The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1902-06-10
COLLEGE CLOSES
BRILLIANT YEAR.
COMMENCEMENT EXER-
CISES WERE EXCEED
lNGLY INTERESTING,
And Were Greatly Enjoyed
BY a Large Number
of Visitors.
THE COMMENCEMENT SERMON.

THE COMMENCEMENT SERMON.
Mississippians generally love
the Industrial Institute and Col
lege, but the feeling of affection
for the grand institution, for It's
honored president, for the noble
and conscientious men and wo-
men who constitute it's faculty
and for the brave and ambitious
young ladies who are taking ad-
vantage of the opportunity
which it affords to prepare them
selves for strenuous and use
full lives is especially strong
within the hearts of the people
of Columbus, and commence
ment Sunday is always an
eventful day in the city. Last
Sunday was an ideal commence
ment day. and the crowd that
gathered in the chapel at eleven
o'clock in the morning to hear
the commencement sermon /,
which was delivered by Rev.
Peter G. Sears, of Meridian,
filled the building to overflow
ing.
The chapel was tastefully dec
Grated in white and old gold, the
colors of the college, while the
rostrum was flanked on all sides
by waving palms, the whole pro-
ducing a most beautiful and ar
tistic effect. The exercises were
opened with an invocation by
Rev. Dunbar H. Ogden, which
was followed with a vocal solo The
Choir Invisible, by Miss Matte
Lou Brown, whose melodious
voice is always heard with rare
pleasure whenever she consents
to sing. After the reading of a
passage in the scriptures by
Rev. T. W. Lewis, Mr.. Sears
was introduced by President
Kincannon, and selecting as his
subject, "The Power of God in
Everything" delivered what is
conceded by all who heard it to be
one of the most masterful SER
mons ever listened to in Colum-
bus. Mr.. Scare is not only a
gifted orator, but a ripe scholar,
and his sermon was forceful,
logical and instructive. He was
attentively listened to and i'm
pressed his congregation most
favorably indeed. At the con-
clusion of the sermon there was
another solo, after which the
congregation was dismissed with
benediction by Rev. Robert M.
MEETING oFY. W. C. a.
On Sunday evening Mr.. Sears
again spoke at the college, ad-
dressing on this occasion the
Young Women's Christian Asso-
citation. After the exercises had
been formally opened with pray
or, Miss Eugenia Dixon sang |
''The Holy City" This song
has been heard in Columbus on
many occasions, but never was
it more beautifully rendered than
On last Sunday night. Miss
Dixon's sweet and sympathetic |
voice has been heard quite fre-
4uently at the college during the
past two years. On each occa-
sion she has acquitted herself |
most creditably, and the truly
artistic manner in which she
sung Sunday night gained for
her fresh laurels, and added |
largely to her already lengthy list
Of admirers. Mr.. Sears sermon
On Sunday night was as eloquent
and as erudite as the one which
preceded it in the forenoon, and
was listened to with much profit
able pleasure by large congre-
CATION, who, at its close, were
dismissed with benediction by
Rev. Dunbar H. Ogden.
GRADUATING EXERCISES.
The graduating exercises oc-
surred in the college chapel at
1880 O'Clock Monday morning.
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