Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-05-20
PRYOR lNSTITTTE
REGULAR COMMENCEMENT
EXERCISES THEREOF

prizes of $t5 and $40 in gold for the
winners in oratory contest. The large
college hall was filed with the friends
of the contestants, nine in number,
who listened with appreciation. The
exercises were opened with prayer by
Rev. Sorrell. The piano Quintette,
'!Tanz der Mai Kafer," by Misses Kel-
ly, Horton, Hutton and Turner, was
excellent. Eschol Burnett was the
first speaker on the subject of the
Power of Purpose, Ed Cain follow
ed with "Man! Thou Pendulum
'Twixt Smile and Tear" while
Hubert Cain spoke on the Limit OF
Free Thought" " Miss Ava Horizons
violin solo, "Mignonne Gavotte, was
very pretty, and gave relaxation from
the ponderous oratory. Frank Deak-
,ins then spoke on the Demand of the
Twentieth Century, Greed Heard on
.'Jennie Lind" and Roy Henninger ON
"sMirage" A male trio composed of
Messrs Burnett and Bennett, ''Drear-
,fly," was the intermission offered this
time, after which Ed Lewis spoke on
H'Courage, and Sam Martin gave a
descriptive selection, ''The Wrestlers
of Phillippi." The violin sextette,
prayer and rondo by Pleyel,a beautiful
composition, was excellently perform
led by Misses Kelly, Mills, Lane, Deak-
fns and Horton, and the orations by
Sidney Rogers on "The Ends of the
Present the Means of the Future" and
John Thach on 1.-THE Fate of Genius"
closed the oratorical contest. Fiddle
and T. was beautifully sung by Miss
Strawn, accompanied by violin and
lpiano.
On Saturday evening the hall was
spaGked to see the children's entertain
ment, over 1000 people being estima-
ted present The first number was a
piano sextette, Galop, Op, 100, by
rStreabog, rendered by Myrtle Strawn,
Mary Darr, Winnie Mclaughlin, Lou
Use Kelly, Fannie Darr and Irene
Burnett. William Halls recitation,
tts'A Complaint. was nicely given,
and the violin duet, Evening Song
and Home, Sweet Home, by two
very little violinists, Dorothy Stewart
and Nell Robertson, was a pleasure tC
the audience. The boys chorus,
'FOnr School Band, was rendered in
good style, and spiritedly. Katie May
Willis recited' Who Made the Speech,
and the piano solo by Beulah little,
Intermesso Pizzicato, was a very credi
table performance. The Quaker Drill
by Virginia Pope and Edward Alley
was another cute performance, and the
number, %'What Would Be" by nine
little boys was interesting. The ZobC
Patriotic Drill by a number of girl
arrayed in red, white and blue, blow
ing zobos to national airs, was yer,
pretty. This concluded the first hal
of the evenings program, the secont
half opening with the violin solo
'Redowa de Wallestein" by Dancla
by Miss Nell Hall, rather Difficult
performance for such young perform
er. A song "a Soldier Boy, wa
Marshall Halls contribution, as wa
the dialogue, "The Bug-a Boo" tha
of Fannie Darr and Louise Kelly
The practicing song sung by Mani
Lou Hall was decided novelty an
,excellently done. The song, 9TH
Quarrel, by Nell Hall and Haywoo
Simpson, was excellent and the audi
ence insisted ON recall. A violi
trio, Scottish Folk Song" and 'Ol
Black Joe, was the next number col
tributed by Myrtle Strawn, Beula
little and Edward Alley. The recita
tion, "Picnic Time" by Sam Pol
Rauston, was a good one The song
IAN Arcadian Lullaby" by Myrtl
StrawE, was another enjoyable nun
ber. The minuet by twelve girls an
boys was a pretty effect, and the plan
duo, FESTIVAL Sounds" by Mani
Lou Hail, 1st piano, and Virgini
Pope, 2nd piano, was nicely playe
composition. This brought the pre-
gram down to the last number of th
evening, 1.-The Fairy Wedding, -
which there were lots of fairies
brownies, frogs and prince and priI
cess. chariots. red fire, much curtai
pulling, difficulty with lights, an
general hustle, hustle and worry, bJ
it all evolved in due time and thel
were some very pretty scenes the wei
ding between the prince and prince
in pantOmime at close bringing Il
whole cohort onto the stage in a gala;
Y of childish beauty.
At the conclusion Of the "Fail
Wedding. prizes were presented to 81
students in primary department as fo
lows: Fannie Darr. Nell Hall, Row
ma Pope, Lucy jackson, Jas. AndersC
and Melvin Turner
The performance of the children w
highly creditable i'm every way, al
deserved the encominms of al.
Sunday morning al ilo'clock the A
nual Sermon was preached in the Go
lege Chapel by Dr. John W. Perry.