The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-05-31
COMMENCEMENT
At INSTITUTE.
Graduating Exercises Held Tuesday
Morning. Col oymond Annual
Orator. Makes Fine Address.
WIRELESS MESSAGES RECEIVED
FROM N. o. PROGRESSIVE
UNION.
Winners Of the Various Medals-An-
nouneementsof Gifts to School,
Names Of Graduates.

Names Of Graduates.
Tuesday morning the graduating
exercises proper took place in the au-
ditorium in the presence Of a large
audience. The invocation was made
by Rev. H. N. Harrison, pastor Of the
local Methodist church. The first
number of the program was the vale
dictory by Miss Martha Pellerin and
she acquitted herself with great cred
it and won much praise for the ex-
cellence of her address. The Girls
Quartette composed of Misses Doro-
thy Gagne, Martha Pellerin, Gertrude
Mcconnell and Aurore Liable, sang
water Lilies" most pleasingly and
won enthusiastic applause.
DR.. Stephens then introduced Col.
John Dymond, state senator, as the
annual orator in very compliment
tary speech. Col. Dymond began by
speaking of the friendships formed
at school and of the pleasant recol
lections of school days saying that
the prosperity of schools depended
largely upon the loyalty of the alum
nj and expressed the hope that the
graduates would do all they could for
their alma mater. He then gave a
brief history of the establishment Of
the Southwestern Industrial Institute,
mentioning the part taken by Hon.
Robt. Martin, the gifts of Mrs. Cir
ard and Mr.. Crow Girard, and the
generosity of the people of the par
ish in taxing themselves for it. He
declared that such a sacrifice had
sney@e before been made by any peo-
tpleF " this state. He spoke Of this
0Uuutiful land Of Evangeline, quoting
from the poem of Longfellow who
called it Eden. He said that until
forty years ago education was almost
exclusively classical, paying but
scant attention to the things about
u, but that to-day all over the land
Industrial instruction Is being given
and that many schools have been
founded by bequests to teach techni-
cal subjects. The present is the age
Of chemistry and wherever you flnd
large industries there You find .
cAsmist at the head. This by way Of
illusteatins the large part industrial
an 1c6Aical knowledge play in our
aG1iGY saying further that with our
amasing advance We still know but
little ofths things about NJ. Mr..
Dymond then spoke Of teaching and
illustrated that the way to teach was
not to tell but to give the foundations
% that the pupil could work out his
problems himself. for that was the
only way to make lasting impress
sion ana strengthen the pupil. Cul-
ture was the ability to reason out
things. He advised also that the
best way to fasten thoughts in the
mind was to read aloud. thus visual.
ixing the conception. which doubled
the effect. He then declared that too
little attention was given to the
English language. that a. q result
people didn't really say what they
meant In many cases nor expect you
to take them literally. ~ for instance,
. man said to him. I'VE are having
some horrible weather. OF course
the man didn't mean that ne meant
the weather was quite bad. English
II one Of the greatest languages in
the world and capable OF expressing
everything definitely and clearly and
the lack Of its study II great error.
Then taking up the advantages Of liv-
ing to-day he spoke Of the wonderful
progress Of the japanese who have
pro0ted BY what We have learned
and then gone on further. SO he told
the graduates that having the advan-
tage Of the knowledge Of their prede-
cessors they should heed the lessons
Of the japanese and advance. Women
he said had shown themselves In
many ways the equal Of man In ner-
vous endurance and power and were
Alling positions - principals Of
schools at salaries Of $4,000 and $4,000,
and that now there was . demand
for talent wherever found. He closed
With beautiful exhortation to the
pupils 70 climb higher. urging that
they could II they would.
He also expressed for Gov. Hall re-
grst at his inability to b present.
~ request Mn. Anna Grant Miller.
aeeunpanied By her mother On the