The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-07-13

address. His subject was, "This Unceasing
Hate" and prominent among his illustra-
trations were the enmity we as people con-
tinue to entertain against the negro race,
instead of seeking to elevate, civilize and
christianize them, who are fixture among
us, and the hostility we still hold toward
the Northern people-a people whose pro-
gress in tile arts and sciences make it poll:
cy on the part of any nation to seek alliance
with them, and whose strict morality and
high order of religion, associated with the
fact of their being children of the same
mother country, render it the duty Of South
ern people to make every effort to restore to
confidence the two sections, and bring about
as soon as possible great reunion of the
people of America.
This evening was rendered further promi-
nent by the usually interesting scene of
awarding the medals. Prof VIM. Hood
officiated at this time, calling upon the sue
cessful competitors in the order of their re-
spective classes, beginning with Freshman,
each of whom advanced as called, amid the
cheers of the audience, to receive his award,
which was rendered with appropriate re-
marks on the part of the Professor. The
first medal in the Freshman class was awar-
ded to VIM. McMorris, the second to E. c..
Frierson. The first medal in the Sophomore
class awarded to W. H. Harris, second D..
w. Wiseman. Junior class, first medal,
w. L. Philips; second medal, N. E. Pressly.
Senior class, J. +. Bigham, five medals for
proficiency in the five senior studies.
Spacious as is the Lindsay Hall, it was
incapable of seating the immense throng
which crowded in on Thursday morning at
halEpast nine o'clock to witness the COM
mencement exercises in the Female College.
The exercises were opened with prayer by
Rev. ]. P. Latimer, of Atlanta Ga, and
after the singing of an anthem by we'll
drilled class, an appropriate salutatory by
Miss Georgia c. Kennedy Long Cane, s. c.,
was read, which was followed by compost
tions by Miss Luda A. Devlin, Abbeville,
s. c.. Miss Kittie I. Haddon, Due West,
s. c.; Miss Mary J. Kennedy, Due West, s.
c.; Miss Alice E. Lites, Millway, S. c.;
Miss Macie B. Lee, Due West, s. c.; Miss
Anna I. Miller, Due West, S. c.; Miss
Mary E. Shaw, Winnsboro, S. c.
Twelve o'clock had now arrived, and after
an intermission of two hours exercises were
resumed by the reading of ga True Story"
by Miss Ida F. Todd, Due West, s. c. A
dialogue, 'The Centennial" by Miss Willie
Watson, of Abbeville, and Miss Maggie
Tongue, of Due West. Valedictories by
Miss Belle McLurkin, Chester, S. G., and
Miss jamie Lauderdale, Winnsboro, S. c.,
and response from the Amelian Society by
Miss Mamie A. Stewart, Fairview, S. G..
President ]. I. Bonner closed the exer-
cises of the day with an appropriate, touch
ing and affectionate Baccalaureate, at the
same time awarding the diplomas to the
above named sixteen young ladies. The
exercises of the day were interspcrsed
throughout with music by the several teach
ers and the scholars.
We were glad to note that the real extent
of the injury done to the flower gardens in
the late unpleasantness was far less than
many persons have been led to believe.
Instead of being destroyed beyond recogni-
ton, the difficulty with US was to recognize
the injury at ALL 1t will be comforting to
the friends of the institutions to know that
the damages have been repaired and the
unpleasant affair being rapidly forgotten.
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