The log cabin Democrat., 1921-05-30
CENTRAL'S final
EXERCISES BEGIN
SERMON TO GRADUATES
Is Delivered at First Baptist Church
by DIR. Castor w. Duncan of Hope
on Sunday Morning.

, Exercises marking the close of the
twenty-seventh annual session of Gen.
trail College were begun Sunday morn
ing, when the baccalaureate sermon
was delivered at the First Baptist
church by DR.. CASTOR w. Duncan. pas
tor OF the First Baptist church at
Hope, Ark.
Beautiful and impressive services
Preceded and followed the sermon. To
the professional, praise Ye the Faith
err" the student body marched into the
church. A doxology was sung and the
invocation was offered by Pres. Doak
5. Campbell. Scripture reading and
prayer by Rev. E. P. J. CARROT, the
pastor, were followed by vocal duet.
The Lord is My Shepherd by Misses
Mabel Thompson and Nina Gene Shell
by President Campbell announced
the program of commencement events.
An offertory, violin solo, was rem
dered by Mrs. Howard C. Johnston,
ana Gloria was sung by Miss
Shelby.
The sermon by DR.. Duncan was I'M
usually eloquent and impressive. He
took for his text the scriptural pass
age. aye are Christ's and Christ is
Gods" God, he declared. has given
ito man dominion over all things on
earth, and nothing in the earth is i'm
possible for man to conquer, though it
has taken many centuries for man to
discover this truth All of the achieve
ments of man, however, are as moth
ing unless we realize that we are
Christ's, he said.
The baccalaureate services were
concluded with hymn, 80 Worship
the King" the benediction and the re-
cessional, "Holy, Holy, Holy"
At the same church at 8 o'clock last
evening the annual sermon to the Y.
w. A. was delivered by DR.. w. A.
Whttle of Little Rock, whose text was
She hath done what she could" The
services also included a vocal trio,
"Praise Ye," by Misses Gussie Stew
art, Mabel Thompson and Nina Gene
Shelby; violin solo played as an Of
fertory, by Mrs. Howard C. Johnston,
and solo, Lead, Kindly Light" by
Miss Mabel Thompson.
! On the college campus and in the
auditorium the annual class day exer-
,cises of the seniors were held, begin
ming at 10 o'clock this morning, and
were enjoyed by a large number of
visitors in addition to the student
body. This afternoon at 2 o'clock the
annual exhibits by the fine arts and
household arts departments were
opened and attracted much favorable
comment by many visitors.
The exercises will be continued to-
night with concert by the conserva-
tory at 8 o'clock. Tuesday morning
at 10 o'clock the annual meeting Of
the board of trustees will be held. At
2:3O o'clock p. m. recital will be CIV
en- by undergraduate pupils of the con-
servatory. Tuesday night at o'clock
the annual grand concert by the con-
servatory will be given. 1t will be a
symphony concert Of unusual attrac-
tiveness. For this event an admis-
sion fee Of so and % cents will be
charged The graduating exercises,
featured by the baccalaureate address
by Gov. Thomas c. McRae, will be
held Wednesday morning at 10
o'clock.
The drama, "Mice and Men, pre-
sented by the pupils of the expression
department at the college auditorium
Saturday evening under the direction
of Miss Mary Glenn Phillips, was the
most ambitious and yet the most sue
cessfully staged production ever wit
messed at Central. The scenes were
laid in colonial days and the costumes,
which were specially imported, were
probably the most elaborated worn
on a Conway stage. While every
one of the cast carried her part in
faultless style, the work of Miss Car
RE Kelly as peggy" and Of Miss Vida
Adams as her father was especially