The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-06-20

The ex mination of the day lett
the impress upon the MODS Of all
present, that coed and faithful
work had been done. The boys
did nobly in the recitation of their
speeches, and showed a precocious.
ness of mind and heart, that made
glad every one present. When all
were so good, we do not feel at lib
ertv to make personal application
of the matter so far as individual
scholars are concerned.
At the anniversary of the Eu-
terpean Society at night, the young
ladies Of the college, specially gave
tone and beauty to the occasion,
the anniverslrian, Miss Ola
Stevens, read a beautiful essay
which was crcditable to her mind
and heart. She was the recipient of
magnificent floral display. a
pretty bouquet was given Mss
Maggie Turner.
On Tuesday morning at Harris
Opera House, Ord G Armstrong.
of AJlantl, one of the brainiest
men in the state, delived- an ora
ton upon the subject of the cold
and the New" This literary eff
fort was a matchless one, and as
he beautifully dwelt upon the re-
suits of the past, in their bearing
upon the things of the present and
futur', he impressed upon the
min ds and hearts of every one
present, moral and intellectual
truths that must remain forever
with each one, Would that every
body had heard this matchless effort.
At night the entertainment was
an enjoyable one, with its "broom
drill, and its play, dread on the
waters. The amateurs, fully prov~
ed that they were equa to the oc.
casion, as they presented to the de-
light of an appreciative audience,
a series OF plays that had been care
fully studied, and made almost
perfect III the delineation of char
acter,
On Wednesday morning, the
anniversary Of the Alpha Society
took place. The anniversarian,
VII H Black, delivered an ad.
dress full OF bright and sparkling
thoughts, and in his address gave
evidence Of a growing mind that
in its maturity, would leave an i'm
/ press for good, moral as we'll as inN
tellectual, upon all that lie might
come in contract with. He was
the recipient o ,oveIy flowers from
his fair lady friends il appreciation
Of Ills able effort.
But the most interesting feaiur,
OF the day, w"ra the graduating ex-
ereises. The following graduates
received the degree OF b s: vi,
Fassie Overly, Messrs y II Pear
man, y i Christi I'll 6 MeNuIty.
and F G Breach Mr. " j.
Christie received first honor, and
the second honor Was shared by
Messrs IL : McNu!ty and F G
Branch, and the third honor wa.
awarded to Miss Tassie overly
The following medals were awarded:
For general excellence. J Y
Brown and Miss Mamie Bird es:
Mathematics, j M Paulk and w Z
Christie; Mental Arithmetic Mis-.
Jessie Parker; Efficiency in Music.
Miss Jessie Martin. The scholar
skip offered by the President. was
shared by G M Bell and J NJ PauIk.
| Claud Hatcher and J VI Panlk, re
ceived medals of Il previous term,
that did not arrive in time.
At night, the exercises of the
week closed with an entertainment,
that gave much pleasure to every
one present The beautiful play
the'Turn of the tide, was vel rem,
dered, aud gave evidence of much
talent on the part of the scholars.
This annual commencement Of
the South Ga. Male and Female
College, closed with intense salts
faction to all, President Parker
with his corps Of teachers, deserve
so much from us all. for with an
untiring energy and with a devo.
ton to duty unequa'Ied, each one
did well, his and her part. To Prof.
NJ l. Parker, Prof. & G Bond,
Prof B H Pearman, Prof. Bech-
ter, and to the Misses Mamie
Wickliffe and Charlie " heatham,
much is due for faithful perform.
ance OF duty. WervprOduce from
the Atlanta Constitution the OIL
lowing complimentary words:
While every department is evil
IDENTIFY we'll cared tor in this insti-
tuition. and each teacher employed
deserves the commentator and
graf tude of the people of Dawson
that Of mathematics presided over
by President NJ l. l'arker, deserves
especial mention. His classes
evinced in their ready solution of
the most intricate problems, and
i'll their easy and thorough demon
STATIONS of any prop .sition given
by teacher or visitor that training
which can come ONLY from an ennis