The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-06-27
DUE WEST COMMENCEMENT.
Oratory - Music - Song - Due Vests
Greatest Days.

aside their caps while they were speaking
D. Ro1d n sPSke
on the Pilot Star. Mr.. w. b. Harris, of Ten
nessee, ON Compulsory Education. Mr.; G. l.
Kerr, OF North Carolina on, Is our Hlstor.
Written? MIR. c. Y. Love, of North Carolina
on Conserv alton, the Friend Of Truth. Mr.
G. G. McAlIey. OF Chester, The Palmetto. Pas
and:Ptesent MIR. +. +. Mccain, OF Tennessee
The Man Tor the age. Mr.. J. Il. Mccain Q
OF Arkansas, The reign OF the Demagogue
MIR. w. ii. Phillips OF North Carolina, Th'
Poet as Native former. Mr.. II. B.. Phillips
OF North Carolina, The Power Of Imagina
tion. Mr.. P. a. PressIy. OF Due West, Pount
Pressly OF Mexico, The Armada and the May.
flower. Mr. f. +. Strong OF Tennessee. The
Unknown Greater than the Known.
On account Of sickness Mr.. j. B. Belts, o.
Richbury, was excused from speaking. His
subject was Individual and / Institutional
Slavery. Another member OF the graduating
class, Mr.. ]. w. Kirkpatrick, Prosperity, was
count of the death OF his brother-in.law, Rev
J. G. Douglass. The subject of his speech was
The Eternal Nissus. The class named above
snd edG H. a. b s Fhlii @ ps Who eXSep we're B.
The President Of the College delivered the
diplomas. He also gave certificates TO Miss
JGIia Gslo%ayi Gass9nia y n nl 6. Miss oS Rosa
tersvile. N. q. Mr.. j. L. HemphilI, More
land, Ga. The speeches OF the graduates were
up to the usual high stan dard OF Erskine men
and IN the ministry, al the paE and In other
profession they will find wide field for the
The baccalaureate address was such as the
audience expected from the scholarly presi-
dent, Rev. +. Y. Pressly, d. He said to the
their lives. But that this must not be the
end, that they had only finished the work OF
the training courHes That they were but Just
entering upon slsrge field and grander strug-
asy s wssaS secure ey tsss those
YOU ys mus must i mean @ assa I 3 ssSeess here, they
are the eVidencssa Rtion for achieve
The diploma VIA 56u. but there re.
mains much for J6p{ would have you
60 from this inst1t63} Hing that in its
RIghsss asa ssssn sna bs how Sos 0Ss so
use your facuItse6 99uaAton 1s laid,
out that Is only the ID 6Rsthe builders
work. Let, them be nl< toll until
the work is comptetH6 yves you
ess eH.aans' ana Ssst Sas ySSn sfsof srons,s IL s BE-
true. Wesend y857s 4n9hS 64addence
and wish for yogR sa5eSy voyage.
After this addH s$n s5s Ante5521sslo
ant Governor Ho a. Y EDt f3okry sE0dnty.
He sab0ytt sfx ~ : 2Wefg hs abosTt Two
hundred penh # sis, large, and ne
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treedonfsin ii = livery His subject was,
messsee ffoni$ the 'front.' and as ons aud;
another 81 ths [aesass swereId liyered the
divided satt6b {R6j OF the audience Of about
one thudEand BersonB. He impressed Ms as
being Al nah, and one who was deeply
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We5& 6ife6t6}1 3g s3Rs something new
FOR Xfk4 - 313 ms tertalp ment
aud M 81 m 5aGff by good aud.
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ulfsston paf55 556& - P3E sS s Sss sssi s.l'
Wedne1d4 &HaIdaynf days for II was
commenceM93 q Dne West Female Col.
lege. Before 6nQf 3E The ex ercises to be-
gin every seat Ep4B, end the eyes of all
we're turned atoH8f& &6b s2tage to greet the
President OF th8SC0l 3ne teachers and the
hundred youngtad5 they piled In 10 their
seats on thesp3a}3& The beautiful Co.'S
Times of siI X a:s575<33 3 nfiies and lawns added
There Is sorfj3 3 intensely attractive
about the Due We3K6Ommence cements for peo-
pie come long dIHAnces TO attend them.
They come this year and they come every
year and will continue to come SO long as
commencement last. Visitors were present
from Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia.
South Carolina. Conrressman, Judges, Sena-
tors. Editors, Presidents of Cotton Mills,
Merchants, Ministers. Lawyers, and Bank
Presidents. looked on with interest at the
sweet girl Graduates az they read their splen-
did essays. The program was followed:
PRAYER.
., c,. pro,eo yopr Lord and
Anthen-Come fraise 1ouF Lulu anu
@dSio. EaSn.. o,ounwoverino Aim-Aiiss Marion