The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-15
MACONS COLLEGES.
Z BRIEF OUTLINE OF THEIR COM
MENCEMENF EXERCISES.

The Progrsmmes-SaVan Rep
resentetives-
MACON, June 14-At this season of the
year Aacon's attention is largely centered
upon her colleges. The commencement ex-
ercises have begun, and very interesting
exercises they promise to be. The COM
menoement OF Wesleyan Female College
occurs first, and those Of the other institu-
lions will follow. For the next two or three
weeks, therefore. Macon viii have good
many visitors from different parts of
the south who are drawn here because their
children or some Of their relatives are stu
dents in the colleges, or because they them
selves were students here in years gone by.
WESLEYAN COLLEGE.
Wesleyan Female College Is well and wide
Iy known. 1t is the pioneer college for wo-
men, belng the first in the world of its kind.
1t has had remarkably prosperous career,
and is steadily growing in Importance and
popularity. Some of the no blest women in
the south have been educated within its
walls, and they regard 1t with feelings akin
to venefation. When they visit IT now and
then, they exhibit pride in its success and
pleasure at being once amid the scenes of
their youth that they do not attempt to
conceal.
EARLY GRADUATES.
Some Of the earliest graduates are here
now. Time has left it's marks upon them
but they appear to be as happy as the girls
VINO make much Of than, and who seek TO
draw from them the experiences of their col
lege days. One Of the early graduates who
Is among the commencement visitors is
Mrs. c. L. Conner, of Savannah. She is
sincere and charming lady. and takes a
deep interest in the college. She graduated
IN the class of 1S4l There were twenty
graduates in that class. Twelve of them
are dead. All of them married except two.
Mrs. Conner, in speaking of the early days
Of the college, said the college mad grown
greatly and many changes had taken
place. When she was student the girls
dressed in uniform. They wore
the same kind of bonnet and the same
kind Of dresses. For the summer the dress
was generally white one and in winter it
was Of dark wooden goods. There were not
so many branches taught then as now, but
those which were taught were taught thor
oughly. Mrs. Conner is looked upon as one
of the honored guests of the college and
both students and teachers make much of
her.
SAvANNAHS REPRESENTATIVES.
There are quite a number of students
from Savannah. In the junior class are
| Miss Belle Houston. Miss Mamie L. Rich
| mond and Miss Hattie P. Saussy In the
academic class is Miss Annie Carr, and in
| the irregular class are Miss Flossie Daffin
and Miss Meta Hayward. All of these
| young ladies stand well in holarshiD. Miss
| DaffiD, in particular, has made quite a
reputation as a musician and an artist
Indeed her talent for music is so marked as
| to justify the expectation that she will pur-
| sue a regular musical course after gradua-
| ton.
THE ATTENDANCE.
The attendance has not been quite so large
| the past session as on the sessions of 1887 and
| 1888, bnt this is ex planned by thu fact that
| the primary school has been discontinued,
| and that the attendance in the season of
| 1897 sand 1888 was uuprecedentedly large.
| But there was only difference of nine pu-
| pills in attendance on the college proper.
| Last year the number OF students was 29s.
| This year it is $50. The students come from
| all over the south, every southern state be-
| ing represented.
The commencement exercises began to-
| day, and will extend through Wednesday
| of next week. The following is the pro-
| gramme of the exercises.
June IA, 8 a. m.-Meeting Of the board OF
| visitors.
June IA, o. m.-Exhibition of elocution
| by sophomore class
| June Is, 8 a. m.-AnnuaI meeting board
of trustees.
June 16, II m.-Commencement sermon
by Bishop w. w. Duncan, D. D., of South
| Carolina.
June 16, D. m.-Anniversary College
| Missionary Society.
June II, 0 a. m.--Original essays by men,
| bers of junior class. Awarding of medals
| to second, sophomore and junior competi-
! tors in elocutioa and English composition,
| by Rev. w. c. Lovett of Macon, GA.
Ju le II, 8 p. m.-Original essays by first
| section of senior class.
| June Is, a. mo -iginal essays by sec
ond section of senior class.
June Is, II a. m.-Annual address by
| John w. Akin, Esq, of Gainesville, Ga.
June IS. s p. m.--Annual concert. Ad-
mission so cents.
| June 10, s a. m.-Closing exercises of
| commence nent; original essays by third
section of senior class; comforting degrees
| and arnounc cement of medals.
MERCER UNIVERSITY.
This is the fifth year of the existence OF
Mercer University, and it shows as vigo GUS
a life now as it did in its palmy young
days Prof. S. P. Sanford is the professor
| of mathemat los. and has been since the
organization of the college. Fifty-one years
service in the same harness is good record,
and yet Prof. Sanford appears as though
| he were good for several years more.
| mercer University mas an epu0WTnenb OF
! $50 600 The income from something over
| 500, GOO goes to the support of the institu-
ton, and from the remaining $4,000 to the
education of young ministers and INDECENT
students. The Gray fund pays the
| tuition and board of six students Annually
from Jones county. About ten students,
candidates for the ministry, are supported
| by the ministerial fund
| The president and professors are paid
partly from the endowment fund and partly
| from tuition receipts. Mercer University
| has to compete with the state university
and the branch colleges, in which no tuition
| fee is charged.
| The number of students the present year
| is about 100.
| The regular commencement exercises be-
! gin on Sunday, June %, when the bacca-
| laureate sermon will b. preached at the
| First Baptist church by Rev. R. Jeffrey
D. D., of Brooklyn, N. Y. The following is
the programme:
| FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL COMMENCE MENT.
| Sunday, June %, liza m.-Baccalaureate
sermon by Rev. r. Jeffrey, DID,, of Brook
| Ign, n. Y.
Sunday, June %, s:l5 p. m.-Sermon be-
fore Missionary Society, by Rev. Lansing
! Burrows, d. D., of Augusta
Monday. June "a, 8:15 p. m-Sophomore
prize defamation.
Tuesday, June 25 10 a. m.-Oration be-
fore Alumni Society, by Edgar f. Hinton,
Esq of Amarious