The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-28
JUDGE CLARK'S ADDRESS
IN PRESENTING THE BIBLES TO
THE MEMBERS OF THE
GRAD UATlNG CLASS.
AWARDS OF PRIZES AND HoNoRS
The Usual Musical Concert was Omitted This
Year--CIose Of an Exceptionally
Successful Term.

fn0ugH not uuIl our own SCHuolS tlVf'' ~"
we realize this. The exercises of Peace
Institute took place on yesterday morn
ing, and were marked by the usual sim
plicity and attractiveness.
PROGRAMME.
Prayer.
Etude-Op. 10, No. Z Pianos)-
Chopin Misses NJ. Exum and A. Me-
Lean.
With yerdure Collaboration Haydn
Miss Josephine Mitchell.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF DISTINC-
TIONS.
Marche- Violin Chorus (Himmell-
Moffat)
Come g Bello-Lucrezia Borgia-'
Donizetti.)-M Fannie Mckay.
DELIVERING CERTIFICATES OF
PROFICIENCY.
Were | a Bird of AirVocal Trio
Heller Lynes. misses Moring, Russell,
NJ Davis, Mebane, Hoke and Pope
Sernade Badine-Piano Solo-(Gabriel-
Marie)-ATiss Bette Johnson.
DELIVERING DIPLOMAS.
Judge Walter Clark.
The Red. Red Rose-( Hastings.)
My Darling Was SO Fair (Taubert)
Miss Potter.
Who is Sylvia Schubert Lynes,) -
Misses Mckay Borden. Mitchell, +.
Davis, NJ. Davis and Hoke
Denediction.
The public concert was omitted this
year The music graduates gave their
necessary recitals early in the month.
~, .,actapTa4yss tapnara NINA wac lpV0tpd
largely to the announcement of the hons
ors won in the class work. The candi-.
dates for certificates and diplomas sat
on the rostrnm, together with DIR. Daniel,
who offered prayer, and Judge Walter
Clark, who delivered the diplomas.
The first number upon the programme
was Chopin's Etude OPP 10 No. 2 e
pianos, brilliantly rendered by Misses
M. Exum and A. Mclean. Miss Bette
Johnson the other music graduate, play
ed in daintest, lightest style, Serenade
Badine by Gabriel Marie. Misses
Josephine Mitchell and Fannie Mckay
were the other vocal soloistS. Their
pleasing selections flexible voices and
artistic technique showed the line train
ing that they had received. and made
the audience anticipate with pleasure
Miss Potters numbers Her graceful
stage presence and rare artistic feeling
added to the great popularity that her
voice has already won. The violin
chorus and double trios were full OF
harmony and rythm.
Judge Clark was happy in his remarks
to the graduates.
JUDGE CLARK TO THE GRAD
YATES.
In a brief address of Judge Clark,
in delivering the diplomas to the grad
mates of Peace Institute, he said in
substance that he congratulated the
graduates upon the reward they were
now to receive for their months and
years of study, for d diploma Of Peace
Institute was a reward 1t was never
granted as a compliment.
That the young ladies had learned n
great many things and learned them
we'll What they did know, goodness
knows That though the instruction
of Peace Institute was up-to-date the
rapidity Of events would already re-
auire some instruction to be revised.
That instead of forty7fve States and the
Atlantic and Pacific being our limits,
the next class would recognize more
stars on the flag, and that the republic
set itself no limits, for when the sun
was sinking to rest on our most western
possession mt Manila, ut the same mo-
ment it would be rising in full-0rbed
splendor on our eastern shore at Porto
Rico.
In history, he referred to the glorious
record taught, of North Carolina, first
in thc great revolution at Mecklenbnrg
and Alamance and first to offer her
libation Mt Bethel And already, with
mingled pride and sorrow, we have
learned that she has been first in anoth-
or great war and that gallant young
officer, a native of this state and city
had been
First in the fight
And first in the a--is of the white
winged angels Of glory
at Cardenas.
He referred to the grand discoveries of
astronomy, and the eleven separate and
distinct revolutions of the earth in its
flight and added, as the times seemed
TO invite women into the political arena
that they would find that no matter
how many weddings the earth had, il
would never compete with the wob-
blings of the average politician.
He referred to the great progress the
world had made in throwing open all
avenues to women: that in old times
it had been thought sufficient that one
woman should be a judge. Deborah,
who was Judge over Israel, but that this
age had invited them MI to become law
yers, and that in England, several Of
her colonies and in four great States of
the Union women now had the full
right to vote and hold office, while i'm
all our States but twelve they now voted
for school boards or in municipal cleo
tions. That our ancestors thought
woman should be ornamental and subor-
dinate, but while she would continue to
be an ornament. in these latter days
she had ridden on her bicycle to the
head af the procession and had taken
her place by the band wagon
He said this political acknowledgements
of women was Of very doubtful wisdom