The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-05-23
DR.. 0. B. STAPLES ADDRESS
Was Scholarly and Full Of Wholesome
Advice to Students-Dr Gross
Farewell Speech Was
Great Sermon. ... d.

VI dlbl'N' ''ll't'i A'ilN'l'u hA'
iareweu speech aSi Expressed his
wis. mat Hargrove would in the no
distant future stand at the top OF
educational circles I'm the new state.
The address of DR.. Gross was short
but fuh Of feeling and good words for
those who had co-operatod with him
in the years that he was at the head
of the college.
Rev. o. B. staples. the incoming
president OF the institution, was intro
duced and for thiry minutes spoke to
me assembly. The new president had
chosen as his address THE Four Keys
to Success" THE fir key said Rev.
Staples, lis High Ideals. Along this
line he emphasized the fact that no
one becomes in measure just wnat
his ideals represent and that no boy
or girl ever rose higher than their
ideals. The seconl key TO success,
Rev Staples said, was fiNedncss OF
purpose. The speaker remarked that
without a fixed purpose nothing can
be accomplished and warned each stu.
dent to have some aim in Lille ana
strive to that aim
A. third key ives a proper appre-
citation and utilization of ones time.
Just here the speaker became en-
wrapped In his subject and in voice
of eloquence cried, How many of us
can truiy say. when the dav is don"
insert an advertisement, such as
TINS, Lost during the day, an hour,
sixty golden minutes. studded with
5000 diamond seconds. It can not be
returned, for 1t is gone forever. Save
these diamond seconds, these golden
minutes and each will become more
dear and more needful."
The fourth key to that which all
strive, the speaker said, was integrity
OF character.
The speaker Is pleasant talker
and his address made quite an impress
/ SlOll Ou AHt dhhl'h'''
The commencement. exercises at
Hargrove college cane to a close last
evening when the music and elecutioR
classes rendered their program of en-
| tertainment, and the medals in these
| departments were awarded.
The program for the evening a. ioi-
lows was rendered, in the p'osence
of the largest cruwd that has ever
attended the closing eVercises of the
college:
Southern Beauty .... sec. Schneider
Eula Sims, Mamie Gross, Louise &.
Young. Minnie Perry. Irene
Prui,t, Ovell Wolverton
Fred Smith and Miss Cook.
How t.e LaRue States Were Lost o..
................... Sadie Ryburn
Bendemeors Stream ...........G .Galty
Ovella Wolverton
Minuet ...........,...... faderwski
Elfin Dause ................Je Jensen
Lorena Cruce
Douce Caresse ............... .Gillet
Louise Young
My Desert Queen 90. Hartwell Jones
Beatrice Won Keller
owan Song ...... May nelle Johnson
Oberon .......,.......... Weber
Mamie Gross, Ovella Wolverton,
Louise Young
PART II
Marche Aux FlambeauX. ......,C CLARK
Doarothy Carter, Minerva Vieux,
Bertha Green, Lou Colbert
Scene from the School of Scandal.
.......... Sadie Ryburn Leo RodkC
Two Larks ..............Le .Leschetizky
Mamie Gross
Slumber Sweetly ......... Beaumont
Ovella Wolverton
Old Kentucky Home Wiegand
Ovella WolvertOn. Fred Smith,.
=. Louise Young, Mamie Gross o..
Mustard Plaster o.. ...,Lorena Crucc
Nay Morning ..............De Den2d
llOfOtON NdIltT. sssi
, Danube Waves Waltz. .lvanovic
I.ouisse Young, Oyela Wolverton,
Mamie Gross. Fred Smith
After the rendition Of the p-ogran
DR.. Gross presented medals to the
following: Dollie Carter, medal giver
by ]. NJ. Gross, awarded for improve
ment in voice culture Sadie Rvhpr'
medal awarded by W. A. Wolvertor
of Oklahoma City for the best nd
vancement in elocut'on; Lorena Cruc'
was awarded the M dal given b!
W. G. Ditzler, in music; Lena Low
was awarded the medal given b,
Mrs. NJ. Gross, for the best house
Keeper; Beatrice Won Keller wa