The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-26
BEACH PUPILS GRADUATE.
The Com Exercises at tt
Institute Last Night

The Commencement Exercises at the
Institute Last Night.
The commencement exercises OF Beach
Institute for colored boys and girls took
place last night in the institute chapel. The
hall was packed with the pupils and friends
of the school, The exercises were interest
ing throughout.
Praise the Father. .Gounod
Chorus
Salutatory aud Essay 80. Character Building"
Louise K. Anderson,
Miss Bishop, Lydia Harmon, Maude Hamilton.
Essay. .....:...,. 49,: perseverance"
Florence Hamilton.
Essay. .........., newspapers
Nc. G. Burton.
Peasants March. .................Sod erman
Chorus.
Anchored" ............ ................W Watson
Charles H. Hill.
Anna f. Maxwell.
1.-THE Last Hymn. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Ruth v Delegal.
Maude Hamilton. Lydia Harmon.
Sarah F. jenkins
Chorus.
Essay and Valedictory ......;......" self Help"
Jessie A. Fields.
Rev. Richard Bright.
Farewell song'...;a;:.;,......'...........Nor North
Good Night. .............. White
Chorus.
The piano solo Lies Trois" was we'll
played by Miss Bishop and her pupils,
Lydia Harmon and Maude Hamilton.
The bass solo Anchored" was sung by
Charles II. Hill. He thoroughly entered
into the spirit of the composer.
The recitation 1.-THE Last Hymn" by
Ruth Delegall, was appreciated by the
audience.
One of the gems of the evening was the
instrumental duet, Concert Galop," by
Maude Hamilton and Lydia Harmon.
The valedictory was by Jessie Fields,
whose essay was thoughtfully written and
excellensly delivered. 1t was filled with
excellent language
Miss l. M. Wood, principal, delivered
the diplomas in concise and well chosen
speech to the following graduates: Louise
Anderson, Nc. g. Burton, Ruth Delegall,
Jessie Fields, Florence Hamilton, Maude
Hamilton. Lydia Harmon, Charles Hill,
Sarah jenkins Anna Maxwell
The exercises were very creditable as a
whole being far above the general average.
The improvements which have taken place
in this school is marked. The standard is
higher and the change is easily seen in the
pupils as they performed their tasks.
The admission for the last two years to
the commencement exercises has been by
tickets, which have given a select
audience. Quite number Of white people
were present last night, among them
Prof. Foster of Liberty county, who made a
short address to the graduates
The Rev. Bright of st. Stephens church
delivered the address. His subject was
wealth" He gave an illustration of a
colored man who recently visited America
as the guest of white man. The white
man offered to introduce him to white
friends, saying he was finely educated. The
friends declined an invitation to
be introduced. He told his
white friends the negro was worth
100000 or S200,000 and the white men
said, oh, yes, give US an Introduction. Be-
cause of wealth, the speaker said, the negro
becomes more respected. Therefore, be
favors the Industrial course, because by
efficiency in this line the question of color
gives way. By becoming efficient In the
higher courses Of study the negro acoumu-
lates money, and, by money as
He argued against the idea that all kinda
of labor are not dignifed. He instanced
the Chinese and fruit dealers, who be-
come well-to-do by accumulating wealth
in an humble way. He mentioned
the powerful house of the Astors, who
have grown wealthy from humble work.
One reason why the negro does not make
great progress in business, he said, is be-
cause of irregularity at his place of business
Another drawback still is having two
many idlers around. The address was we'll
delivered and was replete with many practi-
cal thoughts.
After singing Good Night the audience
dispersed.