Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1906-05-24


for Will Mayaeld College and We
ARE safe II saying that TIE school
shas never seen Il bettes of more
prosperous year. me tcfm started
with i good cnrollment ofexccllent
young men and ladies, and the Az
crage attendance has been good
during The whole YEAR VIII Nay
Held College not oniyprosp
from \ financial standpoint, but III
isfiIling its mission, ~ doing good.
work and our people are proud Of
ii. As an institution Of the Baptist
church and The only school the
Baptist people have ii this part of
The state, there Is no good reason
why u should not prosper When
this factis considered there seems
to be no reason why II should not
prosper in greater measure, for
greaterip interest II being taken ii II
than ever before and that means n
liberal patronage and support
for the future.
The program for the closing ex,
ercises Is superior IN excellence to:
any previously rendered
Rev. II. Al. Smoot of Frederick
town preached the commencement
sermon sunday night. Monday
night an excellent vocal and instru-
mental musical program was rem.
dcred III which I'LL The participants
did remarkably well, to the delight
Of the large audience present. Miss
lola Hinkle rendered q piano Sc
lection, aMountain Stream" with
such skill and excellence that she
was encored, and encored again:
The singing was also excellent and
showed the careful training requir-
ed in difficult music.
The program for Tuesday after
noon, BY the intermediate depart
ment, was also d good one and
highly entertaining. The recita
tions were good and we're all well
rendered.
On Tuesday night the medal con-
test was the important feature IN
the exercises; and another interest
ing feature was the "Gm Manual
Drill There were six contestants
for the two medals, and the contest
was a spirited one. Not one ofthe
contestants should be discouraged
or regret having taken part in the
contest. The fact that they made
the effort means a great deal to
them, for those alone who make the
effort can hope TO succeed in any
worthy ndimportantu undertaking.
The contestants were Messrs.
Jonah Lutes, and Joseph Atwood,
and Misses Virginia Graham,
Audrey Jamison, Annie jenkins
and Kate Moore. The judges were
Rev. II. "A. Smoot, Rev. w. M. Ri
dolph and Prof. R. J. Hubbard.
Jonah Lutes was awarded the med
| oil in the declamatory contest, which
was presented by Prof. w. A. Da-
yault in q few, we'll chosen words.
Miss Kate Moore was awarded the
other medal, which was modestly,
presented in appropriate language
by Miss Daisy Dickerman.
Messrs. Webster Davault, Frank
Fulkerson. Will r. Wells, Emroe
M. Winters, G. B.Mayfield and Miss
Maude Clippard are The graduates
and the graduating exercises were
on the program for Wednesday
evening, and as this paper will have
been printed before the program /
/ rendered, we will not be able to
publish q far account Of the cxer
cises. AS there are other interest
ling features to the program to
be rendered later, We win give a fnl
report in the next issue.
The many friends Of Emro d
Winters, the honor graduate, vii
sympatbise with him. Mr.. Winters
| has not been able to take part il
1.-THE exercises on account Of Il
health. He is 8 most excelleni
'Iyoung man and il is hoped be mey
speedily recover. as be has improv
| ed considerably.