Evening journal., 1915-04-27
Senior PLAY IN THE
Playhouse This YEAR
Annual Reception Will Fol-
low in the Hotels
dupont
SCHOOL BOARD TO
BUY CAPS AND GOWNS


the senior class of the Wilmington
High School will not be held at the
High school this year This was de-
cided on at the meeting of the Board
of Education last night. when it was
ordered that The Playhouse be rented
for the play and provision be made
for the reception and dance in the
Hotel DUPONT. The expense will be
300.
This action was taken after the
reading of the following letter from
Professor A. II. Berlin, principal of
the High School,
Or Thomas O. Cooper, chairman
High School Committee
My Dear Sir-Inasmuch as the
present senior class feels that the
High School building does not afford
the necessary facilities for giving the
annual play and reception, as the
building has not sufficient space for
serving the invited guests with re-
freshments in a suitable manner, nor .
does it afford room for dancing, the |
class. therefore. respectfully petition /
the Board of Public Education to /
furnish them with the necessary /
funds TO secure a suitable place for !
their play and reception. They would |
like very much to hold the play in |
The Playhouse and the reception and /
dance in the Hotel DUPONT The ap- |
proximate cost of rental and staging
the play will be in the neighborhood !
of 500. The senior class in their
commencement activities earnestly
desire the approval and good will of
the Board of Public Education.
Yours respectfully.
(Signed) "a. H. Berlin"
DR. Cooper said that il was time
that there was not enough room for
dancing or the serving of refresh
ments in the High School basement.
He stated that the stage facilities
were also very meagre and that the
school was not equipped for either
plays, banquets or dancing He
thought the only way TO provide for
dancing would be to take the chairs
out of the study hall.
President Baynard asked if it would
not damage the school to the extent
of 500 20 serve refreshments there.
DR.. Cooper said he could not say. The
action granting the request was then
taken
1t was decided that the caps and
gowns for the graduation exercises
of the High School and the Training
School should be procured at the ex-
pense of the board; Principal Ber-
lin of the High School. was directed
to order the caps and gowns. II was
on motion of DR.. Cooper that this ac-
tion was taken. He said he thought
the pupils should not be put to the
expense of procuring caps and gowns
when the caps and gowns had been
adopted as the official garb.
Dr. Fl. G.. Buckmaster said that the
first year the caps and gowns were
adopted it was stated that the pupils
would pay for them. but it was practi-
cally promised that after that the
board would bear the expense
II was decided to have the High
School graduation exercises on June
% and the Training School graduation
exercises on June 1G DR.. ). C.
Mitchell. president of Delaware Col
lege. will deliver the annual COM
mencement address at the graduation
exercises. The schools will close
June %.
On motion of f. R. Zebley. a re-
quest made by the Philips Thompson
Company for the use of the High
School auditorium for lecture on
Luther Burbank and his methods of
creating new varieties of plants was
denied. A communication from the
company stated that at some places
en- admission was charged for the lee
ture and it had been suggested it be
given here for the benefit of the
Teachers Retirement Fund. but there
did not seem to be time to work up
the matter
prrciHanf Dor~f,nrd fhn,,rvIf N-4 e.
grant the request would bring the
High Schol auditorium with local
halls.
Or. Cooper thought the line would
have to be drawn somewhere. He
said he was opposed to charging any
admission, as the public schools were
exempt from taxation because they
were not revenue producing organiza-
tions.
John c. Kersey nominated William
Crumlish>as janitor of School No. IA.
The nomination was referred to the
fuel and ianitor committee.
Mr.. Kersey requested that screens
be purchased for School No. IA. and
stated that Superintendent Clifford J.
Scott had recommended that they he
secured. He called on Mr. Scott to
make a statement on the subject Mr.
Scott said very serious situation ex-
listed at this school. He declared that
the flies were more numerous in this
school last summer than in any other
school because of the proximity OF
outside toilets, and that the school
was not underdrained He thought
that the flies had been the cause OF
illness among the pupils The pupils
were prevented from studying because
the flies we're so thick. Mr.. Scott
said that only yesterday he had been
Informed by the principal of the
school that there we're over 1000 flies
in one of the rooms. He thought il
nothing else was secured, mosquito
netting should be placed on the win
dows. The matter was referred tC
the committee of the whole
DR.. Cooper stated that the teachers
and pupils of School No. 3 desired tc
present to the board a receipted bill
for S225 Robelen piano. On his mo-
tion a vote of thanks was given the
teachers and pupils for the gift.