Claymont High School - Clay Tablet Yearbook (Claymont, DE)

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LITERARY Ole Bull was Norway s most famous violinist After touring hrs native country he went to Paris where he heard the wizard violinist Paganini He began a course of hard work in the hope of rrvalrng Paganinl He acquired a wonderful technique and speedily achieved world wide fame by his brilliant and expressrve playing Gunnar Wennerberg a Swedish poet musician and politician was born at Liakopxng where his father was parish priest The remarkable production of Wennerberg s The Boys presented that which was unique and attractive IH the curious university life of Sweden In 1866 he succeeded Fahlcrantz as one of the eighteen members of the Swedish Academy Through the works of these composers and musicians Scandanavia has contributed to the musical heritage of the world Compiled from Grade 12 reports by SHIRLEY Rornrseac- 1939 OLD SWEDES CHURCH Gertrude Lenox, 7R COMMITTEE of six members of the seventh grade was chosen to V1Slt Old Swedes Church in Wilmington Delaware Rev Charles A Rantz rector of the Church of the Ascension made an appointment for us w1th Mr Bell Vicar of Old Swedes Church and on the day set in january we visited the historic church Mr Bell told us that Old Swedes was built in the year 1698 under the direction of Rev Erick Bjork He said the church had been abandoned as a place of worship in 1830 when the congregation moved to a new one at Fifth and King Streets lt was in a state of dilapidation until Henrietta M Allmond a member left a legacy of six hundred forty dollars for the purpose of putting it in a condition fit for holding worship The church was re opened for divine servlce August 21 1842 the left side of the altar It is the orlglnal one and is said to be the oldest in the United States lt was made of boards brought by the members of the congregation Peter Peterson brought three Lucas ltelham brought one Asmund brought two sticks Brewer Senecke brought one log and Eric of Cranehook brought seven boards Mr Bell showed us an inscription on a tablet which identifies the church as Holy Trxnlty Old Swedes Church consecrated Trinity Sunday 1699 There are also some tablets on the floor and on the walls One of them was erected in loving memory of Phoebe George and her son Another one is in memory of Thomas Francis Bayard On this tablet are the Ten Commandments which were written there because he liked them so much Around the organ are the graves of four babies They were Brewer Senecke who died in 1709 Peter Biorck who died in 1710 Petrus Hessellin who died in 1716 and Emmanuel Hessellin who died IH 1719 Beside the organ there is an original church bench which is over two hundred years old The memorial windows in Old Swedes Church are very beautiful with Biblical pictures on them These windows are in memory of prominent citizens of the state There are still some of the original pews in the gallery They were restored 1n the year 1899 by the Colonial Dames of America The stairway to the gallery has been moved from the inside to the outside of the church Therefore you must go outside of the church to get to the gallery The original doors are still IH use They are put together by wooden pegs and turn on strap hinges The orlginal latches are on the doors They are very large and awkward Many unusual things are found IH the church such as the first money box of Wilmington a brick altar which has been covered with marble and a very large Bible which was presented by the Prince and Princess of Sweden in the year 1926 The Blble is written in the Swedish language lt IS protected by a glass case , . . . . . . , . , , , . . y . . . y . . Y v u a ' Y KL Y, l ' 9 Y Y ' V Y We were especially interested in the way the inside of the church was built. The pulpit is at . i I s ' . , ' Y Y ' T I Q . . 1 y Y . . y . . . . Q v . . , . . . v V . .

