The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-06-02
College Commencement
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tninments.
The seniors in piano are Mise
Frances Mcclure, Bess Reynolds an,
Florence Shultz. Diligent Study an,
careful training OF talent have beeI
necessary to produce the finished ex
ecution with which these young ladie
played, and in every case the appre
ciatlvs audience realized that an artis
was before them. These graduate
are dt representatives Of Central Col
lege School Of Music and this institu
ton ~reioices to set its seal Of approva
upon their proficiency.
Thus this department Of school worl
has added the record of another sue.
cessinl year to the history 1t has made
In the past,-and has again sent oul
young women who are fitted to enrich
the world with the wealth OF cultivated
talent.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
The climax Of an eminently sue.
cesstul year at Central College was
reached on Wednesday morning, at
which time the Seth annual com.
mencement exercises we're held In
the college auditorium.
The graduating class Of this year
consists of thirteen bright, intellI.
gent girls who have made an enviable
record during the years OF their
school course. No college in the
West is better equipped to train
Young women. With q carefully
selected and able faculty, President
Smith is keenly alive to all that Will
promote the welfare Of the institu.
tion, and studiouSly wstchful Of the
interests OF those committed to his
care. Eminently qualified to dis
charge the Duties Of his nfina HE
administration has proved that the
church has chosen wisely 10 calling
him to this important field.
The closing exercises are always
looked forward to with pleasure and
on this occasion q large audience
gathered to show interest In the
and to hear the distinguished speaker
Of the morning.
After the invocation by DR.. Powell,
OF Hot Springs, Ark, and the Bridal
Chorus by the Ladies' octette, Mr..
Smith introduced DR.. Naphtall Luc-
cock, Of st. Louis, who took for the
subject Of his address, "At the
of Life"
By way Of introduction DR.. Luc
ck quoted Victor Hugo as saying
W|
nat the 18th century witnessed the
emancipation Of man, the 10th wit
messed the emancipation OF women
from all the conventionalfties that
her nature and held her
back from filling some useful and
places In life. He pre-
that the goth century would
be the woman's century, when she
ihall enter IN eve widening field Of
and activity, when she
shall stand in the history Of the land
with a lamp, a type Of splendid and
true wOmanhood, when she shall be
able, by her unerring Judgment, to
many Of the problems that
confront the race, and mold the
world after her own high standards.
In answer to the question, "What
Ire the springs Of life," the speaker
asserted that Christian colleges are
the Sgreat living fountain heads
Very beautifully did he use the Incl
dent OF Elijah sweetening the waters
Of Jericho to illustrate the great fact
he would present to his hearers,-
that a preserving, purifying element
must be put into these springs OF life,
these Christian schools.
He showed the old theory that
women are not adapted to this broad,
liberal education had been shattered
by facts, that this view Of education
does not destroy marriage and the
but will stimulate men to
greater effort, to an earnest desire to
fit themselves for a higher life, since
an empty head with a full pocket
may not appeal to a cultivated
woman.
In order to S the "cruse Of salt"
he first called attention to the dNty Of
sell -05seyVatfOn and insisted that
Christian mot eennlar edncatinn mill