The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-24

The graduates, ten in number, UccI-
pied seats on the stage with the orator
of tho evening, Dr.. Ramsey, OF CHARLES
ton. The program was rs follows:
Piano Duet, Aottie Manly and Chev.
Ferrata.
Essay, THE Worlds Forces" Luva
Agnew.
Vocal Solo, Miss Sarah Nj. Smith.
Address by DR.. Ramsey.
Piano Duct, Alpha McGee and Chew.
G. Ferrata.
Essay, "Noblesse Oblige," Marquee
rite Tindal.
Delivery OF Diplomas.
Then came the great musical climax
of the week, the chorus for female
voices, composed for the occasion and
| dedicated to the graduating class Of
1897 by Giuseppe Ferrata Cavaliore,
musical Instructor of the Greenville
Female College. The words were writ
ten by that gifted Greenville poetess,
Mrs. Nj. II. Cleveland.
The graduates were Luva e.. Ag-
new, of DJnald's: Clifford b. Jordan, of
Greenyille; Nina W; Riser, Of Green
Vile; Robbie =. Wakefield, of Septus;
| Nell S. Walters, Of Honea Path; M.
Amelia Norris, Of Vance's; Cora @.
Parker, OF Greenvil e; jamie e. Strawn,
of Greenville; Kate Fl. Sloan, of Green
vile; Marguerite A. Tindal, of Fielder.
| The address OF DR.. Ramsey upon the
Art OF Living Together" was q schol-
arly production, and was received with
much favor by the large audience, who
despite the heat endured the discom-
forts of q crowded chapel with much
equanimity. The following summary
gives fair idea Of the the literary ad-
dress:
1T seems presumptiOus for q man to
talk to women, who are considered to
be the worlds takers, on the subject
| with which they are most familiar, the
art Of living together. But it may be
said In Justification of the speaker that
while the ladies are takers by nature
he is one by profession, and ignorance
on subject sometimes contributes to
huency.
The young ladies of the graduating
class nay be supposed to have been en-
gagged recently with subjects more thco-
retical than practical, but you are now
called back to the first school you ever
entered, yet it is the last in which you
will receive diploma. In your past
lives this school may have been pain
fully prosaic at times, but looking for
ward the subject involved is tinted with
roseate hues and around it gather the
golden dreams Of youth.
ut Is not possible to overstate the
Importance OF the art Of living togeth-
er. At the beginning Of the race it be,
came evident that solitude was a fail
ure. Segregation is as impracticable
as it is undesirable. 1t is not well for
man to be alone though it is often very
hard on the one who must live with
him. Woman was made ofca rib taken
from his side and he is never contented
unless she is near the place of her ori-
gin. And as for woman, like "the hunt
ed hare whom hounds and horns pur-
sue, she pants to the place from which
at FIRST she flew So we affirm that the
demand for society is ancient, inveter-
ate and natural. More sublime than
astronomy, more intricate than mathe.
matics, more practical than languages,
moro beautiful than painting, and
sweeter than music, yet there is no art
pleading. For efficiency in this depart
ment of life's work tact is called for.
Tact is nothing less than genius at work
q in every day affairs.
Some OF you young ladies may feel
called upon to live in the same house
, with man some day. If you do en-
bark on that sea you must take COM
4 mon sense as your polar star and tact
as your rudder In dealing with our
noble art Of living together IL may be
well to glance at some Of the difficulties
to be encountered. Ono of the best
+ views to take Of the subject is from the
domestic point of view. II ere are three
, classes Of homes, the abnormal the ar
titicial, and the natural. l once lived in
an abnormal homo which we called q
Mess Hall. This remote suggestion of
, home was not cheered by woman's
smiles or it's asperities smoothed down
by her magic hand. The artificial home
is that managed by woman, but the
members OF the household do not form
an organic whole, and are a moro ag-
gregation. The natural home is that
made by the mother, the only bird tn at
knows how to make nest. There are
some foes to the home which must have
some attention. There Is cclibacy, Or
tion of the home. The advocate of &C.
libacy, be he saint or sinner, selfish old
bachelor, Or qneruloas old maid, Is the
; subject Of my anathemas. Another foe
Is easy divorce laws, or the enemy that
breaks up the homo. Marriage might
be a brilliant success in some parts of
our country if the contracting parties
would live together long enough to
really get acquainted. Club life NAV
: our noble art must deal with But the
greatest of all the foes to the home is cri-
ticism, or the foe that stirs up the home
There are somo people who criticise tn Q
air they breathe, the water they drink
the fire that warns them in winter, the
zephyr that fans them in summer, the
clouds that refresh the earth, and the
stars that gladden. the night. They
critIcise the grocer, the doctor, and the
only man who escapes Is the preacher
after he has performed the burial
service But there is a world where no
storms intrude, ,a.haven OF safety against
the tempests of life. 1t Is no fairy land,
but the we'll ordered home.
"My last word Is one of encourage
ment. If you know how to take life and
what to do with it, I think it is truly
a noble thing to live. We must bring
the life Of angels into this present
world. The knowledge Of how to live
this life Alright is toilsomely acquired
at the accustomed places, namely, the
oratory Of the foot Of the Gross and the
cave under the hill OF duty. There are
some principles which may be laid