The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-07-08
commencement in The Columbia Fc

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Miss Coleman of the willard Literary So
ciciy, besides delivering the vaIcdiciory, also
read an essay upon the subject, "Eischar"r
ioar nuty and Leave the Rest to Providence"
with rhetorical rNarlncSS. Putty was discuss,
cd under three divisions: personal. social ana
religious. The following beautiful passage
we extract: OGr names, stamped In kind
ness, love AMI mercy. will shine upon ihc
hearts OF those we love rs the STARS upon, inc
brow of c,cnin".' ii trust That the buds of
knowledge that have appeared in our society
hall will, 10y subsequent culture, burst mo
fragrant roses, which will shed their SwrcL'
ness upon the brCZrS Of time" To her "Wii,
lard ~SistclS'u graceful and tender Iarcwlll
WAS uttered. declaring that 'setlaitliion Sliiilil
not prove the destruction OF flctnory ana
love-"
The graduating exercises at night were of an
especially gratifying nature. Every lrlluie
pleasure oi all. The programme WAS us iol
lows:
Salulatory-MisS Hattie l1otcliiiss, Fort
E>sny, Where shall T Write my Nanc"-
Miss f:!iir Beard. Nincty-SlN.
Essay. Deeds not Wolds-Mlss Laura Cole
man, Cu!nliar;l. ~
Essay, Keep Your I:qulIibrium-MisS Lizzie
Dexter. Uran1rburG. .
Essay, Thr Wreck of Timc-Miss Anna
Douglass, Columbia. -.
Essay, II is .lIAybrrak EHcryWncfc-H! MISS
Hattie i'rinrr, Columbia.
Essay. Marie .Amtpincttc-M Miss Ida Fooshr
i:ssay, diamond Cut Eiamond-M;ss Ruth
Duct, Jolly Hearts Misses Clark and Drake.
Essay, What Hast II OH Glralicd Io.uay:-
Miss annie Hardin, chester.
Essay. Don't! MISS liza Haynes, t~ifcchvl'l'
Essay, Henry T~imrud-Mi>s Minnie Horn,
Essay, Edgar Allen Por-Miss Lille Nc
Ghcr. Co&csl'ary-trr hy Rev. \. {: Smiih
l'Ssay-h Straight Line is the shortest i,is-
tancc between Points, Miss Meta McJunkIn,
i:SSay. i Plea for tho Higher Education of
Girls Miss q Minus, Georges. m
Essay. The Heir Of all tho .\sr>-HiSs Mary
Mourrr, Georges.
French Essay, DC In mcSurc don't nous
p,rSuruuS Il, > au!rcS. nous scrolls nIcseHrcS--
Miss Martha Morrison Peoples.
latin Es<',y' Aut N"nIm"m Ic"'cS' ""'
Essay, IIomc-MisS Erttic shoemaker
l;a:ulrr".
Vniriiriory. The Palm Is not Gained with
out the bust OF lAGur-Miss Mary lcir5'h
l%.aurriiS.
Closing Chorus. Angels Scrcrnndc.
Trr, c<xny> oi the yCurG lady graduates wrrT
of Il peculiar cilaracirr. They bore nh'hiS,
taxable signs If originality. II were irit'
with :, Distinct. though not haiS.i. uttrraicr
Among 80 many EXCELLENT productions AM
rrc!urinnnccS IL were Il task mos! u'ilirIii IL
discriminate. Indeed. we nr" not d~islnScu u
make llNltlIttS NlsiiiIti '''"t t'l " !"
Suc, in sayin. that some Of The essays were
indiraIivru i II high order of talent. The br
coming grace that characterized the yntnG
ladies q; the :raduuiin. class spoke rln!rent'
IS the praises OF these under whose careful
tuition they had found II cultured c,llrg'
home. ii is but truth 10 say that this or amy
rrviOuS commencement orrlSiOn. under the
present administration Is the most hrlilihll'
and in every respect Il decided success. ircS
i,lrnt Darby and his crops OF teachers are tC
IL congratulated NJ on the finished character
OF their work. 49,
MISS I'onshc while dealing with very diff,
ticult kind Of composition yet MANAGED Ia
present an entertaining and truly artistic por'
~.rnilurr Of Maric .\n;oinctlc.
essay of Miss Mctibcc, entitled EdgnI
Alien Poe, was read by Rev. y. Cukc SInGh
the young lady having been excused by the
Faculty. ,
read, and kept the audience IN continual
amusement he reason of the unknown tor
que in which they were addressed.
The programme Of next mornings exercise
were the annual literary address Ivy Wal
Ter l.. Miller. Esq, Of -ihbcvii!c, 1T IL O'clock
in the chapel.