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LITERARY The orlglnal bnck walls are covered wrth plaster The eelllng has been renewed recently and the beams above haxe been treated to k1ll termltes The outer walls of thts old church are partly covered wlth Engllsh lvy whlch was brought from England by Mrs Bayard mother of the Hon Thomas FIHDCIS Bayard lt grew from a slrp brought from Stoke Poges ID England the scene of Gray s lmmortal Elegy Wrltten IH a Country Church yard The IX y was planted about seventy five years ago The churchyard surroundrng the church IS the burlal place of many of the early settlers and rherr descendants Old Swedes Church lS one of the shrmes of Delaware and IS vrslted every year by trax elers from far and near but there are stlll many persons ID Delaware who have never seen lf A MARTYR FOR FREEDOM Marcza Sanders, 1938 OWN wlth the Unrcorn' Up wrth the Stars and Strlpesl shouted the crew The colorful crowds standlng on the quay took up the cheer They waved handkerchlefs and threw hats lnto the a1r Captarn Montgomery stepped forward He handed a small bundle to a young sallor The boy started to cllmb the ratlrnes Up up he cl1mbed Now and then he was almost hldden by the rxggrng The shoutmg ceased A breathless sllence fell over the throng The flag the Amerlcan flag w as flylng from the masthead It wax ed majestlcally agalnst the cerulean background The lad smiled and descended After a moment of srlence wlld cheers broke over the spectators l1ke waves on a stormy sea The crowd was rn a frenzy Thomas Mendlnhall standlng apart from the other sarlors was smrlmg Thxs moment meant more to h1m than any other had ever meant Hts country had a flag He had had a part rn maklng rng but hls thoughts wandered elsewhere He wanted to thrnk th1ngs over from the frrst The brlg Nancy: had salled from W1lmlUgtOH under the Brxtlsh flag even though lf was backed by the new Contlnental Congress She had come to Puerto Rrco to take on a cargo Crum and sugar by day ammumtron by nrghtj The vessel had been ready to sa1l for home when the news had come The Deelaratlon of Independence had been srgnedl There was a new flag' Down wlth the UHlCOfDl Up wlth the Stars and Stnpes' Another surge of warmth came over htm He had followed the descrlptron of the flag He Thomas Mendlnhall had cut out and sewed together that Amerlcan flag whreh was to be the fxrst to fly rn a forelgn port The CTICS and shouts were recedlng The crowd dlssolx ed The Nancy haxlng completed her task rn the Islands of the Carrbbean set sa1l for Delaware The xox, age dld not pass as one 111 a story book There were no rnutrnres no storms and no advent ures The adxenturc howex er was just over the horrzon When the bng was off the Delaware Bay capes a small fleet was seen approachrng Belrevrng If to be the closer the The Nancy: The than to let one whreh Con ress was reported to haxe f1tted out the Nancy halled If But as she drew hornfled crew beheld the Lnron jack HOHUIIE from the masthead of the nearest frlgate was a fast sa1ler but she was not a man o war officers of the Nancy made thelr plans hurrledly lt was much better to lose the powder lt fall lnto the hands of the enemy They would save as much as posslble and the rest A long fuse was to be prepared but II should not be l1t yet Qulckly they anchored loaded the gigs and landed the preclous cargo on the beach Back and forth the men rowed The Brrtlsh prepared to attack 1 7 1 1 ' 1 ' s - c , . ' 1 ' E . , . ., . . Y Y T ,na - 7 V I f . i Q . 1 . . xl 1 T 1 tu 1 1 1- T - ' ' 1 ' ' ' 1 1 y 1 L , ' I Y Y X 3 l I . I as ,' ' V- - ay 1 ' . g ' ' . 1 , . 1 g . at - - Y . 7 . . . , . Y Y I y , Y . . D . that flag. A warm feeling surged through his veins. He looked about him. The crowd was fascinat- . 9 . 7 . V . I -' . v . . . . . t xx . . K. . . .' ' 77 ' . ' ' 1. , 1 Y y 1 v, rl y 0 .L Y y I I 1 . 1 1 y1 ' . - ' , , ' ' ' ' Y Y . v 1 1Y v y Y ' 1 ' ' . y .- g Y Y 7 I . . n y V 1 A - v 1 l ' - ' y 1 1 ' . Y . Y Y , . L A l I 1 Y s Y ' , ' ' U 1 I ' ' 1 . Q A , . y . D