Evening journal., 1915-06-05
SOCIAL Functions As
school DAYS END
High School Seniors VIII
Hold Closing Exercises
on Monday
ALUMNI REUNION
AT HOTEL du PONT

Monday at the High School, viii be
known as Senior Day" when mem
oers of that class will have complete
charge of the program TO be presented
at the morning exercises. Features on
the program will include the reading
of the "last will and testament" of
the senior class, by the chairman of
that committee, Edward S. Cannon,
a farewell address by the president
Of the June section of the graduating
class. Francis Proctor, and musical
selections on the bell euphOnium by
Miss Katherine Powell, assisted on
the piano by Miss Mabel Hudson.
A representative group of students
from the Delaware College for Wo-
men is expected to be present, and a
number of short addresses VIII be
made.
The exercises on Monday morning
will be the last of tue current school
year. The school year will close on
Wednesday and on thursday, June TO-
examinations will begin aud will con.
tinue for ten days. Examinations foI
the alumnae scholarship prize will be
h ID as follows; Thursday, history; Fri
day, Latin; Monday, English; Tues
day, mathematics Wednesday, science
From now on members of the grad
uating class Of the Wilmington Higl
School will be in whirl of social func
tions that attend every graduation. Fol
lowing are the commencement events
that will be given; Senior exercises
Monday. June Z; student party TO Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. June s; exam
nations begin June 10; inter-class an,
Chester athletic meet. June IL; annua
reunion and dinner, June a.; clas
night. June Is; commencement eKer
cises, June %.
The commencement number of "Ih'
Whisp" will be issued on June 81.
Chief among the commencement
events that will oe given will be the
reunion and dinner to be given by tho
Civics Alumni Association. of the
Wilmington High School, on Monda,
evening. June IA in the Rose Room
of the Hotel DUPONT. Previous to the
dinner. which is to be served at s
o'clock in the Rose Room of the hotel
a business meeting will he held at Z
o'clock in parlors A and B of the
hotel
include DR.. Samuel Chiles Mitchell
president of Delaware College, anC
Chancellor Charles NJ. Curtis. A mum
Der of other prominent persons vii
also be present, including Goyernol
Charles r. Miller. Miss Winifred J
Robinson. dean of the Delaware Col
lege for Nomen; Mr.. and Mrs Edgai
NJ Hopes. DR.. and Mrs Harrison
he 10
Heald. Joseph +. O'Toole. Superlnten
dent OF Schools Clifford j. Scott an,
Mrs. Scott. Professor A. RI. Berlin
Miss Nell G. Krumme, Miss Elizabetl
d. Hopes. Miss Minnie Edgar AM
Miss Edith n. Suplee
Members of civic classes as far bacl
as 1911 will be present. This affair i
only the second function that ha
ever been given by this association
which was only organized last year
Miss Elizabeth Carlisle is presiden
of the association.
One of the most interesting feature
surrounding commencement Al tn
present time is the annual exhibit O
work that is being shown at the Higl
School While this exhibit does no
formally open until Monday. June IA
from to 10 o'clock. the Latin ex
hibit has already been placed in tn
corridors Of the school This exhibi
is heing given by members of III
Latin classes. which are taught b.
Miss Minnie Edgar. Miss Edith N
Suplee. Mrs. Ella d. B. Semple an
Miss Alice Mercer.
The plan originated with Mis-
Sahin of the University of Wisconsin
and similar exhibits have been bel
In New York city and Philadelphi;
The object is to demonstrate to tn
public that Latin has practics
value and that its study is useful {
other than the professional man q
woman There are eighty charts {
Illustrations covering nine topics A
of the material has been gathered an
the work prepared by the student
themselves. and no project in Ion
time has so enlisted their intere'
and enthusiasm. They have been il
defatiguable in their alertness an
resourcefulness and what they hay
accomplished is highly creditable an
great acquisition to the Latin d,
partment