The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-25

torIum at opposite aisles while the organ sang out It's slow and stately air. The graduates moved toward the stage much after the solemn and im- pressiye fashion of a wedding party | down the church aisles while the or- | gan pealed its joy.
 Schoolgirl Days. If was the last act of their achooI- l girl days for these thirty-six young women. When they left the dormi- | tory and marched into the white light | of the graduating hall, they left ba- l hind them the joys. the happiness of schoolgirl days and before them lay | the great question of life, always a | mystery in it's dispensation and gifts | of happiness and unhappiness. They | who marched upon the stage could not answer the question, nor could their l instructors who had led and guided | them for four years make answer. Nor | could 1t be answered by the friends l and loved ones in the audience who had | come to SC the daughter and the pride | of the family in the last act of her l schoolgirl days. But for the white clad | girls who ranged themselves on the ] stage there was no forbodings in the
 question and no fear of the answer. | To begin the exercises tho large au- | dience rose and sang in unison. Praise l God From Whom All Blessings Flow" | beautiful and touching prayer was | offered by Rev. S. NJ. Provence, the
 father of the honor pupil of the class l of 1906.
 The members of the Senior Class | ranged themselves upon the stage and sang. .'The Lord Is My Shepherd" At this moment President Patrick l discharged the pleasant duty of hand | ing to each of the graduates her d. | ploma, a duty that devolved upon him | as president of the college. He voiced for the teachers of Judson the love and affection they felt for the | students who were going out In the | world and he spoke of their apprecia- | ton of the class endeavors while they were at college.
 You have labored honestly and faith I fully" said President Patrick. and we send you forth into the world with our | love and our affection. We feel as- | sured. too. that in the world you will | reflect credit upon the institution which | we all love.
 | Tt gives me peculiar pleasure to tell you that Judson today holds perhaps ! a larger place in the affection of the | people of Alabama and of the surround | ing states than ever before. For this more than for any other one thing we
 are due the loyal affection of the alum
 nae of the Judson."
 | Diplomas were then awarded to each | of the following graduates: Literary President Mayo Provence; Vice President, Jane Elizabeth Massey; | Treasurer. Annie Lorena Warren. 1 Degrees: Bachelor of Arts, Mayo | Provence.
 1 Bachelor of Science. Elva Goodhue. Bachelor of Literature, Margaret | Ansley, warre Boyd. Jamie Ida Bean, | Mamie Crew, Inez Webb Collins, Hat
 tie Eloise Collins, Mary Lou Dean. Lou clio Donald, Louise Davie, Frances Ru-
 by Holley, Ethel Yvette Hill, Ruth | Hobson. Rosa Ramsey. Carrie Spigener, | Mahel Catherine Hauff, Annie Vonceil Strong, Evalyn Thompson, Annie Lore- | ua Watts, Bonnie Pearl Watts, Jane l Elizabeth Massey. Harriet Cecil Hannp-
 ton.
 Music.
 Pianoforte, Bessie Inez Burk. Ida | IoIley, Margaret Macon.
 Voice Harriet Hosmer Reynolds. | Violin, Annelu Burns.
 | Organ, Maude Robinson.
 EIocution, Ruth Hobson, Carrie Spiges
 ner, Cecyle Clyde Metcalf, Ethel sai- | ter.
 Art. Annie vonceil Strong, Edna Mid dleton.
 A burst of applause greeted the an lnouncement of President Patrick that
 the highest honor had been achieved
 by Miss Mayo Provence the president
 of her class.
 The Orator of the Occasion.
 Tn presenting theorator of the occa- l sion, Rev A. J. Dickinson. pr. Patrick spoke of the service that pr. Dickinson had rendered the Judson. Ills interest in the school had never Jagged and | busy man that he was. he found fre- l ouent time to visit the college and l manifest the interest he felt in if. | pr. Dickinson spoke from no announc- ed subject, but his address was upon | ethics and some modern developments | in ethics. It was distinct compll- ment to the graduating class or lSoo.' | It was a compliment in that It was nitched upon a high and difficult plane, a thoughtful philosophic address that would not have been out of place m the highest university of the land. The address was an unstudied deciarattou by Dr. Dickinson that the graduates or
 Judson were capable of understanding
 and appreciating the highest ana pest
 in modern thought.
 Dr. Dikinson was there to speak to the graduates and he spoke to them. The great audience in front was all but ignored. He spoke without an eI- fort at oratory. as oratory Is generality understood in that there IS no gestures and no studied effort 10 lm- press. But the earnestness ana sheer ity of his strong talk to the girls m q tona that was hardly above the con- vsrsationaI, perhaps impressed more than anything else he could have said or done.
 q welcome you. young ladies, well come you to the great social world
 said Dr. Dickinson. T welcome you to that great world of society in which there are so many problems to solve Your life in the great outer world Will assist in the solution of these great
 problems. You have heretofore oeeo recipients. You will in the future be contributors" ,-.
 told his hearers. would be in the na-
 ture of a discussion of some recent demands for change in the laws or ethics. These demands were that the study of ethics should be concrete and practical and no longer abstract. The study of ethics was no new thing. If was as old as man himself. That study was a never ending search for an answer to the question. How shall we direct our lite's eon- duct so that 1t will be most helpful?
 The influence of a life rightly rronontad and rightly regulated in