Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-15
NEWS OF THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Program Announced For Letter
Presentation to High
School Athletes.


Orchestra: Edward Naylor, Vaughn
Lancaster, Brokaw Sentman
Speech, by president of association.
Recitation. Miss Ruth Nickerson
Solo. Miss Elizabeth Madden
Piano solo, Mildred Holiday
Speech hy an eX-member of the class.
Solo. Miss Mary DUNCAN
Piano solo, Regina Rothrock.
Presenting OF letters by president
Election of officers for ensuing year.
Overture by the orchestra.
Refreshments will be served to every
one attending.
Tomorrow in the Presbyterian Church
the regular sermon services Will be AT
1890 A. IN and y. m. instead oi y. m
Al the morning services the pastor ,Dr.
WvIe will take for his subject. Two
Views of Life :" In the evening. the scr
vices will. bc conducted by the pastor
and for his subject he Will take, he
Good Samaritan The graduates from
the High School will attend the morning
services IN body
Deacon Elmer Pcdrck and Mrs Ped
rick have returned to Fredericksburg, Va.
after short visit TO friends in New tastlc
Mr. Pedrick expects to be at Fredcricks-
burg for the summer.
Mrs. Margaret Hickey, Miss Sarah
Hickey, Thomas Hickey and Miss Helen
Merrick. of Long Island are visiting
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Nullln.
Tomorrow services in Nazareth NJ. +.
Church will be according to
the summer schedule, as follows
Sunday school, 10 a. m
Church service II a. m. TO II m. Ser
mon by Pastor Bicking, who will take tor
his subject, Thou, God Seeth Nc.
Baraca Glass, , p. m
Nnupu nqOrie meeting, illustrated
talk BY pastor, $50 .. m.
Twilight service, with subject, Inc
Sermon in the Sand, TO 5 p. m.
The first quarterly Conference will
b held in the church on Monday evening
al S7.45 p. m.
John REYNOLDS lett this morning for
Pittsburg, where nc Is TO meet a party 81
friends and motor To the upper part 81
New Jersey. where MIR REYNOLDS lives
Many New Castle people who work
IN Wilmington arc travelling by tram ~
preference To giving the trolley company
the two-cent increase
The strawberry festival gwen last even
ing By the Baptist Church al the home
OF Mrs Thomas Hewlett proved to be
quite a success.
The teachers and pupils Of the public
schools are busllv engaged IN the various
activities that are common % the last
week or two of the school year he flnAl
examinations started today and viii
continue on Monday and Tuesday OF next
week. Although rather severe system
81 grading was used this year. Large
majority Of the pupils of the High School
and the lower grades are exempt from the
examinations
The series OF functions appropriate To
Commencement Week viii begin on
Sunday, when the graduates OF the thigh
School and the faculty Will attend services
al the Presbyterian Church. Tn Tuesday
at s n m. the Athletic Association OF the
New Castle High School will give TeccT-
ton. during the course Of which letters
will be awarded to the boys who have
earned them and musical and literary
program will be given The boys an
noJnce that refreshments viii be served
bv the High Schools girl. On Wednesday
evening. at 0 clock the tran Ter exercises
will be held ON Thursday evening. A
S clock the Junior Class will tender
receprion 10 the seniors 4 large number
Of pupils. alumni. teachers. parents
members OF the board OF education and
their families, and other trends OF the
public schools will probably attend On
FRIDAY evening al ) clock the +tlgh
School commencement exercises VIII be
held. The last OF the functions Will Toe
citation on Saturday evening
MANY people look forward with interest
to the transfer exercises on " ednesday
evening. On that occasion, special certl-
ficates of promotion from the grammar
school to the High School will be gwen to
between twenty and Twenty-Five boys
and girls VINO have finished satisfactorily
the course of study of the lower schools
and who therefore, are eligible for adj
mission 70 the High School The program
Will be in charge of Miss Carrie Downie,
teacher of the eighth glade 1t viii
consist of the following numbers,
Opening song, Delaware, by audi
ence, led by eighth grade
Song, Nhlttier's Barefoot Boy"
eighth grade.
heading. Selected; Edna Cranston,
High School
Piano and violin trio, Selected, Herbert
Hewlett, eighth grade; Edward Truitt,
eighth grade: Regina Rothrock, high
School.
The Village Blacksmith in panto-
mine; eighth grade.
Piano solo, Robins Return Laura
Armpriester, eighth grade
Reading, selected. Edna Cranston.
Piano trio, Martha Laura Armpriest-
er. eighth grade Gladys Ma!oncv eighth
grade; Gertrude Ratledgc eighth grade
Song, Rain Song eighth grade
Address. Welcome TO New Castle
High" Merton White, High Schoyi
Address. Making Education Paw
Prof. Henry T. SnaveIy Supt Of tIty
Schools
Presentation Of Certificates and al
dress: subject 10 be announced DR. J.
L Cross. County Supt Of Schools
Song America" audience
This function is intended 10 emphasize
the idea that the pupils who have com
pleted the work Of the eighth grade have
not graduated from anything but that
they have merely been prepared 10 under
take greater tasks, TO assume larger re-
sponsibihtles, and TO take advantage Of
wider opportunities
The Commencement program, to be
gwen next Friday evening has also been
announced. 1t follows:
Overture, Orchestra
Invocation, Rev s. Bcattie NyIlc.
Essay "The Age-Long Struggle for
Democracy" Irene II QugIcy
Essay, "A Comparison Between Tie
Governments Of Germany and England
Elizabeth A Madden.
Essay, Our Educational Needs Jo-
seph j. Rothrock.
Selection, Orchestra.
Presentation of Diplomas, Harry f.
u