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NORTHEAST GEORGIAN,
EXTRA,.
Lucy Cobb Institute.
8ophomore Medal, Miss Lou Lane, I the calistbenic exercises bv tbe whole
Athens. 1 • ' " «. ..
Honorable Mention, Miss Millie
Vincent, Athens.
French Medal, Mbs Emma Jewell,
Jewell’s.
Honorable Mention, Miss Lula Rus
sell, Eatonton.
Vocal Music Medal, Miss Belle Tur
ner, Madison county.
Instrumental Music Medal, Miss
Lula Russell, Eatontoi
ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES, JULY, 1875.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
John H Newton Athens.
H. R. J. Lono “
I). C. Babrow - - Ogbthorpc Co.
A. M. Scuddeb - - - - Athens.
Lamar Cobb “
President:
John II. Newton Athens.
Secretary and Treasury:
Lamar Cobb Athens.
FACULTY.
Mrs. A. E. Wright, ) Associate
Rev. P. A. Heard, ) Principals
Mrs. P. A. Heard, Academic De
partment-
Miss Basiline Prince, Primary
Department.
Miss Mattie Clayton, French.
Miss Nora Harrison, Music.
Miss Carrie Scuddeb, Assistant
Music.
Miss M. Franklin, Art Depart
ment.
Lucy (obb Institute.—Commencement
Exercises.
The Seniors.
The exercises of this class was “ the
crowning glory ” of llie commence
ment. The Musical Concert, on Tues
day evening—a rare and exquisite |»er- j
lorinance—was a titling overture to the!
grand exhibition of Wednesday morn
ing.
The ‘ Bird Notes” of Misses Hart,
Claytou, King, Turner, Compton,
P.iarr, Callaway, -Stovall and Fleming,
THE LUCY COBB INSTITUTE.
What the Press op Georgia say8
about the Commencement Exer
cises. , _
From the Atlanta Herald Primary
and Academic Exhibition, ou July
2ud:
The performance began with a dram
atized version of the delightful fairy
tale, “ Cinderella; or, the Glass Slip
per.” It was played by the Primaries
of the Institute. A slight pen-sketch
may give our renders some idea of the
simple beauty of tbe plot.
Scene First discloses to view j>oor
little Cinderella in her tattered and
soiled clothes, the very picture of child
ish trouble. Her two haughty and
cruel sisters enter and scold her for not
having their dresses ready fur them to
wear to the ball. With a meek air.
played a valse with due attention to
t me and great animation. She is a
sparkling performer.
During the exercises Miss Gussie
King was suddenly called on to sing
the “Day is Done,'' which she did in
a voice full of melody and feeling.
This performance, though almost im
promptu, was gone through with charm
ing ease of manner.
From the Chronicle & Sentinel
Juuior Exhibition:
Tuesday morning the Juniors rent
their compositions. Long before the
pressiou which did the fair performer appointed time, the huuse was filled to
great credit. Her music was greeted I overflowing. So crowded v:as it that
with a round of applause, and her the reporters’ stand was removed from
beauty attracted a number of boquets. its accustomed place and put down
school. These were executed with a
precision and a grace that cannot be
■ rpase.1.
Miss Gussie King presided at the
piano, and while the piano performers
filed in, played the march from Faust
wiih au ease and brilliancy far beyond
her years.
From the Atlanta Herald, Fresh and
Sophomore readings:
Perle de Ainerique—Miss Hardman,
of Augusta, was played with such ex*,
quisiteness of touch, and power of ex
must gracef ul manner by the very effi
cient Secretary of this Institution, Ma
jor Lamar Cobh.
