The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-29
WESLEYAN COMMENCEMENT.
The Exercises to Be Inauguarated To.
day With Devotional Service.

day With Devotional Service.
MACON, Ca. MayRS. board of
trustees of Wesleyan deAsge met this morn
ing with nearly full board present Rev.
j. y. Branch of South Carolina was elected
chairman of the board and Hon. Nat E.
Harris vice president. W. E. Rogers was
elected secretary. A large amount Of rou.
tine business was transacted and the report
Of the president was read. This report
SHOWS a most satisfactory state of affairs
and that the college is in a more flourish
ing condition than ever.
Commencement week proper begins to-
morrow morning at Wesleyan Fe-
male College. The commencement SER
mon will be preached at Mulberry Street
Methodist church by Rev. T. n. Red
dick Of Louisville, KY. A special musical
programme has been prepared and the
young ladies of Wesleyan will take part.
The missionary societies meet in the COL
lege chapel tomorrow night in Joint ses-
sion. The sermon on this occasion will be
| preached by Rev. J. o. Branch Of South
Carolina. President w. c. Bass saws that
the past year has been one OF the most sue
cesslul In the annals Of this noble and
ancient institution.
THE GRADUATES.
Forty-six graduates out Of total of BOG
at the hands Of the faculty. The GRADUATE
Ing class is as follows: Sallie F. Alfriend.
Sparta. Ga; Matte Jeanette Alfred, Ocala'
Fla; Daisy Badger. Macon; Orenna Baker.
Allapaha, Ga; Ludie P Bonner, Harlem
Ga. Francis Catherine Brown, Hurtsboro.
Ala; Mary Edgar Butt, Buena Vista, Ga.
Lizzie Butts, Gordon, Ga. Alberta Combs,
Macon; Amy Cone, Benton, Fla; Hattie
May Crabbe. Cedartown, Ca. Esther A.
[ Io
Macon, Ca; jay ]. DeRieux'
Lakeland. Fla; Lula Ellis, Macon;
Frances R. Freeman, Macon; Rosa A. Gill
leland, Thomaston, Ga; Emmie Greene.
Talbotton, Ga. Matte Lou Griffith. Cataula'
Ga. Sallie A Harp, Crescent City. Fla.
Ethel Heard, Georgana. Ala. Maude Stan
ley Hill. Macon; Leila N. Holmes, Macon;
Lola johnson, Waycross, Ca; Annie W.
Linn, Iuskegee, Ala; Loula Link, Macon,
Ga. (; Claudia Little, Jesup, Ga. AL.
lie Mccall, Macon; Margaret Moore,
Oxford, Ga. Mary Muse, Albany, Ga.
Julia Lee Nottingham, Macon; Cora
Cassels Parramore, Madison, Fla Daisy
Peddy. Newman, Ca. Pauline Pugh,
Anthony, Fla; Maggie Edna Rees, Column
bus. Ga. Gertrude s. Roberts, Macon; Viola
Scomp. Oxford, Ga; Mary B. Smith,
Macon; Marion speer, MACON; India R.
Sykes, Aberdeen, Miss. Matte B. Tall
bottom. Sandersville, GA. Rosa Taylor,
Bertha Willingham and Clifton Wing,
Macon; Fanny Bell Vinson, Byron, Ga,
and Pearl Wight, Cairo, Ga.
CLASS EXHIBITIONS.
Monday morning at 9 o'clock the exhibi-
tion by the junior, sophomore and senior
classes will take place. Essays will be read
by the honor girls of the junior class. The
following is the programme:
Music Artillery March" Misses Thomas,
SV1ain lion D,,ll1
Music-"Naia Valse, !" Misses F. Smith, Num-
ford, Westcott, Mabelle Turner, Lyndon, Lula
Johnson.
Essay-"A Library Party" Miss MAY Chris.
tian. White Sulphur Springs, Ga.
Essay-"Ohildren in History" Miss Mary
Granting, Hamburg. Fla.
,Music-yocal duet, II Love Thee" Misses
A Debate-"whicht' Statement of the case.
Miss Helen Harp Shreveport, La.
Discussion-Miss Maude Hayes, Macon, Ga;
Miss Lizzie Jones, Valdosta, Ga.
Music-Piano solo, "Recollections of Home"
Miss Annie l.. Lipsey.
Essay-"The Makers Of Georgia"
"Her Founders"-Miss Margaret Marshall,
Waycross, Ga.
Her Soldiers"-Miss Mary Merritt, Macon,
Ga.
Musio-vocal solo. Heaven is Smiling. Miss
Dellie Rogers.
Essay-"A New Years Reception" Miss Bes.
sic Napier, Macon. Ga.
Essay-"A Lesson from Monsieur Alcide,"
Miss Lena Swetts, GAINESVILLE Ga.
Essay-"Historic Trees" Miss Ethel Turner,
Hancock county, Georgia.
Muslc-"Summer Fancies," Mrs Williams
special class.
Essay-"The Makers Of Georgia"
Her Statesmen" Miss Pearl Wade, BIakely.
Ga,
Her Clergy" Miss Clara weisiger, Augusta.
Ga.
Music-Chorus, "Gloria. singing class; solo,
Miss Sykes.
The sophomore exhibition takes place on
Monday evening.
AWARDING THE MEDALS.
Tuesday morning medals will be awarded.
and the address will be deliveeed by Hon.
Robert l.. Berner OF Forsyth. The annual
literary address will be delivered the same
morning by Rev. Alonzo Monk D. D., of
Memphis, Tenn.
The annual concert is on Tuesday night,
when all the pupils who have
distinguished themselves in the
music examinations will take part.
And, as usual, the most brilliant au-
dience will assemble In the college chapel,
which, while large. is always totally made
ouate to accommodate the crowd of inter-
ested friends OF the pupils.
Wednesday brings the close Of the week
and its exercises. The seniors will read
their essays, and the valedictory and saluta-
tory addresses will form striking and in
teresting part OF the mornings programme.
Then the farewells will be said and old
Wesleyan will be deserted once again while
hundreds of homes throughout the south
will be frightened by the presence of their