The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-06-13

Storer College is a fact of history
| When one considers it as a whole
1t has been the equal of any il
interest and has been characterized
by some features which have beer
new and of far reaching impor
tance. The beginning of the enc
was Decoration Day when very
memorable exercises were held be-
meath clear skies and in the midst
OF bloom and pleasant shade. The
school is making this day one OF
serious import to the student body
with the hope of making more and
more prominent the fact of the
great national offering which it
commentaries and the lasting and
unpayable debt of gratitude which
should forever swell forth from
the hearts and minds of American
citizens everywhere.
= With Storer, Decoration Day is
not a day for physical indulgence,
but rather one for meditation and
reverence for the sainted dead.
The exercises began in chapel
hall at nine o'clock as do tie usual
chapel exercises. Then Lincoln $
Gettysburg speech was recited by
Charles Fl. Palmer, 1912, Seaford,
DEL, Miss Hazel Dillard, 1912,
Washington, D. c., then read the
poem 1.-The Blue and the Gray.'
Patriotic. songs were sung and
then followed one of the finest ad-
dresses ever given here on Memoir
lal Day given by Col. B. F. Bing-
ham, Past Commander of the De-
partment of the Potomac of the G.,
a.. II: Col. Bingham is a veteran,
who besides being wounded Ave
times in battle los5S an arm in the
cause OF Union and Liberty.
From beginning to end he. held
his; audience spellbound as he re-
counted the deeds Of valor and
sacrifice of white men and colored
men who wore the Blue. 1t was
an eloquent and memorable ad-
dress.
The Nonpariel Quartette of the
school rendered fine music. After
the address the school was formed
by classes and headed by the col
lege band and following Old
Glory borne by James A: Thomas
post graduate, marched to the
church yard where the grave of
Rev. A. II. Morrell, of revered
memory to many an old Storerite,
was decorated again and marched
to the Harper where lies all that
was mortal of the great and good
man whose visions and labors made
Storer College, DR.. N. G.. Bracket.
Here short exercises CONSISTING nr of
prayer, selections by the band,
brief remarks and then all was
ended.
On Friday night the College
Band under the direction Of Col
Mckinney, Leader, gave a most de-
ilghfful concert to large audience
IN tie chapel. The fine work Of the
band during all Of the exercises of
the commencement time has elicit
CT Unstinted praise from many Of
the visitors who know what "coG
music is. The band NUMBERING
tm1ty pieces has made a nu,nber.of
trips and could have ended tkcir
season by giving a concert ut
Brownsville, Md, for white
church, had it been possible to have
n")i the boys together till the Sat
u1day following Commencement
Ihey were asked to go and were
wanted.
Saturday is general cleaning up
day preparatory to the going and
1T was industriously used for that
purpose. On Sunday morning oc-
Cured the last Sabbath School Of
the year. At noon the Seniors all
went to Lincoln Hall and ate their
last meal together. And at night
was given the address to the Grad
uating Glass by Former Gov. At
klnson, who is now Justice of the
y. $. Court Of Claims. lie spoke
from these words, "By their fruits
yc shall know them" And when
we say that the Governor was in
fine form for speaking it may be
known that he gave a masterful
address. For over an hour he
gave forth wise and timely re-
marks clothed in the garb of wit,
humor, pathos, and all beiewelled
by fine poetic quotations. The Cur
tISs Memorial church was crowded
in spite of the exceedingly boo1,v