Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-26
Commencement at Lin.
coin Institute.
LARGE CLASS GRADUATED
Distribution of Medals-SeC-
State of Hon. John E.
Swanger flakes Bril-
liant Address.

Lincoln Institute is far FAMED Tor
| the excellence of its commencement
program, and never before in the his
tory of the institution has there been
one to equal or surpass that OF the
year ending June ~, 1908.
Beginning with the exercises of the
Junior class which consisted OF
scenes from a classic play adopte
from Virgil. The program of each
succeeding day and night found the
fitting climax in the exercises Of
commencement day.
DR.. A. j. Carey, of Chicago, deliv.
cred very able Baccalaureate ser.
mon, from the theme "Abundant
Life" DR.. Arlington Wilson, of Kan.
sas City sermon to the religious bodies
of the institution. DR.. E. j. Barks-
dale, of st. LOUIS, the address before
the literary societies, D. Matthew
Ricketts,, of st. Joseph, address to the
sophmore graduating class. Each one
of the gentlemen brought message
of hope and inspiration.
The exercises of abe sophmore class
and the senior class night were high
ly appreciated by large audiences of
representative white and colored citi-
zens.
Secretary of the State Hon. John E..
Swanger. of the great commonwealth
of Missouri delivered the annual ad-
dress to the graduates, diplomas to
thirty.nine young men and women
from the full normal course; fifty.six
from the half course; certificates to
twenty three from the department of
domestic art; thirty domestic science
and ten agriculture.
Scholarship medals were awarded as
follows: the Swanger gold medal for
The young woman making the highest
average in the senior year, Miss Mel
lie silone Pollard, Mobely, Mo-; this
medal has been for several years and
is the generous and unsolicited gift of
the noble hearted secretary of the
State. Hon. John E. Swanger. The
Allen scholarship gold medal, the gift
of DR.. Allen to the member of the
sophmore class making the highest
average for the year, was awarded
Miss Sadie Henderson, of Marshall,
Mo-, the Smith-Emery medal, to the
mem bers of the class in domestic art,
making the best average to Miss Eli
nor Braxton, of Kansas City.
The donors of the last mentioned
medal are Messrs E, 8. Emery and
Richard Smith two members of the
Board of Regents. especially interested
in the department of industries,
Said Secretary Swanger during the
course of his address, "for the second
time l have been signally honored by
being invited to deliver these diplomas
to graduate Of the students OF Lincoln
Institute. congratulate the young
men and women the victory through
toll and salf-denial. As q citizen of
Missouri am proud you, and am also
proud of and thank the president and
faculty for their fidelity to your inter
ests, thank the members of the board
for the conservatism and business
sense with which they have managed
this institution. As citizens Of this
state, we cannot be Indifferent to its
welfare. Only upon the intelligence
of it's citizeus can we rear a great
commonwealth Of Missouri. The state
now expects you to do your duty.
What is it? Devotion to duty. Il
asks Of you the highest type Of citizen-
ship.
"A pr. Allen presided at each exercise,
and introduced the speakers In happy
And interesting remarks. In closing