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24 COMMENCEMENT PROGRAMME, JUNE 4.

Kaiser March ................ Wagner

Misses Blamer, Hutchinson, Glass and Buttz.

PRAYER.

Holy is God the Lord, (from Elijah,)..... Mendelssohn.

Ignorance as a Medium ...... Miss Ballard.

Allegro giojoso. op. 42	 ..... Mendelssohn. Miss Schriner. (Second Piano, Miss Smith.) The Purifying Influence of Poetry	 Miss Bastian. "My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice," from Samson and Delilah		..Saint Saens Miss Miles Sincerity as an Element of Character 		..... Miss Fourt Polonaise, op. 53	 	Chopin. Mrs. Frank "O del mio dolce ardor," (1714-1787).... ........... Gluck. Miss Louise Baker. Tennyson's Delineation of Women Miss Miles. Variations, E flat Minor	Sinding. Miss Chloe Baker. (Second Piano, Miss Smith.) The Approach of Dawn Miss Tapscott. Swiss Echo	 Eckert. Miss Ferrenberg. Nemesis Miss Waddell. Concerto, op. 69, Andante, Allegro con fubco 	Hiller. Miss Harvey. (Second Piano, Miss Smith.) Presentation of Diplomas.Benediction.

PUBLIC EXERCISES OF THE REUNION SOCIETY, JUNE 6. J. M. Rinewalt, President. Piano Solo—(a) Song without words, No. 19, Mendelssohn. Gipsy Rondo, Hayden. Miss Buttz. Quartette—Annie Laurie. Misses Hall, Hostetter, Coleman and Dunshee. Address—The New Woman. Mrs. Winona Branch Sawyer (Class of '71), Lincoln, Neb. CONCERT PROGRAMME, JUNE 5. Rossini	Overture to William Tell. Misses Blamer, Hollinger, Schriner and Hutchinson. Schumann 		Chorus from Paradise and Peri. "Deck We the Pathway." Euterpe Club. Henselt	. Bird Etude, for two Pianos. Miss Florence Bastian and Miss Louise Baker. Smart, (Trio.], .. Run Up the Sail. Miss Beaver, Miss Glass and Mr. Grove. MacDowell.		Witches' Dance Miss Chloe Baker. Schira (Duet.)	Spring Time. Miss Bessie Blamer and Miss Nellie Foster. Schumann 	Concerto. A Minor, Allegro affettuoso. Miss Zella Shirk. (Second Piano. Miss L. A. Smith.) Chaminade ........	..... .	........ ........	.Summer. Miss Louise Baker. Wagner•Liszt,	Spinning Song from the Flying Dutchman. Miss Grace Harvey. Dell' Acqua • • . •	. • • •	•	....	............... . Miss Clara Ferrenberg. Chopin .		Rondo in C. for two Pianos. Miss Bessie Blamer and Miss Aimee Glass. Delibes–(Lak me) 	Indian Belle Song. Miss C. E. Troutfetter. Millolotsi [Duet].. .	........... .	Lallotte, (The Night.) Miss Mary Miles and Mr. J. A. Miles. Saint Saens 	Concerto, G. Minor, Scherzo, Presto. Miss L. A. Smith. (Second Piano, Miss Troutfetter.)

COMMENCEMENT AT MOUNT CARROLL SEMINARY.

The closing exercises of this school are over, and students have scattered over the length and breadth of the land. The exercises were of unusual interest this year, and spoke well for the earnest, honest work that has been gone. The recitals of the graduates in vocal and piano ,have evidence of careful training in those departments. These recitals were given at intervals throughout the month of May, while one, given by a young lady, who had completed the gold medal course in voice culture, came on the 3d of June, and made a pleasant connecting link between the baccalaureate sermon of the night preceding, and the graduation exercises of the one following.

On the evening of the 4th, thirteen young ladies stepped into the ranks of alumnae, to be a credit to their alma mater. The long programme was carried out without a break, and was intensely interesting, as was indicated by the close attention given by the crowded audience. The papers and orations presented by the graduates in the various literary departments, were of a high order, showing clearness of thought and careful preparation. The music also reflected great credit upon the young ladies and their teachers.

The address to the graduates was made by Mrs. Winona Branch Sawyer, of Lincoln, Neb. It was one of the best it has ever been the writer's good fortune to hear. Mrs. Sawyer is a Seminary girl of years gone by, and is very prominent in educational circles in her city. The school was fortunate in securing her both for that evening and to lecture before the Reunion Society the next afternoon.

The Conservatory Concert of the 5th was a grand success, and closed triumphantly the exercises of the week. Following the lecture that afternoon came the Reunion Banquet in the Seminary dining hall. A large number were gathered there to enjoy a social hour. The toasts proposed were pleasing and the responses happy. May this time-honored custom of having a reunion banquet long remain!

The exhibition of work done in the Art Department this year, which has just ended, was remarkably good. For several hours the studio and parlors were thronged with interested visitors, and words of high praise were heard on all sides. The exercises throughout were a complete success, and the Faculty feel encouraged as they look back over a successful year.

The work done at the Mount Carroll Seminary has always been noted for thoroughness, and the aim is to keep the standard equal to that of the best schools in the land. There is life and activity here, and a visitor must be impressed with the earnestness of all—both students and teachers.

The commencement season was somewhat saddened by the absence of the revered Principal, Mrs. Shimer, whose health would not permit of her leaving Florida in time to reach here for the week. Only once before in all the forty-two years of the school's life has she been absent from the graduation exercises, and that time she was at the seminary, but not able to go to the church. Such a record seems remarkable. Hers is a noble life, and is strongly felt in the school. As one of the old students said, "She is the school."—[The Standard, June 13, 1895.]

"An excellent school, in which thoroughness is the aim, wherein also a pupil may help herself and be helped to an education, and where high attainments in music and art are available."—E. WELLS, Pastor of Baptist Church, Charleston, S. C.

As I grow older I realize more and more fully how much the two years spent at Mt. Carroll has meant in my life. —GRACE WHITE MITCHELL. Private letter, Aug. 25, 1894.