The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-25
AT TROY NORMAL
MEMBERS OF GRADUATING CLASS
 RECEIVE DIPLOMAS.
Annual Concert by the Music Depart menf . Brilliant success--Chafr- man Wiley of Board of Di-
 recters Speaks.

| Troy. May 24.--tspecial)- )--The an-
 nuai concert by the music department
 of the State Normal College Tuesday
 night attracted a packed audience.
 which was well rewarded The admir- | ably arranged program was brilliantly
 carried out There were vocal and in- strumental selections from Metra, Goh- baerts. Dudley Buck, Denza, Ruben
 stein and Goria, and the careful and | efficient training of the participants was evident. Mrs. O. Worthy and Miss Cell, the accomplished heads of this department, have done splendid years work
 The graduating exercises took place yesterday. There were twelve mem | bers of the class to receive diplomas. one being absent on account of Ill., ness. The following presented themes
 and were duly graduated: Herman l.. | Upshaw. of Alexander City. salutato-
 rian, Thought. the Motive Power of Civilization. Miss Onyx Douglas, The
 Mountain Topa." Miss Willie Mae
 Brunson. Of Georgiana, Songs That
 are Not Sung" William A. Grove, of
 Harmon, Character" Miss Jimmie
 McDavid. of Dothan, The sacredness of Work" Miss Nell Smith, of Mobile. II
 of Centreville, Bibb county. The Debt
 of the Law to the Lawless." Miss Nelle Britain, of Roanoke, Randolph county, | Modern Elocution." Miss Ida Martin, of Seman, Elmore county. T Am
 Debtor" Miss Cora O. White, of Troy, The Value and Effects of Criticism.
 George Arthur Harris. of Pike county,
 valedictorian. '"ro Be Rather Than to Seem.'
 | Eoth av~a,.~ ..z a,,atton. xvnpa nf a high order of merit and were well pre- | scented.
 Without exception, perhaps. these young people will go forth at once to
 teach in the public schools of the State,
 and they go well equipped for the work
 that yearly becomes moro complicated and arduous.
 | At the conclusion of the exercises
 Chairnan'O. c. Wiley of the Board of
 Directors, briefly addressed the gradu-
 ating class in words of congratulation
 and cheer. He stated that the board
 was highly pleased with the work be-
 ing done by the college, and the sub-
 stantial advance made in all lines of
 activity. He announced that the same faculty had been reelected. | President Schakleford delivered tho baccalaureate address choosing as his
 subject The Value of Leisure Hours" | The address, though DrleI, was well
 conceived. strong and philosophical. The benediction was pronounced by
 Rev. s. o. Townsend, and another year
 of hard work and gratifying results for
 the State Normal College was ended. The graduating class was given re- ception at the house of President
 Shackelford yesterday afternoon. | A greater number of visitors from a | distance have attended the commence
 ment exercises of the Normal College
 this year than any preceding com
 mencement. Most of the visitors re-
 turned to their homes yesterday and today the town seems unusually quiet | this afternoon.
 Grace McEathern the ten year old
 daughter of MT. and Mrs. S. E. Mo-
 Eathern. died yesterday afternoon at
 the home of her parents of Bell street | after an illness of a few days. The l funeral services were held this after
 noon at the residence and were con- ducted by Dr. D. W. Hubbard. The in-
 torment took place at oakwood Ceme- | tery.