Evening journal., 1914-05-13
GUESTS MUST CO
TO Basement FOR
REFRESHMENTS
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corridors or class-rooms on the main
floors of the school.
Just how the guests, who will COM
prise the parents, relatives and
friends OF the seniors, will regard
the plan of the Board OF Education to
shunt them to the basement to receive
ice cream and cake remains to be
learned.
Students Protest Rally.
With practically every member of
the Senior Class of the Wilmington
High School present, pupils of the
school at noon today assembled in
Science Hall, at Cool Spring Park,
when they declared they would cancel
the reception planned for the school
auditorium, and would secure, II pos
sible. the auditorium of the DUPONT
Hotel, for their event.
The pupils assembled i'm Cool
Spring Park shortly after twelve
O'Clock, and Park Guard Henry NJ
Lang was asked for permission to
hold a meeting In the park. Mr.. Lang
threw Science Han open to the schol-
ars
Carl Shilling, president OF the class
presided, and outlined the attitude OF
the Board of Education, relative tc
forbidding the serving OF refresh
ments in the class rooms of the
school on Friday night.
Il. j. Horty also spoke on the ques.
ton and Miss ID. NJ. Spring, a mem.
her suggested that the auditorium oI
the Dupont Hotel be secured for Fri
day night.
This idea was taken up at once and
when put TO vote il was carried unani-
mously. President Shilling appointed
Miss Smith, Miss ID. NJ. Spring, Miss
NJ. c. Booker. r. b. Wheeler and f. J
Horty a committee TO arrange for tn,
holding of the play, dance and reception
in the DUPONT auditorium on Friday
night.
After the committee had been ap
pointed, the question. "Will we give tn
reception in the High School on Friday
IL we have TO eat in the basement 2" wal
put TO the class, and with shouts O
"No. mo- the meeting adjourned.
The February class which win parti
cipate in the event on Friday night
win meet this evening at the home O
Charles Schell. No. 1907 West Sixt
street. AT this meeting similar actio
most likely will be taken.
When several members of the senio
class were spoken 10 this morning the
! said: "The class consisted of ~ stu
dents. OF which number, 81 are girl
They did not object TO eating in th
lunch department in the basement them
selves but they felt that those who al
tended their reception as their guest
should not be compelled 60 eat there"
Won't Change Order.
/ Dr. Cooper, chairman of the Hig
. School Committee, when spoken
y this morning by a reporter, said th'
the order forbidding the serving
refreshments TO the guests in q
/, class-rooms would not be modified,
the Board of Education will not me
for two weeks. Speaking of the inc
dent DR. Cooper said: "Some tin
ago the Board Of Education decide
> that tue High School Committee wou
have charge OF the High School bull
: ing during school hours and cou
! allow the building 10 be used duril
7. that time for educational purpos'
At other times. the Board Of Educ
ton would have complete control.
Professor Berlin asked permissil
> some time ago for the senior ella
TO give a play in the auditorium
: which was granted Nothing was sa
at that time about refreshments
= dancing.
"The word basement appears
have caused the trouble. The ord
, was to have refreshments served
Z, the lunch department, which is W
. lighted, clean and well equipped"
The lunch department is in
/! basement. DR.. Cooper said the {
y gineer az the school had nothing
y do with the order requiring the
freshments 20 be served in the lun
- room. The engineer also supervi'
!. the cleaning of the school, and I
~ parently has full charge OF the bui
ing after 2.30 o'clock.
DR.. Cooper said that two membl
of the committee of arrangements
- the seniors called on him last nj.
i've relative TO the order They CLAIM
the lunch department was too sm
he said, and said that all could
wv served in the class rooms or col
ng- dors. The committe also spoke
I having dancing after the pl
Speaking of dancing DR.. Cooper So
Eh Eeh while I am not opposed to danci
tut ] do not thing the public schc
should be used for dancing 2
- poses" Dr. Cooper at one time
,sd1 = dancing instructor and is regar
ing as one Of the best dancers in
{ State.