Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-17
GIRLS ON THE R0STRUM.
WESLEYAN FEMALE COLLEGE
HAS ITS COMMENCEMENT.

How the Exercises Were Ushered In
The Essays and the Winners of the
Prizes-Hardeman Candidate for
Joe Browns Seat Other Political
Notes.
MACON, June 16.-Commencement SUM-
day of the Wesleyan Female College was
ushered in with much wind and heavy
rains, and the weather was decidedly cool
for the middle OF June, yet, despite these
unusual summer facts, the large and
handsome Mulberry Street Methodist
Church was filed to overfowlng with a
congregation of citizens and visitors to
hear the commencement sermon preached
by Bishop Pierce, to the graduating class.
composed OF thirty-siX charming Young
ladies, all beautifully dressed in white.
and who occupied seats immediately
fronting the pulpit.
The Bishops text was Philippians iv., l, >,
3, 4. 1t was amagpifeent and truly religious
discourse on the place and value of woman in
the church. her true sphere and influence. Ii
was sermon that will live and do great
good- The singing by the choir OF the church,
under the direction of Prof. J H. Newman
OF the college, was very fine.
woMAN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
sunday afternoon tbs anniversary Of the
Woman's Missionary Society of Wesleyan
Female College was held in the college par
lors In the presence of large audience. The
society is composed of the young ladies of the
college, Miss Loula Murphy, of EIavine, Ca,
President. The exercises were extremely in
teresting. Splendid addresses were delivered
by the Rev. DR.. Heidi. OF LaGrange and
President HaygOod, of Emory College An
excellent and beautiful talk was made by
MISS Laura Haygood, who goes as a mission
airy to China next fall.
JUNIOR EXHIBITION.
That the commencements of the college have
lost none OF their old time popularity and
prestige was strongly evidenced by the over
WheIming crowds that assembled at the
chapel thtS morning and evening in attend
ance on the junior class exhibition and the
reading of the essays of the first section of the
senior class. The exercises were greatly en-
joyed by the audience and were admirabIv
performed by the participants.
The following compositions were read by
members OF the Junior Glass at their exhibit
ton:
Labor Ipse Voluptus," ;" Miss Bella ID. Abra-
ham, Macon, Ga; "Superhuities," Miss john
ME Davis, Albany. Ca; 81 Told You So"
Miss Blanche f. Ellis, Macon, Ca: IA Chan
ter from My Own Experience" Miss Dellie S.
Freeman, Macon, Ga; 'Virginia," Miss Fay
Cranberry, Richmond, Va; 'Iongings to
Know the Future" Miss Mary Liz
aie 5Hdor LgTerstte; staboI Ea,tOnt9n, Cal "Alex
ford, Macon, Ga; 'I<u=YOu and t., a. e. d."
Miss Pauline A.LOgan, Macon, Ca. 'Names."
Miss Marian G. Matthew's, Macon, Ca; ''Must
not the Earth be Rent, before her Gems are
Found?" Miss Eva Lillian Palmer. Nashville.
Tenn; "We Juniors. !" Miss NJ. Corinne Smith.
Cusseta. Ala; 1.-THE Without and the
Within" Miss Willie NJ. Swoll, Savannah, ca.
Bishop Cranberry, of Virginia, preached An
eloquent and powerful sermen Sunday night
at the Mulberry Street Methodist Church. A
large congregation was in attendance, on
whom nom the the discourse made deep impression.
The following are the titles of the ESSAYS
read by the first section of the senior class:
"Dreamland," Miss Mary Ella Andrews,
columbus, Ca; What the Man in the Moon
sees" Miss Fannie Lee Askew, Cusseta, Ala:
"Mosaics," Miss Eugenia Campbell, Meri-
Wether county; Ca; Il Did as the Rest Did"
sdn Mlss Ga Charlie .what W. Cheat 9Ghcatham, Daw;
Cheathan, Dawson, Ga; ''Three Women ;;
Miss Fitzalen Battle Wright, Macon, Ca:
1.-The Voice OF Language" Miss Ella Halls
Warrenton, Ga; Southern Womanhood.,
Miss Tillie Jeanette Morton, Athens. Ca:
"Sacred SpOts," Miss Minnie Lee HarweU
Monticello, Ca; "Monuments," Miss Roberta
Z. Humber. Putnam county, Ga: "Self-Re-
lance" Miss Mary Lou Hunt" Macon. Ga.
'Feign would Climb but that Fear to Fall"
Miss Carrie Belle Johnson, Macon. Ca:
''Shakespeares Macbeth" a criticism, Miss
Annie Lee Jones, Albany, Ca; "Shakespeare's
julius Caesar" a criticism, Miss Fannie Gra-
ham Mangham, Macon, Ga; Benediction
+HonOrably excused.
Medals were awarded to-day as follows:
The Emory College medal for English compo-
sltlon. STU second c'ass, 10 Miss Maud Camp
The Hardeman medal for English composi-
ton; sophomore class, to Miss Lizzie Wiley,
of Troy, Alabama.
The Cobb medal for elocution, Sophomore
class, to Miss Clara Burghard, of Macon.
The Carhart medal for English composition,
junior class, TO Miss May Lipford, of Macon.
The Myrick medal for elocution, Junior
class, to Miss Pauline Logan, of Macon.
POLITICAL.
Judge Stewart, of Griffin, has been holding
court at Macon for Judge Simmons during the
past week, and he has presided with great
dignity, ability aud impartiality. He is very
popular win members of the bar and the peo-
pie OF Macon generally. 1t is an accepted fact
in this locality that Judge Stewart will be a
candidate for election to a seat on the bench
OF the supreme Court as the successor of JUS
tlce Biandford, and does not even consider
himself as possible dark horse in the Fifth
District Congressional race.
BfeeZes from the direction of Washington
City convey the intelligence that Congress-
man -at-large Thomas Hardeman will proba-
bly, be candidate for United States Senator
to succeed Joseph e. Brown. If this is true
then the situation in the Sixth District be-
comes more simplihed Ilardemau as an as
plrant Tor Senatorial honors removes the only
gress.
The Presidential choice of the Bibb county
delegates to the Atlanta convention on the
18th, Is divided, though Cleveland seems to be
the tavOrite with the majority,
The announcement of the withdrawal of
Col. Z. w. Alexander from the editorial man
agement OF the TetegfIDh and Messen0er, has
occasloned considerable surprise in Macon
altnough 1t has been whispered for some time
mat there was want of harmony among the
"poWers that be-" Alexander was consider
ed TOO conservative.
1t is thought that war will now be waged
on Representative Blount and Gov. Mcdaniel.