The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28

IOCOmOUIVe SUdIluS WdlUlIg upOu I'll
rail until electricity speaks. Th
travel of the cities and towns has dis
penSed with the smoke and steam. /
lights our homes, our thoroughfares
and our cities, our tunnels and dee
mines, and by it's aid the familia
voice thousand miles away is a
recognizable as if in an adjoining
room.
By its aid the, old farm ballads, tn,
sacred hymns of our fathers and th'
speech and voice Of our honOred deaC
are heard in the martS and streets o
the CITY, But who will say that il
has been put to all possible service.
Shall not there come from within
these walls, (every brick Of which il
dear to me;) shall not there come from
this class Of young women, dis
coverer of some unknown method by
which this wonderOus servant shall
perform yet larger feats in the world s
great civilization, and thereby write
her name indelibly on the roll of the
worlds immortal benefactors?
Speaking Of the open door Of litera-
ture, he said: THE fields of history
are as fresh as when HerodituS The
Father of History, Travelled in Italy
and Egypt, or when Caesar gathered
the facts of the Gallo war. Thrilling
events multiply more rapidly than
when JosephuS put on parchment the
triumphs, the humiliationS and suffer
ings of his wonderful people, who still
live and whose recent SufferingS have
furnished facts for one Of the most
readable books Of the year. Empires
fall in a night, and proud and boast
ful Republics rise in day, and revO-
luton is as wonderful, if not as dire
fnl, as when Thomas Carlisle, in his
inimitable way, gave to the world the
story of the French Revolution. /
am glad that one Of the Alumnae of
this institution has dipped her pen in
the ink horn of history and given to
the youth OF her state the story of
their fathers. Deeds more patriotic
and noble than ever made immortal
the name Of any heather god, are yet
in the unwritten biography of the sons
and daughters of this proud Southland.
There are names among the hOnOred
sons and daughters of our own Gre
NADIA.
Speaking of friendship, he said:
And are there no stories of friend
ship in this good Southland worthy to
be crystalized in literature? Yea,
there is no land SO fertile. Years Of
war, years of reconstruction, and mis-
years of intercourse be-
tween freemen and freedmen have
made every hill top of our common
country glow with "a story of lofty,
Christian friendship and fidelity such
as the ancientS never knew or embalm-
ed. j."
Speaking of the open door of Music
and Art, he said: The ideals of
music are as lofty today as when Mi
riah sang by the Red Sea, or Jennie
Lind charmed the multitudes with the
sweetness of her voice. And men are
huShed into silence, then into rapture
by the music Of instruments as when
David harped for Saul or when Pagan
mi made a one-String violin sweep the
into ecStacy. The palette
and the brush are no more at discount
today than when Raphael put upon
canvas his immortal Madonna. or De
Vinci gave to the world the picture of
that last sad supper. And as sug-
gestion he said: ''And l shall say in
this presence that the door is not only
open, but the walls are down, and
ten millions of voices invite you to be-
como cO-partner with the Christ for
the betterment of man. In the home,
in the street. in the city, in the coun-
try, in the palace, in the cottage,
among the rich, with the poor, on land
and sea, everywhere there is room for
the Christian philanthropiSt.
Young women, l extend to you this
day the good right hand of fellowship;
bid you welcome into as noble COM
pany of women as ever graced the
halls of any college or the parlorS of
any land. l bid you go onward and
upward; stand upon the Sunlit summit
of some lofty peak, bear your brow to
CIIC OIl-I IutulC lbIiO Ny
life add luStre to It's ever increasing
glory.
INFLUENCE OF MUSIC.
Following this eloquent address Mrs.
Clifton sang most beautifully 1.-The
Brook" after which splendid rendi-
tion by this accomplished lady Miss
Jane Sloan. student from Arkansas,
delivered an essay entitled, The Mis-
sion and Influence of Music" Her
effort showed much thought and deep
study, the argument being forceful and
convincing. Miss Sloan is musician
of rare ability, and her subject was
discussed with knowledge and under
standing.
DELIVERY OF DIPLOMAS.
President w. L. Clifton, A. B.,
with few well chosen and appropri-
ate words delivered the diplomas to
the sixteen young women who had just
passed from Grenada college, after
much diligent labor, into life of USE
fulnesS.. The graduates are: Marie
o,,;co Hall ucatfa Roy1top rTillnoof,