The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-06-15
The Closing Exercises of E. A. S.

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The Elizabeth AulI Seminary, Wednesday
morning OF last week, closed one of the most
successful sessions it has ever experienced.
both ~ regards the number OF pupils en-
rolled and the progress they have evidently
made.
The exercises commenced on SUNDAY morn
ing at the Presbyterian church, when TO quite
q large congregation the Rev. l.. X. Bowen,
ID. D., OF Marshall, delivered the baccalaure-
ate sermon. As Is a fish in water so was
DR.. Bowen In his own home element on this
occasion. His text was taken from JnO. 1913.
"And the house was filled with the Odour of
theOintment.' 80 he represented sweet odcurs
coming floating down to us through the ages
and from the Marys of the gospels; woman's
love, wOman's faith, woman's humility 8nd
woman's good deeds, al precious TO the Mas
ter. and, with devotion, silently laid at His
feet.
On Monday the young ladies were given
their regular 'day of" and on Tuesday morn
ny the exercises were again resumed I'm
side out day" was the programme announced
for that day. The pupils in the different de-
partments were given the privilege OF writ
ing out Il request for some one OF the other
pupils to sing. play on the piano, recite or
read, just RS they might like. These requests
were handed in to the president and were not
made known until the time came for them to
take part. The requests were all placed In u
hat and were drawn out one at a time by the
| president and read out. A. each one was
| read the pupil chosen went forward and
cheerfully responded. This plan admitted Of
no preparation whatever on any special part.
1t may have been that she would have to rem.
I! der some piece that she dIslIked most heartily
| and Il may have been that she would get her
| favorite piece; she nor anyone else could not
tell. 1t was q great surprise to the audience
to hear such wonderful productions under
| such circumstances The participants rem
| dered their respective parts In Il way that
| would have been most creditable to them had
| they had from three TO four weeks Of prac-
tice.
At the close of these exercises Prof. Blan.
ton announced that he was much opposed to
the awarding of medals, but that three
medals were to be presented TO the scholars
| by their different teachers.
On last Saturday night the reading class
hud entered Into u reading contest for II
| medal. offered by Miss Rose Young. The
| judges we're Prof. =. q. Parker, Hon. VIM.
| II. ChIles and Miss Mamie Shaw, au1 they
awarded the beautiful gold medal to Miss
| Jennie Tisdale. OF Sweet Springs. The COM
mittee also made special mention OF the gen.
| err I! good Terding of Miss Alva Meet. The
medal for scholarship was awarded to Miss
Mary Blackwell. The m dal for writing,
decided by all the writing both on slate and
on paper during the year, was awarded to
Miss Susie Hsssell.
In the afternoon the art rooms were thrown
open to the public aud a great many visitors
examined The many peioes of W rrk done by
the ladies' of the excellent art class. An ac.
count OF the exhibit in this department ap-
peared in this paper last week
COMMENCEMENT.
On Wednesday morning the final exercises
for the year were held. The course of study
in this school Is very thorough and il is not Il
very common occurrence for a graduate
to be turned out from this school. There
was only one graduate this year, Miss Dora
Mister, and the commencement exercises
proper were necessarily short, There wa
N immense crowd OF friends Of the school in
attendance on these exercises aud every inch
Of space that could he utilized for II chair OF
for standing on the Inside of the room, WA
taken up and many were compelled to stand
at the windows on the outside.
The exercises wore opened by q piano
quLrtette, "Ouyerture," by siendelsshnn. bv
|, Misses May and Alice Peak, Jennie Ti.dal
aud Mary Wilson. All these young ladie.
are real artists on the plano aud deserve
great credit for the manner in which the,
made these two pianos talk
The vccai solo, Waiting" by Miss MattI
Melton, was sung in tones sweet and mellow
Her first notes caught the attention of tn
audience and she held II until the last.
Miss Dora Mister there read her gradual
ing essay, which was sprinkIed with lin
thought and good word pointing. SIZE wa
|, the only graduate this year aud she has grca
reason to ne proud Of the distinction.
n After these exercises were conclude,