The Van Buren press., 1894-06-16
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Tie closing exefeises sf lie Ar
kaAana Deaf Nlfe institute were
keld Nosday eveaiHx. he PRETTY
chapel vas crowded With fve has-
drpd people, anoag then nAny
distinguished pefsoaa in<lnding
the Eeub<fs of the board of
uEzse<a-
The Institute which ID sisn2ted
on = eommaEiIng eaineaee in the
Western portion Of the CITY, 10 din
ealt to reach. bat this did nos de-
ter The people OF the hundreds
Who attended. not one vess avay
disappointed At the delightful en-
sefsxianeEf- and a. bad = s0rd Of
prise for Professor Pank b
Yxses and his estinabIe wife, VIC,
with their sbie corps OfassizsAnta,
have veseeoopEsAed - naeh darin.;
the short time they have been
With the school Their lives axe
given up to the uzforsunAtes, TO
whom they are devoted in the
alIeviztion ef conditions that
would reader thousands Of fellow
norsals miserable.
There are l60 pupils In the
school. Of al ages, and these we're
seated On one side Of the chapel.
watched over by therr teaehers-
A number of the most adyareed
papiis sat o. the stage It the back
Of which we're the words labor
Conqzerx7
The exercises opened With .
fervenf prayer by Rev. DR.. Potts
Of the Baptist Church, whose
words we're interpreted TO the
school in expressive sign-sAaguAge
by Professor Yates
Alright boy and giri. repfesea-
sasives Of the advanced class
which would have graduated this
year had not the legislature ex-
tended she term from seven to ten
years. vere then called upon to
deliver the address of Welcome.
Blaekboards we're placed upon the
stage, and upon these the ad-
dresses we're written The young
lady. Miss Emma BrAnson, of
Natural Dam, Crawford county,
. the most rzpld writer in the
school, and one Of the very bright
est stndents- She wrote a. follows.
ladies and Geatlenan-Onee
more We welcome you to our clos
ing exercises The exercises will
be the most silent, bat We hope to
make them interesting, and hope
yon viii all have an enjoyable
evening With us and go away i'm
pressed With the great good the
State il doing by giving Is this
nice school FAREWELL
Virgil Oven, Of Arkadelphia,
wrote an address of the same im-
port, and this vas followed By .
sweet class of girls. Who signed
the beautiful hymn, -Come, Ora
cioos Spirit, Heavenly Dove" As
the spectators looked upon their
happy faces, he could not doubt
that there vas melody in the heart.
although the lips we're silent.
I've little tots, Who have beeu
in school only one year, we're then
called One of them, little Nellie
Ross, whose parents live At Davis.
johnson county, won the hearts
of all by her bright, happy eoun-
tenance. All the ladies' vent into
rsptures over the sweet little
creature. She 10 not yet nine years
old, and is small for her age. The
other, Erwin Hymxn of Melbourne,
is nine years old. Their teacher,
Mr.. Martin, wrote upon the board,
II want you 10 rum" and the child
obeyed promptly. He would sign
. word, - pig" which they would
write upon the board. and then
pick out from . collection on the
floor the picture representing that
object.
A number of pupils, to whom
prizes had been awarded, we're
called upon the stage, and we're
addressed by Governor Fishback,
Professor Yates interpreting the
words.
There we're forty-fve who re-
ceived prizes, which we're books,
valued more in their association
than in intrinsic worth. The fol.
lowing students received beautiful
medals: Emma Brsnson, w Young.
Matte Wadley, Mona Shepley; in
the AIT department, Miss TallAnt,
teacher, Mona Shipley was award.
ed q medal for painting, Daisy
Bushmaier for crayon, Belle Sea-
mans for water colors, and Jennie
Shipley, for special erayon; in
Optic department, printing Mr..
Edington and Ri Lloyd; type
writing. Matte Henderson; shoe
shop. Chas. Lamb; carpenter shop,
Valentine DeckeimAn; sewing,
Lydia Butler; tailoring, Matte
Wadley and Thomas Hull dining.
room, Louie Floyd and Jesse Nc
Donald tidinese, n. Wadley and
Jesse Mcdonald walking, Jennie
Shipley and Jesse Mcdonald ;