Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1889-06-12
AN EVENINGS EVENTS.
Commencement Exercises at
the Los Angeles College.
AN EXCELLENT ENTERTAINMENT
The COlOred Forces Meet in Justice
Austin's Courtr00m-A Lively
Session.

In the handsomely fitted hall of the
Los Angeles College an audience repre-
sentative of the best element of the city
crowded and jammed last night until not
only was all the floor accommodation
exhausted, but the galleries and stair
ways even refused to hold any more. 1t
was an occasion worthy of such an at
cises were to be held and the
lady graduates of this year were
to give an exhibition of the talents which
had brought them into the front ranks.
Clever fingers had made the little stage
a perfect bower of beauty, and floral de-
signs of enhancing effect met the eye
from wall to wall, claiming attention
with the hosts of pretty girls who fut-
tered about, laboring to make their visi-
tors comfortable. About thirty chairs
were reserved on the platform for the
faculty and patrons. In semicircle
in the centre of the rostrum were seated
the heroines OF the occasion. Their
names are as follows: Isa Patterson,
Laura Hanna, Department of Elocution
Margaret Anderson, Maud Hoffman,
Department Of Music Alice Ball, Frances
Young, Carrie Kinney, Grace Pickit,
Meta Stout, Kate Curry, Flora Conger,
Literary Department. Not all were
there, though, Miss Ball having sailed,
on May Goth last, for trip in the Old
World.
THE EXERCISES.
The proceedings were opened by
prayer, and then Ifmmerman's FAIRY
Song" was rendered by the class in excel
lent style. The next feature was an
essay on "The Mystic Number" by Miss
Alice Ball, and the document she had
written and left behind was carefully read
by Miss Hanna. An essay on Thought
and Necessity" by Miss Frances Young,
next claimed attention, and then Miss
Lena Wiley gave an excellent rendition
on the piano of Leybach's "Norma Fan
tasia." Miss Carrie, who was second
highest class standing, next read an
essay on "The Ministry of the Novel;"
which was followed by an essay on "Life
Out of DEATH" by Miss Grace Pickit,
the highest class standing. Miss Anna
McNab followed with selected vocal
solo, and heralded Miss Merta Stout, who
read an essay on THE Poem Of the
Century," Miss Kate Curry next grap-
pied with "The Niche of the Drama 10 the
Temple OF Art" and preceded Miss
Helen Dunn, who at the piano rendered
Memberships "Rondo Capriccioso ""A
Janus View" by Mics Flora Conger, iL-
Producing discussion on the probabili-
ties OF the future by all the graduates
concluded the programme with the ex-
ception OF vocal solo and quartette by
Miss Mamie Young and the Lorely Quar-
tette.
To say that the different numbers
we'll rendered does not seem enough, the
performances were excellent. The word
ing of the essays showed careful thought
and powers of research, while the rendi-
tions gave ample evidence of an able
elocution teacher and an apt body of
pupils. The singing was far above the
average, the piano playing went without
a hitch, in fact, more successful enter
tanment could not by conceived as was
well evidenced by the liberal applause
that burst from the audience at the close
of each selection.
DR.. Hanna was evidently very happy
man when he mounted the stage to say
few words before the meeting broke up.
He referred to his pupils in a manner
that showed that he attributed their sue
cess as much to their talents as to his
training, and then went on to outline the
prospects of the college. The intention
is, he said, to make it for this
part OF the United States what the
great institutions of Wellesley and
Vassar are in the East. Wellesley
was in fact the place on which his system
was nodded, he remarked, and then he
went ON to depict the arrangements for
the future. The past year had seen 800
new names added to the school records,
and when the next course commenced,
on September Sd, he trusted and believed
that the attendance would keep at pre-
MUM. In conclusion, he announced that
the first exercises would be held the fol-
lowing evening in the First Presbyterian
Church, on which occasion the Rev. DIR.
Russell would deliver the address to the
graduates. Then would come the pre-
sentation of the prizes and diplomas and
all would be over.
A benediction was then pronounced
and the audience arose, chatted and
finally drifted away. Some very hand
some floral trophies were sent to the
stage at the close OF the ceremonies for
the graduates, who were kept in the hall
until the last minute shaking hands with
the many friends who seized the occasion
to tender their congratulations.