The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-18

The commencement exercises of IIol-
Inns Institute closed last night before
a large and brilliant audience.
The exercises of the school we're in
augurated Sunday Juno II, by an
able and appropriate sermon by the
Rev. Il. Il. Thames, of Danvillc, Va,
who took for the subject of his dis
course 'Mary and Her Sister Martha"
The evening of Monday the 18th was
devoted to the department of clucution,
and the splendid recitations and grace
full Delsarte movements OF the young
ladies were the subjects Of just praise
hear and behold them.
The art rooms we're thrown open to
the public at 10 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing and were found 10 be full of the
most beautiful products OF the brush,
bearing testimony to the talents of the
girls and the painstaking patience of
their teacher. Eight o'clock p. IN. of
the same day was the hour allotted to
the musical faculty for the concert.
In this department lIollins Institute is
without Il peer in the South, al few, if
any, superiors in the land.
Commencement exercises proper took
place yesterday morning, and were
duly opened by Rev. Mr.. Painter, of
the Lutheran Church, after which
certificates of distinction and proficiency
were dclivcd by Prof. w. III. Peasants
in a neat and graceful speech. After
several fine selections of music the
superintendent of the institute intro
duced Prof Painter, of Roanoke ollcEe,
who presented medals to the following
young ladies: Scholarship, Miss Lillian
Martin, Virginia; Instrument music,
Miss Carrie Jones, North Carolina: vocal
music, Miss Sallie Knight, South Caro-
lima; clocution, Miss May Dunn, Texas.
The address to the school was deliv-
cred by Prof. Francis IL. Smith, of the
University of Virginia. The distin-
guished speaker presented a learned
dissertation upon the value of enuciation
and the sacrifices made for it. He de-
fined education as the leading out of
something, but said that it did not sim
ply mean leading out, but that it i'm
piled leader too.
He spoke of the growth II the soul
and the law of heredity in the spiritual
world lie claimed that the education
of the female should be as thorough as
that Of the male, and said, in contradic-
ton to the oft.repeated assertion that
women can not reason, that the delicate
perception of women especially fit them
for the higher field of reason. He cited
as an example in this respect worthy
of imitation, Mary Fairfax Somerville,
the great Scotch ma thtmatician.
He said that Virginia, v hiie she had
appropriated millions for the education
OF her sons, had not done her duty in the
matter of educating her daughters. lie
said that good school is better than
home for the purposes of education.
He claimed that we are what education
makes us and said that the education
which ignores Christ is false and cruel
and that which initiates him is true and
right
After more music Professor Cooke pre-
scented diplomas to the following young
ladies'
FULL GRADUATES.
Miss May baskerville, Virginia; Miss
Elizabeth Craig, Arkansas; Miss Leila
M. Turner, Virginia. Miss Susie Q.
Hundley, Virginia: Miss Leila NJ Frazer,
Virginia; Miss Rosa Il Hurt, Virginia;
Miss Nettie NJ. Wysor, Virginia.
LITERARY COURSE.
Miss Mary M. Daniel, Virginia.; Miss
Sadie McComb, Virginia. Miss Lena
Myers, Virginia.
SCIENTIFIC COURSE.
Miss Lillian Martin, Virginia.
PHILosoPHIC COURSE.
Miss Elizabeth McNeal, Colorado.
CLASSICAL COURSE.
Miss Lucy jones' Virginia; Miss Clara
Powers, Virginia. Miss Byrd Scott, Vir-
GINA; Miss Mary Snead, Virginia. Miss
Elizabeth NJ. Wilcox, Virginia.
Professor Cooke accompanied the pre-
sentation of tho diplomas with tender
words OF wise council well suited to the
occa i'm.
The Euzelian and Euepian Societies
closed their closing exercises in the
chapel last evening. Hundreds of tco-
pie were present from all over the
State. The salutatory was delivered by
Miss Martin. of Pulaski, who intro
duced the orator of the evening, James
Lindsay Gordon. His brilliant address
was followed by an instrumental solo by
Miss Leila Smith, of Ashland, Va.
The debate, "Resolved. That moral
elevation is a stronger factor than ma
terial progress" was argued in the
4 affirmative by Miss Scott, of Fredericks-
burg, and in the negative by Miss WV
sor, of dublin. The programme was
I continued as follows: Piano solo, Fairy
Tale" Raft, Miss Mamie Coleman, Of
Chester, Va.
Recitation, the court scene from
Merchant of Venice" Miss Dunn, OF
Texas; for an encore she recited deli
cDus bit entitled ~ Cigar"
J Vocal solo, "A Secret" Woolf Miss
Searnes, OF Salem: enc orc, Miles ORcil-
l'y's Janet