The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-13
OUT AND ABOUT.

The graduation exercises of Miss Kim
balls school We're held yesterday after
noon in the recitation rooms on the
second floor, which had been prettily
decorated with ferns and flowers. The
attendance filed the large rooms and
the Railways.
After a prayer by Rev. DR.. Willard
Scott, the program was opened with
vocal solo, Hey no, the daffodils,' by
Miss Bertha Titus. Rev. DIR. George
w Scott of Trinity church delivered
the address to the graduation class, and
spoke on the spiritual side of an edu-
Gated life Miss Titus then sang, Love
lies asleep in the rose after which Miss
Kimball, with a few well-chosen words,
presented diplomas to the class, and
the exercises were closed with a solo
by Miss Titus, "a May morning"
The graduates are Miss Louie NJ. Cos
tello, Miss Elsa Deverde Verda and Miss
Edith Mandana Verda of Rutland, VT.
This evening d reception to the grad
uating class will be given in the par
lors Of the school.
Miss Evelyn Howe is expected home
this week from Montague, where she
has been teaching the past year.
Miss Arabella H. Tucker of the faculty
of the State Normal school has consent
ed to review for the benefit of The
Spy's readers a valuable new book on
botany, entitled Field, Forest and
Wayside Flowers" by Maud Going.
Miss fuckers success as author, teach
er and lecturer along botanical lines
fits her pre-eminently for the discussion
of such a subject, which is one that in
terests in one way or another nearly
all lovers Of nature. Miss Tucker
review will appear in The Spy Of Sun
day, June IS.
Wallace J. Goodrich of the Worcester
pianoforte school sails for Europe this
week.
Mrs. George H. Gould and her niece,
Miss Kirby expect to leave for their
summer home in Paxton the last of
July. Later they expect to go to Cot
tage City.
The family of DR.. A. C. Getchel leave
the first of August for North Wood
stock, n. II.
The Academy, remarking that some
authors are sensitive under criticism,
quotes the letter of a novel writer ad-
dressed to its own critic: You are a
beast. But I will be even with you
yeti"
Members Of the Worcester Wellesley
Club will rejoice in the good fortune
that has befaIlen the club, thanks to
the generosity Of e. a. Goodnow. AS
is well known, alumnae all over the
country are making a gigantic effort to
raiseIthe debt on the college and pro-
vide an endowment fund for the future,
Mr.. Goodnow has handsomely present
ed the Worcester Wellesley Club with
$500 for this purpose. This is very en-
couraging to the president Of the alum
nae association, Mrs. John Z. futile
and to Mrs. H. ]. Cross, who has
charge OF local subscriptions.
w A. Cheney has taken a cottage at
Point Allerton for the summer. Mrs
Cheney will go down next week.
Miss Ethel Robe of Grafton gave g
very interesting exhibition of hel
powers as a pianist yesterday after.
noon at the Worcester pianofortt
school. Miss Viola King, contralto, as.
sisting Miss ROBBIE has been studyine
three years with Miss Tucker and plays
with remarkably good technique anC
musicianly feeling. If she remains il
GRAFTON, she VIII next year be one o
the teachers at the school Her pro
gram yesterday included three Of Schu
mann's Carnival jests," a berceus,
and an impromptu of Chopin's and Men
delssohn's "ROndo capriccioso" Mis-
King showed excellent quality of voic
and judieious training in three song
by Rubinstein, Clayton Johns an,
Ethelbert Nevin. The recital wa
brief, lasting hardly an hour, but i
gave pleasure to a large group o
friends and reflected great credit upol
all who were concerned In It.
w. A. Rowland, 121 Pleasant street
gave a musical last night at his studi
to his advanced pupils. An interestin
program was executed. There wer
over 100 present. His studio was NIGEL
decorated with laurels and evergreen
The following pupils took part: Mrs
Whitney Jones, Miss A. T. Titon, J. l
Lawrence, Miss Z. r. Mitchell, Mis-
Luella Gunnison, Mrs. Dana ]. Pratt
II A. Cook, Herbert Midgeley, Mis-
Ruth Stone, Milton c. Snyder and Mis-
Edith V. Ellsbree.