The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-06-02
WENTWORTH CLOSING
EXERCISES BRILLIANT
Beautiful Ceremonies Mark the Com
mencement Period Session a
Prosperous One.


n On Sunday morning at the
4 eleven O'Clock service in tht
Mary Jane hampton Auditorium
Ehe commencement sermon oi
Whitworth College was preached
DN DR.. StonewaIl Anderson, OF
Memphis,
INe order of exercises embraced
the following
IHe professional, God of Our
fat9ers". given by the long line
OF Whitworth College students.
Followed by a voluntary. Gounod's
Jerusalem. o Turn Thee to the
LORD, " beautifully rendered by pu-
pills OIL Miss Shannon. Prayer was
made w Rev D. L Thompson and
Miss Adele McNalr played as an
oifertorR Godard's Berceuse. Miss
Maybellh Henderson, who studied
under Miss Shannon. and who spent
the past term at the Cincinnati
Conservatory, sang Whose Dwell
leth. ny E. T.. Ashford.
Or. Anderson read from Ephesi-
ans, 4th Chap, and took his text
from CoAossians 2-10-developing
the idea off the perfect man or The
Complete Life. 1t was great
sermon and impressed profound
truths and undying principles upon
tnose Who' listened with unabated
interest % the end of the scholarly
discourse
In the evening Rev H. B. Wat
klns, OF Natchez, spoke before the
4 w CA in the presence of
gratifying congregation who es-
TEEN Mr. Watkins for his works
sake.
Miss Cordie Brister gave a vocal
solo-Bartlett's The Day is End.
ed the Sweet tones falling like
a benedicti9n after prayer" upon
the listening throng. s
Ga Monday morning the annual
meeting of the aIumnae association
was presided over by the president,
Mrs. R E Higdon, who was at
tended by the vice president, Miss
Margaret Johnson of the class of
1914, and by the secretary Miss
Heuck, who demonstrated in the
minutes of the last annual business
meeting much of her genius and
Ability to clothe In the beauty and
attractiveness of choice English
and native wit, events trite and
commonplace to the average mind.
Instead of "a minnow" her friends
Needed she caught goldfish in
all of ink,ss that played In
anIz but in the crystal clear aquari-
um of her mind, much to the pleas.
pre of those who witnessed the
brilliant intellectual feat.
DR.. E H. Mounger, who gave
lthe address, made happy alIusion
to notable characters in the Histo-
'ry of the CoIIege-Dr H F. John
son, Leila Johnson. Annie C. Pey-
ton, X. 5 Ricketts, and others who
were known to the school nearly a
half century ago His subject was
THE Worlds Growth"
Miss Margaret Johnson gracious
ly welcomed the class of 1915 meet
ing fitting response from Miss
Ruth Russell. president of the 1915
senior class
Miss Annie Blue and Mrs. | L.
Parsons distinguished the occasion
with beautiful vocal solos. while
Mines Greenwood, Wood, Dunning
and Misses Cooper and Moreton IN
terpreted Mozart and Rossini in
Fantasie and Overture on two pi-
amos.
An original class song BY Mrs
Sallie Lewis Penn, of the class of
1877, was sung at the close Of the
program, with Mrs. w. H. Frizell
at the piano
On Monday evening the annual
concert took place and exploited
the talent of pupils and their ac-
Qulsitions. and also much of the
ability and efficiency Of the in
structors in Whitworth's Conserva-
tory of Music. u
Miss Lucy Shannon, teacher Of
Vuice, had chosen the song cycle
In SprIngtime" composed by
Mabel w Daniels for her class in
vocal music. who sang with express
sion and accuracy The CHEEKY meas
ures. Miss Daniels was awarded
the prize by the National Fedora.
tion for the best American part
composition and Miss Shannon
showed her attitude toward mod
ern writer's in choosing this seIec-
ton of an American composer.
Other American composers figured
also in the Instrumental numbers
The piano playing was deserving
of commendation. and the express
sion department was represented
with credit. BY Miss lnez Lipscomb.
graduate who favored the audi
ence with two numbers.
The program closed with voice
number by Miss Cordie Brister-
Somewhere Voice is CaIlinR''--
in which she was assisted BY Pi-
tard's Orchestra This organiza-
tion Of young musicians also assist
ed in the opening song Cycle.
Class Day was observed yester-
day morning on the College Cam
pus and was cverflnwing as ID for.
mer years, with College spirit,