Dr. Heard delivered the Diplomas
with a few touching and appropriate'ghe assists in dressing them,and, when
remarks. ' they have gone, gives herself up in
„ . . , , . ... . • grief on account of her sad lot. Just
The “grand finale of this ha PP> . ^ ^ fa ; rie8 pwwlc(1 by
occasion was the Address of Hun. ■ t| le Queen, enter. The Queen waved
Thomas Hardeman, Jr., the Poet Ora- her wand over the dingy dress of Cin-
tor of Macon, who, for oue hour, elec- . drella, when it falls from nrouud her
trilled the audience with Ins eloquence. | *a»d she appeal* in the loveliest of par-
... ... . ry dresses, with glass slippers on her
His subject, “True Womanhood wasj^ The Queen then tells her to go
well selected, well considered and beau
tifullv delivered.
In conclusion, we cheerfully declare
that too much praise can not be awarded
Mrs. Wright, Doctor and Mrs. Heard,
and their corps of Assistant Teachers,
Misses Prince, Clayton, Harrison,
Scudder and Franklin. Their untir
ing devotion to the interests of the
Lucy Cohb Institute is well known, and
they deserve the thanks and undying
gratitude of our citizens, its patrons,
and the friends of female education
throughout the State of Georgia.
Programme.
Entrance March, Charity, Miss Hill
and Chorus.
Miss Marie E. Jewell, Jewell’s, Ga.
Salutatory, (French).
Miss Ida C. Callaway, Milhslgeville.
On every height there lies repose.
Miss Matie Bancroft, Athens, The
Panorama of Life.
Miss George A. Cox, La Grange,
made every heart happy within the in
fluence of their musical voices, and Unrest,
will ever echo and re-echo in the halls Mi-s Kate Clavton, Martha.
of onr memory. . _ Em “* Ha , rd “I a "’ Aus T
The Instrumental Music of Misses He never soid the truth to serve the
S.-uddcr, Russell, Jewell, Erwin, De-
Miss Lucy Cobh Erwin, Atlanta,
louey and Stovall, was executed in the Woman’s Rights.
most artistic manner. The Concert . Miss Lizzie L--- -——,
was not only complimentary to the ^ R Comptoo Mj|Iedge .
ville, My boat is launched, but where’s
the shore?
Misses Scudder and Hill, Puritani
Dllf.t.
Miss Emma O. Pharr, Washington,
Mare Ignotum.
Miss Ora Horton, Athens, Varying
Life.
Miss Belle Turner. Madison county,
vouug ladies themselves, hut reflected
great cre-iit upon their accomplished
Teacher, •• iss Nora Harrison aud her
Assistant, -Miss Scudder.
Programme of the Senior Musical
Concert. Tuesday evening, July 6th.
Row us Swiftly, Miss Compton;
Recollections of Home, Miss Russell;
Odi Tu Miss King ; Martha Miss Nocturni the „f a voice
Jewell; Fairy bisters. Misses Stovall Miss Uuase King, Athens,
and Hemming; V enezano Wnlezo, Qur nets, our angels are for good or ill.
Miss Compton ; Mattel, Misses Crwm f a , a | shadows that walk l»y us still,
and Deloney; Robert! ToiQue Jaime, Miss Lula Russell. Eatonton,
Miss Harr; Mazeppa Galop, Ali-s Full souls are double mirrors making.
Kiin»; Suit tell the Dews, Misses Still an endless vista of fair things before,
Pharr and Callaway; Cachrca Cap- Repeating things behind,
rice, Miss Stovall"; Rocked in the
Cradle of the Deep, Miss Turner;
J’aiuie Le Militaire, Miss King; Cap- ■
rice de Concert, Miss Scudder; Night-1
ingale’s Trill, Miss Pharr; Sonato
TV .1 m:
Pathetique, Misses Russell, Stovall,
Hart aud Turner; Magnetic Waltz,
Miss Clayton; Ballau, Miss Hart;
O’er Forest, O’er Mountain, Miss Hart.
Commencement Day.
We publish below the Programme of
Exercises with the “ Award” of Medals.
We would be pleased to make a thor
ough analysis of each Composition,
from the Salutatory of Miss Jewell, to
the Valedictory by Miss Stovall, to
gether with the “Musical Gems,"
which added so much to this charming
occasion, yet, the entire Exhibition
tra* such an exquisite bouquet of love-
tineas, intellectual beauty and musical
that we consider the same be
yond all criticism.
