Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-28
WHITTIER RECEPTION
AT FRIENDS SCHOOL
Students Entertained With Dra-
mates, Music, &C., Last Sat
urday Evening.

Two plays, music by the Giee Club
and a concluding dance featured the
entertainment of the Whittier Society
of Friends School. last Saturday night.
The exercises We're held in the gyrnna-
sium, which was attractively decorated
in all the brightness of spring coIors-
A background of laurel with clusters of
daffodils interspersed.
Following a welcome extended by
George Winchester. president of the
society. play entitled Three Pills in a
Bottle" by Rachel Lyman Field. wa.
acted by the following cast:
Tony Sims .............. Dallas Spare
The Widow Sims. ...... Alice Entrekin
Middle-Aged Gentleman. Lewis Rumford
His Soul. ............... Roger Taylor
Scissors Grinder. Fred Wardenburg
Ills Soul ..............H Harry Proctor
Scrub Woman. ........ Mary Ella ason
Her Soul .............. Esther Megear
The Silver Lining. by Constance
Darcy Mackay. was next presented by
the following cast:
Fanny Burney ...... Dorothy Rooney
Richard Burney cher uncle)
Mark Cleaver
Cephas. an old servant i. Robert Comfy
The work of each OF the participants
in both plays was creditable.
Dallas Spare as Toney acted his part
in a very pleasing manner. Roger Tay-
Tor as the middle aged gentleman q
soul" was most appreciated by his
clever Interpretation OF the part Mary
Eliason as the scrub woman. gave much
enjoyment TO the audience through her
excellent characterization OF the part.
Esther MegCar gave off the lightness
and daintiness due 10 be the possession
OF happy spirit. Dorothy Rooney as
an authoress of the 18th century. acted
her part with much charm and sim
plicity. Mark Cleaver. the old uncle,
proved not TO be the martinez he first
appeared, but a true gentleman proud of
the talents of his family.
Both plays were well acted and much
credit Is due Miss Gladys Hyde, in
structor in expression. in presenting so
satisfactory an entertainment
The Girls Glee Club sang The Lilies
Wake From Dewy Sleep" wv. b. Goate).
Welcome Pretty Primrose Flower"
(Ciro PinsuiD. Miss Helen Spooner.
director OF the department of music,
had this feature in charge. The girls
who compose the club are: Elizabeth
Boyd. louise Eliason. Emma Challenger.
Mary Jeffries. Eldred Boyton. Anne
-eod JSt &C iSaopfNts t1tlcn
Holmes. Mary Hamilton. Martha
Phillips. Matilda Van Trump, Mildred
Fornian. Ellen Adair. Katherine Mode
Marjorie Brooke Marion Dickson, Helen
Holmes, Mary Hamilton Martha
Rheuby. Henrietta Mace.
Guests We're next invited TO the school
building. where refreshments were
served and where each class had tried
10 excel in attractive decoration OF their
respective reception rooms.
The class committees follow: Miss
Eidred Boynton. chirman; upper mid
die class, Wendall Broad. chairman;
Elizabeth Boyd and Marjorie Mode
lower middle class. Miss Helen Holmes,
chairman; the entire class assisting:
junior class. Robert Morris. chairman:
Henrietta Mace, Mary Jeffries and
Albert Wood.
The festivities concluded with a dance
in the gymnasium. music being furnish
ed by the Original Six" Orchestra to
the pleasure of ali the dancers.
The success of the various activities
reflect credit on the following COM
mittees: Decoration, chairman, Mary
Eliason: John Reese, Fred Warner Will
lard Hill. Edna Sossnan. Edna Cooling.
Elizabeth Boyd. Henrietta Mace, Helen
Holmes. Elizabeth Fletcher. Katherine
Mode, Lewis Finn. refreshments,
chairman. Wendall Broad; Victor Long,
Byron Coy, Esther Megear; stage. chair
man. Robert Comfy. Lewis Rumford,
Mark Cleaver, Lewis Finn, Corbit