Evening journal., 1921-06-09

nesday evening the eighth grade
commencement exercises will be held
in the Opera House beginning with
Miss Carrie Downey, teacher, in
charge.
1t was decided by the Board Of
Education last evening that each
member of the graduating class
would be allotted ten tickets.
The members Of the graduating
class Of 1921 will appear in cap and
gown Thursday evening, when they
Will be the guests Of honor at a re-
ception given by the members Of the
Junior Class. Tho affair win be held
In the parish house OF Emmanuel
Episcopal Church. On Friday eve
ming the commencement exercises
will be held in the Opera House. All
members of the class passed exam
nations. Miss May Jones will be
class valedictorian, having made the
four high school years; Miss Mabel
Eskridge is salutatorian, having been
the second highest. The class motto
is mot Evening, but Dawn" class
colors, brown and gold; class flower,
red rose. These emblems and colors
will be used in the decorating
scheme on Friday evening. The Glass
/ Of 1921 is as follows: The Misses
May Elizabeth Jones. Mabel Lucille
| Eskridge. Elsie Matilda Walls, zelma
/ Ellen Matthews, Dorothy Mary Mil
Ter, Blanche Sibley and Ruth Cart
ridge Nickerson, and Messrs. John
Howard Davidson, Chester Ernest
Greenwood, John Gilbert Leach,
Clayton Douglas Proud. George
Lewis Tobin and Frank Merton
White.
Following the exercises a pub
| lie dance will be held Those de-
string to have their tickets reserved
for the commencement exercises
may do so on Thursday and Friday
OF next week when a chart will be
placed in the store Of George T. To-
bin on Delaware street.
Inasmuch as the members of the
class will be required to appear in
cap and gown at the other festivities
Of the week, it is thought probable
that this dress will be abandoned on
the evening OF June IS, when the
class will be the guests Of honor at
the annual reunion, supper and ball
Of the High School Alumni Associa-
ton. This matter. however. has
been left entirely to the decision Of
the class.
Invitations to the high school
commencement are being sent out
by the members of the 1921 class.
They are OF a neat leather binding
finish with a brown cover
The girls of the 1921 class enter
tanned their classmates and a num-
Der Of friends at a beach party last
evening at the Coheld light beach.
About thirty attended the party
Bathing, games and lunching on
toasted marshmallows featured the
outing.
At a business session OF the senior
and junior classes OF next year, the
following officials for the different
athletic activities OF the school we're
elected: Basketball, Samuel Nc
Knit, manager. and Leon c. King,
captain; football. Charles KING.
manager. and Ralph Duling, cap
tain; baseball, Earl Weggenmann,
manager, and Charles II. King, cap
tain.
About 65 members OF Dougherty
Senate, recently organized social
, club, went to Augustine Pier today
on their first annual excursion. The
committee comprised Miss Mary
Reynolds, chairman; Eugene Sheri-
dan and Miss Marie Marquette.
= Committee on Music-William J
7 Madden. Frank p. Price. James Nc
. Daniel and Miss Marguerite Fahey.
Committee on Athletics-Lesli'
;. Walls. Wesley Preston. Harry Prout
=, and John Leonard.
The officers Of the club are Mrs
E. S. Dougherty, president; james
t, McDevitt, vice-president; John Hall
. man. recording secretary; William J.
Madden. corresponding secretary
and George Barr, treasurer.
oakley Eskridge, Earl Scott, VIII
lard Bicking, ogden Wise and John
, Lennox, members Of Troop No.
: Boy Scouts. are in receipt OF the 10O
! per cent. attendance pins for the last
three months
. Scoutmaster Edward II. NayloI
] requests all members Of the scouts
, intending to attend the summer
I camp at Camp Caesar Rodney, tC
p give their names to him this week
"a The scout meetings have been dis.
9 continued until September.
a Members Of the Home Economics
+ Glass were given a demonstration Of
t. how TO operate a washing machine
$ yesterday, as the final lesson in thh
subject for the year.
q The New Castle All-Stars will PLAY
n the First M. p. Church team of vii
. mington, Saturday afternoon at Bat
. terry Park
n Postmaster Murphy reports tn,
following list OF unclaimed mail a
the post office: Bradford (2); Mrs
n Bertha Burrows, Mrs. Allen Beck
: Miss Mary Campbell, James Biddle
10 Mrs William Henanp, Alfred w
|, Howard co; Somers T. Ireland. Mrs
.e ]. Louis Mrs. Joe Myers Howar,
"A Mccoy. Tom Oxley, Edward Stanert
10 Barnie Scott, Miss Madeline NJ
,e Schnling and Mary Warield.
= Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Lam
and son, Marvin, OF Phfadelphia