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Charlotte Daily Observer 1898
26 May 1898

A Quaker's Address - Closing Scenes of Guiford College Commencement - Prizes 
and Scholarships Awarded During the Year

Guilford College, May 23 - In spite of the fact that it was raining nearly all 
morning, there was a large audience in Memorial Hall today to hear the 
representatives of the class of '98 speak and to hear the address of one of 
the most prominent Quakers and business men of Philadelphia. The 
representatives of the class spoke, respectively, on the following 
subjects: "A Lost Opportunity," by Lena A. Freeman; "The Bible in Literature," 
by Ada M. Field; "The Claims of American Politics, by John M. Greenfield 
and "The Poet as Seen," by J. Oscar Redding.

The whole list of orations were delivered with great credit and reflected much 
honor upon the class. A list of the class is as follows:

Misses 

Anna R. Anderson, High Point
Ada M. Field, Guilford College
Lena A. Freeman, Archdale
Ora H. Jinnett, High Point

Messrs

Walter E. Blair, Archdale
Frank S. English, Monroe
John M. Greenfield, Kernersville
Herbert C. Petty, Greensboro
J.O. Redding, Hoover Hill
S. Halstead Tomlinson, Archdale
Percy Worth, Guilford College

Mr. H.C. Petty receives the annual scholarship to Haverford College, Pa., 
which is worth $300. Miss Ada M. Field receives the Bryn Mawr annual 
scholarship, which is worth $400.

The baccalaureate address by Hon. John B. Garrett, of Philadelphia, was a 
treat. His theme was "Some of the Demands of the Closing Days of the 
Nineteenth Century." He spoke of the war and said the people of the United 
States were so impetuous and impatient that they could not even allow their 
President to direct a peaceable settlement between Spain and the United 
States. He also spoke directly to the graduating class of the responsibility 
of life, and said that we were always solving problems but never got them 
fully solved.

The address was one of the finest and all arguments were taken from a 
practical standpoint.

President Hobbs also addressed the class with words of encouragement, advice 
and caution. The address was certainly full of good advice and delivered with 
the greatest earnestness.

At the close, Prof. Hobbs announced the prizes and scholarships awarded during 
the year: Bryn Mawr scholarship, won by Ada M. Field; Haverford scholarship, 
won by H.C. Petty; the Philagorean prize for oratory, won by Lily N. White; 
the Henry Clay medal for oratory, won by L.L. Holton; the medal for 
improvement, won by J.E. Shepard; the Websterian Dictionary for oratory, won 
by J.W. Lewis; the medal for improvement, won by T.B. Hinton.

Also mention was made of the reduction of board at Founders Hall next year. 
The rate will be $8 per month.


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