Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-03
THE SCHOOLS;
Exercises on the Occasion of the Ham
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ilton College Commencement at
Lexington, Kentucky. =
The Pnbiic Schools Closing Az Over 4
State If Texas with Appso--
pirate Z xercises. =

Hamilton CaueSe Commence ent.
Correspondence Of the Gazette.
LsxINGToN, KY Nay Sl.-Oae CT the
most notable events in school circles in
tais city IN many years was the Hamilton
College commencement held at the opers
house in this city Tuesday, Msy 20 A:
about 10 O'CLOCK the gradustes, eleven In
number, fled in and took their sests on
the stage, and were accorded grand and
nearly ovation. They were all southern
blood, and 1t goes without saying, they
we're the hands omest young ladies ever
assenb ed together on similar occasion.
Tle salutatorY address WAS delivered oy
Miss Jessie Middleton Of PoCahontas,
Mississippi, and WAS paper Of great
merit, ,aDd was, moreover, read with
great attention 10 pronunciation and die
uon. The vaiedictorisu was Mis- Mary
s. Davis OF BentonVllle, Ark who Is
pnenomenally bright young lady, and her
composition, "Wnat Shall We Buiid?"
was received by the large audience pres
ent with deserved manifestations OF graf
ifcstion Miss Nettie Locke was received
with uprosrous applause on her 80, WHAT
Delight" and was encored until she
could not refrain from again coming be
fore the audience The whole front OF
he stage was literally covered with
flowers sent up by the audience. Miss
JUDI b Olive, q very beautiful young lacy
Of Waco, Tex, gave beautiful rem
dition Of Dsucla's difficult CON-
position on the violin, and
was SO heartily encored she could not re-
fuse to again appear and favor them with
another exhibition Of her talent. The
music furnished BY the Bridelli choir on
mis- occasion spoke in unmistskspls
,oSes of the efficiency Of the methods Aof
education USED by this institution, and
I. fiscted credit upon President Patterson
snd his able faculty.
President Patterson IL few well
chosen and appropriate remarks con-
terred diplomas upon the following grad
yates: Miss Marie E. Bronaugh, Illi-
nois; Miss Margaret T. Darnall, Miss
Alice GiTsrdeeu, Miss Blanche l. Potts
SUD Mis- Ida Val Z,Idt, Texas; Miss
Elouise Craig, Miss Jessie Ware, Miss
Mabel Or and Miss Mamie E.Price, Ken
lucky, and Miss Jessie Stuart Middleton
Of Mississippi. The day after the exer-
cises Professor J. W. Porter, the beauti-
full ana accomplished professor Of Latin
aud Mathematics, departed for Texas &C.
compspied oy the following youpg ladies',
which he distributed over Mississippi,
A kansas and Texas: Miss EsteIls
Y5ncy, Arksnsas; Lila Wells, Alabama;
Jessie Middleton, Annie Middleton and
Esz, Johnson, Mississippi; Gabriel
Romsret, Galveston, Tex Nellie Walker,
Groesbeck. Tex; Celia Levy, Rachael
j. c1bs sud R.chael Goodman, Nsvasots,
TX; judith Olive and Edna Sedwick,
Waco, Tex Msfgie Darnsil, Weston,
Tex; Zue Ball, E Paso, Tex; Ida Van
.Zsndr, Ada Patterson and Edith Bennett,
Fort Worth, Tex, and L=na Lennon,
Dallas. Tex. To say Mr.. Porter was
happy would put fsebly represent the
condition of thst gentleman. II the broad
smile that lighted his countensrce could
be called an index to his feelings.
Altog ther it was one Of the pleasantest
and most successful OCCASIONS Of the kind
ever held IN Lexington, and the only
thing 10 msr 'he happiness OF the occa-
SION was the fact that the fair faces We
have learned to love, may be leaving us
forever