Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-23
SENIOR EXERCISES
At THE HIGH SCHOOL
Glass Hears Address by Mayor
Taylor This Morning, and Pre-
sent Play, THE Senior.

An excellent program of speakers and
entertainment WAS gwen at tne oel,ioi
Day exercises held in the Wilmington
High school this morning Professor A. IL.
Berlin opened the exercises with the
hymn. sGod Ever Glorious" followed
by lesson from the scriptures ana the
chanting of the Lords PRAYER.
Mavor William G.. Taylor, the first
sneaker. gave an address TO the students
on Thrift Thrift is more than the
mere saving of money" MIR. Taylor SAID
at is through the thrift Of your parents
that YOU are now able to secure An educa-
tion. As said, thrift is not the mere saving
of money. 1t is the saving OF tune IL IL
honesty and truth.
Get the habit OF saving portion OF
that which you receive. Start tins hapit III
school and it will prove its Importance
later on when you are at work. Get TINS
habit and you will be credit 10 inning
ton, your state and your country You
will also be credit to yourself.
saTako an active part in civic affairs
when YOU gain YOUR majority, Mr.. lay
Ior said. He told the students there were
enough of them in the auditorium to work
together and carry to - finish any clvlc
pian started if they took sufficient IN
terest in these civle affairs.
After the mavor had ceased speaking,
the students arose to attention and ssluted
THE flag. after which they sang The Star
Spsngled Bsnncr"
Prof. Berlin addressed the student
body and spoke Of the good work OF the
school team, "citing" Harmer Donaldson
for his excellent work during his three
wears on the team.
The president of the ASSOCIATION, How
ard L. Boyd, requested the members OF
the team TO come to the platform ana
receive their school ''Ws" and SILVER
football medals for, as Prof. Berlin said,
'svalor and service rs knights Of the grid
non"
song by the school followed the pre-
ssntations. The next number ON thc pro
gram was duet by Miss Edna STRONG
and Miss Helen Tilgham.
s'The Senior" a play by the senior
Glass of the school, was next on the pro-
gram. The cast Of the play IS as follows
Tho Messenger. Ralph Stats; an |. y
rirl. EVELYN Seller; Flunks, Jacob Shapiro;
the senior. Howard L. Boyd Literary
Society, Frank Newlin; Football, Harmer
Donaldson; Basketball, Edward Morti-
ner; Track Team, Carl lerGcr and Frank
Bravenan: y. o. H., Edna Strong,
Dorothy Roberts, Emily Wilson, FRANCES
Worthington and Picrnia dc Bartholmels
Bluff. Harry Malone; Crushes, Pauline
Buck: Glass Spirit, Norma Bowen GOOD
Grades, Louise jackson
The play depicted . senior who had
wasted much Of his time IN frlvoiIty and
other pastImes and was afraid OF the coming
examinations for fear that he would
Chunk
Howard Boyd gave 4 short address.
in which he thanked Prof Berlin and the
teachers for all they had done for them
during the past four years.
The teachers and representatives Of The
other classes were presented with remenl-
brances from the senior class. Miss Bounds
OF the June class received q green ribbon
while the traditional piccadilly collar
was given to one Of the boy students q
the same class. Walter Taylor. as rep
resentative of the sophomore class, re,
ceived a bottle Of linimcnt, 10 be used
on the swell heads IN that class Theodore
Beck. representing the freshman class
received a baby coach. Mrs. Grace L.
Nentz, one Of the teachers, was the re-
cipient Of handsome bouquet from the
seniors.
The remembrance handed to Prof
Berlin was 500 with which 10 start the
new High School library. Much laughter
followed when some Of the teachers re
ceived their gifts
Harmer Donaldson and Thomas Heath
cote received their certificates besides
the silver footballs which were awarded
SIS they graduated Other members Of the
team who received "W's" and footballs
were John NJ Webb, John H Schaefer,
Robert L. Milliken, Elwood 5. Salter
Arthur P. Slower, Clifford 4. Smith
John Gam and Leonard Alexander
Harvey II. Hayes. Francis D. Bounds
Melville c. Anderson and Ralph L. France
received footballs only, as they were al
ready possessors of VS. ". Albert
Haddock received only his ''W Us he was
manager OF the team.
The exercises closed with the singing
OF "AuId Lang Svne