Evening journal., 1922-11-04

three times and within the years
past, so great was the pressure for
more room that the School Board
responded by taking over Number s
school for a colored school, remov-
ing all the primary children to Num-
Der school, reseaung Howard
School with individual DECKS and
prestol a New Howard high school,
seating over a hundred high school
children and almost three hundred
grammar school children.
The first class to graduate from
Howard school was in the year 1884,
1885. There were three graduates:
Miss Lizzie Williams. now Mrs.
America Miss Rhoda Robinson, now
Mrs. Boyce; and Miss Louise Parm
(deceased) from that time to this
there have been 267 graduates.
I have not aimed TO give you
history OF Howard School but could
hardly tell you of the growth of edu-
cation In the state of Delaware with
out speaking OF the growth of How
ard School for from that school has
flowed a stream that has watered the
educational fields OF Delaware.
In School No 20 thirteen teachers
graduated from Howard School: in
school No. 3 five teachers graduated
from Howard school; in school No.
21 all the teachers and principal are
graduates of Howard SCHOOL, the
same is true of No. is and No. p.
all the teachers except the prime. pal
are graduates of Howard School.
These teachers. or at least many Of
them are working in their respective
church and Sunday schools or IN
benevolent or public affairs in the
city such as the Red Cross, y A. A
c. p. The Inter-racisl committee.
the Community Services. Active in
Politics, in Secret Societies. and are
in many other ways 70 act
rs leaders to our people in this city
In many instances the high school
,ducation has not sufiiced them and 4
hey have entered the doors OF the
eading colleges Of this country,
Harvard, Yale, Columbia. Univers-
ty Of Pennsylvania, Lincoln Uni
'ersity, and Howard University and
lave come out holding diplomas Of
hese colleges In their hand.
Doctors, lawyers and ministers
AVE returned to old Howard and
'lessed her for guiding their infant
EDUCATIONAL steps into the broader
aths Of knowledge.
Since Howard School was inaug-
lated in 1898 there have been
early a hundred of Howard gradu-
ties who have graduated from col
sges and professional schools, not
bly, Cornell University, the greatest
lumber Of graduating from Howard
over ninety OF our
rsduates are teaching, most OF the n
iri graduates turning 10 the teach
ig profession but some Of the boys
lso are becoming teachers. Among
hose who have achieved especial
in the earlier days Of
toward school was Harry Spencer
tho after gradutieg from the Uni
ersity of Pennsylvania as an cleo
iad from the orc and thus making
lmous the Lead Reduction Com
any with whom no was identified.
Tho Rev. Frederick Butler, one of I
lie most prominent and gifted young j
ergymen connected with the Meth
list Church and whom many of \
ou have heard preach in Ezion {
nuroh Of this city. was a Howard
,hool boy. Numbers OF others :
light be mentioned: DR.. Cum. Dr. I
right, Dr. Giles, DR.. Ayers. Or.
urray. now leading doctors in this
ty are graduates Of Howard High
'hool. Or. Hopkins, our City
1uncilman, we are proud 10 say,
rs a Howard School boy. DR.. Muir
y represents us on the Board OF q
ealth. A more recent graduate and !.
lie who has covered herself and \
oward School with honor is Miss o
lice Banton. daughter of Or. and +,
RS. Banton. DR. Banton being a B
ember of our Board of Public 4
iucation. Miss Banton desired II
enter Smith College, one Of the u
ldlng colleges for girls In this n
untry, was told there was but one y
~ for her TO enter and that was by a
king the entrance examination and ui
ssing Il. Miss Banton sure OF the ~
owledge she had obtained at the Ii
ward High School entered the col q
re entrance examinations he'd at y,
. Wilmington High School last as
ne and passed without condition or
cry required branch and is now ~
rsuing her college studies with ar