The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-06-05
YEARS WORK
AT TUSKEGEE
Noted Southern School Grad.
yates Large Glass.
BRILLIANT CAMPUS SCENES.

Outdoor Reception to tho Eleven stu.
dent Literary Societies - Alumni
Discuss Practical Subjects From
Actual Experience In Doing Thinss.
Tuskegee, Ala.-The Tuskegee insti-
tute brought very strenuous year to
a close on Thursday, May %, when
Principal Washington handed out 200
diplomas to graduates and postgradu-
ate students. These students, both
postgraduates and graduates, repre-
sented thirty seven various trades and
industries. the majority in postgradu-
ate work falling to domestic science
end agriculture In some phase or other.
In no year has the representation
been so varied as to states and foreign
countries. Students from the Danish
West Indies, British West Indies.
Cuba. Porto Rico, Colorado, California.
Iowa. several Of the New England
states and more nearby western states
carried off diplomas along with those
Of the strictly southern section of the
country. The commencement season
opened on Saturday, May %. with an
outdoor reception to the eleven student
literary societies of the school. On
Saturday evening the same societies
held their annual prize defamation
contest In the auditorium Sunday
was baccalaureate day.
Line Of March Extends Half q Mile.
The imposing feature was the long
line Of march Of teachers, students and
graduates. The school band took the
lead. 1t was followed by the young
men in the institution, who in turn
were followed by the young women.
making a line Of 1900 students. The
students were followed by the men,
bers of the executive council and some
180 teachers. Following the teachers
came the graduates. The young wO-
men and young men marched in eou-
ples
The girl graduates were dressed in
pure white, carrying white parasols
The young men were dressed In blue
coats and white trousers. The line of
march started from the battalion
grounds, forming circuit Of half
mile, leading up to the chapel door.
Here the students In front halted and
stood in position while the faculty and
graduates marched through and into
the chapel.
Students, teachers, faculty, parents
Of graduates. visitors and white people
from the town crowded the institute
chapel to overfowing, some 5000 or
1000 in number. The sermon this year
was preached by Rev. James I. Vance,
an eloquent southern preacher, Of
Nashville, Tenn. This is custom. A
southern minister breaches the bacca-
laureate sermon, while a colored man
Of distinction delivers the commence
ment address.
Exercises Of Bible Training School.
On Monday night came the gradual
ing exercises Of Phelps Hall Bible
Training school. Like all the discus
sion by students. the subjects here are
practical, growing ont of the students
experience. Last year the graduates
discussed rural Sunday school work In
Macon county. This year the topic was
rural church work.
Students showed they had gone out
among the rural churches Of Macon
county, aided In raising funds to build
a new church, to repair an old one, to
put In seats, carpets, organs and to in
crease the general attendance. In all
cases they showed the training Of prac-
this school rather than to award de-
grees of divinity.
On Tuesday night the oratorical con-
test for the Boston Trinity church
prize was held, contest between elo-
quent representatives Of the two up
per classes.
Class Day Exercises Hold In open Air.
On Wednesday evening came the
class day exercises. This exercise was
unique 1t Is held out Of doors, In a
hollow all decorated with lights and
colors. The two upper classes met in
front Of Olivia Davidson hall, formed
line four abreast, the A middle class
lining on the outsides. the seniors with.
in. Long strings Of paper ribbon were
strung along on the shoulders Of the
lines on the outside. "Auld Lang Syne"
was struck up, and the classes march
ed slowly to the entrance Of the hol-
low. Here the two outside lines halted.
while the seniors passed on under
arches to their places around the plat
form. A program sparkling with little
hits at the teachers and peculiarities Of