The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-07-16
THE DUE WEST COLLEGES.
CONCLUDING EXER0LsEs OF COM.
MENCKMENT EEEK. ,.s...s.,
West Female College and Awards OF
Honors to tho Erslkine College.
lFRoH OUR SPECIAL ooRRrsPoNDRNr.I
DUE WEST, 3. G., July u,

[FRoM OUR spEo1AL coRREspoNDRNr.I
DUE WEST, 8. G., Jhlyu.
The exercises Of to-day have been the,cul-
mination of the commencement week Id TIE
two educational institutions of Due WGt, and
have included the public bmmencement ex-
erclses OF the Due West Female. College, oc-
cupying the morning and afternoon, and the
award of medals and other honors to the stu
dents OF Erskine College In the evening! The
attendance to-day has been even larger thAn
that of yesterday, and the audience In Lind
sey Hall during the morning and afternoon
could not have numbered less than two thous-
and, of which number more than one-haif
were ladies'. The exercises went of smoothly
and creditably in accordance with the follow
ing programme: 2l'.,;22:.: -
Anthem. ''The Heavens are Tel1lng."I -:
Anniversary address before the Amellan
Society. Rev. W. T. Cspers. Abbeville, g. O.
PIano-"Grand Overiure."t Misses Lizzle
ouigg, Dorcie Henry, Anzte hcoiintock; dss.
saiutatory. Miss Alice E. Adam" " ,,z: .,.',.
Composition
May find us farther than ro-day.n ;urttl.3
ss. s-Mlss Maggles. Brice.
Chorus -"Home by the Rlver.h nj ysyit,
Discussion-.sIs there More of Happiness or
Misery In the W6rld?n Misses Dora j.! Pitch
ford and n. Nettie Barr. 1. -: :. .AH hn:
Piano double trio)-.The Coming Step
Misses Leila Strain, Molle Bonner, Josie Brice,
Matte Talbert, Fannie Bradley. Mary Young:
Composition 1.-THE Age We Live Inn Miss
DSss1s GempSslaoa@sLfe % Rsry is but an & Empty Ia
Dream" Miss Josie n. Jennings. -,
Letters. Misses JAMIE I. Kennedy and Jsnie
Piano i(quartette)-"Malden's BlushWaltz..s
walker and Maggie Brice. i.g ,,raoifesi Hlss
Composition Miss Iilla 3. Ken
song-"Oh Restless Sea-" ,.,2'''I ~ q ..i..''
Composliion-sS,Il des epines dams la
vie Il y aussl blen des feurs.nlu Miss Lizzie
Quigg. -... ,geai;.. q agt1l;za,
airs. Misses jamie Kennedy and Katie Patton!
.9i'fn AFTERNooN. '..''--; .'''.i;.,ei.' @
Song -"Natalle, the Maid Of ths Mlle BY
/ Compostion-ssThe Worlds Benefsctors.n ..
Miss Maggie L. Kennerly. r.-:,,.s ..s..:,
Composition the Golden Threads all
Woven!" Miss Ada g. Prather. -.',:.l silt
Piano (uuartette)-"Oxen Waltz Misses,
Alice Adams. Dora Pltchford, Lila Lila oKennerly
Dlsiogae-"Fasnlon." Misses Carrie Henry
Solo-two pIanos-ssLa Psrislenne." Misses
Dora Pitchford and Ada PratLer. .-,,,.r,.,.,
Composition ''si =. -. - -.
.Standlng with reluctant feet, i '4.i A'h''
Where the brook and: river meet, 81 rGsnGj
Womanhood and childhood neet.n.;I d,nu
. Miles Belle E. Saxon. =.
Chorus-"TheTe Is Beauty In THE Summer,
Composltion:-'Llttle by Little" Miss Euge-
MIA Walker. -...,rs ,.. -.r: ..iE,;
Plano (quartette)-"L owes Response Polka,
Misses Maggie Kennerly, Dorcie Henry, sattie'
Turner and Lizzie Quigg. .2.g. 1lGI :! az.
Discllssion--"Hss.- Christianity conferred
temporal as we'll as spfrfeiaf Dressings ON inc
World ?" Misses Mary Thompson and Para
Saxon. .nr E5ini. - h3ai9 u sH.1"
solo-two planos-.Nauonal Chant, Misses.
JAMIE Kennedy aud Ada Prather. ...1.cgj. O ,...,
Valedictory. Sattie L. Turner.
DEGREES CONFERRED. go .
Chorus -"God in Mercy hear my Prayer"
This morning the Alumni Society Of Erskine
College held Its annual meeting and elected
Mr.. 9. 81. Slmonton, of Tennessee, as tho
alumni orator ior the next year, and Major J.
K. G. Nance, of Newberry, as alternate, which,
by the customs Of the society, Will devolve
upon the latter gentleman the duty Of deliver
Ing the alumni address at the commencement
exercises In 1874.
male College also met this morning and. elect
ed Miss Lizzie Chiles. OF Abbeville, alumnae
essayist for 1878, and Miss Minnie Lindsey, OF
Due West, alternate.
This evening large audience agein assem-.
bled at Lindsey Hall to witness the award, OF
medals to the successful competitors for those
honors among the students OF Erskine. The
report of the examining committee was made
by Rev. Mr.. Brlce, of Chester, and the follow
Ing young gentlemen were the recipients or
the medals: p,
SENIOR CLASS. 'l".'
For proficiency In Greek. W. NJ. Hunter.
Astronomy. W. n. Hunter. .4'"
Latin. W. E. McIlwalne.: gi IL b.Tofi
Mental science. W. E. McIlWaine., aasile.i
Chemistry. G. g. Robinson. ...,i.7.-
JUNIOR CLASS. .<..,,.5.
For the best general scholarship. W.. b.
Montgomery and 8. L. Morris.
SOPHOMORE GLASS. ~" 7''''.
For the best general scholarship. W. L.All-
Ter and G. E. Young. .llH - i'51s
FRESHMAN GLASS. zl3- T9f
For the best general scholarship H. g..
Reed and W. B. Douglass. .,Lg
This concluded the exercises OF the week,
and after an hour or two Of pleasant social In
| tercourse among the graduates and their
friends In Lindsey Hall, the audience dis
persed. PICKET. .
| THE sTRAGGLING IRREOONCILABLES.
The straight-Out Democrats and ths
T.ohor eHOru1ara Hunting PRctY Al.