The leader., 1899-06-14
Industrial Institute and College.


ticipate in the laying of the foundation
stone of the Institute and College al
| Columbus, and it has also been his good
| fortune to attend several of the com
menccments since; and he does not hes
itate to say that the fourteenth annual
commandments that occurred on June
4th and 5th, 1899, was, in all particu,
| lars, the most successful and delightful
in the history of the college. He at
| tended one commencement when IT APP
peared to him that the good people OF
Columbus had evidently given the col
| lege the cold shoulder; but the great
| throng that crowded the chapel, halls
and galleries, at the last commence
ment, showed that the college had
been restored to it's first love in the
hearts of the people. We were present
at the opening in November last, when
the sunshine of hope beamed brightly
| on the new management-a sunshine
that grew brighter and brighter unto
the perfect day of June ), 1899. Presi-
| dent Kincannon has more than realized
the high expectations of his friends.
No other Mississippian can say that he
has so warm place in the hearts of
more than three hundred of the fairest
and brightest daughters of the com
monwealth.
On Sunday, the 4th, the chapel was
packed with great audience. There
was no service in the churches, and the
pastors were on the chapel platform
The commencement sermon was
preached by Rev. VIM. Hayne Leavell,
d. D., of Houston, Texas He took his
text from Psalms IA: That our
daughters may be as corner-stones,
polished after the similitude of a pal
ace" His theme was "Womanhood. "
Those familiar with the learning and
eloquence of DR.. Leavell can appreciate
the text that his hearers enjoyed. He
spoke nearly an hour. He also preached
at night before the Young Woman
Christian Association. The chapel was
again filled. The music was fine, es-
pecally the solos by Miss Matte Lou
Brown.
On Monday, Commencement Day, the
chapel was packed as never before.
The exercises commenced at / o'clock.
After prayer and music, the orator of
the day was introduced-Hon. f. l..
Russell, president of the Mobile &
Ohio Railroad). His theme was THE
present opportunities for the young
women of Mississippi He occupied
only twenty minutes, but we have
never seen an audience more edited or
delighted. The address will doubtless
be published, and hence will not I'M
dertake to sketch it.
Sixty-eight young ladies-nearly
twenty-five per cent. of the total en-
rollment-were then awarded certifi-
Gates or diplomas. DIR. Leavell pre-
scented them, with pleasant words, to
each class, as follows:
Certificates of Proficiency in Dress
Making: Misses Carrie Barnett, War
rem; Carrie Comfort, Attala; Ruby Far
ish, Winston; Belle Gray, Oktibbeha;
Nora Harrington, Jones; Corinne
Laney, Lee; May Martin, Oktibbeha;
Ef1ie Moore, Troy Tribble, Holmes;
Stella Moore, Claiborne; Elma Me
Arthur, Chickasaw; Ruby Peck, Jasper;
Victoria Perry, Sallie Ruffin, Pamela;
Matte Royals, Lauderdale; Lena Rob
ards, Coahoma; Maud Woodward, Cal
houn; Alice Halbert, Olivia Leigh: An
ME Keith, 'Lowndes.
Certificates in Drawing-Miss Kath-
crime Pittman, Warren; Miss Eliza beth
Davis, Lowndes.
Certificates in Book keeping-Miss
Caroline Butler, Maggie Foster, Yazoo;
Malquin Bankston, Montgomery: Annie
Heard, Clay; Mabel Lauderdale, DeSoto:
Annie Moore, Pamela; Nettie Whitaker,
Wilkinson.
Certificates in Photograph and Type
Writing-Mary Helen Afford, Rankin;
Stella Bayliss, Marion; Fannie Paxton
Charlton, Harrlson May Connor Cal
houn; Sammie Day, Noxubee; Annie
Fullilove. Carroll; Annie Warren
Heard, Kate Roane, Clay; Anna Jones,
Copiah; May Montgomery, Marshall:
Mamie Royals, Lauderdale; Annie
Rachel Smythe, Attala; Nora Fleish-
man, Gertrude Gore, Bessie Miller,
Lille Hairston, Lowndes; Eta Elise
Jones. Claiborne.
Telegraphy-Mi Bessie Harrell,
Pike.
Normal Course-Diploma as Mistress
of Pedagogy - Misses Beall Alex
ander, Holmes; Kate Caruthers,
Pamela; Rena Crawford, Chickasaw;
Mary Dantzler, Jackson county; Julia
Wassen, Alfalfa; Ella Williams, New
ton: Cleo Hearon, Cornelia Hudson, Sue
Smell. Lowndes.
Professional Science Graduates
Misses Beall Alexander, Julia WATSON,
Bessie Bridgforth, Myra Willing,
Corinne Laney, Villa Bolton, Ruth
Drane, Mary Dantzler, Kate Caruthers,
Rena Crawford, Cleo Hearon.
professional license confers per-
schools of the State, without further
examination-this power having been
conferred on University and College by
State Board of Education, pursuant to
section Of the school law.
b. A. Observation-Disclosures: Misses
Katherine Clare Albright, Alma Cleo
Hearon, Elizabeth Mary Hairston,
Lille Regina Hairston, Cornelia Hud-
son, Selma Martin, Lowndes; Mabel
Blanche Beckett, Clay; Jennie William
cite Bolton. Newton; Carolyn Matilda
Crane, Kinds; Rena Crawford, Chicka-
saw; Katherine Vivian Caruthers, Pa
nola; Mary Mcleod Dautzler, jackson
county; Ruth Drane, DeSoto; Luna
Laney, Corinne Laney, Lee.
Each graduate was honored with
generous applause as she received her
diploma.
In addition to the music on the pro-
gram. which was so delightfully."- rem