The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-07

| force his law? All the combined armies
and navies of the world couldn't make
a woman dress differently from the
| way she wanted to.
In all this clamor for changing meE
| by law he declared he wished that a
new canon might be written into the
| Bible in accordance with what was sew
| eral times suggested therein:
Blessed is he who mindeth his own
business
That would be a practical, working
beautitude for the present day.
Self-reliance, he said, was the car
dinal virtue of the day. 1t could only
| be learned i'm the school of individual
| ism. In ten years, he predicted, the
nation would be called on to face the
| issue. 1t would be struggle but he
declared his faith in the common
sense of the nation.
All this was quite in the Dixon man
ner, of course. 1t was interspersed
with dry sayings. with humorous
| anecdotes, with the telling climaxes Of
| the art of oratory. No one was dis
appointed in the younger Dixon. In
fact. after the lecture there were
many who endorsed seriously his jest
| ing remark In opening that he could
deliver a much better lecture than his
brother.
The Dixons make up a unique fam
| lily.
The Commencement Exercises.
The final commencement exercises
were full of joy and respondent with
young womanhood. The chapel was
place devoted to that beauty i'm the
mass which clings to a multitude of
white dresses. First into this flower
garden came the trustees. solemn
walking men folk, two by two. They
| filled the rostrum with the exception
of seats for the faculty, glee club and
the graduates who came later.
The girls marched in by classes, he
hundreds of them as they came in
poisoning punches down the aisle
confusing in their numbers. Lastly
came the seniors. to rounds of APP
plause, and the other graduates in diff
| ferent departments. collegiate TO
frill. robed in gowns and topped with
senior caps.
! 1t was scene to make one wonder
at the women folks in the world. So
many and so fair! An old sight ever
inspiring, a new condition full Of the
! hope of the latter day.
DR.. Moment arose and delivered the
| invocation after which. the glee club
| leading, the audience joining in, was
sung Onward Christian Soldier
Such a Tilt as it had. The few me~'s
voices distinguishable only indicated
| the purer volume of the song from
women's threats.
And then the glee club sang Tenny-
sons "Bugle" interlude, the sweetness
of the voices making up for the more
or less trying attempt at mechanical
| Interpretation in song of the composer.
Even though she have throat like
hermit thrush, as several of the club
1slA tn M a
graduate can be a trumpet. Nor would
the people have her SO. The Univer-
| sity girls do not need 10 blow their
| own horns: their admirers will attend
| to that matter
The song of the class of '95 was a
| rollicking ditty with the college smack
1t went like canter over cool
meadows. with the wind blowing free
and the hair in the eyes. The glee
| club is a success and Director Brown
told it i'll every gesture, even had his
audience been deaf
After Mr.. Dixon's address the diplo-
mas and Bibles We're delivered to the,
| class. DIR. Vann delivered his bac-
| calaureate address full of courage and
| sympathy aud love for the girls about
to leave the halls and the Bibles were
| presented. After which came the
| benediction and the commencement
was at an end.
The full program of the day was as
| follows:
Hymn. Coward Christian Soldiers
| Sullivan. Invocation. by DR.. A. IL
Moment Music, Bugle Song, Mar
shall, University Glee Club Annual
| Address, subject, The Man Against the
Mass, Frank Dixon, Washington, ID. c.
Music But the Lord is Mindful of His
Own est Paul., Mendelssohn. Miss
Loula Briggs. Presentation of Certifi-
L.. 70.
Address, President Vann Music. The
Glass of '05, Arr. (Pinsuti). University
Glee Club. Presentation of Bibles,
President Taylor, Wake Forest Col
| lege. Music, Swiss Echo Song, Eckert
Mary Finetta Rodwell, Benediction
Roll of Graduates.
Master of Arts-Virginia Adelaide
Egerton, Raleigh; n. c.
Bachelors of Arts-Eloise Lonsdale
Dough, Elizabeth City, N. c.; Cora
Edith Erwin, Catawba, n. c.; Dora
Eta Falls. Cleveland Mills, n. c;
Maude Irene Hare, honorable men
ton. wadesboro, N. c.. Ruby Hynes
Mckay, honorable mention, Laurin-
| burg, n. c.: Ruby Reid, honorable
mention, Wake Forest. n. c.: Eva
Eloise Smith. Timmonsville, S. c.;
Annie Lee Stewart, Tennyson. n. c.;
Edith Taylor, Wake Forest, n. c.:
! Belle Tyner. honorable mention, Lum-
| berton, n. G.
Diploma in Art-Elizabeth Rogers.
Raleigh, N. c.
Roll of Certificate Students.
In Piano Playing-Mary Elizabeth
Furrell, Scotland Neck, N. c.: Alice
Alberta Harris, VAUDEVILLE, n. c.
In Representations Markham.
| Durham. N. c.: Mollye Walters,
Woodsdale. N. c.; Lucille Devereaux
| Withers, Charlotte, N. G.
| In Business-Sallie Marshall Belts
Raleigh. ~ c.: Sallie Roundtree Jor-
dan. Winton, y. c.; Naomi Lytch
Rowland. n. c.; Myrtle Marcia Mer-
rift, Chapel Hill. N. C.; Lala New
some, Ahoskie. ". c.: Mary Eta
! Picker, Tennyson, n. c.; Javan
Phelps, Colerain, N. c.; Mamie Reaves,
Forestville, n. c.; Kathleen Elizabeth
Williams. Hamilton. N. c.; Nell Ga
briel Woody, Asheville, n. c.; Eunice
Yates, Merry Oaks, N. c.
In Stenography-Loula Hall Briggs.