The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-31

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 encore. The ball drill was a very unique feature, graceful and exceedingly diffi- cult. The perfect accuracy, naturalness, and altogether artistic interpretation of every number showed the unusually fine training imparted by the teacher, Miss Sain.
 Wednesday morning the class of 1903 delighted their audience with class day exercises in the form of an allegory. This vas a charmingly unique entertainment originated by their teacher of English and literature. Miss Julia Berryman. The curtains opened upon an exquisite iy decorated stage back of which was a black background with the figures 0S outlined in red carnations. Over the cen | ter of the stage was suspended canopy representing a huge carnation From this were suspended garlands of red carna- tions, and on the chandeliers were grace | fully entwined many of the same bright flowers. On the floor green carpet and logs and branches of oak and elm could | for the time make us imagine ourselves away amid the haunts of sprites and | elves. Soft strains of music introduced upon the scene "The Fairy of Knowl- edge" all gowned in filmy white. As If led by her fairy wand the eighteen other seniors followed in mystic circles. each gowned to represent the class flower; green robes for the stems and large red hats, the blooming red carnations. Typi- flying their union in school days, this Fairy of Knowledge, Miss Eula Childers, held in her hands d red ribbon from each classmates hand which at the close of her greeting to the field of bright flowers she cast away from her, thus insiuuat- ing their approaching severance.
 Miss Helen Benners as poet reclted very humorously and happily some u the in- cidents of their short but rolrnntc ca- reers in the flower Kingdom. Miss Wilda Waid as historian recorded much of in- terest in their implanting ani cultiva- ton In the seminary flower garden, which Miss Abercrombie read quite pleasantly. Miss Tippens, in her own bright. original way, read in Gypsy lore the life stores of all her classmates, finding each cnes fate in her brow or palm and assigning their destinies from the lowlIest kitchen to the place of the proudest lady of our land-mistress of the White House. After song and dance and music the scene closed and the cluster of carnations was transpanted for further cultivation in more varied climes.
 Wednesday night assembled the friends of the seminary who love to hear good music, and each and every one of all the large audience assembled was more than gratihed. A brilliant and happily varied programme was given, every number so
 
 could scarcely believe that half of the per- formers were only misses scarcely we'll into their teens. Each pupil in every de- partment-piano, voice and violin-showed most careful training and attained the very best results. There was not a flaw in one piece at this concert, but all went so smoothly and beautifully that even though every piece was selected classic. the audience was reluctant to leave at it's close.
 Thursday night was the occasion of the graduating exercises, a brilliant close to a series of most attractive entertain ments.
 One cannot well imagine sight more lovely than nineteen fair young girls all dressed in the most exquisitely dainty white dresses, with graceful arm bou- quets of crimson carnations, seated be- meath a canopy and garlands of the same bright flower, with background of lux urious palms, every girls face aglow with | youth, joy hope. and thus far, gratifed ambitions.
 This was the vision that spectators be- held at the seminary Thursday night and these bright young wofnen were the objects of inspiration to Birminghams grand old man, Capt W. c. Ward, who addressed them on Ideals" He spoke to them most feelingly and earnestly, fix ing a standard for them physically, men tally, morally and spiritually urging them to cultivate beauty of every kind, from that of feature and form upward, even unto the likeness of our Savior him. self.
 Then Dr. Steele delivered the diplo- mas to Misses Abercrombie, Benners, Debardeleben, Echols, Harris. Nicholas, Rosser, Shelton, Sloss, Tanner Travis. | Waid, Whitfield, Willoughby, Wood and zuber of Alabama, Miller of Kentucky, l Childers of Texas and Tippens of Louisi- ana, then Miss Nellie Sloss, in her own sweet womanly way, delivered the vale dictory of the class-a very happy parody | on Marc Antony's speech.
 The class song, Kiping's recessional. | Lest We Forget" was a sad, sweet | close to a beautiful entertainment.
 Thus has closed the most successful | year of the Birmingham seminary.
 Miss Compton and Miss Morton have | truly done a noble and a wondrous work | in the making, maintaining and up- building of the seminary
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