The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-05-30
GRENADA COLLEGE
JUST CLOSED ITS
GREATEST SESSION
BISHOP kILCO DELIVERS CON-
MENCEMENT SERMON, ALSO
ADDRESS TO GRADUATES
THINKS TOO MANY FADS AND
GRADUATES OF THE
COLLEGE STAND SECOND TO
NONE IN MISSISSIPPI.

Grenada College closed it's 1919
commencement exercises which began
last Friday witt delivery of the
baccalauroate -ess by Bishop j. c.
Kilgo of tP A -thodist church. The
address S.nique in many respects
but chg .ristic of this great divine
who . garded as one of the most
fo~ - preachers in the College of
" - <ps.
Ihe following young ladies were
1lven diplomas with the degree of
bachelor of arts: Lou Onnie Bright,
Frances Broadstreet. Edith Brown
and Ammarilla Sullivan Miss Gy-
ondine Gaines was given a diploma
from the department of expression.
The rain and threatening weather
greatly interferred with the plans of
many who had expected to be pres
ent at this occasion which so many
young ladies, especially the gradu-
ates, always look forward to with so
many anticipatiOns.
Bishop Kilgo preached the COM
mencement sermon Sunday morning
at the Methodist church. His sub
iect was Moses, who, he said, was
born of a slave mother yet he broke
the bond that surrounded him and
led his people, who had seemingly
| lost their power of resistance, away
from their captors and into the land
of promise. He sought to impress
upon the students of the College that
their power of success, their power
to render the world a service and to
developed what the Creator had plac-
ed within them, rested with them.
He manifested a decided indiSpOsi-
ton tO underwrlte many things which
were now being backed by large
! per cent Of the best thought of the
day; the Bishop thinks that there
could be much wiser appropriation
and use Of money than to make Of
! churches play gardens for the chill
dren and the place for social func-
! tions for the ladies' He said he
| thought that too many now were re-
| fusing to take the matter of religion
and church work seriously; that the
idea to be gay and less serious was
being worked overtime. dis leIer-
ence to the babe in the bull rushes
and the finding of the litt!e fello by
the kings daughter was beautiful
and touching. He said that out Of
tSe tear on that little labc's cheek
when he was taken out of his little
ark, hadcaused the touching of the
mother instinct in the life of the
daughter Of Fharoah, the saving of
the life of the child and a freedom
and a new life that had blessed all
the generations since. The Bishop
seemed to think that the world is
being overorganiZed and that too
much is being attempted in order to
keep some in the limelight while fads
and isms are being propogated.
The College never closed under
more prosperous conditions anG With
brighter look for the future
The record that the student of
Grenada College who have gradua-
ted and gone out into the world <;ur-
ing the past few years is indeed re-
markable.' MANY of the best inform
ed men in thestate say thai the A. B.
graduates of this Institution are ex-
celled by othel. educational institu-
tions in Mississippi in Latin, English
and Mathematics. Naturally this is
gratifying 70 President CcuEtiss and
the board of trustees which is made
up of members Of the Methodist
church from different points in north
Mississippi. The new 'dornitory
which also contains a new Ebrary and
a new chapel. is progressing we'll and
when completed will make room for
one hundred more students.