The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-06-15
BACCALAUREATEDAY
ANNUAL SERVICE HELD AT KEMPER
HALL CHAPEL SUNDAY.
MISSION OF CULTURED WOMEN
Rev. Grimm, of Louisville, Delivers the
Annual sermon-Field Sports on the
Campus this Morn1ng-The Play
this Evening.

| Kemper Hall, and the ideal weather
which greeted the young ladies and
their visiting parents and friends made
it an exceptional day for the annual
service. The services were held in ST..
Peters chapel at 1870 in the morning
and the little chapel was crowded
almost to it's capacity. Many formet
students of the hall living in the city
were in attendance and many visitors
from out of town came especially to
hear the annual address to the gradu-
ating class
The chapel was prettily decorated
for the occasion and on the altar was
placed large bouquet of white lilies
The music was furnished by surpliced
choir consisting of nearly all the girls
of the school under the leadership OF
Miss Grace Sands Gunther, of Chicago,
who is member Of the senior class.
The Baccalaureate sermon was de
livered by Rev. Alfred Wilson Griffin,
formerly chaplain of the school, but
rector of the church of the Advent in
Louisville, KY. The sermon was a
masterpiece and might we'll have been
entitled The Mission of the Cultured
Woman. Mr.. Griffin spoke almost
entirely to the class and drew the
lesson for the young ladies from the
character of Barnabas. The text was
taken from the 36th chapter of the Acts
of the Apostles, Barnabas, which is
being interpreted son of consolation.
In speaking of the apostle Mr.. Griffin
said that he was son of prophesy
both by Inheritance and parentage
He had showed that he was son of
propIesy not by words but by virtues.
The central theme of the sermon
clustered around the words of the class
motto, " Not by words but by virtues.
In speaking of the class the minister
said that they were the daughters of
prophesy, and it was their mission to
follow the motto which they had adopt
ed, and the message of the day is that
We go out into the world and be indeed
daughters of prophesy. He spoke of
the happy days spent at Kemper Hall
and the lessons which had been instilled
into the minds of the girls. He said
that they had been taught more than
had been written in books by the les
sons of the holy lives led by the Sisters
of st. Mary. Actions, not words,
have been your teachers said the
speaker. 1t is very easy to speak good
words, but it is not the words we speak
but the life we lead that proclaims US
to the world. Words are never the
expression of life. Rev. Griffin ex
horted the class to live steadily, regu-
larlY and persistently in advancing the
virtues they had already begun. He
urged them to enter upon their life
work at once. No man, he said, can
stop growing and if the good is neglect
ed the evil will forge to the front. You
are not only servants but also soldiers
of the Lord Jesus Christ. Fight man
fully under the banner of the cross.
He likened the life in school to the
preparatory work of the soldier in fit
ting himself for the work in the field.
He said Education is not to make
people admire you, not for self glory,
but these advantages have been given
you in order that you may better fight
for the upraising and betterment of
humanity. Lust of battle should be in
your lives; be leaders in the army of
the living God in the fight against the
army of sin. He spoke of courage and
said that the thing most needed in our
women today was christian courage,
He spoke of the influence of women
and the great power of the christian
woman in the world today.
In conclusion Rev. Griffin said: " You
are commencing life on battlefield of
action. You have your weapons, your
uniforms and your rations-at the end
will it be said of you well done, or
will you be branded as coward. May
every member of the class of 1897 ever
be found standing on the side of Right,
Truth, Purity and HONOR.
This morning the annual military
parade and field sports we're held. The
following were the officers of the day:
Major General = Virginia Cooper
Gran
CAPTAINS.
Company A-Grace Sands Gunther
Company B-Ruth Spensley.
Company C-Agnes Snow.
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