The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-06-12
PENIS GALA WEEK.
Opening Of the Graduating Exer-
cises at the College.

Penn College Is having busy time
of 1t this week. Parents and patrons
are hocking in from all sides to at
tend the pleasures of commencement
and there Is hustle and excitement in
the air. Something of interest Is at
hand all the time and the chapel Ia
filled nearly every hour in the day.
BaeeaIaureate
The Baccalaureate address OF the
graduating class of Penn College was
given by Rev. Levi Mills in the col
lege chapel Sunday afternoon at
O'Clock. The room was crowded long
before the opening Of the services
andHvery available seat was occu-
pied. Many visitors from ont of town
were present besides q large number
of the home patrons. The graduating
class was present in body attired In
caps and gowns.
The services opened with hymn
by the congregation after which Rev.
Somerville OF the M. E. church led In
short Scripture reading. Rev. Kaye
of the Congregational church gave
the opening prayer which was follow
ed by trio by Miss Bessie Dean and
Messrs. Howard Hockett and L. NJ.
Burnett.
Rev. Mills took his text from the
Bird verse of the End chapter OF Colos-
slams, "In whom are hid all the treas
ures Of wisdom and knowledge
He traced back showing wisdom is
found in God only and that in OBJ.
tanning wisdom one becomes more
Christ-like. The better and wiser
we become the more we learn humil-
ity and trust in the Almighty. "The
greatest is the servant Of ALL" be
said, and in our conduct in our every
day life we show what our aims and
aspirations are for conduct Ia the
index of motive" He emphasized
the necessity of developing equally
our mental, moral and physical quail
tiles that our lives may be evenly
balanced, each part helping the 9TH
ers to form a perfect whole. He
laid particular stress on the fact that
we should help our neighbors. Life
is a constant obligation and he who
meets his duties half way with firm
and resolute purpose will succeed
even beyond his expectations.
In addressing the class he con-
graduated them on their good work
in the past and their advantages in
instructors, surroundings, etc., and
expressed the hope that they would
not leave off their good work but 60
steadily forward ever pushing toward
the top. The joys Of childhood are
no more pleasant than those of after
life, neither are the cares and troubles
any greater in proportion to ona,a
abilities. "Show that you are not
made of straw and wood but that
there is iron in your constitution"
and in overcoming the obstacles in
your path and in helping others to do
80 you will accomplish the greatest
aim in life,
The ArgOnauts.
Saturday evening the Argonaut So
ciety gave its annual exhibition and
entertainment before a large audi
ence. The program was original and
exceedingly interesting and the tab
leaus presented were especially fine.
The scenes were from Grecian history
and the whole program carried out
the same idea. "a Visit to the Sta
dunn" by George Lewis, brought In
many amusing points as well as soma
interesting facts about the ancient
games. The Imaginary Letter from
Socrates to Plato" by W. Q. Wood
brought in many Of the domestic
troubles of the philosopher which
were highly humorous. Misses Marie
Barker and Maud Howerton gave
some excellent selections from the
old writers, which were highly APP
preciated. The scene from the Anti
gone of sophocles where the poor
Antigone is brought before the king
and sentenced to death for the burial
of her brother was given with re-
markable effect. The performers
were in costume and the acting was
exceptionally good. Cleo was repre-
sented by D. W, Roberts; Antigone,
Miss Pearl Caldwell; Ismenia, Miss
Estells Mcmillan; Guard, Alexander
Anderson. The closing tableau show
ed remarkable skill and practice.
Nine muses. were represented with
the emblems Of their various callings:
Cleo, Muse OF History; Eutespe, Mis-
tress of Song; Thalia, Muse of Pas
toraI Poetry; Melpomsne, Muse of
Tradsgy; Terpsichore, Muse of Dame
ing; Erato, Muse OF Lyric Poetry
Polyhymnia, Muse of Rhetoric; Gal
Hope, Muse of Heroic Poetry and
Urania, Muse of Astronomy.
The tableau was shown twice and
called forth q generous round of ap.
plause. The exhibition was = decided
success In every feature and the so,
ciety Is well pleased with the result
J SAVED FROM AN AWFUL FATE.
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