Evening journal., 1921-06-02
DE[AWARECTTY
news GOSSIP
Class of Four StudenS to
Receive Diplomas on
Monday
FIND WOMAN
DEAD IN BED
Special to The Evening Journal

Special TO The Evening Journal
DELAWARE CITY. June 21-The
public and high schools OF this city
close next Monday morning. The
commencement exercises OF the
graduating class will be held in the
evening. either in the Methodist
Church or in Firemen's Hall While
there are only four graduates, an
excellent program has been prepar-
ed for the occasion, The program
follows, Invocation by the Rev,
l. ". Iayfield; music. chorus, by
school. saiutatory, by Miss Margaret
Clark: solo, by Miss Bessie Hsgan;
vaiedictory, by Preston X. Beck;
piano duet, BY Miss Frances Webb
and brother John; address to grad
uating class, the Rev. Frank Her
son. D. d: piano solo, by Miss Kate
Underwood; presentation OF medals
by william b. Jester, president OF
the Board OF Education; presenta-
ton OF diplomas by DIT. ". II.
Jump. county superintendent Of
schools; music, chorus by school;
benediction by the Rev. Joseph r.
Earp.
Members ef the class are Preston
Kemp Beck. vaiedictorian; Miss
Margaret Phyllis Clark. saiutorian;
and the Misses Anna Rebccca Clark
and Emma Regina Schaefer.
Tho class motto Is; ~Au Della des
Alpes Sc troupe rItalie';; translation,
~Beyand the Alps lies Italy"
The class flower, mock orange
blossoms. and class colors, cherry
and white.
william r. Jester. president: Har-
N c. Price, s l. Beck and Miss NJ.
Phyllis Mason. secretary compose
the Board OF Education
The following persons compose
the faculty. Miss Martha Phyllis
Mason. principal. supervisor and city
superintendent; Miss Ruth Davis,
teacher Of home economies, Miss
Dora McEiwain, English and SCI
ences, Miss Gertrude Habecker.
mathematics and Latin; Miss Iva
Griffith. eighth grade; the Misses
Doris Thompson and Mary UriRn,
departmental work In the NTH, sixth
and seventh grades; Miss Grace
Philips. third and fourth grades
and Miss Eula V. Vlnyard. first and
second grades.
The baccalaureate sermon will be
delivered by the Rev. Robert c. Pit
Ter. in the First Presbyterian
Church next Sunday evening.
The average school attendance for
this year is s3.5 per cent Of the
number OF possible days.
An innovation in the form OF q
sescheTy conducted as a home b,
eight Of the faculty in the old Hemp
hill house. at the corner of Clinton
and Second streets. was established
and maintained throughout the year
The eight teachers divided them
selves into four committees, eaci
committee assuming charge OF The
operations Of the teachery. alternat.
ing weeks
Each teacher paid SO a week into
the club treasury and divided the
cost OF rent and fuel; food and
may Fainance Of the kitchen and
Ia y room being the only things
pald out OF the weekly contributions
This weekly amount was to provid,
for the teachers from Monday morn
ing TO Friday afternoon. Those stay
ing at the Teachery over the week
end, financed their own expense
for these two days, and the amour
necessary not being accounted for {
the actual cost OF maintenance.
The teachors kept an accurate az
count OF the expenditures and N
AVERAGE cost por teacher WAS ahot
s26 a month
As there are only four bedroom
and a bathroom on the second fioc
the front room OF the first floor W
used as a bedroom, one for Il
dining-room and another for
kitchen. There was also a living.
sitting room. on the first floor.
The house is equipped with a vap
heating apparatus in the cellar, wi
radiators IN each room. The re