Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-03
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
At the Indiana State Normal School.
Interesting Features Of the Closing
Week of the Session,

Week of the Session.
The exercises of the week began with tn,
Baccalaureate sermon on Sunday even ing
The services were conducted by the Righ
Rev. Cortlandt Whitehead, Bishop of tn
Diocese of Pittsburg. The sermon wa
mastery, thoughtful and exceedingly ap
propriaIe. 1t was based on the text fount
in st, Mark tx, q, and had for its subiec
"The Helping Hand" The underthough
was that Christ worked often by persona
contact, and that those who wished to reacf
others must do it by the close influence o
an uplifted personality. In each man, as
consequence of the incarnation, there is
divine spark that only needs . discovers
and improver to burst into fame. The ser
mon received the utmost attention from ar
audience that filled the large chapel to over
flowing.
Wednesday afternoon was given up to
the graduating class for their annual class
day exercises The room was beautifully
draped in gold and white, the class colors,
and on the wall, in daisies, the class motto,
"We pass this way but once" The exer-
cises opened with an address by the class
president, Joe Trees, of Allegheny county.
The following programme was then given
History, Margaretta Purington, Indiana;
class poem, Fannie Williams, Indiana; solo,
Alberto Haney, Mckeesport; oration, I. L.
Fiscus, Indiana; artist, Eleanor Dyer,
Pittsburg; recitation, Marie Smith, Pitts
burg; prophecies, Marguerite Elder, Apollo;
grumbler, Helen Wilson, Greensburg;
donor. Ellen Cooper, Johnstown.
In the evening the annual entertainment
of the Musical Department was given in
Library Hall. This year the talent of the
department was displayed in the production
of Gilbert & Sullivan's comic opera, ''The
Little Tycoon" The opera was under the
direction of Miss Wills, and the music fur
nished by Stelzuer's Orchestra, of Pitts
burg. The cast was as follows:
KnicRerSecRers SecRerse. one IS ne A Campbell SH
Alvin Barry, a young Wall street broker,
afterward the Great Tycoon Of Japan
Rufus Ready. Aivin's college friend, T alter alter.
ward Gull-Gull, interpreter to the
Lord DSSiIphin. III ri SON s. to the MsFohioness e
Teddy, Lord Doiphin's valet. george @ q W 2. Bibis
Custom House Officers.
I'D F. Scott, ]. C. Trees, H. NJ. Tarr
Servants of General knickerbocker....
..,...........--.-.J +. Scott, E. W.Davis
Miss Hurricane, chaperon to tourist maid
Dolly DimpIe. vioietis school friend; =.
Lady Dolphin, Marchioness Of PulIhimbacK
Miss Evelyn Patterson
Violet, General Knickerbocker's daughter,
afterward The Little Tycoon: .....
......-.-...........-..-Mis Miss Lucille Carter
Tourist Maidsns and japanese Tourists.
Tourists, maidens and Japanese Chorus
Tirzah Bowers, Rose Gibson, Georgia Mar
tin, Allie Payne, Marie Kallenbaugh, Edith
Clayton, Cornelia Hile, Name McEnrue,
Lucy Watkins. Mary Work, Rose Gallagher,
Florence Ludwick, Margie Mckee, Maud
Wilson, Ada Reno.
brigands and Japanese-A. F. Carter. 1. L.
Fiscus, Alfred NJ Lee, Alex. NJ. Stewart, Jr.,
H. s. Bender, Walter jackson, John P,
Laughlin, Ma Matthew Mcgee, $. W, BieTrer,
land.
Commencement Exercises.
On Thursday the commencement exercises
proper occurred. There was novelty in
the exercises in that they brought out scien-
tifc and professional a. well as literary fea-
lures. A number of the talks were illus
trated by apparatus, specimens and charts.
The new feature proved an improvement
and did much to relieve the ordinarily stere-
otyped form.
Dr. T. X Snyder, formerly Principal of
the institution and now of the State Norm al
School OF Greeley, Col, was present on the
stage.
Diplomas were presented to the following
Charlotte Clark, Ada Catharine Coder, Ellen
Blanche Cooper, Loretta Mary Dickie, Mary
Belle Dunwiddie, Eleanor Ray Dyer, Mer
tewyn Elizabeth Dyess, Marguerite Jane
Gesser, Rosana Hamilton Gibson, Rebecca
Jane Hammond, Mary Lolita HAY, Alberta
Lee Haney. Anna Martha Hazlett. Cor
Hill, Emma Elizabeth Hurst. Matilda
krebs, Anna Lee, Clara Blanche Lup-
ON, Emma Lynn, Verde Monte Lytle.
Mullen, Jennie Mitchell. Sarah Evelyn
Nelson, Sarah Catherine Nugent Martha
Reed Parsons, Elvira Patterson, Almyra
Payne, Marguerite Davis Purington, Marie
oas NAV G1e
Williams, Helen Wilson, Mary Agnes Work,
Albert Carter, Harry David Condron, Irwin |
Mcconnell Tarr, Dubre Thomas, Joe Clifford |
Trees.
Scientific course-Rose B. Weaver.
Postgraduate course-John Wachob.
The following is the programme of the e1-
,rcises:
March,
L Music-Cujus Animum ..... .Rossini
Bertha Clement.
Prayer.
q salutatory essay-Landscape in Litera-
Sarah Evelyn Nelson.
5. A Plea for the Plain Girl. l...........
Ruth Moulten Tiffany.
l. Music-Rondo Cappricioso. .Mendelssohn
Margaret Ferguson.
5. The Cultivation of the Senses..
Harry David Condron.
5. Recitation-Lillie Servosses Ride.
..-..-..-................. .Tourgee |
Rosa Hamilton Gibson.
]. Music-Roberto Tu Che Adore, .....
......................... .MeyerDeer
Lucille Carter.
Mary Isabel Foster.
J. Recitation-By Telephone. ....
Ann Martha Hazlett
l. The Dynamo. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Eliza McMullen.
/. Music-Perpetual Motion. .Mendelsshon |
Blanca Parker.
. The Great African Forest t
Sarah Nugent.
|. Progress. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Albert Carter.
. Recitation-Perdita Anon /
Loretta May Dickie.
!. Music-Invitation to the Dance. Weber
Esther Dreaming.
/. Valedictory Essay-The Two Forces
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