The Medals were, presented in the
Miss Jeannie Stovall, Athens,
WouliTat tlmu forth to blessT
Be sure ot thine own ground,
Fix well thy center first.
Then draw the circle round.
Valedictory.
Graduating Class, Chorus.
Delivery of Diplomas, by Rev. P.
A. Heard.
Miss Kate Clayton, Ah Iso pure,
Vocal.
Presentation of Medals.
Miss Hart, Skvlark, Vocal.
Address by Hon. Thos. Hardeman.
Award of JIedals.
to the ball, but, by no means, to re
main later than twelve u’clock.
Scene Seooud discovers the Prince in
the midst ot a gay throng at the ball.
A wee bit of a page enters, and says
that a most beautiful lady waits with
>ut the saloon, an I the Prince orders
her introduced to his prepuce, and
Cinderella is ushered into the bail*
room. After enjoying the dance, she
is warned by the stroke of twelve to
leave. In her haste to depart, she
Laves one of her glass slippers, and the
Prince secures it.
Scene Third represents the Prince
among hfs courtiers. A numlter ot
Indies hnve tried on the glass slipper,
l-ut, alas! (?) it will not tit, and then
the little page escorts a (xior girl clad
in ragged garments into the room
^he would like to try it on, and the
party all hoot at the idea; but the
Prince consent.-, and the girl’s foot
slips into the slipper with perfect ease.
Then, while amazement looks from
every eye, the Queen of the fairies trips
in, followed by her bright hand, place:
lhe other slipper ou the girl’s foot-
waves her wand above thexpld clothes,
when they fall away, and the bcauti
ful lady of the ball appears. So ends
the p ay.
The Page, us acted by little Helen
Marks, (five years) was as sweet aud
ftintiv as could be; while Miss Alice
Hailey, in the role of the Queen, show
ed herself a perfect little actress.
The airs and graces, as assumed by
Miss Coocoo Lucas, hoth amused and
charmed theaudience, but the consum
mate confidence and easy acting of fits
tie Mary Nicholson, brought down the
house iii a thunder of applause. She
is truly a wonderful little girl. Miss
Tillie Morton, the mother of the little
Misses above mentioned, was every
inch a little woman with her matronly
manner towards her two daughters.
Miss Maggie Morten rendered the
l>art of Cinderella, and even in her
scanty attire, looked a little Queen.
No'ne of the children spoken of here,
are above ten years of age.
The next performance, the Priestess
of Nature, was singularly beautiful.
Once more let us invoke the figure
vision
The Priestess, ill gorgeous apparel,
discovered leaning on an altar amid a
scene of the wildest natural beauty.
While in this attitude, she is approach
ed in turn by the seasons. Flora,
Oceana, Christina (Early Piety),
Psyche, etc., represented by the irre
sistible flcademicsoftijfc^itute. One
by one, at the
feet ot the PriesteRfHBn turn, re
ceive her blessing. Tie manner in
which sh«i pronounced tie benediction
upon Christina, she who, while yet
' tli • rs—i
Miss Lillie Moss, Athens,—Une Fa
ble—Florian.
Miss Leila Potter, Athens,—The
Dove— Anon.
Miss Rosa Beusse, Athens.—The
Day is Done—Longfellow.
Miss Bessie Bain, Athens.—Easter
Morning—Anon.
Miss Katie Lampkin, Athens.—
Cupid Benighted—Anacreon.
Miss Mary Lee, Atheus.—Caudle
Lect u re—Douglas.
Miss E. Garelaiid, Atheus.—Caudle
Lecture Reversed—Anon.
Miss Katie Morton, Athens.—La
Pacha et le Dervis—Florian
Miss Julia Powell, Milledgeville.—
Paradise and the Ros—Moore.
Miss Anna Reeves, Athens.—For
the Girls—Anon.
Miss Bell Talmadge, Athens—Parr
hasius and the Captive—N. I*. Willis.
All did well, and it is with some
misgivings that we proceed to specify.
