The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-30

made by Rev. w. S. Holmes. After the
singing of the hymn, the award of hon
ors and distinction was read by the rec
tor, Rev. Theodore l.. Bratton.
THE AWARDS OF MERIT.
PRIMARY HONOR ROLL-Miss Elean-
or Mann.
PREPARATORY HONOR ROLL
Misses Lucy Andrews, Josephine Boylan,
Juliet Crews, Emmie Drewry Pearl Fort,
Ruth Foster, Tallulah Gregg, Dorothy
Hughson, Fannie Johnson, Matte Jones,
Alice Spruill, Marie Thorne, Marie Will
Eams, Nora Zimmerman.
PREPARATORY GRADUATES
Dorothy Hughson, Alice Spruill, Marie
Thorne.
COLLEGE HONOR ROLL-Misses jose
phine Bowen, Caro- Brevard Helen Brock,
Eliza Brown, Catherine Brock, Isabel
Brumby, Marie Brunson, Minnie Burgwyn,
Lillian Clark, Olzie Clark, Clyde Dawson.
Ellen Dortch, Virgie Eldridge, Mary Day
Faison, Elmer George, Anne Clifford,
Mary Graves, Daisy Green, Elise Gregory,
Julia Harris Mary Henderson, Maude
Holt, Marjorie Hughson, Mary Hunter,
Louise Jackson, Sadie Jenkins, Augusta
Jones, olivia Lamb. Esther Means, Kate
Mears, May Montague, Carrie Helen
Moore, Gloss Parker, Mary Paine, Lucy
Redwood, Annie Root, Isabel Ruff Mary
Allen Short, Lily Skinner, Margaret
Stedman, Mary Sturgeon, Florence
Thomas, Rosa Thomas, Jennie Trapier,
Louise Venable, Leize Weaver, Mae
Winslow Susie Wood
The following are the names of the
Senior Glass in Music. This represents
not only good technical work done dur
ing the year, but musical ability and
steadness in work
SENIOR "B' CLASS.-Misses Carrie
Cowles, Julia Harris. Octavia Hughes,
Carrie Helen Moore, Annie Root, Jennie
Traper, Louise Venable
SENIOR "C' CLASS.-Misses Josephine
Bowen, Ollie Clark, Elise Gregory, Mary
Harrison, Sadie Jenkins, Augusta Jones,
olivia Lamb, Fanny McNeely, Florence
Thomas, Marie Williams, Bessie Wood
ard.
The following not in the Senior Glass
are recommended by the Music faculty
for honorable mention for steady work
and good progress during the year:
Misses Kate Anderson, Hannah Att
more, Virginia Bland, Caro- Brevard, An
Dawson, Esther Means, May Montague,
Gloss Parker, Margaret Stedman, Ellen
Durham, Olive Gaskill, Anne Clifford,
Julia Haughton, Cad Hervey, Boiling
Hubbard, Mary Hunter Louise Jackson,
Gertrude Lands, Evelyn Weeks, Mary
Weeks, Mae Winslow.
CERTIFICATE IN ENGLISH AND
LITE HATU RE%Miss Mary Spruill Weeks.
Annie Lee Bum Kate Conner, Harriet
Haywood, Kate Skinner Sallie Strong,
Emily Taylor, Della York, Alline Young
DIPLOMAS IN BUSINESS SCHOOL
Misses Elise Brown. Claudia Hunter,
Matte Moffitt Mabel Massey, Duncan
Winston.
awarded the graduating class. Misses
Marie Bacot Brunson, of Florence,
S. c.; Jennie Baker Trapier, of Raleigh;
Louise Manning Venable, of Chapel Hill.
When the list of those to whom certifi-
Gates and diplomas in the business course
was called, out of the list OF thirteen,
but three were present. and DR.. Bratton
stated that this was gratifying as the
others had been called from school be-
fore the commencement to accept posi-
tions for which their training fitted them,
and that the three young ladies present,
Misses Claudia Hunter, Matte Moffitt
and Mabel Massel had positions ready
for them when they wished to accept the
The list of honor students having been
read the graduates were called to the
chancel, their diplomas handed them by
DR.. Bratton and Bishop Cheshire pre-
serted to address them.
But Bishop Cheshire had q substitute
He said that he enjoyed listening rather
than speaking and that he had secured
the consent of Rev. T. NJ. N George to
address the graduates.
HIS THEME WAS "THEREFORE. .
Mr.. George came forward and directing
his remarks to the graduates he said in
part:
Young ladies, you go from your
course in st Mary's to a broader course
in life, where you will take its battles
II am reminded here OF ST. Pauls
methods of writing his epistles TO the
Romans where he uses the word There
FORE 1t is a word pregnant with mean
ing and it causes us to look back over
the incidents which lead to its utter
ance
1T is filled with arguments for Christ
for it was used when were uttered the
words Therefore l beseech you that you
present your bodies in acceptable sacri-
| flee" 1t is not always that one can
| grasp the thoughts of Paul, but we can
lay hold on his conclusions which are
always practical, and these conclusions
beginning with therefore are to be found
| in many of his epistles.
"Bearin gthis in mind, young ladies'
ma Ike this day therefore in your lives
| as YOU look back over the physical, men
tai and moral affairs of your past and
pray that your bodies aud souls may be
used as a sacrifice to God
Here the speaker spoke earnestly of
he purpose of st. Marys not alone be-
ing to teach in things mental and ma
teriaI, but also to lead the pupils in it's
walls to love of Christ. IF your SER
vice is not for them, you might as we'll
let life go. Here it is right that you
become cultured and graceful, but it is
so that you should be able to offer the
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