The Magnolia gazette., 1899-06-10

hence will not undertake TO
sketch it.
sixty eight young ladies near
| ly twenty five per cent. Of the to.
tal enrollm ant--were then award
ed certificates, or diplomas, Dr.
Leavell presented them, with
pleasant words, to each class, as
follows:
Certificates OF Proficiency in
Dress Making; Missos Carrie
Barnett, Warren; Carrie Comfort,
Attala; Ruby Parish, Winston;
Belle Gray, Oktibbeha; Nora
Harrington, Jones; Corinne Lam
cy, Lee; Mary Martin, Oktibbe-
ha; Effie Moore, Troy Tribble,
Holmes; Stella Moore, Claiborne;
Elma Macarthur, Chickasaw Ru-
by Peck. Jasper; Victoria Perry,
Sallie Ruifin, Pamela; Matte
Royals, Landerdale; Lena Ro-
bards, Coahoma; Maud Wood
ward, Calhoun; Alice Halbert,
Olivia Leigh, Annie Keith,
Lowndes.
Certificates in Drawing Miss
Katherine Pittman, Warren; Miss
Elizabeth Davis, Lowndes.
Certificates in Book keeping
Misses Caroline Butler, Maggie
Foster, Yazoo; Malquin Banks
ton, Montgomery; Annie Heard
Clay; Mabel Lauderdale, DE
Soto; Annie Moore, Pamela; Net.
tie Whitaker, Wilkinson.
Certificates in Photography
and Type-Writing: Mary Helen
Afford, Rankin; Stella BE yliss.
Marion; Fannie Payton Charlton,
Harrison; Mary Conner Cal
houn; Sammie Day, Noxubec;
Annie Fullilove, Carroll; Annie
Warren Heard, Kate Roane, Clay:
Anna Jones, Copiah; Mary Mont
gomery, Marshall; Mamie Royals
Lauderdale; Annie Smythe, At
tala; Nora Fleishman, Gertrude
Love, Bessie Miller, Lille Hair
ston, Lowndes; Ett- Elise Jones,
Claiborne.
Telegraphy; Miss Bessie Har-
relI, Pike.
Diplomas in Normal course
equivalent to professional license,
or permanent license to teach in
the public schools Of Mississippi
Misses Beall Alexander, Holmes; !;
Kate Caruthors Pamela; Rena
Crawford. Chickasaw; Mary
Dantzler, jackson county; Julia
Wassen, Attala; Ella Williams,
4 Newton; Cleo Heron, Cornela
Hudson, Sue Smell, Lowndes
! b. Al. Graduates-Di Diplomas:
! Misses Katherine Clare Albright.
| Alma Cleo IIearon, Elizabeth
| Mary Hairston. Lille Regina
EIairston, Cornelia Hudson. Sell
mia Martin, Lowndes; Mabel
| Blanche Beckett. Clay; Jennie
| Willamette Bolton, Newton;
Carolyn Matilda Crane, Kinds;
Rena Crawford, Chickasaw:
Katherine Vivian Caruthers, Pa
nola; Mary Mcleod Dantzler,
Jackson county; Ruth Drane, Dc
| Soto; Luna Isaney, Corinne La
/ ney, Lee.
Each graduate was honored
with generous applause as she
received her diploma.
In addition to the music on the
program, which was SO delight
fully rendered, Miss Brown, by
request, favored the audience
with Annie Laurie and Ben Bolt.
This was a treat worth a long
| journey.
The afternoon was devoted TO
exhibits in the industrial depart
Glents. Several hundred visitors
made close inspection as they
passed through the different
rooms, and many complimentary
remarks we're made by the visit
ors.
There was just a quorum Of the
trustees present. All expressed
themselves delighted with the
work Of the session, and with the
general outlook Of the college.
The Alumna Association exer-
cises at night closed a commence
ment that will be memorable in
the history Of the college.
The Industrial Institute and
College was chartered by the
state March 12. 1884. On the day
it was opened--in October, 1856
there were 250 applicants for ad-
mission. Upwards of two thous.
and young women have come un-
der its instruction. The work OF