The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-26
FORTY FIVE GRADUATES
Beautiful Outdoor Play Given
Last Night a Growing Sue
cess - DR.. McGeaChey In
Sermon Today and DR.. Bur-
we'll In Address Tomorrow.
Miss Emma Lehman
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Winston-Salem. May pa large
throng of visitors is flocking to the
city to attend the 112th annual com
mencement of Salem College, where
As young ladies will be graduated this
year Throughout the past week
numerous recitalS have been given by
the graduates in the departments OF
music and expression, all of which
have been largely attended and great
ly enjoyed. The magnificent exhibits
on display during the latter part OF
the week were unquestionably the
best in the history Of this historic
institution. The nib consisted of
work lone by the students in the de
partment Of art and domestic science.
Beautiful Outdoor Play.
Several years ago Salem College
emulated the ttample of Wellesley in
the presentation of an outdoor play as
Al part Of its commencement exer-
cises. This has always proved to be
one of the real big features Of com
mencement week; and the plays CIV
en- annually by the departments Of
expression have attracted large num-
bers of people not only in the city but
from distant homes. In recent years
Twelfth Night" "Endymion," n
Tennyson's The Princess have been
given with marked success.
Growing these beautiful outdoor
events was the magnificent presenta-
ton of Loves Labours Lost in the
pleasure grounds tonight by a strong
and evenly balanced cast numbering
80. The play was given in the natur-
al amphitheater in the lower end Of
the campus, where seating a
ments for more han 1000 attendants
had been provided. In this beautiful
sylvan setting, Shakespeare'S famous
story was unfolded with the moonlit
sky forming a canopy overhead and
the stately elm trees signing in the
breeze. Staged under the direction OF
Miss Eugenia Aunspaugh, the stu
dents andled the many difficult roles
in a splendid manner.
B~accalaureate Sermon.
Tomorrow morning the commence
ment sermon will be delivered by Rev
A. A. MCGeachey, pastor of the Sec.
ond Presbyterian church of Charlotte
ID. McGeachey is one Of the stronges
men in the States, being widely know
as a profound thinker and as a speak
er of note.
Tomorrow afternoon at a o'clocl
vesper services will be held in Me
mortal Hall; and this service will b
notable as the last in which the sen
iors of the present class will lead tn
college worship.
Commencement Address. Il
The annual literary address will b
delivered by DR.. James David Burrel
one VI TIC ledulHS OlNlHcS Ol NcN
York City, on Tuesday morning. Hav
ing won fame as a writer, speaker an
preacher, he will be heard by a CO
pacity audience.
Grand Concert.
Salem College prides itself on tn
wealth OF musical traditions centerin
about 1T. The annaul concerts, a
ways largely attended, constitute or
Of the principal features of con
mencement. The special feature tn
year will be the presentation of Va
Bree's st. Cecilia Day" with flu
chorus and orchestra. Miss Viva
Edwards, a co~lorature and dramat
soprano of ability, will be soloist. Al
many members of the faculty and st,
dent body will participate.
The Daisy Chain.
Two hundred feet Of daisy chain
bind shoulder to shoulder the gre
class OF 1914 in it's last public Ger
plony. This is the first year tina TT
beautiful feature has been put in
vogue at this institution. The beau
full flowers, contrasting with the bla
robes Of the senior class, promise
make a present a beautiful picture
the academic procession on col
mencement morning.
Class Day.
On Monday the senior class day G
ercises will be held and a splenC
program has been arranged for t
event.
The Class Roll.
The class roll follows: Miss Ire
Adams, Altavista, Va: Miss Fran,
M. Brown, Philadelphia: Miss He
Coolidge, Detroit, Mich; Miss Blanc
Cox, Asheboro; Miss Lettie E. Crou
Winston Salem; Miss Ethel Rel
Salem; Miss Julia Crawfo
Nazareth, Penna.: Miss Ruth Cree
Pantego; Miss Elizabeth Duncan, r