The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-09
AT DAVIDSON COLLEGE.
The Commencement Exercises in Prog
ress-Sermon, Addresses, Class Exer-
cises. Social Pleasure

The Commencement Exercises in Prog
ress-Sermon, Addresses, Glass Exer-
cises. Social Pleasure.
Davidson, \. c., June Special ~
Yesterday added another to the long list
of interesting baccalaureate Sundays
ut Davidson. The special features of
the day were three, the sermon before
the graduating class by the president
the annual sermon before the Y. M. c.
A. at night, by Rev. DR. Alexander
Sprunt, of Rock Hill, and the Children's
day exercises at the Linden school, with
an address by Rev. Charles Vardell
The senior reception in the Y. NJ. C..
\. hall tonight was gratifying sue
cess to the young men i'll charge. An in
teresting programme was followed
After Il formal reception of their guests,
in which the class was assisted by sey-
eral Of their lady friends, everybody
gathered in the auditorium to listen to Il
series Of musical selections. These
were rendered in the following order
Guitar and mandolin in concert; flute
and clarinet, Messrs. Barth and Shat
to; solo, Miss Julia Holt; duet, Mrs
Martin and Miss Vardell; flute solo, Mr.
Barth. This last, even amid such excel
lence in the others, merits special praise.
Following next in order came the
prophet of the class, who, with seer's
vision is supposed to have scanned the
future. and there to have read his class
mates destiny. This he now unfolded.
The distribution of mock prizes, which
always creates a great deal of fun, at the
expense Of the recipients. was made
again this year by Rev. Mr. Graham,
whose intimacy with the students adj
mirably fits him for Selling in a comic
way the humorous side of college char
acter, and student life. Both he and
Prophet Sherfesec won rounds Of APP
plause i'll their happy hits.
This part of the programme ended, the
numerous couples Of young and old were
invited into the gymnasium, where ices
were served in rich abundance, and thus
the evening found its fitting close.
The planting of the class-tree was the
only event Of interest this morning.
Promptly mt II o'clock m, the class
assembled before the college and march
ed with tree in hand to its place of plant
ing The order Of exercises was as fol
lows: Class song; Grafton by II. Il. San
ford: poem, the Builder, by w q. Perry;
smoking the class pipe, Ga handsome one,
it was the souvenir of a seniors travels
in Germany); tree dedication, Master
Malcolm Rumple; the delivery of the
college spade to the new seniors, as GUS
todians Of the laws and order of the stu
dent body.
At night the literary societies held
their reunions.
Prof ID. II. Hill. of the Agricultural
and Mechanical college. will make an
address.
The social event of the evening will
be a lunch given by DR.. j. Z. Munroe
mt 1890 o'clock complimentary to the
S. A. b. fraternity
Among the young ladies TO be present
! are Miss Lottie Caldwell and Miss
Wood. of Statesyile, Miss Watts, OF
Durham; Miss May Oates, of Charlotte
Miss Brown, Of Cbadbourne. and Miss
Robinson, of Wilmington; Miss Munroe
Of Lenoir; Miss Menzies, Of Hickory
, Miss Crawford. of Winston: Miss Var
dell, of South Carolina; Miss Lucy Mar
tin and Miss Hattie Thompson, Of
Davidson.