Evening journal., 1903-06-18
ALUMNI Dimes
NEW GRADUATES
Wilmington High School
Alumni Association in
Annual Banquet
DR., CHANDLER POSTMASTER


Todays Politics, and Tell How Edu.
cation Will Tend TO Lessen the
Evil.
Graduates Of the Wilmington High
School since 1875 forming the Alumni Of
that institution gathered at the clayton
House, last nightto hold the banquet given
each year to the graduating class. Be
sides the invited guests 1l5 graduates were
there, which is the largest number that
has turned out 10 these uffairs in many
years.
Before the banquet was held officers
were elected. Harry r. Joslyn presided
at the meeting and the following were
chosen;
President, DR.. John Palmer. Jr; vice
president. Dr. George r. Foulki secretary,
william O'ISeefe: treasurer. Roy j. Field:
executive committee. Herbert l.. Rice,
chairman: Dr. James r. Mahaffy William
H. Taylor Robert NJ. Burns, DR.. II. B.
Patton, Arthur Tanberg. Following the
business session the graduates marched
by classes into the dining room, which
was attractively adorned. Seated at the
head were Harry +. Joslyn, the retiring
president; Dir. Palmer, the newly-chosen
president; DR.. swithin Chandler, Of Phiia-
delphia the Rev. Hubert w. Wells. Henry
c. Conrad. Professor A. II. Berlin, prin-
cipal Of the High School; President Evan
G. Shortidge, Colonel Lewis b. Morrow
and Daniel Ross, Of the Board Of Educa-
tion; john T. Whitehead. John Il. Robin
II a. g
the High School faculty; DR.. G. sherburne
Rice, Charles A. Rudolph, and Armor ID.
Chaytor, Jr., retiring officers of the asso-
citation.
A pleasing menu was served, after which
Mr. Joslyn introduced DR.. Chandler as
toastmaster. In the course OF his remarks
Or. Chandler said:
People come ana people go but may
I freedom last forever. Never was there a
better equipped people to carry out this
hope than the American people. No insti-
tuition ever took such a part in such an
equipment as our public schools. Let each
pupil, each graduate. hold dear his knowl.
edge, ever ready to defend them when at-
tackled, support them i'm peace advancing
their interests at all times. Look but for a
moment at our ports. Whom do we see
entering there. Some good and worthy
people Yes burt with them a vast. uned-
ucated. undesirable, passion-led and nom
idealzng crowd. Where Is she remedy
for this malady but Ia the training of
their offspring in these institutions. Edu-
Gated with our generations by these insti-
tutons they become the citizens Of the to-
morrows. Thus we educate not only the
American child but the child of THE for
eigner, and upon this training depends
Americas future.
SEQ first that too many do not enter
our land to overcrowd our people and our
schools. See that these schools have the
best teachers and uhat they instruct with
the proper objects in view; namely TO
make not reference books merely, but good
American citizens, pure. true, noble. pa
trioMc and idealizing men. Men who des-
pise wrong and evil jealousies, impure
minds, and unkindness TO fellow-man. our
country is, strictly speaking, the only re-
public i'm the world ruled absolutely by the
people. Oh, keep 1t above bribery and the
Ills of a rotten government. 1T is the only
peoples land, keep 1T fair. Never vote for
a buyer Of votes and use the words 'all
politicians are the same, 50 It IS only a
matter Of degree" as a salve to your un-
patriotic act, but let them only be the
incentive to fire your honesty and in its
just consuming destroy fraud and de-
bauchery.
If these are some of the objects we'll
taught in our schools let the Alumni de-
termine they shall be so taught-then our
work will not be in vain and though peo-
pie come and people go freedom will last
forever"
| DR.. Chandler then introduced the Rev.
Hubert w. Wells, as the next speaker.
/ DR.. Wells described the difference be-
tween bread-study and culture study, as
defined by the learned Germans. He said
that too much stress or accent is put on
bread study or the satisfaction Of earn
ing a mere living. Unfortunately the ex-
ponents and followers of culture study
the friends Of the High School are in the
minority. He made a plea for culture
study, and said THAT the living will follow.
I'm our politics God help us" continued
4 DR.. Wells. God and the High School
graduates help US" lie referred to the
/ recent visit of the delegation to Dover in
favor of the voters assistant repeater
and cited that 1t only showed that the men
are willing to sacrifice themselves for a
cause.
Henry c. Conrad made a felicBtious
speach in which ne traced the history of
the High school.
Calvin C. Thomas gave an enjoyable
/ recitation.
In addition TO the guests and members
of the Alumni enumerated previously, the
following graduates, by classes, were
gathered about the festal board
Glass Of 1878. DR.. James II. Morgan.
80. Robert NJ. Burns. r. II. Brown.
IS, A. Q. IL. Grier.
81, H.. c. Evans.
IS. Calvin c. Thomas.
80, Granville p. Alexander, Jacob L.
Fouliz.
~ John W. Morris.
'92, Harvey B. Wigglesworth.
93, DR.. George r. Foulk. DIT. James r
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