The sun., 1893-06-23
351 GRADUATES IN WHITE.
THE GREAT DAP COMES AND GOES
AGAIN At The NORMAL COLLAGE

AGAIN At The NORMAL COLLAGE
u Was Inpessibie 70 Walk Through ths
Streets In whne SIR. and So All Camo n
Cosches-6S1 White Fsns Marked Time
Asea Of fan-hutterinR maidens. dressed IN
white. beaming. cleaning. seeming like a
host OF ssraphim, sat In interminable rows In
the Normal College chapel yesterday morning
eIhaline happiness
The programme said there were 351 Of them.
Perhaps nature had endowed each with five
hundred eyes. for every man In tho room,
save President Hunter. who has become cal
lous saw half a million eyes, blue and black
and gray and brown, cerulean. melting. wide
open. wondering. fathomless. bewitching. nnd
altogether indescribable.
The Normal College Is free school, which II
costs nothing to enter or to leave. As o result
many OF its students are tho daughters OF poor
working people. who sacrifice their last penny
TO feed and clothe them. These girls study on
year after year and learn many thinGs--some
OF them not mentioned In tho curriculum.
The ambition OF every heart carries the girls
through tho ardor Of learning things. for tho
sake OF the goal which lies at the end. And
that goal is to graduate. At the end OF her
FIRST year every girl attends the graduation
exercises and sees the envied seniors. clad in
white. holding flowers In their hands, and
answering as their names are called to receive
their diplomas amid the applause o! enthusi-
astic spectators. And she never forgets 1t.
Yesterday tho graduation exercises came
again. md the girls who had been waiting for
the day were In the nineteenth heaven OF
tthly bliss. How some of them wore able
to wear white silk dresses is one OF those
mysteries which no man may attempt to
fathom. Some OF those girls had often gone
N., ~ bad
como to college day ntter day In faded dresses.
trimmed with cheap ribbons to hide their
shrbbinrss But upon this day OF days each
OF these 35l girls. obedient to the unwrltten
law. came to college in dress OF whito-gen-
orally white silk bought. made. and fitted
especially for the occasion.
And what Is more every one Of them camo
In q carriage. You can't walk through tho
streets In n white silk dress. Many OF tho
conches that came to the door were in various
stages Of decay. but they were coaches. Some
Of tho drivers. it must be said. were in their
shirt sleeves, but. nevertheless. they were
drivers
1t was easy TO see that some Of the fair pas:
senGers were unacCustomcd to that mode Of
transit. As soon az tho college entrance was
reached. hardly waiting for the carriage to
step. they opened the door. bounced out. and
ran across the sidewalk. without stopping to
shat the door.
Hey: lady" tho driver would cry. "whsn
-" " hIt DO you m can ?" the graduate would
,%e. T. wat y. to ., K, know o. whom INT come
Then it would dawn upon the. young lady
that she wou Il want to return In the same way
that sho had come. and she would explain hur-
risdly:
long sheets Of white muslin had been
thrown over tho backs Of the benches. SO that
.s Ss ss.s Sy DUST es wa.
ri 10 watch them enter the chapel. The plano
,,,egan to rlay. and the girls; in long white
their hands ana walked fnstIdiousiy. The
twitched their .kIrts to get them IS smooth.
Some carried their bouquets as though they
s.m as hsyp
They h!ed in rows between tho benches and
ed standing until the pianist pounded
70 st down With rustie Of sii fS that skRsi iied
tho whole room. and buzz OF voices that re-
down. Then began q general readiusting Of
drsperyy and snoething h ~ q skirts and bodices
and rss to S Te soa ss
&c g. bIage looked like swarm Of white butter
na ons nat
how beautiful their daughter looked the
cost Then tho exercises Lesan. Tie ss salu. "
.atory was delivered by Miss Heddis bach
e Sss sao 1hs
Of trustees made n speech Throughout WHICH
the girls famed themselves. and the entire
doings Mayor Gi!roy entered the chapel. lie |
rrmglnei nnr.eoEnized by the girls until
Hunter introduced him.
.he Major is a Very fine-looking man. In |
fact when hc rose to- speak the girl. who wers |
sitting il front paid more attention to tho |
pD y pI.I I nj mol hn hon khAxr
d.t 10 his words.
Mayor Giiroy said In few words that he was
overwhelmed with happiness to he present |
upon 50 glorious al occasion. And then he
sad
4Ht yop must Fsmember tia. education
good, sweet maids, and let who will be
clover"
'.he exercises then went on, In the usual
" naIher ron" % S Hours Gs,nF Of est esss
a.ar!r i'.irCe read an essay OH " Prometheus,"
ar4 l.. Mt;s 5;:, Helen An AmeIa iarspns read one
Is free of gull. looked W from her manu-
Mn is ut nnit|' Tie m m en- who heard 1iissr her
Shu!drr",,.
re.i warden the licenses to teach Which iiiIl the
ga !U":rs Of the Normal School receive. and
Ir".iir!lt Hunter awarded the diplomas. Miss
apl raranre, delivered tho valedlctory. Then
rle.i".- and. urzrs wore awarded the assem-
o!nSc ,aHg America" and 35l more students
had grdduated The prize winners were:
A., utndorirr gold 'aeda. for proficiency in German
I. ."I',a &c hhiG i'.nnrnhie men' 'on-!edwig Hill
Ner har.ns' ,hH"o5a Louise kn-upfsr.
- nN'.l'"Ier i.Err m-iH for the greatest proficiency
ID tenn N NA"Ion Natkius Honorable mention.
Lane 'unann, sarah Block. K,ttie Anderson |
htIS silver medal lor me thods of teachinY-Heddia
Achmaun. Honorable mrntion-IsaDvl Gouriie Sarnh |
Lam, ''>' 'N'""
keIy bronze medal tor lmethods OF teachipr-Lizzi,
!, i"'narhs"h Honorable me ntiOn-BarbArA hudoba
k"n- -'d m,"dal, for rhyso ogy-Heddie Bachmann
iioNnfa'h- nrntinn-RHrhara ,hninba Ott.lI. Woan.
N@H"i. erhins linsanl and Elizabeth Richard.hn
q ~ god .rdn! .or i.atn-Barbara ChudObn lion.
q. .'hH d.-rPhine Holland. ''
- 81 'Ti"- or French. - Iold Wstch-II-dt,e Bach
raiE Hun"iao,r ui-I.i .on-Julia Arons,ea n 6itilts
NhtrhhEupt. Instphius Holland. ''
. sr'nni ~" iuT cUtu, in Gold lIo,
,'",n "lhhili" =. Robinson lonOra'ir nrntion
an,ig ISe A., - br. nnn.sr, Lille Lauierbscn
''," ',hEkr"ueih . ir re. u cold Watch for
, ~, r., 't.e,n "rr I""ie RRchmann Honofrbis
J.. u "rtArh ~Pu'e ~ uecEert Lille
l.acr"rsn Sasc Sng.rs prize books to the Va.
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