The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-05-29
COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT
Well Attended. Most Prosperous Ses.
sion in History of Institution.

The annual commencement exercises
of Grenada College is always an i'm
portant event in Grenada and is one
that is anticipated with no small degree
of pleasure While the commencement
period is delightful occasion still there
is feeling of sadness about it because
of the going away of so many pretty,
attractive young ladies which gives the
college and the town a somewhat lone
some appearance for several weeks,
thing that is only compensated for by
the fact that the return of many of
these and others is looked forward to
when school opens in the fall. 1t is no
reflection on the many lovely girls who
have made up the student body in the
past to say that those of the present
session are the most charming ever
here; President Countiss could hardly
have gotten together set of girls for
whom nature had done so much if he
had especially directed his skill toward
that end.
The session of 19l3-'l4 has been a
| most prosperous and a most satisfac
tory one. There has scarcely been
jar or anything to mar the harmony of
the work throughout the year. Each
and everyone seems to have recognized
what they have been expected to per-
form and to have executed that task
with all their might. To the ability
and tact of DR.. Csuntiss and his able
faculty this is largely attributable, and
they could not have done this had they
not been imbued with desire to do
that which is best for the young ladies
lege and student body are like one great
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the care and the comfort of the stu
dents and their individual needs and
peculiarities of character are given es.
pecial study, all of which is absolutely
essential in caring for girls away from
home and is a thing very reassuring to
the parents at a home whose anxiety
grows with passing days for their
daughters in whom they have so many
hopes anchored.
The art exhibit on the afternoon of
May 22nd was highly successful and the
productions showed up most creditably
both for the students and for the in
structors. The grand concert that eve
ning in the College chapel was pleasing
and entertaining as well as instructive.
, There was something that appealed tC
, every phase of the best nature of hu
) maDitv and the participants were justly
congra tulated. The commencement
r sermon Sunday morning was delivered
D by Rev. l.. M. LipscOmb of Sardis ant
was deliverance which showed grea
care in preparation and was listened t.
= by a crowded church. Mr.. Lipscoml
S also delivered the evening sermon t
the Y. w. C. A. This was also yer,
Y appropriate discourse and was rich il
those things that lead to thought o
f charac ter building and the highest con
ceptions of life's duties.
r The meeting Of the Alumnae Associ
: alton on Monday at 10 O'Clock a. m
e was well attended and was a function
: highly enjoyed by the many graduate
v of an institution that has rendered no
e only a great service to the Methods
e church but to the state as well. Tn
= students recital Monday evening wa
s highly creditable affair. 1t would b
no small task to comment or the ex
|. cellence of the papers and the reading
S but suffice it to say that they were a
}. good some exceptionally fine.
! The baccalaureate address was deliv
e cred Tuesday morning by DR.. J. W
f Irion of Memphis. His subject wa
t "Brains," which he handled with grea
It skill and effectiveness, He endeavore
d to impress upon the graduates, espeC
r tally, the application they should max
It of their brains, their learning and thei
n culture. That their Maker had certal
=, duties for them to perform, that H
n would make specific requirements c
e them, and he insisted that the fullnes
o with which they met their duties woul
It be the measure of joy and consolatio
It they got out of life. He put woman
e hood upon its highest pinnacle in tn
IS home. The address was well receive
y and created profound impression.