The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-06-03

TTEya close today. ,>H & y1 E$}aF i5E9
A vast dome of the stataSs g,pitHiS
I style, looking from the new isfinin ~ ss
nall' turret on the new dOrrtif tSifsI ss
Tor girls, from wihch%a big & cl1 tiS
would toll the hours to the inJiusfY3
boy and girl, big black iron t8ni n
with a capacity Of 100000 gallons l,fSI
water, new agricultural btliIfffYsT
breaking the horizon line from
scnool looking west, a little village
Is which new houses almost DADDY.
sprout, are some of the marks ,WRicff
have given new features to thefwhoi8
school. ~. S S>is: Y S "A Sssa
! With these changes have come colisg
slant increase Of students = 3 ttiffaI&
town students, day students aSIffpSs
the 1000 mark has nearly as SsS
reached The increase Is most ND 49, 81
able In the graduating classess ,H{ fEB
graduating class Of this year mum Bek WI
1O5, against 80 OF last year, ana StktS4s
class which Is to finish HI 1910, IiuYfaAss
bers now 40. u, ~ +. ! ,ES Sas
! Thus each year Is Witnessing aIS 8
increase of boys, and girls who aye
seeking to learn a trade whereby they;
expected to earn living and Be .pf y
service to their race
| o.. From the very outset the scilGoE
this year has emphasized ita own
Kind Of commencement exercises rheS
choir which so charmed the heart of
lAndrew Carnegie and the y school
band which SO thrilled ReitoM I(a fi46
j reath, Of BirminghamS ont 8a6ItSSfS
| II al
Negro melodies for commsilH
music. =" - 49, - 15-E@5 81 slpf
+ The divinity school or Sssss
'ERible school, in, graduating
placed .additionmE $strkRa on S.
lpoStance OF knowing people and ~
how raj f hsS III a
Eyears ago, In. 2 word ! Z addttiD nSl
stress was placed Upon pfacts cysf SsS
eryday living even for minfst By fifa slss
Typical too we're the :subj sets 10 IL
the Boston prize. Trinity {! e6a ts; as
Good Roads in Their Relatio
Farm Life,'' "The Cali OF the 81 ss tUis tkHk
Districts" Thomas Edison
subjects Of a practical nature suck 81 d
the student will have to, daaT swtEa
after years. ~, $4,2& if:,s 49, w D III 81
Commencement FaxeSeisea.$y y, ossS;
The program was divided into two
parts, part one taking place I'LL the5s
morning, and part two In the Tafters
noon. In the morning, Raymond SI5.}
Taborn saIutatoriany discnBssss III 81 Cd.
ern Methods in the Education OF the
Farmer" Paul J. Jefferson diacuasati,
"The Value OF; Pork, Prodnttion t0B
the Southern Farmer" Charles I.s.
Pearson, 'The Small Farmer as sgS
Factor in Our National Life ;;',' Relle1
E. Williams, Work in Corn Shueks .,,issI
and the wife of M. G. Moore, OF, Anas
tin, closing the, morhthg exercises
with the alumni anniversary address
In. the afternoon the program
continued with a speech by StoneWaIEs
J. billiard on "'Open Fields Tor tksa
Gradutes of the, Trade and Tech i,icaa
Schools" Algie' II. Garuth hers,
ling a Pamphlet" Reginald A.tM0Fyfs
ter, Electricity as Source OF No.
tive Power" Charles w. 4CarpenE8RsE
valedictorian, 1.-The Teachers. Part igss
the Improvement Of General Health
Conditions,' closing the attaEn6Sn
exercises with the commencement adSlSS
dress by J. E. Asbury, of Phfladefys
phia, Pa. ~ l&E,~=' &%Ns 3s,5S5
The special features OF the day
were the music, the student illiIS-S.
tration Of his own work, letter Of rsS4A48I
greet read from absent friends. and
fthe visitors. ~ Z $sf.fsff(sY
The music for the day was ais folsSi
lows: - < .l sht& $5 ySeE
The Holy City--Orchestra ss5l
o Clap Your Hands Togeth
Choir. ..-.t Is, .,a5
Melodies, Selected-School. S as
Negro folk song, DRY Yot Tgyes.sttI
Choir 'l..- 5 13
Medley, National Airs--Sehool. s8l%9
"Let's Be Laughing Chair. ,93
Hail Alma Choir and Or q
chestra. &'.# %>t4&912S
Then You'll Remember Me''---OK q
chestra, w. NJ. Graham, aoloist. @H3
Praise Ye the Lord,O My SoHI',4ss
Choir. Ply. ....@Y. .&G.zs 81. II }5s,5@S.
Away to the Woods'---Ch oir, & S5S
Melodies, Selected--SehooI, n q
Negro folk song, "Diana''--+-Ch 0fKx
Tuskegee Song-schooi.. " IA
"Halleluiab Chorus"--Ch oiE. .g5 b,
Demonstration py StussSm1S u
The students illustrations 0E
work while speaking WaA an
tive feature OF the exarctse
Williams, is her speech, wg Hszz
corn shucks, had a ;olass ~ III 4
form making hats, scrubbsng
and bottoming chaira & y g
Ishucks. ~ W q Sss g -
,Algie CarutheIs, IN tSe
coaTrhusD. oN = ~ j 8