Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-06-20
NORTHFlELD, MASS.
Mortified Seminary Commenceme

on Saturday evening the annual sacred
concert was held i'm the Auditorium. and
was one of the best ever given. The stu
dents of both the Seminary and Hount
IIermon were seated in the seats back of
the platform and were an attractive
sight The leader and teacher Prof. A. j.
Phillips had the complete control of the
voices and produced some very fine re-
suits The concert recital by the young
ladies on Monday evening was equally as
good. the program consisting of selected
numbers from the seminary classes and
the private pupils of Mrs S. IL. Walker
on Sunday Rev. G. !. Scofield preached
the baccalaureate sermon before an au-
dence that filled the church. The text
from James iV: A. was For What is
Your Life?" He said there were many
question texts in the Bible and the evil
dent reason was that we might be made
to think more definitely about our relation
to God. In our human relations we were
made to be accurate and definite, while
| with religious subjects we were vague
| He considered the text in these Aspects:
| What is your life in your own deepest
| thought of it? What is your life in its
| central purpose? Life has but two CEN
possible theories of life, that of hoard
ing and that of Investment Lastly, What
| is your life i'm it's influence upon others
on Monday afternoon occurred the
| cass-day exercises in Skinner gym
nasium, being the first of the kind ever
| held in public.
| The speakers of the afternoon were
| Miss Kathryn Belden Of Cove, Oregon,
| class president; Miss Emily Freeland of
| Ontario class orator Miss Laura Green
of Campelo. class poet; Miss Alice Clark
of Chester, Conn, class prophecies; Miss
| Kathryn Waller. class statistican.
| At II o'clock Tuesday morning occurred
| the graduating exercises in the Au-
| ditorum. The platform was handomely
| decorated with evergreens upon which
was the class motto. "Accipite Dare"
| Upon the platform was seated the
| speaker, principal, and trustees of the
| school. The students marched to their
places to music after which the seniors
We're ushered in, and the school rendering
| God of our Fathers, took their seats.
| II. NJ Moore. president of the trustees.
presided. DR. Silliman of Cohoes, y. Y,
| read the Scripture and Dir. Pentecost Of
| fered prayer. after which the speaker of
| the day, Rev. G. Campbell Morgan
was introduced. His subject was THE
| Fulfillment of life" lie said in beginning
| that every person born was assaied by
these questions What am !? Whence
came !? Where go 1? Every one learns
| first God is: and second. | am. Success
consists in living. not in gain. Every life
has a capacity. a potentiality. an oppor-
| tunty. Every life must be fulfilled by
self-recognition, self-abandonment and
| self-possession. The speaker in an elo-
| quent manner considered each of these
| points. closing with an eloquent appeal
to the members of the graduating class
The principal Miss +. S Hail then
| awarded diplomas To 70 young ladies'. The
| audience was dismissed by the singing OF
| the benediction by the school
The principals reception was held In
4, the evening at Revell hall.
| Wednesday was alumn@ day. at which
time the various classes held reunions
and dined at The Mortified.