The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-06-09
Annual Message to the Graduates
Sunday Night. Z. i.
BEGINNING OF THE COMMENCEMENT.
Park School Closed Last Nlghi.-
s. Members In High School Class.
". 6. Shepherd Wins In Dec.
lamailon Contest. Largest I
Il J. Number Of Graduates Col.
~ lege Has Sent Out.
leqe Has Sent Out.

The address OF DR.. ]. C. Kilgo to the
Eacealaureates Sunday night was a
characteristic utterance of Trinity's
president. sweeping in its defamation
against the infirmities OF modern so
ciety, tremendous In Its word work,
conyulsing In its occasional sal les and
Of course delivered with all Of the arts
Forty-six seniors sat under his voice
for an hour, the largest graduating
class that ever left the college OF
these, thirteen were young women oi
more than ordinary good looks, bright,
intelligent goods who ornament the
college community and have spurred
their brothers to fine endeavor. These
forty-six graduates were always ad'
dressed as young gentlemen" per.
lhaps from the force Of scholastic hab'
IL, perhaps again because the young
gentle-women need little preaching to
throughout the year. At any rate,
young gentlemen were constantly ad.
.monished to avoid the artihcialities
OF our social structure. the cheap gild.
Ing and snowy lacquer of its life, the
infiinitude OF It's goose-speech and
listen to the eyer-pealing tones OF oil
eternity. Ea. ...s, II 70.
The address was preceded by a mu
s,cal programme in which an ele-
eant'y dressed. finely trained choir
gave the programme as published In
The Herald Sunday morning. The
commencement choir was composed oi
Mesdames G. W. Bryant. T. E. Cheek
T. ID. Jones, Mary Yancey. O. A.
Carr, ]. NJ. Manning, Meiora Smith
Lee. Misses Rosa Green, Annie Whit
more. IseAa B. Markham. Messrs. A
E. Lloyd, RE. Piper. A. w. Wilson
T. C. Newman, w. p. Byrd, Preston
Eppes. w. II. overton. W. A. Sal
mon and DR.. G. A. Carr. The choir
was directed by Mr.. T. E. Cheek AMI
Miss Alice Hundley played the ac
compartments The beautiful soprano
voices OF Mrs. Yancey and Mrs. Bry'
ant reached the utmost corner Of the
great auditorium. Commencement
visitors are always as much entertain
ed as much by the music as by the
speakers AMI one reca led the tribute
Of Dr. Lyman Abbott to Mrs. T. E
Cheeks voice years ago when he said
that he had rarely heard such sing
ing in New York city. And hearing
both. the preacher and the singer, one
hesitated in the choice Of their gifts,
One of the most strikingly inspiring
numbers OF the programme was 20
Trinity" written for the class Of 1905
ana set TO glorious music by Miss
Alice Hundley,
Immediately following the first part
OF the programme DIR. Kilgo walked to
the pulpit and without announcing any
specific subject began the narrative
which the memorial OF Prince Alber;
Consort in South Kensington Garden
Londo teachers. He described II
from the sculptor's dream, illustrate
It's broadness Of spirit, the whole ma
teriai structure standing for something
aesthetic, something catholic. memor.
talking a man OF broad mind and great
heart. These he said we're the most
impressive things about the stone
though each Inc and feature OF II
stood for perfection in art. THE un'
iyersal spirit seems to celebrate and
interpret the man II personities. he
was not a smallminded. narrow
souled man." the preacher said
He thought this stone.ideal should
typify what q college man should be.
"It has come" he declared with ear.
nestness, ito us from al quarters Of
the earth. that We are living no long
er, neighborhood, community. state,
national, or even race lives, but would
lives. The tendency everywhere is
towards segregation and isolation.
Everything running to specialization
looms UP in our lives and takes on
immeagurable proportions In destroy.
ing that broadness Of spirit so needed
In our work among men. We have
come to regard the specialist as the
ideal man and every tendency Of our
civilization has been to concentrate
his energies at one point as though
that could possibly increase his pow.
er aud worth as a man."