The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-06-08

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NosnSI and laSssiriss Csliege.

Hosm1i ana tsoottr0s SeLeGc-
The seventh annual comueoeemens
Of the State Normal and Industrial
College Of North Carolisa opened on
Saturday. the 18th. With . reception
by the faculty 10 the alumnse and 9th.
er former studenta Decorations Of
palms, vines and flowers mingled With
the College colors. white snd gold. in
the entrance hall, and With coiors og
the different classes in the recitation
halls. we're but G fit frame work for the
living pictures OF North Carolins yonsg
womanhood. Il gees without sayips
that one found beauty every . here
since the adosning o! halls and tables
where Refreshments were served. VAS
done by the zealous hands Of cultured
women loyal TO their Alma Mater. No
Institution within the writer's knowl-
edge SO holds the hearts of her chill
dfen. This is ilIustrSsed by the TACT
that ou. Of one hundred and fifty .sevsn
graduates Of the college since its foun-
dation seven years ago. about seventy
i've were present at this receptio2.
DR.. j. o. Rust. pastor OF the Edge
field Baptist church, Nashville. Tenu..
preached tie baccalaureate sermon in
the college chapel Sunday morning.
The large auditorium was crowded to
discomfort; ye: during the whole ser
mon there Was not sound to disturb
the sparker. He held the audience in
listening silence, which fact tells the
tale OF his rare eloqueuce. His sub
Ject was complete econsecration to good
DR.. Rust's broad ideas concerning
the States duty in the matter OF higher
education are those for which this In
stitution stands to-day before the peo-
pie Of North Carolina.
DR.. L. A. Alderman delivered an
address before the Young Women e
Christian Association Sunday evening.
Again the chapel was filed for We are
ever ready to hear the President OF
our State University. On Tuesday
the chapel was packed and many were
unable to get in. At 8 80 o'clock
Miss Speight. OF Tsrboro, Chief Mar.
shall. conducted upon the rostrum the
thirty-nine members of the Senior
Class. This is the largest class tha,
has yet gone from the college. Surely
there has never q nobler array of earn
eht, capable young women gone from
any college. The exercises were
opened by the battle cry of the Nor.
NAL: "Carolina, Carolina, Heavens
blessings attend her."
Miss Rosalind Sheppard, of Win.
ston, president of the class, welcomed
the audience cordially and gracefully
Essays were read by six represents
tives Of the class.
The topics of these as of all the clas.
show the trend Of the thought of th,
College. The need and duty as vel
as the beauty and the JOY of labor are
sounded by every tongue that speak.
for the Normal.
On Wednesday at l l q. m. the band
of the First North Carolina Regimen,
virtually gave its service to the College
SO we see that the patriotism of thes.
men was not all spent in Cube. Val
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such music! The first number wa
"Tarheel March" and the Tarheel
went wild over it. The medley o
Dixie and Yankee Doodle kept tb,
greut house in state of patriotci,
fervor and we hardly knew which W,
most called our very own song-we for
got that nearly forty years sgo thes,
two songs were plsyed in opposinl
camps.
Judge Walter Clark awarded the Con
stitution and made the annual I'D.
dress.
The dramatic entertainment eivel
by the Adelphian and Cornelisn Liter
ary Societies on Wednesday evening
was for the benefit of the Students
Building which the young women hAv,
undertaken toput mp.
The Students Building Fund
richer by nearly $500 The enter
taiument brought in about 1920.
The fluid now amounts to eomethin
over $4,000, raised among the stu
dents and faculty and from thei
friends. They are working upon th
principle that God and man help thos
Who help themselves. The colleg
needs society halls, q library home
and other apartments.