The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-09
SHORTER COLLEGES
BRILLIANT COMMENCEMENT.
Music Was a Feature of the Gradu-
alton Week.

Rome, Ga, June S.-Yesterday was a
brilliant day in the commencement ex-
erclses of Shorter College, and the two
programmes rendered morning and
evening were admittedly the best of
the week, which is saying a great deal.
Mrs. Simmons talents and tireless de-
votlon has placed Shorter easily in the
fore ranks of Southern institutions in
lts music department. The musical
programmes of this commencement
therefore, have been distinctive feat
ures, and music lovers have enioyed
them thoroughly.
The organ recital programme was as
follows:
Offertoire (WelO, Bertha Patterson.
sonata, op. 65, No. l (Mendelssohn),
Geneva Read.
Song, Forever Faithful (Greene).
Eugenia Huntley
Funeral March Chopin, Nellie Fran
els.
Vocal quartette, selected, Misses Jor-
dan, Wheatley; Waddell, Crawford.
Postlude in F (Rink), Monica Dam
iels.
Sonata No. 4 (Mendelssohn), Soc Cora
Peabody.
Chorus, All Through the Night"
NOlu WelCHJ, 81. CeClLdQS.
Offertoire in D (Batisto), Abigail
Crawford.
The event that makes this com
mencement memorable in the history
Of the college was the concert in the
college chapel at night. The audito-
rum was crowded to its utmost by an
appreciative audience. The programme
was as follows:
Trio (four pianos, "Jubelfeier" Kra-
mer), A. West, B. Hubbard, NJ. Warm
D. Eason, H. Thompson, A. Hill, A
Morris, A. Lewis, NJ. Wilson, c. Chest
nut, E. Fleetwood, M. Harbour.
mi-chorus, Moths" E. Divine, L.
Harris. NJ. Wilson, ]. HARRISON, NJ
Harris, E. Doty, A. Lewis, A. Craw-
ford, A. Battey.
Duet -four pianos), military march
Rrans SchuberO, D. Watkins, A. West,
L. Paterson, E. Pitts, ]. Glover, S.
Bowie, F. Covington, D. Eason.
Song, Tonight and Tomorrow"
(Leoncavsllo), GRANGE Lanham.
Trio (four pianos, gavotte in G
(Fondey), NJ. Enochs, H. Walker, B.
Wardlaw, N. Dekle, A. Pennington, A.
Stokes, L. Cartwright, L. Underwood,
3. Kay, T. Jones, P. Denham, B.
Brown.
Chorus, Spring Song (Nentwich),
St. Cecilians.
Piano solo, polonaise in E OiszD,
Rosalie Fem.
Song, Maid of Cadiz" (Delibes), Lu-
Gle Jordan.
Chorus, Cupid Made Love to the
Moon" st. Cecilians.
Trio. flour pianos), "Flatterroeschen
Polka (Voye), M. Burrus, A. Wylly,
w Righton, B. Hubbard, w. William
son, B. McReynolds, F. Covington, S.
Shelton N. Phillips, NJ. Stillwell, B.
Cummings, A. Cummings.
Semi chorus. Fair Life" (Smart), B.
Patterson, E. Miller, L. Jordan, M.
Warn, o. Watson, L. Underwood, a.
Jones, c. Waddell F. Covington.
Song, Thrill Waltz" (ArditD, Estelle
Stewart.
Overture (four pianos), "Semiramide"
RossinD, L. Jordan, V. Psll. L. Pat
terson, A. Crawford, c. Waddell, M.
Wheatley, S. Graham.
Chorus, Lost Chord" (Sullivan), St.
Cecilians.
To-day marked the close of COM
mencement. In the morning the grad
yates recital took place and tonight
the graduating exercises. The gradu-
ating class is as follows:
Bachelor of Letters-Miss Norine
Cayden, Minona, Miss; Miss Edie Ruth
Perkins, Perkins, Ga.
Bachelor of Arts-Miss Lucy Gather
inc Butler, Covington, Ca; Miss Julia
Warner Reece, Rome, Ga; Miss Min
ME Loula Roberts, Ninety-Six, S. G.
Graduates in Pianoforte Music-Miss
Rosalie Fem, Cordele, Ga; Miss Nell
lie Owens Francis, Winchester, Tenn;
Miss Jessie Glover, Rome, Ga; Miss
Susan Chatham Graham, Pinewood,
Tenn. Miss Lucille Jordan. Chipley
Fla.
Graduates in Pipe Organ-Miss Aba
gail Crawford, New Decatur, Ala; Miss
Sue Cara Peabody, Louisville. KY;
Miss Nellie Owens Francis, winchester
Tenn.
Graduates in Voice-Miss Estelle Ga
brielle Stewart, Gadsden, Ala. Miss
Annie Lillian Jones, Rome, Ga; Miss
Lucille Jordan, Chipley, Fla; MISS
May wheatley, Americas, Ga; Miss
Eugenia Huntley, Albany, GA.
The class is one of the brightest and
most talented ever sent forth from
Shorter.