The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-23
COLLEGE COMMENCEM EMF.
Pretty Young Ladies' March Graceful.
Iy to the Wedding March-Pretty
Caps and Lovely Gowns Ad0rn
Handsome Ladies'.

The commencement In the Due West Fe-
male College was, according TO common con-
sent, the very best ever held in the history OF
Promptly at $50 the procession marched
upon the platform. The Senior class, beauti-
July dr. dressed In !. CO caps ,sn and Gowns, d.ns i R. to
6. N. White, OF North Carolina. offered the
prayer. The following program was rendered:
Piano The Wedding NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Misses Bell, Clipkscslea, Cowan, Branyon,
Crock EFT and Pressly.
Prayer.
Essay-Romance OF College Life-MIss Ro-
observation-disclosures Tell Rossini
Misses Cowan, Pressly, Young, 'Hardeman.
Hunter and WEIGH.
Esssy-The Mission Of Muslc-Mlss Leslie
Branyon.
Northumberland the Thatched Roof
Essay-The Influence OF the Women of the
Nineteenth Century-Miss Wayne Enloe.
Vocal Solo-Surely Strelezki Miss Ida
Nickles.
Essay Historic Flowers - Miss Ximena
Hunter.
Piano-Grande. Valse Brilllante (Flowers)
Op: 12-Liebling-Misses Branyon, Cowan and
Essay-The College Girl In Search of a Sub.
ject for Her Graduating Essay-Miss May
Lyon.
TlaQO MOuVemeQG ferpeLQel weber -
Misses Enloe, Hunter and WEIGH. .
~Essay-The Uses OF knowledge-Miss Lula
Vocal Solo Waiting - Mlllard-MIss Lee
Crockett.
Essay-Do the Duty that Lies Nearest YOU
Miss Ida Nickles.
Piano-Polacca Brilliante-Weber Misses
Cowan and Hardeman.
E~ssay-Reality of College Life-Miss Ida
Vocal Cless-Where the Wild Flowers Bloom,
Essay-The Influence OF Nature in Mould.
ing Us into Bsau.ymM \ Viola poore:
!) Auber - Misses Enloe, Miller, BrIoe,
Young and Crockett.
Essay-oppos!tion Essential to the Greatest
Se stTing GInSH Aars hs1 WaiHtzes-Juv. Rosas.
Essay--The Voice Of the Passing Period
Miss Carrie Wideman.
Vocal olo-Jerusalem-Henry Parker-Miss
Valedictory~"Perhaps II May Turn Out a
Sermon, Perhaps a Song"-Miss Lillian Nor.
rison.
GUITARS ebastopol-Warrell.
Awarding of Diplomas.
Mandolins-Classies' Galop.
FART SECOND.
Piano - Overture -Faust-Gounod-Misses
Bell, Morrison, Carlisle, Craig and Brice.
Alumnae Essay-Miss Willie Kirkpatrick
Vocal Ciass-Down in the Dewy Dell
Smart.
Anniversary A~ddress-Prot H. N. Snyder
WOfford College.
Reception at Female College Hours 8 and
1890 p. NJ.
The essays were all we'll written. The
music, both instrumental and vocal, was un-
usually fine, and the teachers may we'll con-
graduate themselves on each performance.
The President then delivered twelve dlplo-
mas and three certificates to the young ladies'.
The scholarship OF $50 In cash offered by
the Faculty was divided between Miss Lillian
Morrison. OF Statasville. N. c., and Miss Kit.
tie Patrick, OF White Oak 8. G. Miss Julia
Galloway, Of Gastonia, N. C., received honor.
able mention.
In the afternoon Prof. H. N. Snyder. OF Wof.
ford College, delivered q very eloquent ed.
dress on sour Literature
Rev. w. {. Cochran, of Bristol, Tenn, In q
very graceful manner delivered two medals
from the Amelian Society. The first for best
essayist In the Junior class was won by Miss
Florence Cowan, Of Arizona. The second for
general excellence was given Miss Eugenia
McEiroy, of Doravllle, Ga.
Thus closed the most successful commence
ment OF the most successful year OF this
splendid Institution.