Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-06-13
COMMENCEMENT.

day vening, June 9th, the menu pre-
pared by and served under the di-
:ection of Mrs, r. E. l.. Wood. meet
ing and satisfying the appetites of
the most fastidious. The banquet
over, Miss Mary Hale Arbuckle.
toastmistress, after few appropri
ate remarks spiced with wit and
humor, introduced the speakers
Mrs. Siaven, Miss Thompson, Miss
RAIDER, Mrs. Dunlap, Mr.. Adams, the
retiring President, and Rev. Mr.. Du
Bose
We will not venture a report of
speeches we did not hear. The un-
usually large attendance of Alum
rae was most gratifying as it in.ii-
Gated the interest the students of
former years still felt in the school.
This banquet was a delightful in
PRODUCTION to the exercises of COM
lmencenleht week.
The Art Exhibit and Reception.
Saturday afternoon, drew large
crowd, and was an occasion OF
much interest to many.
The walls, as usual, were hung
with many specimens of work done
by the students in this department
during the session under the skill
full direction of Miss Everett the
Art teacher. Specimens of draw.
lngS, crayOn work, water colnrs,
china painting, basket work, ETC.,
were shown, II was fine display
of the handiwcrk OF. the aspiring
young artists in the school and
much interested the spectators who
had come TO see what they had
done. All were satisfied with the
exhibit and were pronounced in
praise of the teacher and her pup
ills for the work done.
When all who desired had in
spected the art exhibit the crowd
gathered under the shade trees on
the beautiful campus to see "Knec
Deep in June" an eXquisitely beau
ttful lawn festival given by the
students in the department of Phys
ical Culture in which, it seemed,
pretty much the whole school took
part. All the girls were in appro-
pirate costume all of which were
unique, appropriate and beautiful
IN design and cOlO-s. First came
The march, of the school to the mu-
sic of piano, violin and drums. This
was followed by a succession of eX-
quisitely beautiful dances the
Japanese" the Esthetic,' the
Rose Hoop" and the Garland"
dance-the figures Of which were
faultlessly and gracefully executed,
exciting the admiration and praise
of all. The number participating
In these dances varied from six TO
sixteen and the precision, ease and
grace with which the figures were
executed was matter of general
comment. Miss Ulmcr and Miss Ar
buckle, who had trained the girls
in these dances, came in for large
share of commentator and praise.
This entertainment on the lawn
ended with the presentation of the
beautiful fairy scene from Shakes
peare's Midsummer Nights Dream
presented by the younger pupils and
ending with fairy dance. The
people left the lawn highly pleased
with the entertainment and I'M
stinted in its praise.
On Monday evening in Carnegie
Hall "Endymion," comedy in three
acts, by Marie Josephine Warren,
was presented by the Senior class,
assisted by many of, the younger
Pupils, and was produced under the
direction of Miss Irene Virginia
Timer, teacher of Expression, with
music under the direction of Miss
Susie Lynn Nelson. The stage was
cXquisitely decorated with ever
green's and flowers arranged TO rep
resent scene in the outskirts of a
forest at the foot of Mount OlymI us,
The young ladies representing The
characters in the play-mortals, as
described in the program-wcre
Misses Oma Smoot, Frances Oxley,
Virginia Walter, Thelma Cook,
Gladys Dunbar, Frances Arbucklc,
Louise Lipps, Catherine Williams,
Laureta Hamilton, Geraldine Hud-
0leston, Pauline Freshman, Julia
Morrison, Ellen Hudson, Fanita
Holloman, Caroline Jasper Maudc
De Barr, Mildred MADDEN and little
Miss Myrna Dotson and perhaps a
dozen other of the younger girls as
royal guards and dryads.
Those representing Immorials,
NEUROLOGICAL characters, were
Misses Agnes Virginia Nolan, Esta
Beard, Alice Land and Polly SydeIi.
stricken.
All were in appropriate costume
and played their respective parts
with spirit, ease and freedom from
embarrassment.
We cannot undertake here any
description of the play itself. 1t
was well done and many considered
il the best they had ever seen on
| the stage in Carnegie Hall All