The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1888-06-27

Thursday evening at an early
four, c0ntinerous thr0ng began
pouring into the large chapel ofthc
Female College, which lasted long
after every seat was taken and
standing room could no longer be
found. The occasion was the cXhi-
bltion Of the primary department
of the college, and undGrthc skilled
hand of Mrs mcCaslan, Il program
was carried out which served to
show the noble work of this school
In behalf of the Primary Pupils.
The highest praise Of the school can
be heard on all sides, as q result of
this exhibition.
one OF the most delightful of all the
commencement exercises was the an
nuai exhibition of tho
MALE ACADEMY
on friday evening last, in the Femnlc
,oiieSc chapel. These entertainments
"r~oAusuallv well attended; to old and
young alike, n collection of school bows.
some In the unsophisticated innocence
OF youth, others who have reached that
indefinite and understandable period OF
nv man u11u DOt meet. Wnen
.hey usually appear in sophomore ha-
%piiancnt, there is something at once
rresh, original and attractive. On this
occasion tho boys dcclaimcd remarka-
bly we'll, anu cvinccd excellent training.
FOR various reasons tho list was not
completed AZ announced on tho Drintod
programs, hut tho following young men
contributed their full share toward tho
pleasure of the evening,
DECLIMATIoN.
Williams Wright, Jr., discoursed On
the Land OF tho South; JAS. Clardy, tho
youngest speaker. had II few words on
a subject near to Il boys heart, viz: Va
cation. John Ferguson told tho talo of
woes which follow in tho wake of "Our
faby." Jno. Ballo spoke "Thc Band in
the Pines" and when n bunch of roses
from his best CIR! were showursd upon
him., he proved co%nclusivcly that no
knowsa thing or two about base ball.
Robert Walker seemed determined to
follow tho advice ho gave, "Mako your
mark" Fleming jones spoke Barn estl v
on "Earncstnoss," and cast an earnest
glance ut the pretty little girl whose
name was appended to his bouquet. Is
auoro Scliayer, ten ears of ago, who
has displayed a remarkable aptnoss for
the study Of English, which no began
w years ago, rccitcd II selection, "Bc
KIND to tho Poor" He was also down
for a violin solo, but having disabled
one hand, this feature of the evening
was necessarily ommittcd. Carroll Mil
la. Snnkn .\nur n,nl nNb., :, rNb,,,
Watts amused the audience with II par
ody, "Romeo and Juliet" which true to
tho original, ended thus: outlet soized
II knife and stuck it in her heart and
kicked tho bucket" Bcrkot Clardy,s
subject was "C--ccr Ups" Eugene Hudg-
ons, "Wavos on the Scashorc;' Allan
Bnrksdale. "Ncccssity OF Governments
VIM. Watts, decoration Days" Eugene
Martin, "Artemus Ward on Womnn's
Rights" Leland Frierson, "Thc Ship
Wreck" Douglas Pitts, "Appeal for LIB
Orty;" VIM. Jones. "Obcying Ordcrs;''
Henry Martin, "Going to tho Dontist;''
Charley Burnside, "Grover Clevcland.''
Soxt came the comic dialogue sap
%pcarances arc very Dcccitful,' whic ,
brought down the house. Pierre Fikc,
AZ Oscar, nbcggar lad, who had eft home
and wandered 5000 miles away, made II
decided hit. Claude Fuller, rs an old
gentleman, was hard to beat, while Wal
ton Brown was a perfect old lady, Geo.
Boyd sustained the fop ox%cellentlY. Nil
os Craig made - good boo block, us did
Wales Fike n policeman.
The juvcnils speech of the evening
was Badger Bowen on the Crisis. BadE-
er makes n ten strike every time, but
on this occasion he surpassed himholf,
which Is probably due to his constant
attendance upon the Senators at the last
session of tho Legislature.
During this evening as on other Occa-
sions during commencement, tho SUI
perb voice Of Mrs. j. j.. Wilkes and her
carefully trained choir added much to
tho pleasure of the audience.
COL. BALLS
Col. Is. w. Ball, the annual orator ,
made n splendid speech, classic, patriot
ic and yet practical. We regret noL be
ing able to give the full toxt, but must
content our readers with an imperfect
synopsis. The speaker compared the
school boys days to the beautiful valley
OF Amhnra in tho story of RasSclas, in
which tho youth being satiatcd with
earthly felicity. sallios forth in tho
world to assume the responsibilities of
manhood aud fight tho battles OF life.
Thon by way of introduction to
his snbject, "rho Southern Boys Oppor-
tunity" took u retrospect Wow of the re-
cent past. Tho Southern youth otto day
are legatees Of an undeveloped "Ncw
South" The old South, as far back as
colonial times, adopted agricnlturoonly
al tho basis OF hor civ ilizasion, while
her royal mother enjoyed tho benefit of