Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-07
MARION.
Commencement Week at the Judson-Each
 Days Events Set Forth.

Commencement Week at the Judson-Each
 Days Events Set Forth.
 Marion. June 5.-(Special)- l)-The com- mencement season of the Judson Female institute was opened on Sunday, May 31, by the baccalaureate sermon of Dr. J. A. French of Talladega, Ala. The ser mon was an able one, beautiful in thought and in expression; and though addressed especially to the young ladies of the Judson, was listened to with in terest and with profit by the entire au- dience which filled the church.
 On Monday morning, June 1, the art rooms were opened for the inspection of the public, and during the entire morn ing there was a constant stream of de- lighted visitors, who examined and ad- mired the work of the art class. The .eX- hibition was by far the best of it's kind seen at the Judson for many years, and would compare favorably with the art displays of the best schools of art in this country. The department is presided over by Mrs. Julia Lovelace, an excellent artist and instructor of many years ex- perience. For a number of years she was the art teacher at Hollins institute, and has held other important positions. The success of the exhibition, in the merit of the work and in the perfect taste of it's arrangement, was due to the spendid artistic ability of the teacher. The ex- hibition consisted of oil, water color and pastel paintings after various artists and from nature, crayon and pastel DOT traits and crayon and charcoal draw 1ngs. Among so many pictures it would be impossible to single out any for special mention where all were so good.
 Monday night was the popular occa- sion of the week, and the large chapel of the institute was crowded to its ut- most, and many had to leave for want of standing room. The exercises consisted d. II happy selections from Shakespeare by the elocution class. The audience was prepared for a delightful evening and was not disappointed, for the vocal pu- pills of Miss Stakeley and the pupils of elocution under Miss Kirtley are most admirably trained.
 Tuesday night, June 2, in spite of the heavy rain, the chapel was again crowd ed, the occasion being the grand annual concert. But for it's length we would print the entire programme, which con- sisted of selections from such composers as Wagner, Lszt, Rubinstein, Raff, Ben del, Mozart, Schubert, Auber and others The young ladies performed both on the piano and pipe organ with great ac- curacy and expression, and the vocaliza- tion was good beyond our power of com ment Nothing superior to this concert has ever been heard in Marion.
 Wednesday, June g. was class day, and the unique and entertaining programme was as follows: First, the graduating class of 1896 appeared upon the stage and read sections of their senior essays. The graduates and their subjects were: "The Advantage of a Collegiate Training to the Average Society Girl,' Miss lone Eley; Echoes From Scotland" Miss Fannie Bell Pruitt; Birds in Song," Miss Mille Lou Afford; Around the World in Twenty-four Hours Miss Bessie Jen- kins; Tn the Days of James Monroe,' Miss Nellie Marbury; y;-"Child Love-" Miss Pattie Hendrick; '"rhe Advantages of Collegiate Training to the Average So- ciety Girl" Miss Sadie Wilkes; Gap and Bells.' Miss Matte Kendrick; "The Lunatic, the Lover and the Poet" Miss Josephine Ray; Their Pilgrimage to the Rhine," Miss Hattie Eubank.
 Next was exhibited upon the stage a machine called the chronothanetolition which, by the turning of a crank, ground out celebrities long since departed, and them back into their eternal homes. Miss Hendrick represented the Inventress; Miss Eley, Genius of the Nineteenth Gen. tury; Miss Jenkins, Pharoah's Daughter; Miss Marbury, Cleopatra; Miss Pruitt Queen Elizabeth; Miss Kendrick, Mother Bickerdick; Miss Wilkes, Saint Cecilia; Miss Afford, Pocahontas; Miss Ray, Joan of Arc; Miss Eubank, Martha Washing ton.
 We can give no adequate idea of the conception or the execution of this gen timely novel programme, which met with an enthusiastic reception by the delight ed audience.
 On Thursday morning, after short concert by the accomplished vocal teach CT, Miss Stakeley, and the no less accom- plished teacher of organ and plano music, Mrs. King, the president delivered diplo- mas of graduation to the ten young la dies named above, and also one to Miss Lucia Phillips, graduate in art. A medal was given to Miss Mary Griffin, she hav- ing completed the excelsior course at the Judson. short and appropriate address to the class was delivered by Rev. R. G. Patrick of Marion.
 At the close of the exercises Dr. s. w. Averitt, the president, announced to the audience that all the faculty of the insti- tute, with one exception, would return next year. This was gratifying intelli- gence to the friends of the Judson, for the faculty is an able one, and every de- partment has been brought to the highest degree of efficiency. pr. Averitt is a Christian gentleman of sound judgment and of excellent scholarship, and in noth- ing has his scholarship and his judgment been so we'll proven as in his selection of this faculty.
 The Judson has long been one of the leading female colleges of the south, and it's career of usefulness, we hope and be- lieve, will continue yet another fifty-eight years.
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