The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-28
GREENSBORO FEMALE COLLEGE.
The Closing Day of Brilliant Com
mencement.

nencement.
Greensboro, N. c., May 27.-(SpeciaD
The feature of this, the closing day
of the Greensboro Female College was
the address this morning of Rev. Z. E.
Hoss, editor of the Nashville Christian
Advocate. The auditorium was filed
and tonight was packed on the occa-
sion of the brilliant concert, which was
fitting finale to the delightful exer-
cises.
DR.. Hoss' address was a combina-
ton of happy humor and deep philo-
sophie reflection. He traced the influ-
ences of heredity and environment
upon the lives of young women and
closed by impressing the fact that IN
walking according to the laws of God
lay the only safety. DR.. Hoss is man
of depth and pleasant delivery, with a
habit of introducing many popular
sidelights, frequently getting hearty
applause of laughter from the whole
audience. The recitations and essays
Inv the graduating class have been
marked by careful culture, and TINS
morning the presentation OF diplomas
and Bibles was pretty and lmpres-
sive picture With the girls IN pure
white.
To-nieht there was much enthusl-
,sm over the charming musical pro-
0ramme which duly appeared IN yes
terdav,s News and Observer. The pro-
o,,,arnme was interspersed with dram
otic reeitations of high order. ne
;mmense audience dispersed, proud Oh
On restitution the constant outcome
of which means continual liluhiha
zion of the homes of North Carolina.
The Methodist church, true 70 ~
,,;onaar principles, erected mere my
Years ago the first college for young
y,,eoynen in North Carolina, ana one
saonpd one south of the Potomac ~
tooly ten wears to get the money WIFI
| rh;ob to complete the institution, anu
| 49,, another ten years of desolatioh'
fno,, 1884 to 1873, during which tlhe
| +be college Law in ashes, are femeli-
| ,arad as a whitening desert-Wind ia
| ;ts history. Then debt overoooh 0no
| College. all the while from lo4' "
| soc the hest talent of the Metnouis1
| obnrcb being intent upon the uppuiiu-
| ;p@ of this place of learning. 1he +,
&c So1omon Lea, Charles +. Deems, !,
n Homes. B. f. Dixon, Frank l.. helu
and bred Peacock, all presidents anu
| the story of their efforts IS one seol
| If the college and, therefore, the sVoiS
is perforce a noble one.
It is no disparagement TO Uhose VIZ
| aro older to say that IT IS qulte lrhely
| that q Young man nowadays ol cno
,.;mht qualities, is the most ehecC.Ve
man to take hold of enterprises r,, IN
volvine any very great e11oro' Iil,9
| is a dav of incessant WORK, anu SUI SUI
| work takes endurance, anu sueh -
| durance. all things beng equal '"iNo9
vounr wears, a constant desire W ~
Undertaking, improving, enlafsihS. !,
The work here and the man are Won
met. The president MT. Dreo ca
cock. is a young man OF %, oho'fS ii' '.,e
staunch of body, of executive Ielh "a, .
ment. ripe in training, possessing olle
confidence of all. President feacoc1
has no afternoon methods; ne Is dii
morning: If there nave pee'h "a y
shadows, his back Is turned 10 Viieii
and his face is toward inc nom. IN
1t looks to me as If at has taken ali
| the heroic efforts of all the heroic hiou
of the past to get this coiIleSe On i'-7
feet, and that it might De s"iu ~ ~
entering the Threshold OF new Vlgoi
| with the IucOlHlhB ~
young president. M
The library is a case in point. Ihere
are now 5000 volumes in the library
representing $4,000 outlay, all the
work of two years, and $1,000 OF this
amount was contributed by the noble
wife OF President Peacock, whose eff
forts should not be separated from
those of her husband in the wonderful
leap forward of the institution.
But the practical thing to know Is
that the departments OF study and the
internal management generally have
been brought up to the modern line
That is the main question for parents
just on the suburbs of Greensboro
the stately old building rests, on a roll
ing groye-clad eminence, the grounds
being sweeping, spacious, sequestered
The departments reach TO the ut
most needs of an exquisite education
for young women, both as to books,
domestic training, and home atmos-
phere. Besides the academic course
the art and musical features at once
arrest attention, also the literary So
c;eties, the Irving and Emerson. Many
of the young women who have recently
graduated in the Business Department
III the Literary Department and in the
Department of Music and Art are now
filing good positions in various parts