The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-05-25
THE INSTITUTE
COMMENCEMENT
Began Saturday Night With Success
fuI Exercises by Two Literary So
cieties-Commencement Sermon
ANNUAL EXHIBIT OF WORK OF
YEAR VERY CREDlTABlE,
Alumni Dinner-Company and Battai
ion DriIs-CIass Night Exercises
-Graduation Exercises This
Morning.

: "OITlitt9s
The commencement exercises 70
the Industrial Institute began last Sat
urday evening with a very interestin,
and instructive literary program b.
the Attakapas and Avatar literary so
cieties of the school. The Glee Clul
rendered the song "The Old Guard
by Veazie very effectively and eigh
little girls performed matinee drill
most gracefully. Those participating
were: Martha Pellerin, Eunice Blan
chet, Yolande Domengeaux, Agnes
Roy. Winnie Thornton, Anna Shannon
Stella Comeaux, Eppie Moss,
The event Of the evening, however
was the debate between the societies
for the Julian Moutoa gold medal. the
first to be awarded for the best inGi.
vidual debator. Harmon Lang.ord
and Miss Mary Parham represented
the Attakapas, and Sidney voorhies
and Miss Margaret Foules the Avatar,
the subject Of debate being, Resolved
that Woman Should Have Equal Vot-
ing Privileges with Man. DR.. Steph-
ems appointed Rev. H. E. Gilchrist,
| Major P. L. DeClouet and Miss Wealth
| ers as judges. Master Langford OPEN
ed for the Affirmative and captured
the audience with his logical and
oftentimes amusing arguments in IA
vor OF granting women suffrage rights.
Miss Foules followed for the negative
presenting strong reasons why women
should not be accorded the privileges
OF the masculine sex. Miss Parham
followed for the affirmative in a very
dispassionate consideration of the sub
ject and Sidney voorhies concluded
for the negative in well delivered
plea to follow in the beaten path and
attend the advice of the Pope and old
statesmen on the subject. Rev. Gil
christ announced the decision in favor
of Miss Foules, but complimented the
four debaters, saying that the Judges
only wished they could bestow four
gold medals instead of one.
Prof. Sontag gave violin solo and
the Treble Clef Club sang Kentucky
Babe" Both numbers were artistical-
ly rendered and Prof. Sontag receiv-
ed an enchore.
Commencement Sermon
Sunday evening at five O'Clock a
fine congregation assembled at the
Institute Auditorium to hear the COM
mencement sermon delivered by
Rev. H. E. Gilchrist of the First
Unitarian Church, New Orleans.
Rev. Fitzgerald Parker, OF Nash
vile. Tenn, offered the invocation
and Rev. A. F. Vaughan, pastor of
the Methodist church read for the |
scriptural lesson. Proverbs, eighth |
chapter. The Institute students. led
by Miss Embry, sang ''Praise yeI
the Father" "Come then Almighty |
King and pilgrims of the nigh"
Rev. Vaughan pronounced the
benediction. The sermon by Rev.
Gilchrist was in brief as follows:
SUBJECT: The Understanding
Heart.
TEXT: l Kings III. 9. Part of
Verse: "Give, therefore, thy SER
want an Understanding Heart
A truth once announced is for al
lime, and 1 wish to extract a truth
rom an incident in the life of an
ancient king and apply it to the life
of young manhood and womanhood
n the life of our modern American
This truth finds it's set
ing in scene of solemn and i'm.
,ressive beauty. Night has fallen
lpon the Judean hills; the mighty
works of man have melted in the
'hadows of eventide, and the mighty
nfinities are beginning to sweep in
heir majestic march across the stellar
paces. In one of the high places
part from the bustling city, youth
ul figure is sleeping near an altar,
,efore which he has worshipped and
,rown weary. It is the figure of the
'outhful King Solomon who has Just
ntered upon his notable reign as
uler over Gods chosen people. In
tead of sitting upon a throne amid ,
Genes of oriental splendor, listening
0 the honeyed praises of court fiat
srers, or plunging into the gay fes- /
ivities of courtly life, he has gone
nto the high rlaces tn take counsel OF |
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