The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-06-15

anu INDUSTRIAL Institute.
me oratlons covered a wide rang
or thought, and, were commendaIbl,
compilations.
The Grafton of Don w. Jones elic
lted Voclterous and prolonged ap
piause. Popular Judgment, how
ever, was at variance with that O.
the officials who named Miss Sedon
Ia Rotan as deserving Of first men
tlon, and Mr.. Don Jones a close
second.
! Appended is the program:
Observation-Disclosures.
oratlon 'Frederick Douglass
HughestOn Brown.
Oratlon "Virginia's Progress ~
Marina Jordon.
Grafton Justin Smith MORRILL,
r. r. G. Wade.
Music
Sedonia Rotan.
Though Tide and Temp
est BE Against Me. 1 will Bend
to the Oar with all NV Might y
Eulah S. Watkins
Shall the Fourteenth and
Fifteenth Amendments be Re-
pealed."
Don w. Jones.
Music. II
Alumni Reunion,
Friday evening was featured by
the annual reunion of the Alumni
Association, followed by the Presi-
dents reception to the Glass of 1911
and the visiting Alumni.
At eight p. M, the Alumni Pres
ident, H. II. Railey, principal of
Simmons School, called the meeting
TO order and the audience united
In singing America. Mr.. Isham Ca
bell ocered a feeling prayer and
after the Institute orchestra had rem
dered echoes from the Opera; Pres
ldent Railey introduced the speaker
OF the evening the Rev. J. Sylvester
Carroll, of Simpson M. E. Church,
Charleston.
Rev. Carroll spoke from Ruth
2;l9, on the subjecr Of "Where hast
Thou Cleaned today?" The address
was pregnant with good and whole
some advice concerning right living
and the development of life towards
higher ideals.
After the Alumni reunion, thu
visitors, Alumni, and class Of 1911.
were guests Of President and Mrs.
Prillerman, at their annual recep-
'loh 10 the classes. During the
evening Prof. Russell Of x. N T.,
l. at the request Of the president.
presented books to each member of
the graduating class.
The following officers for 1911-12
were announced: Pres. ii. II Raj
ley; Vice, w. H. Lowry; Secretary,
Mary |. F.. Noel; Treasurer, Eva
Rotten; Corresponding Secretary,
A. G. Brown. Executive Committee
|. G. 'Cabell, Mrs. Belle Winston,
Blanche Christian, Rosa Bridgeford,
Jessie Lindsey; Historian, Hattie
Peters.
U. S. Senator w. e. Chiffon was
the scheduled speaker for the COM
mencement occasion and preceding
the beginning of the program, Pres
ldent Prillerman read letter from
the Senator explaining that his abb
sence was due to official obligations
in Washington. Prof. Marsh pre-
faced his address by eulogising the
president and faculty of the school
for the high quality Of work the
institution Is doing, and he alleged
that his Judgment was based upon
a study Of this and all other state
schools throughout the year. He
spoke at some length on What the
Days Offer Now" His address was
one Of the best ever delivered on
an occasion Of this kind.
After the presentation Of diDlO-
mas, the president introduced Prof.
William Davis, Of Charleston, who
presented fifteen dollars in pold, the
James A. Booker prize, to Jesse
Fields for the highest marks in
agriculture.
5. II. Guss presented on behalf Of
the-Academie- elass-of- 14,~a
thirty-fve dollar Seth-Thomas clock
and a marble tablet to the school.
At the close Of the commencement
exercises, the large audience and
visitors on the ground led by the
band, went to the grave of the late
President, J. McHenry Jones There
handsome granite monument was
unveiled by Presidnt Prillrman, who
spoke Of the life work of the late
PRESIDENT
There were ten states and one
|T0reign country - Africa - other
than West Virginia, represented in
the school this past year.
Of the present class, one has been
placed as assistant principal in one
of the largest Colored schools of
1.-THE state, another has accepted g
iA1a i1.n, L.