The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-21
THE CLASS OF 1900.
Essays by the Graduates at
the State Normal.
Congressman De Almond Speaks. Speech by
Hon. ]. n. Small. A List of the
Graduates,
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Greensboro, n c., June 20.--The
Normal College last night presented
the appearance of veritahle fairy
land. The buildings were abla2e with
lights from foundation TO summit
and the grounds We're strung with
variegated Japanese lanterns.
At $50 the exercises We're opened
by Prof. J. Y. ,Joyner, who introduced
the president of the graduating class,
Miss Nlittie Fender Lewis, of Wayne
county. The following program was
then presented:
Song. '.The Dance Invites Us by
the Glee Club.
Essay. The Scattered Nation, il be-
ing a paper on the Jewish nation by
Miss Woodfin Chambers, of Alamance
county.
''rhe Hearing Ear and the Seeing
Eye" a striking paper by Miss Alice
Goodridge Daniel. of Granville county.
Song. THE Torrent" by the Glee
Club.
20 Wad some power the giftie gle
MS, to see ourselves as others see us,
by Miss Gertrude Jenkins, of For
sythe county.
'.Antaeus.' by Auvila Lindsay of
Rockingham county.
Vacation Song by the Glee Club.
Edgar Allen Poe" by Miss Eleanor
Watson, Rowan county.
Some Unfamiliar History of North
Carolina. by Miss Annie Lee Staley, of
Randolph county.
II was a common remark by those
who heard the six essays that they
were the best ever heard at the Nor
NAL.
The paper by Miss Staley, on Some
Unfamiliar History of North Carolina,
was a specially valuable paper.
After the beautiful class song of
the class of 1900, the audience enjoy
ed a short period of conversation.
The following is a complete list of
the graduating class and theses:
Superstition. Emma Adeline Ber-
nard. Buncombe county.
The Scattered Nation, Woodfin
Chambers. Alamance county.
Our Widening Destiny, Wilhelmina
Conrad. Durham county.
Excelsior. Isla Cutchin, Edgecombe
county.
The Hearing Ear and the Seeing
Eve. Alice Goodridge Daniel, Granville
county.
Iconoclasm. Hattie Victoria Everett,
Martin county.
The Law of Life, Clara Gilion, Ca
barrus county.
The Value of Man. Bessie Hawkins.
New Hanover county.
The Yule-Tide Ruth Mildred Har-
per, Lenoir county.
Drifting. Elizabeth Howell, Edge
combe county.
Value and Necessity of Higher Edu
cation. Elizabeth Howard, Beaufort
county.
Sentiment as Factor in the World,
Myrtle Lillian Hunt, Pennsylvania
county.
O Wad Some Power That Giftie Gle
us to See Ourselves as Others See Us,
Gertrude Jenkins. Forsythe county.
Divine Discomfort, Lille Y. Keath-
lev, New Hanover county.
Compulsory Education, Maude Kin
sey. Craven county.
What the Womans Club May Do for
North Carolina, Mittie Fender Lewis,
Wayne county.
Antaeus, Auvila Lindsay, Rocking
ham county.
Living Temples, Miriam MacFadyen,
Bladen county.
The cry of the Dryads, Lily May
Mcdowell. Macon county.
Comparative Mythology, Carrie p.
Martin. Forsythe county.
Sunshine, Eva Miller, Alexander
county.
What is it? Sue Nash, Orange coun-
ty.
Automobile. Myrtle scarboro, Ran
dolph countS.
Let Us Have Peace, Emma Lewis
Speight, Edgecombe county
Some Unfamiliar History of North
Carolina, Annie Lee Staley, Randolph
county.
Evils of Defective Ventilation, Au-
gusta Eta Staley. Randolph county
Charities. Mary Zilla Stevens, john
ston county.
Eternalty of Beauty, Leila Judson
futile. Caldwell county.
Edgar Allen Poe, Eleanor Watson,
Rowan county.
The Passing Cloud of ignorance,
Mary Skinner Winborne, Chowan
county.
The Poetry Of Everyday Life, Martha
Fowle Wiswald Beaufort county.
Hon. w. w. Kitchin introduced Con-
gresham De Almond, who made
clear cut, forcible speech.
Hon. John H. Small presented the
constitutions. after. being introduced
fittingly by DR.. Chas. ID. McIver. who
said there was no citizen of North
Carolina to whom the people should
give more cordial welcome than this
faithful and earnest representative