The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-06-01
B. F. C. COMMENCEMENT. -.
NEW FEATURE.

B. F. C. COMMENCEMENT. "A
NEW FEATURE.
Wednesday morning, at the opera
house, the commencement exercises oi
Baptist Female College were held.
rhe graduating class had all prepared
essays, which had been read BY th,
teachers and officers of the school anc
all marked 30. X" The young ladie.
felt q delicacy IN reading these essay
TO the audience, and prevailed upo,
President Wilson to clay the essays o,
The table," and let the audience reas
for themselves IL they SO desired, an.
to secure an eminent speaker 10 ad
,lress the audience and the class. Pres
ident Wilson thought the idea goo,
one, and secured the services Of Rev
j. OBJ. Lowry, ID. D., pastor VI Cal
vary Baptist church, Kansas City, Il
deliver the address. We have know,
DR.. Lowry for long time; have ofte,
neard him, aud never heard him speal
but what he said something wOrtl
hearing. He Is one Of the best all.
round thinkers in the state. He has |,
good. full. pleasant voice, easily under
,tooi, and speaks slowly, distinctl,
and always thoughtfully and sensibly
No better selectloa could have bee,
made.
The exercises were opened with |,
vocal trio by Misses Boren, Stoughton
and FOrsythe. They sang together
very pleasantly, Miss Forsythe espec
tally letting out her voice as though
she saw the vocal medal almost within
her grasp.
Prof. Wilson introduced DIR. l.owr,
by saying that he needs no iniroduc
ton TO Missouri audience. He i
pastor Of Calvary Baptist church
Kansas City.
Dr. Lowry said that we were all Low
ers OF the beautiful. Lexington /
famous for her commencement. II !
not necessary to speak Of the power o
women. All women have power. HI
told of man going to his father in
law and complaining that he could no
control his Sfe. The old father-in
law told him t0Hget a drove OF horse
, and basket OF eggs, and 60 througI
. the country, finding out who CONTROLLED
II the families-where the women rule,
he was to leave IN egg; where the maj
ruled he was to leave horse. lie lei
many eggsbpt finally found q hous
where theew0man said her husban,
controlled. The husband was inviie'
TO select horse from the drove. ii
chose gray. His wife made hu
, change, as she wanted q black horse
, He submitted, Of course, and the fam
lily received-an egg, AS the others had
1t would be hard to find first-clas
.. . home where woman does not reign
DIR. Phillips Brooks says that the spiri
, Of man is the candle Of the Lord.
may be that we are only candle, bu
many home has been frightened b
only a candle.
I The speaker said his subject woul
) be "Sunshine" and its power. Th
, most brilliant Round Table ever know
I was when Hawthorn, Emerson, Whit
tier, Lowell and Holmes sat together
:. Never WAS there such another galax
of men, all distinguished for pure lii
: erature. II was the mission OF H0ime
! to bring cheer, sunshine and courage
: He was not good authority on heave
aud the future life, but he was love
of the things of this life; his poems ar
bracing rs salt breezes. He told tn
, story Of a millionaire who had lot q
? unpublished guests. One Of them dram
2 from the finger-bowl. Immediately tn
E host seized his finger-bOwl and dram
3 from il, and not one of the guests dare
, smile. This was genius. He read
/, large number of extracts, showing th
? deep penetration, wit and sarcasm {
= Holmes. Some yeaIs ago we often rea
about the question: ''Is life worth li'
!, ing?" The question showed doub
b and was hurtful to the human rae,
! We now hear great deal about tt
: silver question, but gold and silvs
n n combined are not so important as II
i question; "Can We keep house togeihs
II successfully"
n The success Of college is not IN III
y beauty Of the graduates, nor in Il
numbers, but that one is snccessfI
!. that turns out men or women VII
II contribute to the light and happine,
of the world. Mr.. Choate was asked
l. "If you could not be yourself, VII
Al would you rather be-" He answered
Is IL would rather be Mrs. Choate's Sc,
- ond husband" This was an exhibitio
- of manly love for noble woman. II
5. told of the American abroad WI
4 would not acknowledge that anythin
u was greater than he had seen at hom
y They saw Vesuvius In eruption, an
~ asked him ii he conld equal that. L
If answered., "We have q stream Gale
,e Niagara which would put that out
5. three minutes" He loves his gener
r ton best who finds his mission M
u fills it. He anslyzed "sunshine"
being composed Of faith, hope al
! love. Faith and hope have persecute
A. but love never did. A man can't be
er perfect gentleman without love. ]
10 will betray himself. Love Is q bund
:. of sunshine.
a. We wish we had room TO give
2 fuller synopsis of the address. II W
e full of beautiful thoughts, and we hs
'e only attempted short sketch. II
II talk on cOwar,iice, and the brave fir
'e man at the Chicago fire, and especial
his concluding remarks about Jes
n and Mary, were beautiful and impre
5, sive. We have copious notes of b
er lecture, but have not room to pri
9. them.
" with a short aud earnest talk to d
~ y, graduating class, begging them to in
n tate the example of Mary, DIR. Low
:" closed his splendid address.
IN President Wilson, ON behalf of hin
al self, the class, and the audience ge
So arallv thanlad nr I nwrv for 4