received 81 in |
,olL
second homer prizes, IS gold pieces,
,ro,vn nc "lJorn;ng Nave, n,;yes were
presented by Edgar NJ, Hoopes TO Stella
slesingcr and solomon David Heukel
Dr. George ". X, Forrest Dresentcd