The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-05-29

may utNclOpt III GdSh mn hh1SH Sthibo
aud enable him to Use to honorable dis
among men.
The piano solo, "Valse Brilliante," by
Ovid Sellers was well rendered. Cadet
Sellers, though quite young. has devel-
Oped a remarkable talent for music. He is
also playing a horn in the academy band
and is Il m of the Mandolin club.
With proper study and attention to the
he bids fair to distinguish himself
as IA musician.
III. Burr Low in "Conversi %Zione," made
of the hits of the evening. The reci-
tation afforded admirable facilities for the
of his humorous proclivities and
his facial expression and laughable
pastures contributed greatly to the sue
cess of his effort.
echo Fantastic" violin solo, was n
acceptable number, and from the
moment that Cadet James Abeel touched
his bow to the cords of his violin the
audience was held in Tapt attention. The
violin, always pleasing when in the hands
of an artist, was specially SO in This num-
Der, and in the two cadeLZas the echo
t feet was most chan ming. MIR. Attel
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has within him the NAL ing of AN arIi.t.
Sixteen cad, Is dttsstd in white ants
and red shIris, with white ties. now
marched upon the Stage for II "Drill,' and
went through II few movements which the
aud ,ucc i'll hot iuliN 'm%prrE,ud until
as II Re sui they weIr IuImei into Il cross
revolving arUund The center as ii upn n
pvt. The effect was qritr pretty and
eXpressi ms OF app oval were heard nom
all parts of the house. They then went
through vaTiLuS intricate mhrchinPs AT d
movements OF limbs and bodies to the
animent uf music, all exhibiting
an accuracy aud precision Of movomeI /
that showed their thorough traIniuc.
Such training must certainly improve the
physique of any boy aud such eXerc:s es
are to be highly commented.
Leroy Cox in 'FortigGera' View OF the
Statue of Liberty" WAS very amusing.
Ills imitation of the bIo&ue of the dilit rent
C laracteIs was 80 true to the origin Is
that you could almost imagine yourself, es
in the presence OF the voluble Frenchman
or the Cabling John Chinaman.
The musical number OF the evening W: 8
EIrnest Lilies piano solo "Cascnde Gu
Chaudron." In his rendition OF this
charming composition OF FIR. Bendel he
had opportunity to display n most finish
ed touch and to use n variety of shades of
expression that evinced an unusually clear
comprehension of his authors thoughts
and feelings. In the power to interpret a
lies the distinction between a
musiciou and a mere mechanical per-
former and Mr.. Lilies shows himself not
lacking in this qualification.
Class History by ii. Il. Harris was well
conceived and carried out. His general
review of the class covered a history If
the year and his individual comments on
each number were both amusing and IN
teresting.
Tle Mandolin Club in Rustic Maiden''
a waltz by Guckert, so charmed and cap
tivated their listeners that they were not
content to hear only the ore number but
continued to applaud until the club reap
peared upon the stage for a second num-
Der. The club is composed OF eleven ca
diets and, considering the few %opportuni-
ties that they have for practice together,
they render a high class of music in an
excellent manner
The Valedic:ory by c. NJ. Thorp was a
finished and well ounded composition.
Touching upon the pleasing memories
and associations of the four years spent
together by the class, he carried his hear
ers to consideration OF the hopes and
p aspects of his class for the future. He
spoke with impressive earnestness OF the
unselfishness of education and its superb
GRITTY over other equally useful but less
elevating acquisitions.
After a touching farewell to Stephen G.
Wentworth, the beloved founder of w. M.
A., he babe good bye to teachers, riends
and schoolmates.
By request Prof. Stark favored the
audience with a violin 500. He is so well
known to the musical fraternity that
CO nment on his perfoI nance is scarcely
n ,cessary. Suffice it to say that the
audience Was charmed 10 perfect silence
and drank in with exquisite pleasure the
s ut and enhancing tones as they swelled
from the instrument at every touch OF the
bow.
Major Sellers hen announced awards
of prizes as follows:
A Ia1dsome sword awarded TO II. l..
In tn competitive drill Wednesday May
Second honor to w. b. McAlester
of McAlester, !. T.
Scholarship medal for highest grade in
school, awa ard ID to Byron Carter of Lex
ington, Mo. Second honor TO Kent Cat
ron of Lexington, Mo.
Washington & Lac scholarship for high
eIt grade in senior class. Awarded to c.
NJ. Thtrp. of Cawker City, Kans. Second
honor to Il. X. Shelby, of Lexington, Mo.
Graduating Glass: Leroy lIerndon
Cox, Fred Burt GIlle, Frank Valentir e
Grubbs, Herbert Taylor Harris, James
N lpolson Holman, Arthur Wesley Nelson,
Ed ward Barker Sawyer, Leonard DE Mar
q lis Slusher, Nathaniel True Slime,
Claude Marks Thorp.
When the graduating class had foI med
upon the stage Judge Richard Field, be-
fore presenting the diplomas, spoke bri, fly
to the ca lets. lie spoke e~loquently of the
ten Ter feelings awakened at being called
upon to bill farewell to the cadets of w.
NJ. A. lie pointed out to them the posi-
bilities OF fame and honor that lay before
them in the course OF life, and urged them
to do naught to reflect anything but credit
and honor upon the institution whose
fostering care they were about to leave,
Doubtless the impressive words that he
spoke will burn themselves into the
minds and hearts of the young men to
whom they were addressed and perhaps
in some future day VIII IN temptations are
around them these wOrlS may rise up as
beacon lights upon a dark and troubled
sea to guide them to a port OF honor anC
safely.
After a closing flrewell by the w. NJ. A
band the audienc. depIrted we'll pleased
with the successful ending of anotheI
year for w. NJ. A.
FACULTY.
StnforI SelIers, NJ. A, Applied Mathe.
m Itics; L. A. Hickman, ID. s, Mathe
m ltics AID Natural Science; j. #. Riley
A. NJ, Natural Science; Miss ELnIce w
Fulton, Elocution; HJracs f. Blackwell