Evening journal., 1922-05-08
CONFER letters
TO ATHLETES
High School Boys and
Girls Receive Awards
Today
GEORGE CARTER
MAKES ADDRESS

Gates on boys and girls who had
distinguished themselves In athletics
this year. and an address on News
paper Making" by George Carter.
editor OF The Evening Journal and
a representative OF the Rotary Club.
were the chief features OF the senior
High School assembly this morning.
Mr.. Carter's address. which was
Of technical nature. was a repetition
OF the. one he delivered before the
freshmen assembly OF the school on
April 3. with the exception that he
traced briefly in addition. the dis
couraging events surrounding the
early life OF Sir Henry NJ. Stanley.
the celebrated African explorer. and
his triumphant emergence from
poverty and obscurity into fame and
wealth.
At the close OF Mr.. Carriers ad-
dress the senior classes gave hearty
yell under the direction OF Paul
MillilSin. cheer leader.
Following the address. the re-
mainder OF the program for the as
sembly was turned over to the physi-
cal culture department OF the school.
The awards OF letters and certif-
Gates TO the girls basketball team
were made by Miss Frances Vain
wright. Those receiving the letter
Wv" were: The Misses Olive Por-
ter and Margaret Campbell. Miss
Mary Gamble received a certificate.
The Misses Alice Davis and Joseph
Inc Clark received each a wv" and
a certificate. Miss Bertha Bender. .
who had In a previous season re-
ceived a Wv" was given honorable
mention. Miss Mildred Green. cap
tain OF the team. received honorable .
mention. having received her letter .
in a previous season. At the close OF /
each award the school gave a hearty
yell for each player
J. Harry Ashton. in charge OF the .
physical culture department OF the
school. presented the members OF
the boys basketball team with their
certificates and letters. II was with
great regret that only two members
of the team were able 10 be pres
ent this morning. They were Louis
The former received the Nv" and
the latter who has a w" was given
honorable mention. Leonard Jones,
a member of the team. who is in the
hospital, having been injured in a
baseball game. will receive a GER
tihcate. This award will be taken
to him at the hospital today. Meyer
Weiner. who was also absent, was
to have received certificate.
Charles Park, who Is taking post
graduate course. and who was abb
sent, was TO have been given a GER
tificate. Honorable mention was /
given to John Roman. a member OF /
the freshmen class. School yells .
were given TO both the players. indi- !
vidually and TO the team. A special I
yelf was given for Jones. /
Leroy F. Sparks assistant ply Z
sical director of the Y. NJ c. A, pre-
sented the members OF the SWIM
ming team with their VS. Those
who received them were Edward
Barto. captain; Wilson Boyer. Sam
uel Keen. VI. Booth. W. Sheldon and
Harold Ladd. Mr.. Sparks compi-
mented the team on its excellent
work, and said the school should be
proud of the team. as it is rated the
sixth best in the east OF high school
swimming teams. He said he felt
that next years team would be as
At the close Of the awards, Prin- !
clpal Charles Coke presented Miss
and Miss Dorothy Hay,
each with a handsome bar pin, the
gift OF the girls basketball team.
Miss wainwrights pin was green
gold with a center OF a ruby and
Miss Hays pin was of green gold }
with a center of sapphire.
Mr.. Coke also called attention TO
the baseball game which Whining
ton High School and the Salesianum
High School will play tomorrow aft
ernoon. He urged all students to
have the real school spirit, which is
|, spirit OF fair play not only in the
games but also in attending the
game. Principal Coke made known
10 the students that the faculty was
90 per cent. interested in all school
athletics He also gave praise TO the
playing OF the scrub basketball team
during the past year.
Prof. Frank V. Irish. Of Column
us Ohio. a lecturer and educator
was among the guests this morning
out did not speak. He will address
he wilmington Teachers Associa-
ion at 3 o'clock this afternoon in
he high school.
James McRoberts, a member or
he senior class called attention TO
he four act play. "a tailor made
nan" which Is to be given by the
members Of the 1922 class in the
chool auditorium on the evenings OF
Nav Is and 10. He asked the sup d
,ort of the whole school. John Is
2oemer. a member OF the staff, OF a
he Whisp, the school magazine V
rged that all the students OF the C
cbool send in contributions to the 5
amer. for the next edition when il
viii be issued in June. Announce q
,ent was made that the Friendship g
Tub of the school would meet In the c
chool this afternoon. p
At the close OF the program the
chool saluted the flag and sang The I
tar Spangled Banner.