Our excuse is that we write in a spirit
>t justice. The Caudle Lecture wa3
read very naturally indeed.
The inflections of Miss Lee are |>er
feet. She jxissesses a decided talent
tor the rendition of humorous pieces.
The Caudle Lecture Reversed was
delivered in a bold aud distinct voice.
Miss Garehold evidently understood
her author.
Miss Katie Morton, a blue-eved,
fair-haired real lieauty, recited in a
clear, liquid, pleasant voice, “ La-
J’acha et le Dervis.”
W n ivitiil f 4 tilro 1
Senior Medals for Scholanhip, Miss U P°« Christina, she wKo, while yei
Gussie King, of Athens, and Miss Em- given her heart to God
ma Jewell, of Jewell's. { h 'g | | est <kg«*t impressive.
Ti ■ | ir:„ •(„„„• The different characters tnjthi* scene
Honorable Mention, Miss Jeanme 2^ dre83ed nith chariniog a p pr0 p ri< ,
Stovall, of Athena. atencss and sustained with fidelity.
Junior Medal, Miss Lollie Kuther- Special mention should be made of
ford, Athens. Mias Fanny Newton (Ocear '
Honorable Mention, Miss Eula Hill, Mattie Jacobs (Psyche), and . _
West Point, Miss Nellie Alexander;- rens Melt (Christina), a trio whose
Athens, Miss E. C. Dyer, Mooticello, charms beggars description,
and Miss Lula Dennis, Eatonton. b Tbe entertainment concluded with
We would like to be allowed the
pleasure of looking at her for one hour.
We think that some day she will be
l he belle of Atheus.
The Dove, as rendered by Miss Leila
Potter, was hv’ far the last recitation
from the Fresh da-s. She is a perfect
tflimde, wearing a fine intellectual face
and a manner at once quiet ami fasci
nating. Her voice is clear, full, rich,
and persuasive in the highest degree.
Even while we write its music is ring-
i-ig in our ears. Ah 1 it was too sweet!
If we had been a girl we should have
tied.
Miss Belle Talmadge spoke Pair-
liosius with much spirit and just modu
lation. With proper culture, she will
In-come a fine elocutionist.
Miss Maggie Gillis, Palatka, Florida
—Family Picture—Dickeus.
Miss Addie Hardeman, Augusta.—
Vulgarity and Affectation—Hazlitt.
Miss Lillian Colbert, Athens.—
What is fife ? Excused.
Miss Blanche Clinard, Athens.—On
being confiued to school. White.
Miss Mill*-. Vincent, Athens.—Sub
lime n msetise. Kitty Cliua.
Miss Emmie Bancroft.—Up above
and down below. Anon.
Miss Lou Lane, Athens.—The Fam
ine. Longfellow.
The Family Picture was read in low,
musical tones.
Vulgarity and affectation was read
with ease of manner aud proper em
phasis by Miss Addie Hardeman, who
is as pretty as a ripe peach, aud as
sweet as the violet’s perfume.
The recitation—On being Confined
to School—was delivered by Miss
Blanche Clinard in a round, full voice.
Her conception of the piece was happy
aud her manuer modest.
The recitation of Miss Vincent, was
Sublime Nonsense. It took very well
with Sophomores from the University.
Her tones were elevated and her mean
ing plain.
“Up above and Down Below” was
most impressively spoken. Miss Emma
Bancroft has a sweet, pure, soft voice,
which goes straight to the heart.
The “ Famine,” by Miss Lou Lane,
is a very difficult selection, both as re
gards form of versification and variety
of emotion. To her, however, It
seemed easy. From bejpnniug to end
she was mistress of the audience. Her
knowledge of time, her knowledge of
tone, her conversance with the princi
ples of emphasis and inflection, but
above all, tbe feet that her heart was
thoroughly in the piece—all these things
stamp Miss Lane a brilliant elocutions
ist. Her tears showed the silver link
which bound her to Longfellow; her
tears were the silken tie which bound
the rapt audience to her.
