Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-25
COMMENCEMENT AT BRANCH NORMAL ES
 NOW BEING YELD
Senior Academic Program to be Given To-
 night

Commencement exercises began Sunday at Branch Normal college and will be concluded Thursday. The bac- calaureate sermon was preached at 8 o'clock Sunday afternoon by Rev. J F. ! Clark, pastor of St. Paul Baptist church. A feature of the exercises was a Reclamation contest last night The senior academic program will be given tonight at 9:30 o'clock.
 The Wednesdays program includes the class day program Wednesday morning, the industrial exhibit We'd nesday at 12:30 p. m., and the choral society annual concert Wednesday night at S:30 o'clock.
 Commencement exercises proper will be held Thursday morning at 10:30 o'clock. The class address will be made by J. W. Eisbelberger of Walter Institute, Warren.
 The senior academic program to- nipht is as follows:
 Chorus, "Wyken, Blynken and Ned," Class.
 Invocation, Rev. s. J. Altheimer.
 Vocal Solo "When the Roses Bloom" 0ReichardN. William Mitchell
 Essay. "The Negro Woman" Flor ence Grimes.
 Grafton, "Our Yesterdays" Frank Smith.
 Essay, Opportunity" Estelle Wool dridge Misses Doris Dupree and Ceola Jor- dan.
 Essay, "Crucifixion of the Present." Lucinda Taylor.
 Grafton, "The Ideal Life" s. John Harper.
 Vocal Solo, "A May Song (Carmi- chaeD, Ceola Jordan.
 Essay, "Weaving Memories" Lucille Dupree.
 Grafton. "Man's Problem in the Modern World" Robert Turner.
 Girls Chorus "Twilight." Apt
 Essay, "The Call of Today" Rubye Brooks.
 Grafton. "Africa," William Mitchell. Vocal Solo, "Dear Little Boy of Mine" (BalD, Lawrence Graves.
 Presentation of Certificates by su- Male auartette.
 Benediction.
 The class day program Wednesday
 
 Chorus, "Welcome, Pretty Prim- rose," by Glass
 Invocation.
 Piano Solo. "Album Leaf" (Whep- levi. Gladys Means.
 Class Salutorv, "Paying the Price" Mary Blayne Harris.
 Class Pedigree, Eulalia Burnell Pull len.
 Vocal Solo, "Perhaps" (Burleigh), !, Joshua Bivens.
 Grafton, "Lessons From the World War" Clarence Dukes.
 Grafton. "Negro Education" Ange- lima Eioise Harrison.
 College Song, "Branch Normal" (F. Y. Vencgar), By Class.
 Grafton. Ships That Pass in the Neht," Idalia Marie Brack.
 Oraticn. Opportunity and Respon- sibility,' Ellis Arthur Jones.
 Piano duet, "Prelude" (Rochmani- noff), Misses Means and Wallace.
 Class Revelation, Hazel Alicia Will liams.
 Vocal Solo" ,"Macushla' (MacMurry), l, Vivian Hollis.
 Class valedictorv. "Power of Tri- fles." Ivt Mae Lewis.
 Class Song (Joshua Bivcns), by class.
 The senior academic program to- night is as follows:
 The Choral Society annual concert Wednesday night will be as follows: Part Vocal solo, M c. Payne.
 "If I,But Knew" Smith.
 Good Bye," Tosti and Park-Male quartette.
 Vocal trio. E. I. Copeland, A. J. Shootes, M. c. Payne.
 Sextette. by Graves. Valentine, Mitchell, Bivens, Banks, Harris.
 Part II-Trial by jury. Judge, Bivens; plaintiff, Vivian Hollis; de- fendant. Lawrence Graves; counsel for plaintiff, Richard Banks; fore man of jury, Ira Harris; usher, Leon ard Whitesides.
 The commencement program Thurs day morning is as follows:
 Piano Solo, "Prelude" (Porter), Louise Wallace. Invocation. Vocal solo, eff You But Knew" (Kis- ler), Prof. A. J. Shootes
 Grafton and Abitory "Visions," James Albert Johnson.
 Grafton, "The Labyrinths," Louise Charlotte Wallace.
 Folk Song, "Walk in Jerusalem" "Save Me Lord," Male ouartette. Grafton, 'The Great Teacher" Viv- ian Marjorie Hollis.