The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-05-23
BISHOP HENDRIX
TO MAKE ADDRESS
NOTED METHODIST DIVINE WILL
PREACH COMMENCEMENT
SERMON AT L. /. & C..
SUNDAY MORNING.
Graduating Exercises Take Place on
Monday Morning, the Baccalau-
reate Address Being Made
by S. A. Witherspoon.

The commencement exercises incl
dental to the closing of the twenty
second annual session of the Indus
trial Institute and College will begin
next Saturday morning, with dis
play of exhibits in the various indus
trial departments of the college, and
will continue three days, closing the
following Monday morning, when the
graduating exercises will take place.
At eight O'Clock Saturday night there
will be a concert in the college chapel
under the auspices of the department
of music; on Sunday morning the
annual sermon before the graduating
class will be delivered by Bishop Eu-
gene r. Hendrix, of Kansas City, who
will also deliver sermon before the
Young Women's Christian Associa-
tion of the college at eight O'Clock on
Sunday evening, and the graduating
exercises will take place at ten O'Clock
Monday morning, the baccalaureate
address being delivered by Hon. S.
A. Witherspoon of Meridian
Bishop Hendrix, who is to deliver
the commencement sermon, is one
of the most distinguished prelates of
the present generation. He is mem
Der of the College of Bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
and both as an orator and as a stu
dent ranks high among contemporary
theologians. Bishop Hendrix is we'll
known to the people of Columbus,
having visited this city last fall, when
he officiated at the dedication of the
Second Methodist church in East Co
lumbus. While in the city he visited
the Industrial Institute and College
and delivered a short address which
so thoroughly charmed both teachers
and students that President Kincan
non invited him to deliver the COM
sermon. Bishop Hendrix
accepted the invitation, and upon the
occasion of his return will receive a
most cordial welcome from the many
Columbians who learned to honor
and admire him during his brief stay
here last fall.
In Hon. 5. A. Witherspoon, who is
to deliver the baccalaureate address, |
friends and patrons of the college
will have the pleasure of listening to
another great thinker and brilliant |
orator, a man who is beloved and |
honored throughout the State and in
" hom the people of Lowndes county |
take special pride. Mr.. Witherspoon |
is a native of this county, having |
been born and raised on a farm about |
seven miles east of Columbus, and is |
we'll known to many of our citizens.
A number of years ago he removed /
20 Meridian, where he took up the
practice of law, He has been eminent
Y successful in his practice, and en- 4
Joys a reputation as an orator which
extends far beyond the confines of
lis native State.
Ever since Hon. A. A. Kincannon
vas elected president of the Indus
rial Institute and College nine years
lgo the institution has been making
steady and rapid progress, and the
session which is now rapidly nearing
close has been the most prosperous
n its history. There have been about
eight hundred students in attendance,
md besides the splendid instruction
given these young ladies they have
lad the privilege of seeing and hear
ng some of the greatest musical and
lramatic attractions before the pub
ic, Madame Marcella Senbrich, the
Sew York Symphony Orchestra, Mr.
frederick Warde, and the Ben Greet
players having appeared in the col
ege chaper during the past winter.
The exercises will all be public and
President Kincannon extends to the
'eople of Columbus and friends of
he college generally most cordial
IMITATION to be present.