The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-04
COMMANDMENTS OF OUR SCHOOLS
ELMWOOD COMMENCEMENT
Or. B. NJ. Shlve Of Ksntuuky and Or. J
Addison Smith Of Kansas City
Among Prominent Visitors.

tertainmcnts given by the pupils,
and the art exhibit given by the
students of the art department,
showed that much good work had
been done during the past year,
The annual entertainment of the
primary department was held in
the Seminary chapel at $ O'Clock
Friday evening. The little folks
acquitted themselves very credit
ably and received many encores
The drills, under the supervision
of Miss Henderson, were executed
with great pronptncss and pre-
cision.
Saturday evening the art recep-
ton was held in the Seminary
library Many persons attended
Notwithstanding the Indictment
weather, and tho work displayed
received many favorable and en-.
thusiastic comments.
EhCCALArREATE SERVICES.
BacraIaureate Sunday dawned
dark aud cloudy, but at 10 o'clock
the sky was clear, and when II
o clock came the Presbyterian
church was comfortably filled. 70
II beautiful march played 10y Miss
Elsie Caycr. the graduates and
pupils came in and took their seats.
After II number of very beautiful
hymuS and anthems by the choir.
II prayer was offered by DR.. Shiye.
Following the reading of the Scrip
turc lesson, the choir sang an an
them and DR.. Shive read the text
for the days sermon. taken from !
Tlmouthy e, 10. Laying up in
store for themselves "A good foun-
datiou against the time to come,
that they may lay hold on eternal
life. - DR.. Shive is a most earn
est talker and his sermon was
strongly impressed upon the minds
of his hearers. The laying hold
on eternal lie was the theme of
his sermon, for while education 10
one of the greatest things in the
world, 1t is only Of earthly value.
excepting as it may serve rs n
stepping stone to the acquisition of
Eternal Truth and the true rclig.
ion Eloquence and beautiful
thought, interspelsed with striking
examples from sacred and pro'ane
history, marked DR.. Shives ser.
mon ~ II masterful and inspiring
effort TO the young lady grad.
yates it should ever he guiding
influence, and to those others Of
his hearers it should servs as M
inspiration to better and truer lIv
ing,
After songs by the ladies and
male quartetteS, DR.. Shivo pro.
nouhccd the bencdictiun.
Monday evening was the occas
ion Of the annual musical recital
and physical culture exercises.
Vocal aud instrumental music Of
the highest order held tho attention
of the audience during the whole
Of the evening. The stage march
by eight of the Young ladies, the
dumb bell drill participated in by
sin Young ladies and the physical
culture exercises, in which twelve
OF the Young ladies participated,
were heartily encored by the au
dicurc. The whole program was
without doubt the best arranged
and executed of any Of the seven
teen others that have been rem.
dcrcd in past years.
COMMENCEMENT.
The chapel was filled to over.
flowing on Tuesday evening, when
the commencement exercises be-
gun, On the stage were seated
DR.. j. Addison Smith, Piof. +. I,
Appleby, Rev. G.. l.. Ilickok, Rev.
q. W. Harlan, and the two grad.
yates, Miss Irene Nixon and Miss
Gcncvieve Rutherford,
The overture to If Were
King arranged for three pianos
was excellcntly played by Misses
Rutherford, Nixon, Trickey, Pip.
kin, Applcby and V. Routh.
Miss Matt!cmma Appleby next
rendered the Ballade' by Rein
ecke and received n hearty APP
plause.
Rev. c. +. Hickok then intro
duced DIR. Smith, who delivered
the annual address to the gradual
ing class.
After few Introductory re-
marks, DR.. Smith turned to the
first point of his address, which
was expressed in the words keep
on striving" The completion of
Il college course is but the begin
ming of an education, and to arrive
at higher results one must be ever
striving for more. The second
point upon which he laid particu-
lar stress was the necessity OF edu-
eating oneself along practical lines
SO that should adversely come, one
may be prepared to meet it. Char
acter and the absolute need Of a
good character was the third point
brought out by DR.. Smith, and a.
examples of women who had every
thing but character, he referred tc
Cleopatra, Mary Queen Of Scots
aud George Eliot. The fourth and
most important point of the ad
dress was the acquisition Of the tru'
religion of. Jesus Christ. upor
this rests the final usefulness OF
ones life, and without it oil else il
futile.
Ave Maria" was then rendered
by the ladies quartette, ant
n