The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1883-06-11
EXERCISES.
MorgantOWn Female Seminary,
IA Large Audience =. Splendid
Graduating Jays, Ex-
ceIIent MN and a
Pleasant Time.

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Pleasant Time.
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On Thursday evening, june It'll
/ at. s o'clock, the Commencement,
] exercises Of the MorgantoWn Fe-
male Seminary took place III the
Presbyterian Chnrch. Before the
| time announced for the the exercises
TO begin, and even before the doors
were opened, the audience began to
assemble, and the capacious hall of
the church was soon filed to its
utmost capacity. The beautiful fo-
raj and evergreen decorations lib the
/ room caused it "a present . most at
tractiye appearance, The laurel
wreath over the pulpit and the bell
Of flowers hung from the chandelier
were especially pretty.
Precisely at B O'Clock the young
| ladies#of the Seminary entered, un-
der the guidance Of the Principal,
Mrs. Moore, marchinglto the music Of
| the piano, atWhich Miss. Susie Moore
presided. To say that they looked
beautiful would be putting it very
mildly indeed.
| The opening performance was an
Instrumental duet ssValse Des Valsen
by Misses Mollie Hays and Maggie
Snyder, which was very nicely per
formed. The audience Was led ia
prayer by Rev. s. L. Finney.
/ The instrumental trio Martha
Iby Misses Madgie Brown, Lille
i OBrien and Anna Sturgiss was very
.sweetly played, and after that the
flour HIS, Messrs Clark and Will
Il Hoffman, Charley Hayes and Walter
4 Hough sang the Soldiers Farewell"
in their own iHilnitable manner.
The first performance Of THE grad
mates was Miss Lille Hagans, who
read ali essay on tho subject .An
| Ancient Philosopher IN Modern
Hines. Philip was the nam giYea
thG ancient phi IusDpller v ID vas
supposed to have been permitted
to take q view Of the world at the
present time, and the impression lie
would receive from such view was
/ admirably set forth by the essayist.
Killer reference to- the Anglo Egyptian
war and scathing denunciation of
| the English atrocities in that war
and toward the Irish, and. her IL
lusions to some American modern
isms such as Aestheticism or Oscar
Wildeism were especially praisWorthyf
4 Another instrumental duet 'Tan-s
credi'' was nicely rendered by Miss
Mary Ollie and Mrs. J. NJ. Lee.
Clark Hoffman and Charley Hayes
sang a duet, Through the world 4
Pilgrim, which was well received by
1.-The audience.
Miss Viola Lawhead then read the
second performance of the gradual
ing class, an essay, entitled Honor
able Names With commendable
partiality to her own sex, the list Of
honorable names, presented to our
notice, was composed entirely Of
women. It waslthe> aim Of the writer
to show that there were many names
of women of as great renown as those
Of men. Her essay was short, but
the quality made up for the lack of
quantity. i
\ Misses Jessie Coombs and May
Lyon gave another instrumental duet
Bandits Franks Itt was well
played kl
w. K. Hoffman next sang d. solo
aThy Sentinel am !" The name OF
the singer is sufficient guaranty as
to the quality#of the music.
The lastof theIgraduating perform
ances was an essay by Miss Mary v.
Hagans subject {. Standpoints".
The central idea in Miss Hagans'
| essay was the difference ii conclu-
sions arrived at IN viewing things
| from different. standpoints. Her
illustrations were most pointed and
forcible, especially those in which
| reference was made to fashion and
politics. The writer alluded to the
great question of the past and present,
the Unknown Beyond, and spoke Of
its answers as given by those who
view lit from different standpeints.
The four HIS again appeared in q
quartette, ~ chnbert's Serenade,' z and
maintained the reputation they won
lin their former one. q.
Miss Susie Moore and Miss Mary
L ~ "a * - fEaIlE Is q z 46TE