Evening journal., 1914-06-03
70 GRADS N THE
newark Class, 1914
Commencement Exercises to
be Held in Opera House
June II
DR.. WAGNER TO
ADDRESS CLASS

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK, June 3.-The Newark
High School will graduate nineteen
students this year, the commence
ment exercises to be held in the Opera
House Friday evening, June 10 OF
this number the regular course con-
tributes sixteen. while there are three
to graduate from the commercial
course. For tho first time in recent
years the boys in the graduating class
@ntnumber the girls, eleven TO eight.
The preliminaries for selecting
those TO deliver their orations on the
night Of the commencement were held
Monday afternoon Miss Leila Herb
ener had already been selected as
salutatorian upon her school record
In the commercial course and Miss
Helen McNeal for the same reason
had been selected as valedictorian
from the regular course. From the
remaining seventeen graduates five
were selected for orations as follows:
Knowles r. Bowen, G. Bond Brown,
Henry F. Mote, Miss Ella Naomi
Street and Miss Rebecoa Elizabeth
Stroud. The committee Of judges con-
sisted of DR. w owen Sypherd. the
Rev. J. l.. Johnson, Of New Castle
and Charles S. Peacock, OF Elkton.
The class is now planning class day
exercises to be held In the Delaware
College oratory on Thursday after
noon. June IL. The baccalaureate
sermon will be preached by the Rev
Z. Z. Poole, in the Methodist Church,
next Sunday evening
The complete commencement pro-
gram follows. Invocation, the Rev.
j.. u. Poole; salutatory, Miss Elsie
Herbener; music, by high school or
chestra; grafton, Athletics in the
High School," Knowles Richie Bow
on Grafton, Successful Living" Miss
Ella Naomi Street; grafton, "The Con-
Guest of the Air." Gassaway Bond
brown; orchestra selection; grafton,
United States Forest Rangers" Miss
Eebecca Elizabeth Stroud; Grafton,
Advantages of Youth, Henry Frank
lin Mote; valedictory, Miss Helen
Louise MeNeal; selection, by or
chestra; address to graduates, DR..
Charles A. Wagner, State commission
er of education; selection, by or
chestra; presentation Of diplomas, DR.
r. l.. Cross. county superintendent;
benediction, the Rev. William J.
Rowan: selection by orchestra.
The class roll with the title of the
essay prepared by each graduate will
also appear upon the program as fol-
lows.
Glass Roll
Regular course-Snowles Richie
Bowen. Athletics in the High
Schools" Gassaway Bond Brown.
'The Conquest of the Air." Elwood
Hoffecker. James Gillespie Blaine;"
Irma Rebecca Jaquette, THE Paris
Of the New World" Paul Dewitt
Lovett, Thomas A. Edison" George
BlHuHra Longland. "The United States
Civil Service Commission" James
Herman Little, Wireless Telegra-
phys" Helen Louise McNeal, Valedic
tory: Cecilia Anna O'Rourke, RE
ligion-A Necessary Element in Edu
cation" Francis Leonard ORourke,
"Bird-Life;" Sara Catharine Price,
THE Panama Canal" William AL
bert Rhodes, 1.-THE Webster-Hayne
Debate;" Laura Phoebe Steele,
Fanny Crosby" Ella Naomi Street,
Successful Living" Rebecca Eliza
beth Stroud. United States Forest
Rangers" Albert Slack Walton, THE
Literacy Test for immigration"
Commercial course Leila Elsie
Herbener, Salutatory; Frank Edward
Mote. "What America Has Done for
the World" Henry Franklin Mote,
'The Advantages Of Youth