The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-06-13
BRILLIANT ENTERTAINMENTS.
The Commencement Exercises OF the
LexinQtcn Classical institute.

Last week will ever be an occasion
of pleasant memory to those whose
good fortune it was to be present at
the closing exercises OF the L"x'ng-
ton Classical Institute, which con-
sumed portions of the evenings OF
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
The children of the three depart
ments-the primary, intermediate
and collegiate are deserving OF the
highest commendation for the very
cceditable manner in which they re-
fected the careful training of their
paiustaking and efficient instuctors,
and the precision and promptness
with which they moved through the
intricate mazes and evolutions OF the
drills. Through the thoughtful
courtesy of Miss Ellen Hendrix, who
is at the head CT the intermediate
department, representative OF the
Dispatch was given position where
he could better witness the little &C
,ors as they performed their parts
aud contributed their share toward
the enjoyment Of their parents and
friends, and from his point of view
every movement of gesture and ex-
preston as they responded in unison
with the harmony of music and time,
could be more clearly seen and the
laborious training of the children by
the teachers and remarkable perfect
ton which they have attained more
fully appreciated.
A representative audience OF the
refinement and culture of the commu'
nifty greeted the little folks to en-
courage them in their efforts to
please, and during the enti,e e1er
cises of the three evenings the closest
attention was given to each and the
utmost decorum prevailed.
Elaborate programmes for each
evenings entertainment mad been ar
ranged which while simple to the
matured mind ripe with experience
and thought, were complicated and
confusing to the inexperienced minds
Of the buds of promise who were
to undergo a severe physical straining
and laborious study and practice to
SO act we'll their part that would re-
pay, in part, their teachers for their
faithful and conscientious labor in
training the young minds to explore
and investigate to them the un.
trodden fields of knowledge and, to
lead them to higher attaiuments and
nobler aspirations. The subjects
chosen were in themselves lessons
from which rich food for thought
could be extracted and garnered into
the storehouse of memory to be unit
lized as occasion and circumstance
demanded.
The exercises were opened on
Wednesday evening by the primary
department, which is under the man
agement of Miss Sue Corley who has
satisfactorily discharged her duties
and who can now epj>y her we'll
earned vacation with the conscious
ness Of having won the gratitude
of the parents and the love of the
pupils.
After music by the Lexington or
chestra, Rev. J. N. Wright opened
the exercises with prayer.
The address of Welcome was then
delivered by Frettie Barrett.
Luther Sox told how Gandpa on
the Wheel appeared with no hair on
the top of his head but plenty on his
chin.
Learning to Sew was quaint bit
of Juvenile philosophy by Elvira
Harman.
Calisthen;c Song was a delightful
exhibition of physical training by
about twenty little fairies.
George Craps, Henry Shull, Frank
Hartley Leland Hartley and Horace
Corley, with sword, drum, flag, fife
aud gun, was good burlesque on
the raw recruits.
Gussie Barre Wished that She
Was Grown Up, which was amusingly
delivered.
The motion Song-Swipg Cradle
by tie department, was rendered
with merit.
The psntomime,-Lead, Kindly
Lightly Ella Price, showed careful
training and talent.
Davis Caughmap, in his Picka-
ninny, made hit.
The sixteen little daisies in their
drill won the heapplause of their friends.
The nine little Indians was a real
istic representation of the Noble Rsd
Men in their Tomahawk drill.
Delsartian drill was an exhibition