The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-25
Seniors Lead in Interest
ing Event.
Pithy Readings, Sparkling Songs,
Humorous SOuIvirs, Ivy Planting
and a General Good
Time Enjoyed.
At PEACE TO-DAY.
4 to 6 u. Mart Studio Open.

ID. m.-Ihc annual concert
With the touch of the forest PR
mevar' all about, under the mighty
oaks at Peace, out in the open, with
the first warm thrill of summer in
the air, the senior class of Peace In
stitute yesterday afternoon enjoyed
themselves, Jollied each other and
their school friends, and entertained
large and delighted audience.
Beneath a massive oak on the beau
tiful lawn the class was gathered in a
semi-circle, ana back of it the class
yellowstone brayely in its
surrounding of green, the color motif
being harmniZed by the dainty white
of the dresses of the class and the stu
dents. Facing the graduates was the
junior class, its colOrs of purple being
in evidence, while about the piano
there was gathered the other pupils
of the institution, fresh and sOph, all
in snowy white and with smiling faces.
Back of the juniors the audience
sat and laughed and applauded as the
happy hours sped away.
First was q song, The Girls OF
Peace" who sang Of themselves as
brave and young and strong, doing
battle for the right, with a motto of
ITO Be. Not Seem" This was fol
lowed by a clever address of welcome
and introduction of the members Of
the class by its president, Miss Daisy
Daniel Eggleston, the Introduction be
ing unique.
THE Chronicles of the Glass" was
the title of an interesting historical
reminiscence by Miss Lucy Williams
Haywood. this being followed by the
singing Of Hard Trials, humorous
and jolly which told Of the expert
ence of the 1904 graduate Extract
from a Diary was the contribution
OF Miss Bula Roberta Brown, this
Astounding in the experiences of the
students.
Here the program took on the moni-
torial tone, and in turn the Fresh, the
Soph and the Junior classes were eX-
horted, advised and admonished, this
being happily done by Misses Helen
Gordon Brown. Minnie Lou Kelly and
Katie Lee Banks. The Fresh class
was presented with a tiny ladder to
aid it to climb, while a lantern went
TO the Juniors that they might seek
wisdom In receiving the lantern the
Junior class president Wittily respond
ed, and scored one against the Seniors.
Then Glib Me Dat Watermelon"
was sung by the school, it being
take off, on the seniors, who were
declared to be lofty, profound, proud
and stuck up. and varius other things,
yet the singers all declared they want
ed to be seniors and in the refrain
sang:
Oh, the FRESHMEN are sweet
And the Sophomores are good,
And the Juniors they are very, very
But give me, oh, give me, oh, how |
rhe joys which only Seniors can .di-
vine"
Then with the declaration that each
member Of the class had ideals, the
Seniors named their sponsors in the
Junior class and presented a variety of
articles as Illustrative Of their ideals
20 these sponsors, as follows:
A doll dressed as a house-keeper-
Miss Katie Lee Banks, of Haw River,
o Miss Gertrude Dills, of pillsboro.
A well-used dictionary-Mi Estelle
O'Berry, of Goldsboro, to Miss Minnie
Sparrow, Of Gastonia.
Spoons, big and little-Miss Leila
Mclean, of Laurinburg, to Miss Eula
Hood, Of Smithfeld.
A deer, representing a dear-Miss
Lucy Williams Haywood, of Raleigh, to
Miss Mary Ledbetter, of Rocking
ham.
A doll, representing a woman with
yoice-Miss Annie Land, of Littleton,
10 Miss Irena Cobb of GTeenville.
A little steamer trunk, a traveller
Miss Bula Robert Brown, OF Texas,
to Miss Buena Gpruill, of Columbia.
A lasso for a Texas cowboy-Miss
Helen Gordon Brown, of Texas, to
Miss Clyde Watson, of Wilson.
Gay colored balls, for good time
Miss Bessie Covington, OF Laurinburg,
to Miss Marie Abel, OF Smithfeld.
wagon, with tongue-Miss Nora