Evening journal., 1916-06-30
v. H. 5. ALUNNAE
At HAPPY Reunion
Class of 1916 Enjoys Dinner
and Dance at Century
Club
MISS ROOP WINS
THE SCHOLARSHIP


been held in connection with the Will
mington High School commencement
this year-the annual banquet and
reunion of the High School Alumnae
Association. rendered TO the girl
graduates Of the class of 1916.
Nearly 200 guests were present.
and with a program of music and
addresses the dinner was one long
to be remembered. The evening
closed with dancing. in which part
ners for the fair girl graduates were
found among the men and boys of
the High School Alumni Association.
who were holding their annual ban
quet in the grill room of the Hotel
DUPONT, and ended their evenings
social activities at the New Century
Club.
Small tables. decorated with red
candelabra and red and white car
nations. to carry out the color scheme
OF the school-cherry and white
were arranged in the auditorium of
the club house. where the dinner was
held. A delicious menu Of chicken
patties, potato balls. peas. chicken
coffee. mints and nuts was provided.
after the serving of which Miss Lii
lian S. Rosin. the retiring president
of the association. extended greetings,
and a welcome 20 the graduates into
the ranks Of the association. Miss
Mildred Carter responded for the 1916
class.
The scholarship prize Of 500 was
awarded to Miss Alice Lincoln ROop.
Miss Katherine Allies making the
presentation. The prize will he one
years tuition in the Women's College.
Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles. the
speaker Of the evening. was introduc-
ed by Miss Edith Bakey, the new
president OF the association, who
takes Office IN September.
Service Sisterhood and Suffrage"
was she subject of Mrs. Hilles' ad-
dress, and her talk was highly inter
estng as well as instructive. She
warmly complimonted The members
Of the association for their interest in
the school shown through the offer of
the scholarship prize
The lighter part OF the program in
cluded two vocal numbers by Miss
Lola Parsons. Love Me Well' and
Thrill of the Waltz" Miss Eliza
beth Creamer sang. Rose in the Bud"
and Memories" and Miss Sara Am
baugh gave song and dance skit
which delighted her audience Miss
Mildred McCardell aud Miss Margaret
Macklem. the latter dressed as a boy.
danced a fox trot and one-step.
When fun and jollity was al its
height. a message OF greeting was
received from r. Warren Green
president Of the High School Alumni
| Association. meeting at the Hotel du-
Pont accompanied by large bouquet
of red and white carnations, tied with
cherry and white ribbon for Miss
Rosen, the retiring president The
message said 1.-TWO hundred mem
bers OF the Alumni gathered this
evening at the Hotel dupont. desire
to extend to the Alumnae Association
their sincerest Fluctuations and
wishes OF good will"
This pleasant greeting was re-
sponded to by the young women in
pretty invitation to Join them in a
dance later The reply was in the
nature of telegram in verse and
read as follows:
IAN old Alumnae greeting. success
and good cheer. a happy reunion
may yours be this year; Though a
few blocks away. we Just want 10 say.
in dancing we1l while the last half
hour away"
This was despatched to the Hotel
dupont. and i'm response about hum
dred Alumni members marched to the
New Century Building and into the
room where the young women were
gathered. singing "The Cherry and
the White" Their presence was
greeted with cheers and waving OF
handkerchiefs. and the young men
and women gave their school yells
with q dash and vim. The room was
Immediately cleared for dancing and
to the music Of the orchestra a shori
program of dances was er;0J5a. The
girls were attired IL pretty sumGel
gowns, while TIE boys wore white
flannel trousers, white shoes and darl
coats
Members Of the alumnae present
we're:
Ann Allies, Katherine Allies. Gertrude
Meaney. Katherine Doherty Mary DO
herty. Edith Bakey. Lillian Rosin
Edna Kirk, Mary Dorsey. Margare
Monaghan. Dorothy Broughten. Rutl
: Lackey. Bessie Toppin WBtehead
Miriam Fell. Ellen Mearns, Pauline
, Dettling. Lille Souder. Selma Bach
. rach, Frances West. Edith Francis
I Ethel Macklem, Gertrude White, Jen
? ME Hirst. Marie Cranston, Margare
= Macklem. Lucy Diverty. Viola Casey
J Dorothy Grammar. Miriam Murray
, Elsie Mcdaniel, Lola Parsons, Eliza
beth Creamer, Name Sasse Berry
! Florence Sasse Price. Susi
} Bracken. Elizabeth Kates. Con
= stance Wynands. Clara Wood. Clar'
, Kolbus. Mrs. Leroy Hickman
Sarah Amsbaugh. Irene Brown. Flor
! ence Buchanan. Marguerite Malone
/. Nellie Kennedy. Mrs. Charles Stats
Marian Neisser. Sadie Coursen, Ett'
Reeves. Laura McMullen, Elizabetl
downward. Helen Fisher. Mrs. Free
= Homan. Martha Alexander. Annie For
= rest. Gertrude RObb, Mildred Toppin
\ Helen Sasse. Marian Strickler. Emil,
I Anderson, Helen Stuart Mildred NaI
( Dvke. Edna Jones. Mary Bracken
7 Elizabeth Clark. Frances Gilmore
: Frances Martin, Florence Fishe
, Avres. Rebecca Altman, Edna Nc
, iCracken. Jeanette Altman Zion. Amelii
, Ieichter. Catherine McGraw.
, February. 1916.-Avis Bishop, Lul
, NJ Boyer. Miriam Cameron. Nelli
: Campbell Mildred L. Carter. Paulin
,, r. Clay Gathering c. Connolly. Rut