The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
 MUSIC CONFERRED AT TUSKEGEE

Miss Esteile Delano, one of the most Accomplished vocaIists the school has ever had. rendered several selections which were we'll received.
 Seldom in the history of the college has a more original or more entertain cred to a graduating class than that of pr. Duncan this morning. Referring to 1t afterward, pr. Massey spoke of college comrmencements. Fanciful. play full glittering with humor. with the fun breaking through his talk. as trnss bnrsts o5s,ds 9i ths eoeTe the Brming ham minister took his hearers through an enchanted forest. the Forest of Ar den. the wonderful country of As You ton. There. in the half century old building of the college, its walls teem- Ing with romances of times gone by. ne of Orlando and oliver and Rosaiind. who too. lived in an atmosphere of TO- nance and imagination.
 The tale of the two brothers. he told, and of the struggle of Orlando with the wrestler, of the love of Rosalind, and of the banishment of the. two to yne were as peopie Hed to have them The story of their meeting again, of the simulated love of Orlando for the boy clad Rosalind; who reminded him 2. he hurried on to the happy ending of the play, as Shakespeare had planned 1t in his comedy three centuries ago.
 Compared With Arden.
 And if any of you have not caught the lesson" he concluded, "it is this. There Is land where the sun shines as 1t did In the Forest of Arden, where lent places of your own soul is this land. where everything can be a pleas ure, and where everything can be hap piness. There are lions and serpents there, as there were in this Forest of Arden where Orlando and Rosalind loved. but there are also palms and
 ana and anS that is good. to those who. try to culti. yate the good. and to develop soul of beauty and joy"
 following Dr. Duncan. that the presI- dent of the school, Dr. Massey, made his appeal to the members of the grad gret at saying farewell to the girls who had been under his care. for the last four years. and referred to the the class of 1906. whose mothers he had bidden good by in years before. than in any other class. But although years ago he said. T have not ceased to love and admire them. nor shall cease to follow you"
 The number of expressions of confi- dence and esteem which Dr. Massey has received during the commencement here, was added to by Judge S. L. Brewer. of the Board of Trustees of the institution, when he made the usual an- nouncements to tho college. To him. he l said, fell the pleasant duty of inform | ing them that Dr. Massey had been re- | elected to the position of president of | the college for another five years. This | statement was received with a burst of hand applause which interrupted
 him, lasting through several minutes
 Judge Brewer. Tribute.
 | The trustees then paid tribute to Dr. Massey. He referred to tie fact
 that his wife and four sisters had grad uated under the college president We | all hope that the good work of pr. Massey and his associates here may go on from year to year he said. "Dr.
 Massey is man whom we feel. had he | adopted another line of work, might have reached an eminence which would have made his name household word
 among the people of the nation. In-- stead, he has preferred to stay here and help in the education of the young wo- men of this school But although he
 has not leaped at the larger chance, l
 believe that he has not chosen unwise- 1y In the hearts of the people of this State. and other great States, his mem ory lives and will live secure from year
 to year. as long as the Alabama Con, T to have existed"
 With the close of the exercises this
 morning, the school year of the col leK0 came 10 dn eIlu. l ne TeSl Ol ttic day was utilized by the 125 out-of-town pupils in preparing for their vacation departure. Farewells were said to the members of the faculty with whom they have been associated during the year past, and affectionate good-byes. | breathing of undying affection, and | promises for the year to come, were l whispered by friend to friend.
 l Late this afternoon the train on the little branch road leading from Tus- | kegee to Chehaw, bore more than half | of the girls of the school on their | home trip A special car conveyed | them from the little town to the main line of the Western Railroad, and then, attached to the regular train as far as Montgomery.
 With their going. the quiet which is to last three months long descended up on the college campus. The rays or the setting sun still struck upon the building, standing alone and almost de- | serted, but the life with which 1t had teemed a few hours before had left it. Dusk came slowly around the ancient pile, silent and grim. Months from now 1t will again open It's doors to re- ceive laughing, smiling girlhood. But
 some of those who have gone out may never come back The others 1t will
 receive as their alma mater, will not
 efface from it's history the class which has today left its walls, Something has gone out which cannot come back.
 The fiftieth commencement has passed into the dead leaves of history.
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