The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-04
[IIRIE VIEW NORMAL.
Ia, We're Presented 10 Fourteen
bred Graduates.
|, d ,cxsuEAR'S WONDERFUL WORN
= Visitors Were Entertained
'' !, Dinner and Not Hitch
Occurred.

,,.w Texas. June 3.-The grad
fipa ,rc,scs of the Prairie View Nor
y "a Industrial school were held today
,,ncs With the published program
i. ..,,eru graduates received diplomas
WV ,hot they had completed their
y studies in a satisfactory man
~ ,,sre entitled to the rank OF tench'
ns wcather was ideal, the constant
~ teniperlng the heat of the sun.
w.. I'm was strictly followed and the
s',,pr plumbers were eAcelient'y rem
i'u,.ntal solo, The Merry Chant
rI,.es starks, Nays and Flood.
y .,,a double, "Gaudeamus, Messrs.
pauss' Hawkins. Smith, Weaver, starks,
\, weaver aud Butler.
,,o IA Thousand Lengues Under
'wn by Louis Dutler.
w .rIhe Immortality OF Good
1.s py Graduate Frank NJ. johnson OF
is w, To-day We Launch, There shall
Issthor' 0y Miss Emma "hitoy ol
lai.c,nusutul duet, Ia Chase .Iufernule
|isu l Sy Misses Woodland and Mays.
llsi .rhe Promises OF the Twentieth
WauS sS by Graduate White of Marshall.
|,lI ,a; aust The Blue Wuitz." by Misses
I,,,r and Gramln, ~,
0,s.Os Heroes In Humble Life" by
J. 'iaste Muckleroy.
...sr @rne Songs of Our Fathers by
W. Weston Of Go'iad, =, ,,
's.trrneutal solo, Last nope, ny MISS
|otsIl0p MO' The Ideal Citizen" by Grad
Y, w., n, soo. Goodbye Sweet Day." by j.
,sarss, 10 the graduating class, by Dr. ].
st,rnes Of SAN Antonio.
|, drst "Haunting Eyes Gnllop,' by
I,..,s Woodard, Mays, Flood and Craig.
|prweutatlon Of diplomas and certificates
|, Ind. dent Sansom Of the board of 1lrec-
n, Agricultural and Mechanical coii"se.
4 in,r tae class songs and the chorus,
HAM, the visitors were entertained ut
|snr And Il grand dinner 1t was. The
IN, ortdid themselves and the service
n, above repronch 1t was uu old-flsh-
M Southern farmers dinner, and the
[mir,ds Of people were entertained with
N Mo least sKoy Of haste. The uiuner
\ i.d, was the great special feature of the
ID, according to the opinion Of many Wis
Ies for the cooking was superb and
!, manner IN which 1t was served left
\ room FOR improvement.
Prd. David Houston president elect OF
/, Agricultural and Mechanical cou, ge,
dressed the graduates in brief talk
a President SAMSON Of the board OF di
sfcs made few appropriate remarks In
issnting the diplomas.
Ias orator OF the day was DR.. G. j.
,irhes OF San Antonio, Texas, one OF the
l2t celebrated colored physicians in the
rssi States. Dr.. Starnes has had a re.
:rEible career and is self made man
sculllrly competent to advise the graduates
glowing tribute to the educators Of tne
cIlh and declared that the white people
he Southland were the negro's trueSt
n best friends. He said the people north
Mason and Dlxon's line should attend to
Mt own affairs and permit the South to
ssrt y their own business The negroes
tie Spth, he said, knew very well who
t' f;lthis were, and that everything was
pendent upon the friendship and protec.
% Of the white race. He urged the ne
YES to live honestly and to prove their
vii as citizens. He entreated, in elo-
ltlt language, that the graduates apply
! daily life the learning they have ac-
sisd he compared their knowledge 10
snail twlg plucked from vast forest,
i'hg only TO show fitness In the race
q arnlng them with n commission to Ego
7 approved workmen who need not he
haned
PrSdent SAMSON Of the board Of direc-
y i7t Dr. Starnes left on the afternoon
~ but Or David houston and other
sllngulshed visitors remained Mt the col
Y per night and will leave today.
4 detailed account Of the wonderful in
sttal school exhibit and the condition
4 Possibilities Of the institution will be
uhned In later issue of The Post.
4 AFge crowd Of white people were pres
Y the exercises Yesterday and all were
lausastle and applauded the efforts of
! pupils unsparinsly.
flM Biackshear. to whose genius the
.eess and fame Of the school are due.
: WORKED increasingly for the bettermcnt
We colored race and the results attained
ias me past nine months entitle him
!. pace In the ranks of the great edu-
~ Of the Southland. His influence IL
y. ~ IS on a par with Booker T. wash.
WIZ mighty influence In Alabama and
SOUTH In general hut he generously
.Noes the success Of Texas schools and
Nnsrai awakening OF the race TO the
n N q me noble founder of Tuskeegee
, WV. There never was a centler. more
Jse o. nohler spirit than that possessed
AZ s,Vi blackshear, the leader and father
IVY negro race In the Southwest.