Sunday, September 3, 2017

1911 LEWES SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT

1911 LEWES HIGH SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT



The Lewes High School commencement took place in the Auditorium on June 12, 1911 and was largely attended. The Rev. W. R. Mowbray opened the exercises with a prayer, followed by
the salutatory and orations of the graduates. “Delawares Place Among The State” was given by
Russell Paynter, William Thomas Manning's oration was on “Delawares Part in the Civil War”,
“Our Delaware Boundaries” was the subject of Horace Leland Brown's oration, and Julius Adolphus
Herolds was a very interesting account of “The Settlement of Delaware”. Miss Helen Townsend Hocker, the class Valedictorian, gave her essay “ Higher Education for Girls”.

Dr. Ulysses W. Hocker, president of the Board of Education, made an address to the class
and presented the diplomas. Henry Ridgely of Dover made the formal address to the class and made
compliments yo them on the patriotism shown the State.

Undelivered essays and orations were “Manufacturing in Delaware”, by Harold Willetts
Hocker, “Some Representative Delawareans” by Elverson Warren Ingram, “Interesting Historic
Spots in Delaware” by Helen Norman Carson, “Our Delaware Public School” by Richard
Courtenay Enos, “Delawares Part in the Revolution”, Linford Outten Russell, and 'Life in Delaware During the Revolution”, by Leah Burton Carter.

The Lewes orchestra furnished the music and after the commenceent an informal dance was enjoyed by the young people.

Grammer school students who were graduated to the High School were; Elizabeth Joseph, Mildred Wiltbank, Julia Steel, Katherine Lank, Mary Shutt, Beatrice Atkins, Marguerite
Lauritsen, Abraham Gutowitz, Nathen Evans, Amelia Schellenger, Edna Marvel , Hewes Messick,
William Vogel, Willam Conwell, Garretson Brown and Virden Burton.



Wilmigton New Journal, June 15, 1911, abstract Septemebr 3, 2017 Harrison Howeth



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