Evening journal., 1911-05-16
COMMENCEMENT
AT STATE COLLEGE
Ten Graduates In 1911 Class,
State College for COIored
Students
GOVERNOR TO
ADDRESS THE CLASS

commencement week for the State
College for Colored students. near
Dover, will be ushered in with a
service for the graduating class on
Sunday afternoon, May 21. The bac-
calaureate sermon will be preached
by the Rev. J. l.. II. Watkins, d. d.,
presiding elder Of Wilmington dis
trict, Philadelphia Conference, A. NJ.
f. Church.
The Class Day exercises will De
held at / o'clock in the afternoon on
Monday, concluding with the senior
banquet at o'clock in the evening
On Tuesday evening will be the decla-
nation contest. The junior reception
to the senior class will be hold on
Wednesday evening, and the Alumni
reunion on Thursday evening.
The graduating exercises on Friday
afternoon, at which Governor Penne-
will will deliver the address, will be
preceded by a meeting of the board of
trustees at 10 o'clock I'm the morning,
and cadet drill at II o'clock. At S
o'clock on Friday evening the col
lege students will conclude the week
with a band concert and dramatic en-
tertainment. The commencement pro-
gram is as follows:
II a. m.-Battalion drill by Cadets
Corps, Professor ]. r. Cogbill, com
mandant; competitive drill by COM
panies, Lieutenant Edgar s. Slayer,
U. s. A., inspector;
p. m-Music, March. "Forty-sev-
enth Regiment" by State College
Band. Robert Metthews, leader; pray
er, the Rev. j. w. Morrishow, pastor
OF A. NJ f. Church. Dover; song, "Oh
Freedom" College Students, Profess
sor s. L. Conwell leader oration,
Service" Charles T. Gaillard, ora
tien, Choosing a Calling" Davis w
Shockly; overture. Fort Dayton" by
the band: oration, Hope for the
Negro" Charles c. Shovel: oration.
Duty OF Life" Ralph B. Thompson;
song. "Oh Italia Beloved" College
Students; address. His Excellency,
Governor Simeon S. Pennewill; over
ture. Operate Mingle." by the band:
awarding of diplomas. the Hon Henry
p. Cannon. president Of Board Of
Trustees. The graduates are:
Bachelor Of science. Virginia Will
by Campbell Milford, Del; Charles
Thomas Gaillard Philadelphia. Pa
Harrison Caldwell Molock. Berlin.
Md Davis Wesley Shockley. Milford.
Del: Charles Coral Showell Berlin,
Md; Ralph B. Thompson Dover.
Del. Harold Alfred Wilson. Philadel-
phia.; Bernard Young, Lincoln City,
Del.
Normal course.-Hattie Augusta
Connor Chester. Pa; Edna Amelia
Selvy. Cape May. N. J.
Song, "Steal Away" College stu
dents; address, the Hon. Ernest Lyon,
d. u. of Baltimore, ex-United States
Minister and Consul General 10 Lii
IBERIA; schottische, "Sllyery Moon" by
the band awarding Of prizes. the Hon
Henry c. Conrad, associate judgs
scholarship prize. for highest aver
age in all studies for the year. $40;
for excellence in shop work, first
prize. $40; for excellence I'm shop
work. second prize, S5; for English
defamation, first prize $40; for Eng
lish defamation second prize, S5;
announcements. benediction. the Rev
Edward NJ. Tyler. Cheswold.
BY the courtesy of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company the follow
ing trains will stop at the State Col
lege crossing on May 26: Coins
north, trains leaving Harrington al
9.14 a. m, 1872 p. m 5.16 p. m. and
arriving at Dover 9.46 a. m. 2.06 p. m
and $50 p m, respectively. Going
south, trains leaving Wilmington al
6.57 a M. S19 a. m. and 2.54 p. m.
arriving at Dover at S55 a. m. 9.5S a
m and 4.4s p. m, respectively