The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-06-26
EDMOND
Territorial Normal Closes
Another Prosperous Year.

The exercises of commencement week
began Saturday at y. m, as per an
nouncement. Assembly hall had been
handsomely and tastefully decorated by
the students Of the school The evenings
exercises consisted of a contest between
the two literary societies, the Pioneer
and the Lyceum, At the appointed hour
a large audience had gathere in the hall
and Prof. j. O. Allen. chairman for the
evening set the ball to rolling in his usu-
al felicitous manner The following pro-
gram was rendered:
Piano 500, Pegasus" ............ Leybach
Catharins Horner.
Debate-Resolved, That the Teutonic
have exercised a. greater influence upon
modern civilization than the Roman
races.
Affirmative: Frantz B. Erwin John NJ.
Dale.
Negative: Walter c. Erv in, Leroy 3.
Greenfield.
Vocal solo, THE Cuckoo" ............ Abt
Mrs John G. Incl.
Grafton ........................ Hubert Ellis
Lyceum.
Two Flies ......,........, Ladies' Chorus
Grafton Observation-Disclosures. Kitty Brown
Pioneer.
Piano solo, ................-... "Pizzicato'
Ethel Ward.
Vocal solo, ............ ............ Selected
Ethel Thatcher.
Recitation .......... ............ Lena Wood
Pioneer.
Piano solo ALLEGRO from Sonata in d.
Clara Daily
Recitation ............ ...... Lorena Gable
Lyceum.
when Jack Proposed" ............ Parks
Quartette.
Selections .............. Normal Glee Club
Decision of Judges.
The contest was intensely interesting.
The decision of the judges gave the medal
to the Pioneer Society by a majority Of
ten points out of 100, the Pioneers getting
IS points and the Lyceums, As
OTHER ATTRACTIONS.
Among the incidental attractions Of the
program were the fine vocal solos of Mr..
E. D. Murdaugh and Miss Ethel Thatch-
er; also the musical production Of Miss
Tella Turner's finely trained glee club,
and of the ladies normal chorus The in
strumental rendtions by Miss Catherine
Horner and Miss Clara Daily were very
beautiful.
The charming orat.ons by Miss Kittie
Brown and Mr.. Hubert Ellis were
strongly applauded.
The recitations of Miss Lorena Gable
and Miss Lena Wood were rare models
Of excellence.
All the debaters acquitted themselves
nobly, but Mr.. ]. NJ. Dale, we thought
displayed unusual ability.
SUNDAY EXERCISES.
The exercises Sabbath morning were
! deeply impressive. Before the hour of IL
a. m. had arrived, the immense assem-
bly, hall had been filled almost to it's ut
most capacity. On the rostrum We're seat
ed Pres Murdaugh, all the resident min
listers and pastors of the various city
churches, including also Rev j. NJ. Palm
er, of Guthrie, presiding elder of the
NJ. r. church.
Also distinguished visitors from abroad,
together with the faculty and the grad
uating class of 1900 coupled seats upon the
nlatform.
In due time the following program was
rendered in a neat and impressive man
uer:
PROGRAM
| Chant, Observation-Disclosures. Lords Prayer.
! Solo .............. .... ........ PROF. Al en-
Prayer ..... ............ Rev Henry Gable
! Hymn .....,..... ............ Congregation
First lesson .... ..... Rev. T.. b. Rankin
Music ......... ................ .....,.... Trio
Second lesson ........ Rev. A. e. Lewis
Solo ........... ......... Mrs. .. r. Howard
Sermon .................. Rev. j. +. Palmer
Hymn ........ .........,....... Congregation
Bendiction .... ......... Rev. T. n. HOrneI
The sermon of Rev. Palmer was upon
the subject, Character Building found
cd uNon the text:
Keep thy heart with all diligence, foI
out of it are the issues of life and death. d
The reverend gentleman handled hi,
subject in a mastery manner, and intro
duced several pertinent and beautiful
J illustrations.
MONDAY EVENING.
Monday evening entertainment was un
der the supervision of the department o.
expression and oratory, Mrs. Oscar K
Howard, director. The exercises begaI
shortly after s y. m. and the following
program was rendered:
Vocal and instrumental music.
Part 1.
Until the Dawn ...................... Dierit
Normal Glee Club.
| Japanese fantasy ."Ye-Yittlele-Ye-Ya
: Effie Mcdowell.
: Statue recitation, ..........................
anna. "Laureane, the Marble Dream
LYDIA Hart.
'There, Little Girl, Don't Cry" ....F.elC
Normal Ladies' Quartette.
Monologue playing the Society Belle
Matte Harris.
, Musical reading ....... ssMOnpV Musk