The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-01
THE LITTLETON COLLEGE
SERMONS AND ADDRESS ef
THREE METHODIST PREACHERS
The institution Has Just Closed inc
Most Successful Session
In Its History

Ii+tleton. \, c.. May 31.-(Special)-
The closing exercises of this eAceliehC
ond most successful institution began
ON May 23rd with very fine sermon
Inv Rev. F.. HI. Davis before the Mission
airy Society. oa ~
The annual sermon was preached on
Wednesday morning by Rev. n. L. 1yree
inn the college chapel, and was replete
with thought which stamped the speaker
as one of the first thinkers among the
able men of North Carolina.
The elocution recital was great sue
cess and showed fine training and splen-
did work. The recitation OF MISS Lease
tho teacher who was called out by the
audience, was one of the hnest rel'oi-
tions to which it has ever been our pleas
nra TO listen. She has splendid control
of her voice and her gestures are perfect
The art exhibit was simply magnlt-
cent. 1t was the largest and finest the
college has ever had. We saw some
pictures that stood out like living things
No display of art work by the college
ever before attracted so much attention
The graduating exercises took place
ON Thursday morning before large au-
dience. and the following essays were
read: -
Observation-Disclosures Tablets, Miss
e. Roberta Lucas.
Essay-Latent Womanhood, Miss
Eunice Gibbs.
Essay-Beyond Some Jordan Every
Canaan Lies. Miss Sallie II. Bond.
Essay-Day is Pushed out by Day and
New Moons Haste to Wane, Miss Nina
Newsom.
Essay-Thebes Did His Green, I'm
Knowing Youth Engage. He Chooses
Athens in His Ripper Age, Miss Bertha
NJ Thompson.
Prophecy--Leaves From the Book OF
Fate. Miss f. Ophelia Langston.
Valedictory- of a New Era,
Miss Leila Nj. Page.
The college has gained quite reputa-
ton for its superiority in English ana
we think this reputation was fully sus-
tanned to-day. The essays were all
good, some of them very fine. a visitor
present. gentleman of culture who has
travelled great deal, remarked that he
had never heard any essays superior TO
these. Miss Jessie Adams Bryan was
awarded a diploma in the department or
piano music and several young ladies
were given certificates for the compile
ton of various parts of the college course.
There were in all fifteen certificates and
diplomas presented The young ladies
receiving them in their simple white lawn
dresses presented beautiful picture. we
saw among them some fine faces, we
think as ever ornamented any college
rostrum.
The literary address delivered by Rev.
J. B. Hurley was ornate and brilliant.
1t contained some perfect gems OF
thought for the young ladies before
whom it was delivered.
The annual concert took place on
Thursday egelIng in the presence OF a
very large 1ud;cuGe. Notwithstanding
the admission fec of twenty-five and
thirty-five cents. the elegant auditorium
was literally packed with people. The
entertainment made a fine impression.
The young ladies' acquitted themselves
with great credi-.
That this institution is doing thorough
work of a ver- high order was the uni
versal testimony of the most Intelligent
critics. The scholastic yea" Just closing
has been by very much the most sue
cessful in the history of the school. 1t
began in September with al Increase in
the boarding department Of eighty-nine
per cent over that of one year ago. We
doubt whether any other school II the
State had such an increase. There were
present at the commencement a large
number of ministers and visitors from
various parts of the State. Many of
these were enthusiastic in their praises
of the work the college is doing.