The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-06-03
MARTIN COLLEGE.
The Pleasing Commencement Exer-
cises Of a Noble Institution
Of Learning,

VI 4Se4 44uSs
Sunday morning the Methodist
church was filed to repletlon with
a bright and discriminating au
dience, assent led to hear the
Martin College Commencement
Sermon by Rev. DR.. Leftwich. The
ushers were kept busy seating
the many persons who poured down
the aisles, and when the hour for
opening the morning service a,
rived, but little vacant space was to
be found in the sacred edifice. At
precisely IL O'Clock the pupils OF
the College arrived and were as
signed to seats which had been re-
served for them. Their bright at
tire and pure, sweet faces, glowing
with youth and health, gave a warm
coloring to the scene and when all
were nestled together In the middle
tiers of seats the effect was charm
ing-reminding one of parterre of
flowers ID which the chaste brow of
the lily, the blushing cheek of the
rose and the azure eye of the violet
seem to form an association to
symbolic the sweet attractions of
a maiden's face.
The sermon was one of DR.. Left
wIch's finest efforts. His text,
''Jesus loved Martha and her sis
ter" (John III, s. contained a
sweet and impressive lesson admi-
rably calculated to touch the gentle
| hearts before him. 1t taught that
the christian character begins at the
feet of Jesus where Mary was first
found and that its full development
is to be seen in the two distinct
types of female character represent
ed in the Jewish sisters. The
practical utility of Martha's life,
and the soft spirituality Of Mary's,
were cOntrasted with some fine
touches of thought and then brought
together to show that the highest
possibilities of woman's character
are to be reached in a combination
Of these two. Mary's is the favor
tie example, because it teaches us
that the loftiest ideal of christian
character is in the ministrations of
love. The entire sermon was lis.
tened to with marked attention by
the large audience.
The entertainment of the juve-
niles Monday evening, conducted
under the immediate supervision
of Miss Cook, was a most eDjoya-
BILE affair. The study hall was
filed with large and fashionable
audience, which manifested its ap-
proval of the little folks efforts by
frequent applause. The programme
included dialogues and Rotations,
all of which were correctly and
gracefully rendered. A charming
feature OF the evening was the mu-
steal performance of Miss Sallie
Roberts. daughter of DR.. and Mrs.
j, G. Roberts. This lovely child is
only twelve years of age, but she
manipulated the keys OF the piano
with the soft and finished touch of
an artist, evoking from the Instru-
ment some exquisite music, which
was rapturously applauded. At the
conclusion of the delightful per-
Torrance, Prof. Jones presented the
little charmer with pair of beauti-
full gold bracelets, the gift of her
mother, who adopted this happy
method OF bestowing a token of
love and appreciation. Everybody
pronounced this a felicItous cpl
sode of the evening. The enter
tainment closed with a beautiful
scene, in which thirteen little
Misses, arrayed in white, rep
resented the thirteen original
states. Each of the children
wore a crown, on which was
inscribed the name of the state she
represented, and all were arranged
in a semi circle, with the Goddess
of Liberty, waving large flag, in
the center. The spectacular effect
of this patriotic display was very
fine, and it gained fresh animation
at the close, when the actors sung
in perfect time, and with much
spirit, the "Red, White and Blue"
Tuesday evenings entertainment
was a musical treat that will be long
remembered in Pulaski. On that
occasion the delightful operetta
"Genevieve," was presented by the
music pupils in fine style, with Miss
Lula Jones in the title role and Miss
Beulah Sumpter as 1sadore. Miss
Jones assumed her part on short
notice, it having at first been as
signed to another young lady who
was unable to be present, but the
manner in which she rendered it
would certainly have led no one to
suspect that she lacked time for
prepar ation. Her voice is one of
rare compass, singularly clear and
sweet, and she sang with great splr-
it and fine effect. Her acting was
also exceedingly good. Miss Stump
ter also sustained her role in superb
style. She was in fine voice and
sang with much taste and expires
sion, while her acting was exceed
Ingly good. "Genevieve" is light
and airy opera, but there is a deli
cate shading of pathos here and
there which gives it the charm of
pensiveness. Genevieve and lisa
dore are the paramount roles, the
other parts being of the minor sort,
but the young ladies who enacted
the latter invested them all with at
fractions. The choruses were rem
dered in fine style, and the accom-
paniments were played in perfect
time. Viewed in any way, the en-
tertainment was exceptionally good,
and Miss Jones, who superin tended
the details, deserves unlimited
praise for the highly successful
manner in which it was presented.
Last evening the Litero-Musical
society presented a brilliant pro
gramme, but the hour at which we
went TO press forbade report.
The Baby is Dead.