The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-06-09
WOMAN'S COLLEGE.
WEEK OF NTERTAIN-
MENT.

and Dramatic Efort-List Of
Graduates.
Since Friday night last, the
opening exercises of commence
ment, the Womans' College, this
city, has been the scene of many
interesting events, musical, liter.
airy and dramatic. The exceptional
training advantages of this we'll
known institution have shown
forth more strikingly this year
than ever before, and gives fur.
Their evidence of the care aud
attention bestowed upon the
pupils by the faculty.
The eleven years administration
of the college by the President,
Professor Joseph II. Apple, have
been fraught with material ad-
vancement and success and the
community in which it exists and
the constituency it serves so we'll,
have cause for feelings of pride
and satisfaction.
Commencement week is q glad
time for the students and their
relatives and friends, and al
though hard work figures in the
dOings, the end of school
and the attendant pleasures, fur
nish delightful setting to the
necessary duties.
On Friday night was the. ami
versary of the Adelphian Liter
airy Society.
There were musical and literary
numbers and a debate. A prize
of ten dollars in gold was award
ed to Misses Mase and Hahn,
who took the negative side of the
question "Resolved, That edu
catiOnal and benevolent institu-
lions may accept gifts of money
from men of wealth, without
thereby endorsing the means used
in acquiring the money and thus
working injury to themselves"
On Saturday night the vocal
students of Professor Beckwith,
Director of the Musical Depart
ment, rendered the cantata,
daughters of the Sea-"
Cremation exercises followed
the cantata. The girls repaired
to the campus in white dominos,
carrying lighted torches and
grouped around a pyre in the
center, sang college songs and
gave the class yells. Then fol-
lowed solemn incantations and
humorous Odes and speeches upon
the various studies OF the year,
a book of each being cast into the
flames amidst demonstrations of
joy. 1t was an amusing spectacle
and was witnessed by a large
crowd.
Sunday evening the baccalau-
reate sermon to the graduating
class was delivered at the Evan
gelical Reformed Church by Rev.
DIR. Conrad Clever, of Hagers-
town, who took for his text the
last clause of the first verse of
the Hath psalm: THAT our daugh
tiers may be cornerstOnes polished
after the similitude of a temple. y
The college chorus led the sing
ing.
On Monday evening a most en-
joyable concert was given by the
advanced pupils and graduates of
the Conservatory of Music. The
work of the young ladies was of o
high order and great pleasure was
given to the large audience.
Vocal, Piano, solos and DUETS.
organ and violin solos made up
the program, which added much
to the already well won laurels of
this successful department.
On Tuesday night was the an
niversary of the Lesbian Literary
Society of the Woman's College.
A very large audience witnessed
the presentation of Dido, the
epic drama 80 familiar TO all clas-
steal students and lovers of Vir-
giPs H leid. under the direction
of Miss Allen, teacher of Latin
and Greek.
Glass Day exercises were held
in the College Hall, at 3 O'Clock
Tuesday afternoon, instead of on
the campus. on account of the
unfavorable weather.
On Wednesday night the pupils
of Miss Sally Conrad Fauntleroy's
School of Expression. gave a
splendid rendition of Shakes
peare's immortal drama, 1.-THE
Merchant of Venice" A large
audience greeted the ambitious
at the City Opera
House and for nearly three hours
immensely enjoyed the clever por-
trayal of Shylock's craftiness and
cruelty, Portals love story and
her mastery defense of Antonio
in the famous trial scene. To say
the young ladies, each and every
one did we'll, puts 1t mildly, and
seldom is it given to hear and see
such classics better done by am
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