title:
Exhibition of the Berea School, 1858
subject:
Berea College -- Commencement
subject:
Fee, Burritt H., 1849-1876
description:
Order of Exercises for the December 1, 1858 Exhibition of the Berea School
description:
Transcript: EXHIBITION OF THE BEREA SCHOOL, DECEMBER 1ST, 1858. ORDER OF EXERCISES: MUSIC. PRAYER. MUSIC. Salutatory Address, C. G. Renfro. Declamation--Temperance, William M. Carr. Essay--Industry, Miss Nancy Blackburn. MUSIC. Declamation--Roman Power, Howard Williams. Declamation--Casabianca, William Boatwright. Recitation--My Mother's Song, Miss Mary Elder. MUSIC. Declamation--Elihu Burritt, Burritt Fee. Essay--Do Noble Things, not Dream Them, Miss Melissa Rawlings. Extracts from the "Berea School Journal." MUSIC. Dialogue--Hard Study, Misses Jo Mitchell & Anna Best. Declamation--Dying Chieftain, William Rucker. Declamation--Washington, Philip Roberts. Declamation--The Husbandman, John Smith. MUSIC. Recitation--The Modern Belle, Miss Sallie Williams. Recit'n, Zekiel's reply to a Recruiting Sergeant, Samuel Boatwright. Recitation--The Gem, Miss Anna Highfield. Declamation--The Slave's Wish, Francis Thompson. MUSIC. Essay--Journal of a School Day, Miss Zerelda Moore. Declamation--Duty to our Country, William Taylor. Declamation--The Eagle, James H. West. Declamation--"I'll be a Man,"; Howard Fee. MUSIC. Essay--The True Woman, Miss Elizabeth Denham. EXERCISES BY THE PRIMARY DEPARTMENT. Recitation--The Bridge of Sighs, Miss Lizzie Elder. MUSIC. Declamation--South Carolina, Tandy Rucker. Declamation--Massachusetts, Wm. Jones. Dialogue--Aversion to Study, ------ MUSIC. Dialogue--God's World, Misses Alice Merrill & M. Ballard. Oration--Modern Society, C. G. Renfro. Declamation--School Boy, Abram Williams. Recitation--The Leper, Miss Laura A. Fee. MUSIC. Dialogue--The Camelopard, Waller and William Todd. Declamation--The Constitution, George Rucker. Essay--Pleasure of Singing, Miss Martha Blackburn. Extracts from the "Berea School Journal." MUSIC. Dialogue--The Sailor Boys, Andrew J. and Geo. W. Wright. Recitation--Now, Miss Minerva Denham. DISCUSSION BY THE DIALECTIC CLUB. Question--Should Caesar be Called Great? PHILIP ROBERTS, President. Affirmative. Wm. Rucker, Morton Rucker, N. B. Shastine, George Rucker, Sam'l Boatwright, C. S. Hughes, Alexander Moore, James H. West. Negative. Wm. Taylor, Howard Williams, Wm. Jones, Tandy Rucker, John Burnham, Gloucester Moore, David Newton, James N. Todd. MUSIC. EXERCISES BY PRIMARY DEPARTMENT. Essay--Knowledge, Miss Louisa Moore. MUSIC. Oration--The Scholar's Mission, G. C. West. Recitation--The Slave Girl's Lament, Miss Susan M. Sayres. Declamation--Death of Logan, J. M. Rucker. Recitation--The Golden Island, Miss Nancy Rucker. MUSIC. Dialogue--The Bird, Misses Elizabeth Wright, Mary Best, and Elizabeth Williams. Essay--Angel of Hope, Miss Elizabeth Rawlings. DRAMA--Cataline. Scene 1--Cicero addressing the Senate against Cataline. Scene II--Banishment of Cataline, and his reply. MUSIC. VALEDICTORY ADDRESS, G. C. West.
description:
Original Size: 6 x 17.5 in.; Program and order of exercises for the Berea School exhibition, 1858
publisher:
Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College, Berea, Ky
date:
1858
date:
type:
image/jp2
format:
jp2
identifier:
BC-1100-00007
identifier:
identifier:
source:
Berea College Records: RG 11/11.15: Commencement Ceremonies. Berea College Special Collections and Archives
language:
en-us
relation:
Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College, Berea, Ky
rights:
This resource is provided for educational purposes. Please cite all references to this item.
creator:
Berea College