Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1888-06-15
State Normal School
CLOSING EXERCISES
Society Entertainment, Declamatory
and 0ratorical Contests, Gradu-
arng Exercises. AtWeek
Of Literary and Muse.
al Feastlng.
Long live the good school,
Giving out year by year
Recruits to true manhood
And womanhood dear:
Brave boys, modest maidens.
In beauty sent forth;
The living epistles
Al ,ra.fAT;., ,,.r4t. -

In beauty sent forth;
The living epistles
And prOOfOf its worth. -
The commencement exercises
were we'll begun by the Zetos on
Friday night. The hall was taste
fully decorated with evergreen; a
neatly made anchor of the same
hanging over the stage, seemed to
point the actors to ever living
hope. Invocation by Prof. Mason.
Salutatory by Miss Mollie Chan
cellor. She gave beautiful des-
cription of the various modes of
salutation among the different
races, nations and officials of the
world, closing with a pleasant sal
utarion to the hearers. The short
program Of recitations and ora
tions was followed by scene from
the Roman Senate in which the
principle feature was "Catalines
Defence by Mr.. E. l.. Cooley.
His delivery WAS impassioned, ra-
pid and clear. The program closed
with reproduction of the GA
nous Automatic Warblers" of the
entertainment of 1885. Those who
did not hear them warble missed
treat. The hall was we'll filled,
the audience attentive, and the
programs were models of artistic
taste.
The Faculty Entertainment
came off Saturday night, and a
very interesting program was pre-
sented. The recitations by
Misses Harrington and Nelson
were very fine, as was the chorus
of eighty voices led by Prof. ID.
I. Gentry, and the piano solo by
Miss Wright.
Sunday Rev. j. ii. Garrison of
st Louis delivered the Baccalaure-
reate sermon, at IL o'clock a. m.
1t was sermon thoroughly prac-
tical andIiust suited to the needs of
those who were SO soon to step
upon the thresh- hold of new ex-
istence.
Monday evening one of the
largest audiences ever seen in the
chapel assembled to witness the
declamatory contest for the Will
liam L. Baird prize medal. The
contestants were Misses Effie Dod-
son, Ella Creamer, Jannette Wyatt.
Caddie Smith, Maria WOLF, Julia
Ellison, Fannie Gentry, Jennie
Davis, and Mr.. w. j. Williamson.
Miss Fannie Gentry. for her al
most perfect rendering of "The
Child Wife, carried away the
prize, a beautiful gold medal,
which was presented by Prof.
Peters of Mexico.
Tuesday evening the oratorical
contest for the Regents Prize
medal took place. The contestants
were A. e. Fisher, III. S. Bruce, A.
l.. Mckenzie, G. Fl. Owen, III. G.
Harvey and +. w. Hanna. The
judges awarded the prize to Mr..
Ell. S. Bruce, who had taken for
his subject, "The close of the 18th
and 18th Centuries.
At $50 a. m. Wednesday, June
18th, the Elementary class filed
upon the rostrum. This is the
largest class that ever gradu-
ated from the Normal and consists
of the following members: EN-
ma zimmerman, Ella Creamer,
Effie Dodson, e. o. Doyle, Anna
Daulton, Jennie Davis, Alice Dod-
son, Bell Delaney, Julia Ellison, J.
J. carp, Jennie Evans, Ella Ford,
Daisy Fitch, c. P. Guthrie, An
ME Gossett, A. l.. Green, Mary C.
Gross, Fannie Gentry, B. F. Cor
don, Joseph Herring, J. c. Hum
phreys, Lemma Hubbard, J. E.
Huff, j. G. Hennon, Arthur James,
D. r. Jones, W. P. Kemp, U. G.
Kincaid, L. F. Higgins, G. r.
Klingman, Georgia B. Lobban,
Anna Miller, J. G. Murphin, J. A.
Miller, Mollie Naylor, Alice M.
Otto, Ella Phillips, Nettie Patter-
son, Arthur Patterson, l.. E. Pc
tree, +. A. Risdon. Oliver Stipall.
j. l.. Stine, g. A. Savage, III. E.
Sever, Emma Shackelford, Alice
G. Shea, Eva Thrailkill, Maria
WOLF, Jennie Wyatt, W. J. Will
Hanson, j. S. Watkins, Tatlow
Wait. The Salutatory Essay, "The
IDEAL was delivered by Miss
Georgia Lobban, Of Randolph,
which was followed with the ora
ton, The World Moves" by
Joseph Herring, of Galloway Co.
Miss Emma zimmerman, of Adair
county, read an essay, Historic
Rivers" followed by "The Future
of the American Farmer" present
ed by Miss Emma Shackleford, of
Shelby county. The "Rubicon"
and ''The Perfect Man," an essay
and Grafton, were respectively pre-
sented by Miss Alice Shea, of Au-
drain and FL. E. Sever, of Knox
county. The valedictory essay
was read by Miss Anna Gossett of
Monroe county. The young Ia
dies and gentlemen of the class
performed their parts most admir-
ably indeed, and reflected great