Miss Jewell, of JeweU, Ga. now
within a few feet ot the young ladies
who were to read.
The programme:
Prayer. Entrance March, Miss De
loney. A very martial and stirring
piece. Mbs Saliie Rutherford, Athens,
*• The Mystic Power." The reader
displayed wonderful powers of elocu
tion and delivery, which was rewarded
by a perfect shower of bouquets from
the audience. In our humble opinion,
she could gain notoriety as a tragedian,
should she adopt “ the stage” as her
profession. Miss Nellie Alexander,
Athens, “ Dreams.” A very good
piece. Miss Mary Eherhart, Athens,
“ Duty the Key-Note of Life.” Well
received. Miss Nettie Keith, Monti-
cello, Ga., “All Nature Praises the
Creator.” Veryappropri-itesentiments,
and very nicely delivered. Then fol
lowed a piece of music called “ West
ward Ho!” bv Atlanta’s charming and
graceful little belle, Miss Erwin. Her
execution was fine, and received with
applause, as is everything else which
i9 i»erfbrmed by that deservedly pop
ular young lady. Miss E. C. Dyer,
Monticello, Ga., “ Inner Life.” So
sweet and pathetic was her voice as
she told of the holy, pure inner fife,
with its tenderness and its longings,
that each heart was insensibly drawn
toward her. Miss Julia Flisch, Athens,
“ Our Girls.” A very pretty compo
sition. Miss Ida Dorsey, Athens,
•• The cottage garden gives honey to the
bee.
The King's garden none to the butterfly."
A good and deserved hit at the but
terfly young nten and ladies of the
present day.
Miss Julia Hill, LaGrattge, Geor
gia, “ Broken Jewels.” Handsome
aud talented, this young lady could not
tuil to produce a marked effect, which
was particularly noticeable when she
in rod'c.-d in her e .ce.Lut composition
a beautittil tribute to the memory of
Gen. Lee. Miss Amie Beusse, Athens,
“Like a star that inaketli not haste.
laketlt no* rest.
Let eaeli he fulfilling his God given hest.’
“ Break, oh Sea!” (vocal), Miss
Turner. This was a magnificent ren
dering of grand song. Miss Turner is
one of the finest amateur singers we
have ever heard. Her alto is superb.
And in this song the full scope of her
voice was brought out in imitating the
breaking of the billows on the shore.
Miss Ada Huggins, Athens, “ May
Be aud Shall Be.” This was a good
composition on the vagueness and un
certainly of the future and the infalli
bility of man. Miss Ella Heatn, Ea-
tontoii. Ga.,
“My hopes are wreathed
Around tbe bowers of changeless day.
Where angel tones have never breathed—
Passing away.”
' gain this charming young lady
came before us and held us entranced
by her clear, sweet voice; and however
the outer world may change, we are
assured that the loveliness of this young
lady will never change or |tass away.
As the highest compliment we can pay
her, we will say that we envy the man
around whom her “ hopes are wreath
ed.’’ Miss Susie Kelley, Washington,
Ga., “ Boys, So-Called Men.” A very
spicy and entertaining criticism on
Young America, appreciated by everv-
body but the small boys. Miss Tallu
lah Dennis, Eatonton, Ga., “Our
Wreath,” a tribute to the Senior Class.
Sweet and popular, she was rapturous
ly applauded before she uttered a sin
gle word. She presented each senior
with a flower suited to her qualities.
We could not take down all the names,
but present a few specimens: Misses
Compton and Jewell, two twin rose
buds; to Miss Erwin, a tulip, as the
light hearted, happy senior; to Miss
Turner, an azelia, whose sweet and
long retained odor should be emblem
atic of her sweetness in song; and to
Miss Gussie King, a lily of the valley,
as a type of purity and loveliness.
With each flower Miss Deunis deliver
ed, a few well-timed and appropriate
remarks, and not a few eyes in the au
dience were moistened. This formed
, a beautiful conclusion to one of the
finest exhibitions we have ever attended.