The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-12
OUT At ST. MARYS
Closing Exercises Yesterday at
This School.
THE GRADUATING ESSAYS
a Wholesome and Instructive ADDRESS
bv Rev. MIR. Horner--Beautitul Mu-
sic at the Chapel Services
High-Standard of Scholar
ship and Culture.

ont at St. Marys where the big oaks
are and the broad grounds and the
buildings of grey stone, dressed III
Green. and the little chapel that seems
TO be en- a chant, out at st. Mary IS yes
terday the girls were gauhefeo rol 'lle
last time, perhaps.
1t was graduation day Ihey We're
giving some token OF what uhey lidd
been thinking about during the ses-
sion.
Parents and friends were gathered
in the public hall, and the pupils 'oo'
the graduating class well III mont
The light summer wind seemed 10
RIM in nipples through the air. 1t
came and went hight as the color in
eyirl,s cheek. 1t was a delicate summer
9nonning breeze threading its fingers
through the leaves, and every living
thing felt the caress, and feeling 1t
was glad.
1T was a young girl of a morning,
with blossoms in its breath, and happy
words ON it's lips. The morning ana
not anpear in the programme but 1t
was there, and was ON the stage and'
white otowned with the rest of the
GIRLS. and its melody of silence came ana
the applause came silent too OF hearts
breathing more ioyously for the gra-
ciousness of 1T all.
The public hall was filled. All could
not be seated.
On the platform sat Blshop oheshlr -
Revs Mr.. Smedes, Horner, Marshall,
Iamston and Averltt.
The first part of the morning was
consumed in the delivering OF essays
and the rendering of musical selec-
tions.
Without comparisons, it would be
grave omission to fail to note the re-
cital by Miss Marshall of the Ode to
Maecenas.
The scanning, intonation and pro-
nuciation were rare for these days,
and the music and exhibition of Gull
ture in it all were delicious.
Miss Cobb touched in running way
upon American Humorists, mlngllng
much discernment and original work
in her deliyerance which was heartily
enjoyed.
Again Miss Marshall gave AN eXqui-
site exhibition of her subtle sense OF
humor. both in the choice and treat
ment of her subject, Ounces and Dull
Peoples
Miss Mary p Jones tried to do
difficult thing, namely TO tell in words
something of Shelly's work and touch,
as if these did not elude words. And
vet under her treatment the lines OF
this almost ghost-fingered master
seemed to flush with a color that some
how made them things of life to be
known.
Miss Margaret NJ. Jones was very
entertaining in Literary Fads,s and
her yaledictory was tender and timely
without gush.
The performance of Miss Florence
Boylan with the violin was a polished
piece OF work, evincing much careful
training.
The whole programme rippled
along Just like voices of this particular
summer morning.
The names of Misses Bowen. Mar
garet NJ. and Mary p. Jones We're read
out as the three young women who
had received the mark of 100 for the
whole session in Trigonometry.
After this part of the programme,
the audience dispersed and the pupils
marched to the chapel where the eX-
ercises were concluded.
Rev. Mr. Horner delivered an adj
dress full of practical suggestion and
wholesomeness.
The music was like a bloom in the
midst of the sweetly solemn little ser
vice.
The patrons and friends of this in
stitution were very much gTatified al
the handling of every department un-
der Rev. Bennett Smedes and will be
glad to know that the school will be-
gin next session under better auspices
than ever before.
There were about 200 pupils this
session, and there Will be more next
year.
No young woman with the cultured
corps of teachers here can go through
this institution without being almost
perfectly equipped in scholarship
Better than this, there is such close
attention paid to the health, habits
and spiritual coloring taken on by the
pupils, that the woman is developed
that woman which consists in presence
rather than in acquiremnt.
The programme was as follows:
/. Salutatory and Essay-Home-
makers-Miss Mamie b. Skinner.
.. Under the Almond Tree (Delbrucl)
Alto: Miss Ellen Underwood.
,. Essay-The Ayrshire Ploughamn
Miss Harriet E. Bowen.
4. Horace, Ode XVII Lib. III, to
Maecenas-Miss NJ. Susan Marshall.
5. over the Steppe" (Schuette)-
Piano: Miss Kate Leach.
6. Essay-Our American Humorists
Miss Lucy NJ. Cobb.
Z. Polonaise HERMANN Violin:
Miss Florence Boylan.
S. Essay-Dunces and Dull Peoples
Miss NJ. Susan Marshall.
8. The Guardian Angel (Gounod) -
Soprano Miss Lizzie Gotten; alto:
Miss Kate Matthews.
10. Essay-The Prince of Poets-Miss
Mary p. Jones.
H. The Three Singers (Tours).--
Sopranos Miss Virginia Jordan.
II. Essay and Valedictory-Lite
Fads-AIiss Margaret NJ. Jones.
EXERCISES IN THE CHAPEL.
Professional Hymn 1876.
Reading of the Roll of Honor.
Address TO the Graduates by the Rev.
,Junius NJ Horner.
Presentation of Diplomas and Distinc-