Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-05-26


Piano Duet t-Mardi Gras Quadrille.
Misses Vinson, l. Cutler, [Schubert.
Essay-''The Twentieth Century an Age
of Electricity" Miss X. Showalter.
Vocal Duet-Ah, Could l Teach tho
nightingale, Keller.
Misses Jennie and lone Cutler.
Valedictory-
Miss Kate Showalter.
Piano Duet-Ovcrture. Bohm.
Misses Spindle and Bopp,
Awarding of Diplomas.
The College exercises necessarily
occupied more time. In tho contest
for Demorest medal, Monday morn
ing, the yonng speakers and their
subjects are given:
}. p. Harman: Arrest Alcohol and
Liberate AIeu.
w. M. Dills: The Declaration of
Independence.
r. E. Baker: Nationnlism aguinst
Sectionalisn.
w. j. Fink: Glass Parties Unsafe.
j. L. Maynard Rum Selling Our
Country's Scourge and Remedy.
{. a. Broadwater Heroic Nlinori-
Tics.
r. d. Young: Your Mission.
T. E. Sn;dow: Alcoholic Slavery.
b. w. Williams: National Prohi-
biiion.
The debate, "Is it right and prop.
er for the United States to annex
the Hnwiinn I~lunds z" followed Al
firmative Nj. o Litz, f. II. Wat
kins. Negative, w. q. Hall, A. II
Patton.
The medal was awarded to Mr.. }.
Il. Maynard, us the best d.cluimer.
The Shelburno aud Iaegnr Iitera.
ry Societies celebrated on Alouday
evening. The Jaeger presented the
play, Handy Andy. The Sbelburne
gave the drama, Ten Nights in Bar
Room.
The orators of Tuesday morning
were l.. a. Tynes, G. Z. Caldwell. &
W. Litz, j. X. Ball, Fl @. Fink, Il. l..
Bowman and II. j English.
The literary address was reserved
for the lust evening. After special
olutions by NJ. j. Hankins and j. G.
Reynolds of the College, Rev H. G..
Garrison, of Roanoke, was introduc
cd and held his audience thoroughly
entertained while he spoke at length
of "The Idler and the Ape" Mr..
Garrisons style is peculiarly fitted
for such an OCCASION, breezy but
earnest. His talk was in no sense
pondcrons, but none the less valua.
6le. In the selection Of speaker
President Ferguson complimented u
college chum without detractiug ia
the least from the pleasure of the as
sembly.
A most prominent and popular fea.
ture OF the various exercises was the
extraordinarily fine music kindly fur.
nished by Prof. O'Neill, of the Col.
lege, and Misses Bopp and Coe, of
the Seminary. Miss Coe, the vocal
ist, was at her best Tuesday evening,
but Miss Bopp and Prof. O'Neili
were startling. The Inst to be rem
dered were piano solo-Polka de la
Rene, Raft, by Miss Bopp, and vic.
lin solo-Air Valie, Nieniawski, by
Prof. ONeill. Snch mastery of in
struments is marvellous. Few were
present who had ever been SO high
up in music before. 1t seemed MS
though the results of all their years
OF study and practice, their European
training and the concentration Of all
musical impulse were condensed into
one short period as intense as the
soul could bear without pain.
NOTES.
Many who wished could not gain
admittance to the Methodist church
ou Sunday, but the bnccalaureate
sermon by Rev. B. w. S. Bishop il
spoken of as great effort, the preach
er even surpassing himself.
The singing il duet of Misses Jen.
nie and lone Cutler, of Richmond,
was charming and they had to re
spond to encores.
Prof. Shelbnrne's references to the
work of Mrs. Gillespie for the past
seven years were uppluuded to the
echo.
Every reference to the matter OF
the rebuilding of Tazewell Female
Seminary met with marked approval