The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-06-10
CLOSING EXERCISES
At ELOh
he Delivery ofi'ipiomas and
Conferjng of Degrees
Bibles Presented BY Reverend Jas. [. Fosle- Of
Raleigh. Attendance on the Exercises
Record Bo,akii e.

Especial to the News and Observer
Zion College, y. &. june 6.-1hc y
ervices on Tuesday afternoon were con
Quoted by the Alumni Association. The
annual address was delivered BY Mr. W.
7. Lawrence. class Of 81.
lIr. Lawrence was introduced bs, Prof
s NJ. Smith, class s., president oi tt.
association, and prayer was otUreI by
Rev. c. II Rowland. class 1900, Of
Franklin. Va.
Mr.. Lawrence chose for ais suh:ec5
The College-hred Mans Pace in So
cicty." His address Was practical, full
Of good, sound common sense and reason
Mr.. Lawrence is one of the most prom .
isirg young laymen IL the Christian
Church. South.
Immediately after the close Of tho ex-
~ercises the Alumni Association mot in
! annual business session The attend
arce WAS larger than ever in the history
of he association. The oId' officers We're
reelected as follows: President, ID. Nj.
Smith. class '95; T. a. I9olliday. class
SO, vice president, Miss Jen ME Fcrudor,
class 90. recording secretary; J.. T..
@pcbs - CClo41d-b = G-NlI J <,
Mrs. w. p. Lawrence. class '93, treas
| urcr.
Mr.. John P. Lee, class H6, was elect
| ed as alumni orator for next comulencc-
ment. Nh Lee is a promising young
lawyer OF Suffolk, Va.
The exercises Wednesday evening
consisted of orations anG' essays 10y
representatives of the P~hilologian, clio
ana Dsiphclian Societies., in " hich cxer-
oises the following took part: Misses
Jones. Kernodle, Holland anil Boswell,
o. w. Johnson. Miss Mary A. Mavna-
nard, Miss Williamson and Mr.. Holmes.
d. +. FonvilIc, J. -Adolpl Long. Miss
Mary Lou Pitt, Miss Emma c.. Holland
and Messrs. Holmes, Whites, Rountree
and kim
The graduating exercises took place
on Thursday morning, beginning at 1880
O'Clock.
Prayer was offered by Rev. \. G.
Jones. pastor of the Baptist church at
Burlington. The program, i~nterspersed
With music, was as follows:
Mary Lillian Watson, salutat orian,
"A Mans a Man for a. That
Charles Foster McCauley, Southern
locals"
Sidney Eaves Denton. America and
| Her Great-Why?'
Annie Staley, Echoes from Many
Hills"
George Alfred Neese. Our Race ard
Nation"
lindsay Franklin Johnson, ''We5tward
Iio,'
George Franklin Whitley. "Amlftion.'
Mary Regina Williamson. ~valcd:cto-
rian. "The Choir Invisiblc.'
After the speeches and ESSAYS the
graduates were presented by DR.. J. L.
Newman, chairman of the faculty. The
Bibles We're presented by Ttey- Jas. L.
Foster, of Raleigh in q short b1It most
appropriate address. The diplomas wcre
then delivered and degrees conferred as
follows by President Stalay.
Bachelor Of Arts-Lirdsav Franklin
Johnson.
Bachelor Of Philoscphy-sidney Eaves
Denton, Charles Foster Mc|auley. Geo.
Franklin Whitley, Annie SCaley. George
Alfred Neese, Mary Lillian Watson.
With honor, Mary Regina Williamson,
| with high honoor.
Presentation Of Bibles.
Delivery of diplomas.
Honor Roll for G~rades-For the year:
\. W. Andes. y. +. FonviIle. Annie Har-
den, J.. P. Holland, Susie Holland, Mary
Iou Pitt. Lucy Talton, w. /. Walters,
Mary Watson. c.. T. Whitaker, Regina
Williamson, E. c. Wills. For half year:
Eddie French, c.. G.. Davidson. Forest
Eiey, c. NJ. Walters, Mamie Wilkins,
Mary Maynard.
Honor Roll for Attendance-ITor five
months: G. 7. Whitaker, A. W. Andes,
Iona Cage, Katie Harris.
The essays and addresses We're OF the
highest order and the graduating class
one Of fiattering premise
As is usual in Elon College the yong
ladies of the class carried off the high
est horrors.
At the conclusion of the graduating
exercises President Staley read the
Stanford medal and the first medal of
this kind was presented by Mr.. and
Mrs. S. L. Adams to Mr.. A. Rudolph
Eley, Of Norfolk, for the best speech.
judging from the standpoint of oratory
III the recent public debate.
This medal will be given by Ir. and
Mrs. Adams every year in the future, to
be awarded by judges after contest.
The annual concert took place on
Thursday evening at O'Clock.
The largest crowd ever seen at Elon
College attended these exercises. Hun
dreds could not get in the building. The
program was most elaborate and its rem
dprinp was all that the most f2St!diOuS