The leader., 1902-06-11
WENTWORTH COLLEGE.
commencement Exercises of An
other Successful Term.
A New Administration Announ-
ced for Next Year.
Drs. Watkins and Burton Succeeded by
Drs. Cooper and Hawkins.

Whitworth Commencement of
1902 has been very satisfactory
one. Not being seekers of display
and brilliant effect, which tell but
little indeed of the talent or toll
Of a pupil, the exhibitions have
been steadfastly appropriate to
college work and have testified
much as to the conscientious efforts
of the faithful teachers employed,
and have shown forth the ideals of
the administration to be attained
by those under it's tutelage.
The primary department gave
one of the best evenings last Friday
ever held in the halls Of Whitworth;
and the little ones speeches."
recitations, piano performances
and drills were all gratefully re-
ceived by the large audience present.
On Sunday, DR.. w. H. Lewis,
pastor of the First Methodist
Church, of Meridian, preached
the mmencement sermon
in Calisthenics Hall, which
had been beautifully deco
rated for the occasion and which
was filled with an interested con-
gregation at the morning hour for
service. A portion of the 18th
chapter of Matthew was read, and
the text Zone Pearl of Great
Price" was chosen by the profound
preacher and thinker, whose dis
course abounded in flowers of
rhetoric and theological truths. On
Sunday evening DR.. Lewis preached
the sermon before the Epworth
League.
Monday morning the interesting
contest in reading took place and
five young ladies attested great
proficiency in this beautiful and
desirable art, which has threatened
to become a lost one, beside it's
more spectacularand brilliant COM
panion-elocution. There are few
who read we'll and we are glad to
see this important adjunct to a
good education receiving attention
and encouragement at Whitworth.
On Monday night the alumnae
of the college occupied the rostrum
and a brilliant program was the
grateful result. The music was
the most prominent feature and is
always conspicuous for excellence
when in the hands, and on the
heart and mind Of that conscien-
tious worker and gifted musician,
Mrs. Julian H. Willoughby. The
choruses by Mines. Bee, Willough-
by, Redding, Sessions, Claude
Bowen and Messrs. Bowen, Rags
dale, Lyell and McBee, were a
treat rarely so we'll enjoyed by
Brookhaven audience. Theaccom-
plished Miss Kate Eagan gave a
piano selection, which sustained
her well-known reputation as a
musician of talent and culture in
this city; Mrs. c. S. Butterfeld, in
Whom local pflde feJolces, gave
vocal solo, as did also Mrs. Will
loughby, who we'll merited the
rapturous applause that followed
her exquisite rendition of the aria
from Freischutz." Mr.. Ragsdale
filled the roll that naturally belongs
to him as the possessor of a pleasing
and popular voice, that of a vocal
soloist, and was warmly encore
Miss Viviau's harp selection met
with hearty encore, to which she
graciously responded, giving the
Flower Song, after selections from
II Trovatore, in her initial number.
Mrs. c. Bowen deserves especial
mention as aecompanist. Mrs.
Eugene Bee, jr., clearly and dis
tinctly read the minutes of the
interesting afternoon business
meeting which was followed by the
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