Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-05-31

COMMENCEMENT AT THE BRANCH NORMAL
Principal Elliott of Richard Allen In. stitute Addresses Literary Soci.
 cites Last Night.

cites Last Night.
 Rev: D. M. Elliott, D. D.. principal of the Richard Allen institute of this city, delivered the address to the lit erary societies of the branch normal college last night, in connection with the commencement exercises which are being held at that institution.
 The program last evening, ill addi tion to the address, was as follows:
 Folk song, "C Lamb" male quartet. composed of Jesse Lewis, Lawre .ce Graves, Ernest Whitesides and James Grimes.
 Vocal solo, Mighty Deep" (Jude), Ernest Whitesdes.
 Chorus, "Estudiartina" Hacome).
 Class Day Today.
 The program for class day. today to begin at 10 a. m., is as follows:
 March. Long Live the U. s. A"
 Quartet Branch Normal" tVene- gar).
 Introduction, by the class president Eva Gladys Brewster. Invocation. Instrumental solo, Ellen Naomi Stout. Class history, Lillis May Davis. Glass prophet, Ruth Lee Atkinson. Glass grumbler, John Stanford Clemmons Vocal solo, "The Nightingale (Parker). Ellen Naomi Stout Presentation of class spoon, Ches- ter Jefferson Phillips. Class legacy to faculty, Maud Alice Gentry. Class poet, Ludie Adele Anderson. Class will, Viola Geraldine Davis. Class orator, Clarence Adolphus Greene. Class song, Farewell (Venegar), arranged from Kinkel. Literary Contests Tonight. The oratorioal and Reclamation con- tests will be held tonight. beginning at 8 o'clock, with the following pro- gram: Chorus, Greeting to Spring (Straus), sophomore class. Invocation. Chorus. Bring Me a Rose" (Monk- toni. B class. Fifty Years of Freedom" John Sanford Clemmons. "Rettina Maize," Willie Thomas "rhe Growth of Our Republic, y Robert Turner. 'The Wounded Soldier" Goldusta Fauntleroy. Chorus, "Baccarolle" (Offenbach) sub-freshman class. King Phillip to the White Set tlers,' Sanford Toilette. Searching for the Slain,'' Beatrice Brown.
 "The Dignity of self-reliance," Hen Chorus, Commencement Song Murray), freshman class. The Old Actors Story" Celestia Thomas "Pompeii," Ferd Havis Davis. "A Murderer" Cleopatra Hocken- hull Chorus, "A Song of the Years 1 (Brechelt). Awarding prizes Chorus, Since You Went Away" c. Rosamond Johnson). Commencement Exerices. The commencement exercises pro per will be held tomorrow, starting at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, and the following program will be carried cut: March, Under the Starry Banner" (Saratorio). Chorus, Every Time I Feel the Spirit" Diton). Invocation.
 Mixed quartet, Hail Smiling Morn" (Spofforth), Naomi Atkinson, Ada King, Joshua Bivens, Eynest Whitesides. Salutatory.
 Practical Education-The Demand of the Age" Ellen Naomi Stout.
 Grafton, "Thoroughness," Eva Glad ys Brewster.
 Chorus, 'Lost Chord" (Sullivan).
 Grafton, "We Are Heirs of the Past Chester Jefferson Phillips.
 Grafton. "We Create Our Own World" Ludie Adele Anderson.
 Solo, "A Gypsy Maiden, I" O'ark- er), Ellen Naomi Stout.
 Grafton, Man Not Creature of Circumstance" Maud Alice Gentry . Valedictory, "The End Is Not Yet" Ruth Lee Atkinson.
 Address, "A Higher View" Vener- able D. D. Johnson, D. D., Little Rock
 Chorus, Annie Laurie" (arranged by Potter).
 Presentation of Diplomas.
 Chorus, Farewell.