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100 years ago: Commencement week on Arbor Vitae hill Prophetic Words: Columbia has almost doubled its population in the last eight years, and its rapid rise is due in great measure to the Lindsey-Wilson. That the school will continue to prosper, the town continue to advance in growth, no one who is acquainted with the workings of the institution, has the slightest pretext to deny. - JOHN ED MURRELL, in the Adair County News, May 24, 1911 Click on headline for full story plus photo(s) By Jim 100 years ago: Commencement week on Arbor Vitae hillCommencement at "the Lindsey-Wilson" was considerably different a century ago. The end-of-term activities kicked off on Saturday, May 13th, with the annual L.W.T.S. (Lindsey Wilson Training School) Field Day, for which the admission fee was twenty-five cents, the prizes were plentiful, and the fun nearly endless. In some of the more unusual competitions, Guy Stevenson and Frank B. Hulse took first and second in the somersault race; Hulda McFarland and Leontine Leachman took top honors in the candy eating contest; and Miss Alva Knight of Jamestown carried the day in the girls' wheelbarrow race. Fred Rainwater, who had so dominated the men's events for a number of years, wasn't in attendance at Lindsey that term, but the family tradition was quite honorably upheld by Susie Rainwater and Lottie Garner, Fred's sister and wife-to-be, respectively. The commencement activities began in earnest on the 16th and continued through the late morning of Monday, May 22nd: Tuesday afternoon, May 16: recital by Junior pupils of Music and Expression departments. Thursday night, May 18th: piano and vocal recitals by the Misses Hodges and Milliken, certificate pupils of the music department. Friday night, May 19th: An evening of plays, presented by the Expression department, admission 10 cents. Saturday night, May 20th: Recital by the Music department. Sunday morning, May 21st: Commencement sermon, delivered by Rev. A.R. Kasey at the Columbia Methodist Church. (Rev. Kasey had pastored the Columbia Methodist Church 1905-1909 and on occasion had taught Bible classes at Lindsey during his tenure in Columbia.) Monday morning, May 22nd (9:30 a.m.): Graduation exercises in the Lindsey Wilson chapel. Monday morning, May 22nd (11 a.m.) Commencement address by Rec. A.R. Casey Appended to the above schedule of events was this appeal: "Let all former pupils return if possible for these exercises." The Wednesday, May 24 edition of the News devoted an entire column to heaping praise on Lindsey Wilson in general and on the various participants of the above activities. Of the latter, the paper reported that "During the last four or five days there were a number of programs rendered and each one who took part deserves special mention, so perfectly did each performer carry out his or her part." In the fashion of the day, each graduate was expected -- nay, required! -- to present a paper at commencement. The front page of the May 24th edition carried a reproduction of the graduation program, which named the following candidates for graduation and the titles of each paper: Zella Frances Pelly, Influence of BooksOf these, the News stated that each paper was "splendidly written, read and spoken." A stand-alone filler piece noted that "The graduating class in the Lindsey-Wilson...received many handsome presents." And in closing, John Ed Murrell's prophetic words of a century (less nine days) ago: Columbia has almost doubled its population in the last eight years, and its rapid rise is due in great measure to the Lindsey-Wilson. That the school will continue to prosper, the town continue to advance in growth, no one who is acquainted with the workings of the institution, has the slightest pretext to deny. This story was posted on 2011-05-15 10:07:50
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