Louisburg Echoes.
GIVE ME INSIGHT INTO TO-DAY.”
Vol. II.
LOUISBURG, N. C. JUNE, 1910.
No. 10.
Editorial Department
NEITIIKAN SOCIETY:
liESSIE NORWOOD.
SKA GIFT SOCIETY:
LETITIA MIDGETT,
ASSISTANTS :
SALLIE GARDNER,
MATTIE MARTIN,
MARY S. EGERTON'
SARAH JONES
P’ACULTY editors;
MABEL I. DAVIS, M. EMETH TUTTLE.
Business Manager, - - - CORA D. BAGLEY.
Entered at the postolTice at Louisburg, N. C., as second-
class matter.
FII"TY CENTS A YEAR.
COMMENCEMENT.
Haccalaiii'ojite Sennoii by Dr. c». IJ, Strickler,
of Hicliiiiond, Va.—Y. W. C. A. Sermon by
l>f. \V. IJ. North, of the North Carolina
C'onference—Ijiterary Address by Dr. Ed
win M. I'oteat, President of Furman Uni
versity—A I/arso Graliiating Class—The
Ground Droken for tlio Jlemorial Building.
The Annual^Sermon on Sunday morning,
May 22, was the beginning of the closing ex
ercises of Louisburg College. The day was
an ideal commencement day and all nature
seemed in sweet accord with the occasion.
The music in charge of Misses Williams and
Preston, was inspiring, the congregation
joining as with one voice in Coronation and
True-hearted, whole-hearted. At 11.30 Uev.
A. J. Parker introduced the speaker, Dr. G
B. Strickler of the Union Theological Semi
nary, Richmond, Va„ who took for his text
John 7: 17, “If any man will do his will, he
shall know of the doctrine whether it be of
God, or whether I speak of myself.” There
was nothing oratorical or flowery in the ser
mon; it was a clear and forceful exposition of
the text by a scholar to a thoughtful people.
He dealt, not in poetry, but in nuggets of
truth, making it clear that God reveals his
word to those who really desire truth.
At 8.30 o clock. Dr. AV. 13. North delivered
the sermon before the Young Women’s Chris
tian Association, taking his text from Psalms
119: 18, “Open thou mine eyes, that I may
behold wondrous things out of thy law.”
His sermon seemed a complement to Dr.
Strickler’s, showing that only spiritual blind
ness makes the way dark. Dr. North is a
profound thinker, thoroughly conversant
with the Word.
On Monday afternoon, at 5 o’clock, the
First Year Music Class, assisted by the little
girls of the primary department, gave a re
cital. No feature of Commencement showed
better training or more thorough work than
did the girls who took part in this concert.
Miss Dickens, whose classes so highly enter
tained the audience, has been a teacher in the
College only five months, but her work needs
no further comment.
Louisburg becomes tke Mecca for many pil
grims during Commencement week. In honor
of their return the Alumnae Association
holds an Annual Banquet, which is to many
the most enjoyable feature of Commence
ment. \
Not being able to secure the services of
Mr. Dughi, who has so long been the caterer
on these occasions, it was decided that the
banquet should be held at the Louisburg
Hotel, and long before the appointed hour
the lobby was filled with spectators who
thronged there to catch a passing glimpse of
beautiful gowns and fair women.
At 9 o’clock, ’neath a most artistic combi
nation of lavender and white—the college
colors—the guests took their places about
the elegantly spread tables in the hotel dining
room.
Mrs. J. S. Barrow, President of the Alum
nae Association, acted as toast-mistress, and,
in her charming and characteristic manner,
made everyone forget the passing of the
years, and become again the care-free school
girl. After her bright address of welcome,
she called upon Miss Frances Thomas, ’o9,
to welcome the clas of 1910—the youngest
members of the Association.
An elegant seven course dinner was serv
ed; the Juniors, according to custom, serv
ing the guests. At intervals during the ban
quet the following toasts were responded to:
The Girls Who AVear the Mortar Boards—
Miss Frances Thomas.
To the Comet Seekers—The Fortunate and
the Unfortunate—Miss Mabel Davis.
Women’s Clubs—Mrs. E. C. Jones.
To the Country School Ma’m—Miss Katie
Furman.
The Alumnae—Miss Annie Jerome.
June and Its Possibilities—Mrs. T. W.
Bickett.
The toasts were all replete with humor and
beautiful In sentiment. Just in time to see
the eclipse of the moon the hour for ad
journment was announced and the toast mis
tress, after a brief farewell, proposed a toast
to Mr. J. S. Lancaster, Louisburg’s new
caterer.
The class day exercises on Tuesday after
noon were seriously interfered with by the
fearful rain and wind storm which swept over
the town just before the hour of beginning.
The exercises were to have been held on the
north side of the campus under the large
spreading oaks. A stage had been erected
and the necessary seats provided, but the
rain drove all in-doors, there the exercises
proceeded in spite of the elements.
The exercises were a surprise to the audi
ence. Instead of the dignified Seniors, clad
in cap and gown, a bevy of romping school
girls rushed on the stage, tossed their bon
nets to the floor, and a scene from “ye olde
time skule” followed. Miss Bessie Norwood,
President of the class, played the role of
teacher.
The Class History was read by Miss Mary
Stuart Egerton; the prophecy by Annie Je
rome, and the will by Letitia Midgett. These
documents, abounding in hits, were bright
and original, and afforded the class a fine op
portunity to even up, in a good-natured way,
a number of old scores against the various
members of the Faculty.
The exercises on Tuesday evening by the
Expression Class, consisted of a four act
drama, entitled, “A Girl in a Thousand,”
which was well rendered. Between acts,
Misses Floyd, Kearney and Camilla Yarbor
ough gave readings, and a quartette, com
posed of Messrs. B. T. Holden, W. D. Jack
son, L. S. Hale and Dr. A. H. Fleming, sang
Annie Laurie. After the play the “Lotus
Eaters,” a pantomime, was rendered by the
Delsarte Class/
Wednesday’s program consisted of gradu
ating exercises, literary address and the for
mal breaking of the ground for the erection
of the Matthew S. Davis Memorial Building,
completed the Commencement exercises for
the current year. The College has never had
a more brilliant Commencement.
The graduating class, headed by its pres
ident, Miss .Tames Elizabeth Norwood, enter
ed the auditorium, which was already filled
to its utmost capacity, at 10.30, and occu
pied in a body, seats reserved on the ros
trum.
Love Divine, that most excellent and in
spiring hymn, was sung by the entire con
gregation, after which the opening prayer
was led by Rev. W. W. Rose.
Rev. L. S. Massey then introduced the
speaker. Dr. Edwin M. Poteat, President of
Furman University, Greenville, S. C.
Dr. Poteat, after laying most effectively,
the back ground by his introductory remarks,
announced as his subject, “Happiness.” He
emphasized the different meaning and sig
nificance of the word considered from the
standpoint of different individuals in differ
ent stages of life. It depends upon who is
talking as to what kind of a good time they
are having, and what constitutes a good time.
To swine the word means wallowing in a
mud hole; to Newton, working mathematics
- at this juncture a loud groan was heard to
issue from one ol the under-graduates, seat
ed near the front, which gave rise to laugh
ter and applause.
The speaker classified his subject under
two heads, viz: enjoying ones self and deny
ing one’s self. All happiness, says he, con
sists in either one or the other. Enjoying
ones self from a selfish standpoint is the
wrong road to true happiness, the bigger the