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JULY · 1885 to arrive. On Thursday, long before the hour for beginning the class work, wagons, buggies, &c. filled with friends and parents, began to arrive in large numbers. Later came the excursionists from Opelika and Montgomery. By noon the grounds and buildings swarmed with people and by two o'clock, when the rhetorical exercises were to begin, it was quite a question what to do with the people. In a few minutes after the Chapel doors were opened it was filled to overflowing and a large number were left on the outside. At 2 o'clock, the following Programme was presented: MUSIC Normal School Brass Band Salutatory: ''How can we improve our Homes?'' Ella McCullough, Ft. Mitchell, Ala. MUSIC Recitation: ''How he saved St Michaels'' Hiram H. Thweatt, Tuskegee, Ala. ''Needed Improvement in Agriculture'' Lewis D. McCullough, Ft. Mitchell, Ala. MUSIC Recitation: ''Rock of Ages'' Neelie Bowen,' Tuskegee, Ala. Valedictory, ''Poverty No Hindrance to Success'' B. Town Harvey, Gueryton, Ala. MUSIC Annual Address Prof. l. C. Priced Salisbury, N.C. MUSIC Presentation of Diplomas By Hon Solomon Palmer State Sup' t of Education. MUSIC In his address, before presenting the Diplomas to the graduates, the State Superintendent of Education was most feeling and appropriate in his remarks, and every one in the audience was impressed that he meant and felt all that he said. He began by remarking: ''I can not express the pleasure it affords me to be present on this occasion. The fame of this school has spread throughout the State and even through281