The leader., 1905-05-31
| |COMMEN CEMENT
AT WHIT TMORTH.
IT IS CHARACTERIZED BY MANY
PLEASANT FEATURES.
One Of the Most Prosperous Years in
the History Of the College.

i dAe0AAO VfAAAf1s VAhQ NA0OANA0A GSAAuA
of week ago, came the reading
of the senior essays Of Saturday
night, interspersed with music, as
| follows:
Serenade Jefery: Maud Bis
hop; The Bible in Tennyson
Carrie Afford; Women Of the 10Th
Century Myrt Brnmfeld; Seek
ers After Truth jamie Carruth;
Old Age Bertha Fielder; Vocal
Solo Edwina Clark; The Til
umph of Mind Over Matter Efie
Evans; The Jew in Literature
George Stewart; The Uses of Ad-
versity Vaida Martin; Dickens
and Thackery Compared as Hu.
morists Lillian White; Duets
for Strings (a) La Fleurette,
Wellesley: lb) Transvalle March
Misses Marks and Lipscomb.
On Sunday at II a. M, the
commencement sermon was
preached BY Rev.. j. e. Carpen-
ter, of Hattiesburg, who took his
text from the 29th verse of the
Goth chapter of Ezekiel, and bad
much to say concerning the high
places wherennto we tend and
the ideals of life. DR.. Carpen-
Eter's sermon was we'll received.
In many years there has not been
SO immense congregation within
the halls of Whitworth. It re-
minded as OF twenty-five years
ago, when we first attended a
Brookhaven commencement, and
when the late lamented DIR. H. f.
Johnson occupied the chair Of
honor and authority. The young
ladies of the College, under the
tuteIage Of Mrs. Josie Bowen Boil
ton, furnished excellent music,
being assisted by Messrs. F. @.
Conant, M. 7. Flood and Claude
Bowen.
On Sunday evening the Young
Women's Christian Association
held their annual meeting and
we're addressed by Rev. j. E..
Carpenter. A large crowd, at
tended these interesting exercises.
The contest by pupils in Ex-
preston took place Monday uaorn-
ing, when seven young ladies read
for a medal, as follows:
Misses Nellie Osborne, Susie
Mart Bell, Eva Cook, Gertrude
Kimbrough, Birdie Cook, Dolly
Clark, Maud Vest.
The judges, Mrs. j. w. Nc
Grath, Rev. j. E. Carpenter and
Mr.. Poulson awarded the medal
/ to Miss Osborne, who gave Ehe
Bear Story The decision of
the judges met with the hearty
approval of the audience, although
Icompetition was close all doing
lexcellentIy well. Music was fur,
Inished by Misses Katz and Kim
through, in a piano duet; Miss
Edwina Clark, piano solo; Miss
IClara Butler, solo; Misses Clara
Butler, Annie Marks, Myrtis
Wentworth, violin trio; Miss Alice
Day, solo; Misses Weston anc
Turnbough, duet.
The aIumnae meeting, presided
lover by Mrs. DIR. Ira Z. Parsons,
lof this city, as is usual on com
lmencement occasions, awakened
animated interest. The noR-ap
pearance of Hon. John SHARP
1 Williams, the orator of the eve
lining, was deeply regretted. Tht
distinguished Congressman anc
Ispeaker was compelled to be al
/ the bedside of sick daughter il
North Carolina. However, Rev
III. E. Carpenter who was calleC
upon to serve as the Congress
man S substitute made an extern
Eporaneous address, which met
with enthusiastic applause anc
/ favor. Indeed for brilIiancy d
wit and humor, splendid practica
Thoughts and eloquent oratorica
i flights, he has never been surpassed
land seldom equaIed by any speak
Ter on the College rostrnm. Il
/ was a gem of its kind or rather |
cluster of them, and the praises ol
| the eloquent and learned divine
have since been on every tongue.
i The program closed with a vo
IcaI solo BY Mrs. j. Fl. Wiliough
lby, whose highly cultivated voice
under the most perfect control
Inever fails to elicit the enthusias
tic applause Of i Brookhaver
laudience.
The forty fifth commencement
lday Of Whitworth College was es
pecially gratifying to all concern
led. The day, bright and beauti
] ful, spread q henediction upon ths
young women in classical cap ami
gown who this day bade adieu t
fheir Alma Mater. They werl
ushered into Calisthenics Hall ant
took their places on the rostrun
Ito the strains Of Tannhauserl
March played by Misses Loil
Cooper and Mamie Partee. Wha|
His q picture without its bach
grounds And what is woman
life without its complement q
lk1Iark coats S0 III tl41e nipff1rt