The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-06-12
NOTABLE WORK OF
SOUTHERN SCHOOL
Tuskegee institute Closes Its
Thirty-fourth Year.
DIPLOMAS TWO HUNDRED

commsnosmsnt Season Filled With
Many Brilliant Features For Students
and visitors-Bishop Williams Dc.
livsrs Instructive Closing Address.
Niles Simpson 10 Glass saiutatorian.
b cLHr1HNr RICHARDSON.
Tuskegee, Ala. - Tuskegee institute
closed Its thirty-fourth annual com
mencement season In the institute
chapel the last week In May with
an able address by Bishop Williams
Of Augusta, Ga, and by awarding
more than 200 diplomas to regular
graduates, special students and post
graduates. The season, as usual, BE-
gan with a lawn party by the ten lit
erary societies Of the school This
was followed by an intersociety decla-
nation contest, In which one repre-
sentative from each club speaks for
one Of three prizes offered by the ex-
ecutive council
The march to the chapel was one
long and imposing line Of trustees, ex-
scutive council, teachers, alumni and
students, who wound their way from
the battalion grounds through the
campus, down the hollow past White
hall, around by the John A. Andrew
hospital to the chapel Here an elo-
Quent sermon was delivered by Bishop
Theodore d. Bratton Of Jackson, Miss
A Tuskegee Sabbath is commonly q
very fun day, but owing to the long
march preceding the usual commence
ment sermon the activities were cur
tailed.
Beginning with Monday each day
had its special commencement func-
ton, while Of course classes and in
dustries continued to run. Monday
marked the close Of Phelps hall Bible
school. The commencement exercises
were held at night. This year the
graduating class has been making q
special survey Of Macon county Sun
day school work. Stories and slides
showed how intimately these future
Christian workers had gone into homes
as well as into churches with their en-.
deavors. This work is under the d.
rection Of Rev. G. Lake lines. dean Of
Phelps hall Bible training school. On
Tuesday afternoon came the girls ex-
hibition In gymnastics. under the d.
rection Of Miss Ruth Logan. Miss Lo-
gan this year made a speciality Of
games; hence the exhibition consisted
In large variety Of games. which
served to develop in the student quick
ness Of mind and limb along with
proper breathing and physical en-
deavor.
Commencement day is a gala day at
Tuskegee institute. a gala day for the
people from the towns round about
and especially for the people in the
country. Daybreak finds them on their
way to "the Normal" as they call
Tuskegee. Sunrise finds a chain Of
vehicles rolling into the campus and
filling In the hollow set apart for the
visitors to tie their horses. They pack
the chapel, fll the lawn and walks un-
til one finds the school transformed into
crowded city.
Everything Is done to make these
people feel that 1t is their day. Booths
are erected, farm exhibits put up and
program shaped largely for their ben
eft. This year, for example. a young
woman, Miss Addie May Simpson, the
salutatorian, showed how to serve a
home breakfast out Of the garden.
Miss Antonia Brandt demonstrated to
tho audience short cuts In laundering,
and Jerry Jarmon discussed methods
Of eradicating the cowtick In the south.
In every case the plan was to give the
people some real instruction to take
back home. The exercises closed with
Bishop Williams address, which goes
down as one Of the best Of its kind de-
nvered at the school.
The following program was rendered
after music and prayer:
salutatory. Serving q Breakfast a.
lustrated). Addie May Simpson. Way
cross, Ga.
Carpentry For the Home" (iIlustrat-
ed). Lewis Warren Driver. Troy, Ala
Modern Home Laundering dllustrat-
ed). Antonia Brandt. Cages. Porto Rico.
Music, choir. IT,:
"wiring For Electricity In the Home"
(illustrated). James William Lucas. Fftz-
gerald, Ga.
Common Uses Of Electricity In the
Home" Qllustrated). Hspser Argyle Jack
son, Detroit, Mich.
Music. Springs In the Air." boys
chorus. ... .-.... .....
Alumni anniversary address Mr. J. II.
Kelley. class Of 1906. Nashville Tenn.
Melody, choir. ... T..