The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-25

English Mathematics, History, Latin.
Mary Scales Ledbetter, Rockingham
| C.-English. Mathematics, Stenog-
raphy, Typewriting.
| Jeanette Moore, Burgaw, n. c.
Latin.
Edna Hortense Richard, Harrison
burg, Va.-English.
Minnie Shepherd Sparrow, Lowell
N. German.
Matilda Stance, Raleigh, N. c.
Latin.
ROburta Clifton Thackston, Raleigh
N C.-French
Martha Clyde Watson, Wilson, N.
C-English and Science.
The Diplomas Awarded.
Piano:
Miss Irma. Lea Cobb, Greenville, N.
Miss Sadie Lee Elias Raleigh, N. C.
Miss Anna Corinne Henkel Lenoir,
Miss Nellie Elizabeth Hines, Mil
ton, n. G.
Miss Annie Reade Long, Roxboro,
N. G.
School of Expressions:
Miss Marie Long, Statesville, N. c.
Literature and Languages:
Miss Pauline Hill, Raleigh, N. c.,
Miss Ivy Virginia Pridgen, Elm CITY.
N. c.. second honor
Miss Minnie Shepherd Sparrow,
Lowell, n. c.. second honor.
Miss Mary Laura Sheriff., Raleigh,
N. c.. first honor
Literature End Science:
Miss Ina Alice Garrison, Stainback,
N. C.
Miss BERTHE Christine May, Carthage,
N. C.
Miss Katherine Macpherson Skies.
Grissom, N. C.
Miss Matilda Steinmetz, Raleigh,
N. C.
Miss Katherine Louise Bannerman.
BurgaW, N. c., second honor.
Miss Marie Long, Statesville, N. c..
second honor.
Miss Jane Rebecca Swift, Waynes-
vile, N. c.. second honor.
Miss Roburta Clifton Thackston.
Raleigh, N. c., second honor.
Miss Gertrude Dills, Dillsboro, N. c..
first honor
Miss Mary Louise Finley North
Wilkesboro, N. c., first honor.
Miss Corrine Martin Harper, Dunn,
NJ c.. first honor.
Full Diplomas:
Miss Buena Vista SDruill.
AS the announcement was made that
the full diploma would be ganted. this
the highest honor for the full course i'm
Peace, the entire audience arose at the
request of President Dinwiddie and he
conferred this on Miss Beuna Vista
Spruill, of Columbia, n. C.
Then President Dinwiddie address,
ed the graduating class, each section
of the. class having come forward sep
arately for the diplomas, and all
standing as DR.. Dinwiddie spoke
His remarks were made with deep
feeling. There was a personal interest
i'll his voice. He looked as would a
loving father upon his favorite child
as he gazed upon the girls whose edu-
cation for four years had been as he
directed. This is commencement
he began, land it is only the begin
ming for you, not the ending. Go out
from here and find your mission, for
you have one, each of you has one.
You are to live for others, not for
yourself. Be a genius, for each of
you have the capabilities for that. as
work is genius. Keep on doink, keep
on working, that is your mission. The
diplomas mark the continuance of
your work, for you have done that
here. Work and fear God and he will
crown you with honor and glory. God
bless YOU"
Next Miss Corinne Henkel played
LISTS Rhapsodie No. IL, with marked
ability and as the applause died away
Dr. Dinwiddie arose and appropriately
introduced the distinguished speaker,
Dr G. Alphonso Smith. of the State
University, paying a graceful tribute
to him as a gifted North Carolinian.
~Dr. Smiths whole address was a
gem and was greatly enjoyed. He
does not rant, nor fly off into a display
of rhetoric but he talks at and into his
hearers by his very earnestness and
the virility of his thoughts. No more
elevating address has been heard in
Raleigh than that which the audience
yesterday enjoyed
The BaccaIaureate.
1t was soon found that the theme