The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-04
GREENSBORO FEMALE COLLEGE

At the alrmnae reunion Rev. j. D..
Reun opcncd with prayer and Mrs. NJ.
\ Albright. Mrs. :. l.. Alderman ana
Miss Lola Carroway delighted the audh-
ence with a song. after which Mrs. Rob
artstrn introduced Miss Nile. Garter, OF
Chester. Va, who delivered the atlmnae
address. Her theme was Woman Ill
History"
\ por1llar newspaper writer sara re-
Gently that woman is left out OF hlStory
Let us see if this lis true. Here the
sneaker cited Eve as the great cause Oh
evil in the world, Tharoah daughter
as the discoverer of Moses. Queen EllZa-
beth ms the most intellectual CT queens,
Catharine of Russia rs one OF the most
successful rulers Russia ever had, queen
Victoria as the best and most success
full ruler England ever had, against
whose name not Il breath of scdndal mas
ever bcen heard. Coming to the women
who have been great philanthIOpiSts We
find Elizabeth Guy, Florence Din, flor-
cnce Nightingale, whose wonderful illh-
strations to the wounded and Sack on
the battlefield are yet well-kn0Wn over
the civilized world. and coming down to
cur own time we have Clara Barton,
whose work among the soldiers IN Cuba
has won fresh laurels for the woman
hood of America Frances Willard,
whose work in behalf OF temperance Is
known everywhere Searching the held
of fiction we find Maria Edgeworth, Han
nah Moore. Miss Muloch. Charlotte
Bronte, Mrs Gaskell. Elizabeth Barrett
Browning: coming across the Atlantic
we have Margaret Preston, Caroline
Lee Hentz. Miss Murphy, better known
as Chas Eghert Craddock. and others.
Miss Garter clearly disproved the aSser-
tiCm that woman is left out of history,
and showed that she is fitted for any
position and she does we'll and nobly
whatever is entrusted to her to do.
Miss Garter, in closing, said: ~ nope
| shall never see our sex commanding
regiments or haTanguing POLITICAL as
semllly. Woman is her true self around
the tircside. | am glad That history pre-
sents no example Of Il woman Wadlng
through blood to place herself ON a
throne not justly hers. She has always
been noted for self abnegation rather
than for her selfish ambition" At the
close of the address Miss Elma Cole
gave Il piano solo. which was well rem
dered The benediction was pronounced
by Rev. W. l.. Grisson
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM.
Prayer.
Essay-"Cnba and the Cubans,' Miss
Myrtle Elizabeth Chatham.
Essay-'Frhe Indians and the North
Carolina Settler Miss Eva McFaddin
Williams.
Overture to Lenore' De
thoven). Misses Blalock, Nora Balsley.
Lizzie Balsley and Gwynn.
Essay-'Love Poets in Literature,
Miss Eva Pannell Iieitman.
Duet-"A Night in Venice" nucan-
tomb. Miss Mamie Gorrel and Mr.. u. V.
Taylor
Presentation of certificates.
Presentation of diplomas.
resentation of diplomas by Gen. Jul
ian s. Carr. president board of directors.
Presentation of Bibles. ..f.
''staccata Polka QMrlder), Miss Min
ME Gorrcl.
DoXology.
Benediction.
The following are the graduates and
Subjects of theses for the year:
Lillian GrizzelIe Burton, Durham. n.
C.-'tAn Exponent of Beauty '-(John
Ituskin).
Myrtle Elizabeth Chatham, Elkin, y.
C-"Cuba and Cubans'
Elizabeth Florimel Hadley, Mt, Airy,
\. C.-''The Child as Poet and Musi-
clan"
Eva PanneH Hoffman. Trinity, y. c.
Love Poets i'm Literature"
Jennie Clegg Webb, Trinity, n c.
Our National Flag"
Eva McFaddin Williams, Sumter, S.
C.-''1'he Indians and the North Caro-
LIMA Settlers"
Elizabeth Lanier Wynne, Raleigh, u.