Evening journal., 1909-06-23
HOWARD SCHOOL.
COMMENCEMENT
Fifteen Graduates Awarded
Diplomas at Exercises
Last Night

Nearly two thousand persons attended
the commencement exercises Of the How
ard High School at the Eleventh Street
Rink last night The stage was prettily
decorated with the school colors. blue
and gold a profusion Of flowers and
flags. AT the right side OF the stage
was large figure "0'' and on the other
was the figure "9'" standing for the
name Of the class. The class colors were
all about the large building. The stu
dents had prepared the decorations.
Dr. Evan G. Shortldge. pre- sident Of
the Wilmington Board of Education,
presided, and Superintendent Of Schools
George w. Twitmyer Principal A. H.
Berlin, Of the Wilmington High School:
Dr. Thomas o. Cooper and several other
members OF the Board Of Education were
among those on the stage
The graduates and other students or
the school marched to the stage prior
to the beginning Of the program and at
the close before the audience left, they
marched out in double fled The gradu-
ates were. George Albert Byrd, Stans-
bury NJ. Carter, Leon Hudson Cork, Clif-
ford Elwood Henry, Mabel Beatrice Lo-
per Harvey Allen Murray Mary jean
nette Smallwood, Joseph II. Potter, wal
ter e. Reddlng, Ralph Harrison WicBes,
Alice Ann Whitten Edward y. Virgins.
Graduates Of the normal department
were Lillian Florence Anderson. Mary
Louisa Brooks Blanche Belle Dutton
The invocation was made by the Rev
t. o. Parker. Harvey Murray delivered
an Grafton Dickens Tale of Two Cit
les" Miss Alice w. Whtten read a we'll
prepared essay on "Dr. Du Bois' Soul Of
Black Folk" Edward Virgins grafton
ON Booker n. Washingtons up From
Slavery" was an able effort
The address 10 the graduates was de-
livered by Or. w. t. Burghardt Du Bois
Ph d.. professor OF Economies and His
tory at the Atlanta University, and
proved a delightful treat to the large au-
dience. Or. Dubois, Is one of the best
known educators Of the country and
his many books addressea and essays
on the questions confronting the negro
race have brought him more than fame
He alluded to the progress of the world
and the occupation Of men toward the
accomplishment OF great deeds, butt in
connection with this he said that the
responsibility OF the ruling of this vast
country is as much in the street worker
or the carpenter as in the great me-
chanics and inventors and leaders IN all
other lines. one expression of his is
worthy Of the consideration Of the grad
yates throughout their lives, n was: THE
mission of the school is not to make
men carpenters or mechanics. but to
make carpenters and mechanics men"
He advised them that all trades thar
await the white men Of today are wait
ing them. In speaking Of the color line
he characterized It as the greatest prob
1 lem that confronts the twentieth century.
1T Is the problem of building a human
/ ity that does not observe the color of a
mans skin as being against his spirit"
The Rev Maxine F. Duty presented
prizes. Miss Madaline Lewis won the
prize for excellence IN sewing. and Miss
Elsie Caldwell won the prize for bread
baking. These are the prizes offered by
Mrs. Mary H. Stevens. T. Emanuel
whltten presented the English prize Of
fered by the Alumni Association to Har-
vey A Murray
The diplomas we're conferred by Presi-
dent of the Board OF Public Education
Dr. F.. G Shortlidge and the benediction
pronounced by the Rev. r. William Flick
land
The music of the evening was rendered
by an orchestra composed OF students
OF the school, and was of a high order
OF excellenve The exercises Of the even
ing reflected great credit on Miss Ed
wilma 3. Kruse and the other teachers
Of the school