Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-06-14
ATTHEN. .ANDC. INSTITUTE
COM NIENCEMENT I:xERCIsEs
LAST EVENING.

LAST EVENING.
ExCelIcnt Concert Given Before
large Audience nI This School
-The First Session n Success
Fail Term to open sept. Ii.
The pretty assembly room of the Nor
NAL and Collegiate institute presented
an animated picture last evening, when
it flied up and overtlowcd with friends
of the institution come to witness the
commencement exercises which finished
the first term of the school. The girls
and young ladies of the institutes diff
ferent departments, i'll their handsome
commencement costumes tmade by the
deft fingers of the wearers) looked radiant
and happy as they could be and entered
into the spirit of the evening with n
zest that made it a splendid success. The
audience received constant additions
until the program was perhaps half COM
pleted and those who came late had to
be provided with seats in the corr idors.
every bit of space in the concert room
being taken up.
From the opening number t o the close
the interest in the exercises was una
batcd. the audience enjoying the pro-
gram keenly. The different numbers
were:
Wedding eh-I;ohsngrin. sensn .W"sner
ehoruS-i'oSf""' s;5'''' school. Do"''e ~"o'r
MESS he sampie' Kestcr, Beatty and Iackson
Essay-The S3s%n.aG N9is. ,,nssi. HSar; Snoov
'''ano Misses AiIison "a aud winburn
Concert reeitation-Ihe oueents fiita: a. Thorpe:
Vocal solo-The skylarI; .Iiatton
Mins zsie ittetss
chorus-June Song Ga u'
Piano duo-Fnnt TASTE ..Gurlitt
| tssay-The Development of Literature
piano duct lss, Miss Ennnte ne, ALISON.
Misses Davis and Wi Jams.
''eA' Miss Bertha CASTOR
| Concert reeitatior-When the Cows ,
Piano quartette1Der Freischutz . Weber
| Misses Sneison. DAVIS. odorn ana KofiSon, rS
sehooi
The pupils acquitted themselves very
| crcdita bly, indeed. to their instructors as
we'll as to themselves and the audience
gave token of its enjoyment by applause
| loud and frequent. The essays by Misses
| Bessie Moody and Fannie Allison; the
| vocal solos by Misses Mary Joyncr and
| B,rtha CASTOR, and the recitation by
| Miss Lizzie Littlcton were especially
| pleasing. When it is stated that the
proficiency shown by the pupils was
| ATTAINED III one SSSSloI JHS Soot "oth n "
the school can be better appreciated.
nr. LaNvrence's KAuan,or.
Before the singing of the concluding
I"Vacation Song" Rev. DIR. Thos. Law
renee, president of the institute, made &
short talk to the pupils, some of whom
| were now te leave the school not tC
return. Said he: This is pre-cminently
the age of woman. 1t is true that
| Christopher Columbus, n man, dis
| covered America, but who discovered
Columbus? Was it not woman
Queen Isabella of Spain? And l expect
it was a good thing he discovered this
country when he did for. had he not, il
all probability some woman would have
| done So.
| DIR. Lawrence also spoke of the Boys
Farm school on the Swannanoa, to be
opened in September, which is to be
built by the generous hands that have
| already established two magnihcent in
stitutions at Asheville. He then called
on Mayor Patton, an honorary mem
Der of the faculty of the Institute, to
make the presentation of graduating
| certificates, adding that the Young ladie:
| of the school had unanimously elected
I"Prof" Patton to his position in the fac
ulty. and he thought this fact had mucl
to do with his subsequent election to the
| high office of mayor OF the city OF AShe
vile.
Mayor Patton, referring to DR.. Law
rencc's remarks, said he felt sure that th
vote of the young ladies caused his elec
tion as mayor, because when the pcopl
of Asheville heard how the ladies haC
voted they wanted to get on their side
He then made happy presentation
speech and wished the class and all tn
pupils happy future.
Those granted certificates were
| Misses Ida and Lottic Snelson, Susa
Dukes. of Ashevillc, and Marion Jackso
| of Winnsboro, S. c., steuography, type
writing and bookke eping; Miss Dais
Green, ot Sumter, s. c., stenograPh
and typcwriting. Miss Dukes could no
| be present on account of indiSpOSition.
The presentation was followed by az
propriate remarks from Rev. DIR. r. {
Pearson, Hon. John w. Starnes and Rey
- L. II. Baldwin, who referred in compl
= mentary terms to the institutes work.
DR.. Lawrence then announced tt
closing number and said that after I'll
entertainment the audience were invite
to inspect what he called the "depar
ment of fine arts in reality the depar
mcnt in which samples of cooking an
| needlework were exhibited. The aud
ence was scarcely prepared for what
saw there. Spread upon a table we
these samples, all looking whOleSO II
enough to almost tempt the visitor
fall to eating whether or no. The needl
work was also inspected with much /
terest by the ladies. The exhibit w:
one of which any school might feel il
mcnscly proud.
csI 1t was after IL o'clock when the VI
itors had left the institute, feeling hapI
that they had been there. AS they Il
they saw an illumination of the buildiI
that was beautiful. Every jet w
oil lighted and broad ray beamed fro
every window in the immense buildin
The school a Success.
DIR. Lawrence told THE CITIZEN tn
the first session, just closed. was 81
cess in every way. The school was