Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-08-05

commencement at Wabash College.
MEssRs. CHAPMANs-As the season for the llerar,
festivals of Indiana for lS47 has rolled around it be
the bounden duty of some one who has had tho
pleasure 10 attend them to trouble yourselves and The
public with hini as to what our Professors anc
d. DIS are doing for the letters of Hooserdon. Il,
many, commencement anniversaries are a bore, bu
such occasions have generally much Of excitement
thrown around them apart from the interest felt IN
the proper exercises themselves that even thnse yoC
of cultivated taste the hours spent dutinn
college anniversaries as many pleasant Jewels
The restless and varying throng, the glad faces and
attIres the rush of carriages and horsemen, the
ringing of bells, the music, the meeting Of friends
with the accompaniment of divers pic MICS and parties
lend the time aud place the air of hurrying, lus,y
life" while eoquence, learning and religion, with
their high and halowed influences, make such seasons
the pride wei. the pleasure of intelligent ma
tiUn. Long will the visiiers remember the hearty
cordilty of the good citizens Of Charlottesville, as
well as the intellectual treat which .Old Wabash $
spread so bounifully before them.
The exercises commenced on Monday evening the
18th ult-, with prize declamatons The first prize
was awarded to A. Daggy, of Putnam county. On
Tuesday evening the exhibition of the junior class
came off; we have rarely heard ten good speeches
as this class produced Energy, straighiforwardness
OF expression, and manly sentiment general
CHARACTERISTICS OF these performances. The Academy
of Science met ON Wednesday morning, at 10 o'clock
DIR. Todd, of Danville read essay .'the varie-
ties OF the human Species, which was not heard by
the greater part Of the audience, and hence not appre-
ciaied.
He was succeeded by the Hon. E. A. Hannegan,
who in his usual happy style delivered an address on
a. the destiny of America" With a theme so congo
NAL TO hls feelings, the speaker rose elOqueny with
his audience TO a contemplation of the time wher
" the home of power and habitation of peace -
shall be on the banks of the Mississippi The Alumni
" ere addressed In the afternoon by Rev. Mr. Palmer
o. Illinois. The Rev. Mr.. Nice, of Columbus ad-
dressed the Society of Inquiry on "war." The Rev
gentleman tckled stung his audience alternately as
they happened TO lean, this Cat presenD delicate
question. At night, Rev. Mr.. Jewett, Of Terre Haute
delivered address before the literary societies
upon the same subject as Senator Hannegan yet no
two speeches were more unke MIR. j. 5 speech was
good sense and good philosophy, written with some
study, yet vigorous and elegant-t would undOubi-
edly read well.
On Thursday morning, the regular exercises of the
graduating class took place. The house was crowded
TO overflowng, and many left before the speaking be-
gan. The following is a list of the graduates:
Reconsideration JOHN w. BLACKBURN,
Paris, Illinois.
% The Benefits Of Party-HoRAcE E. CAR
TER, Charlottesville, Indiana.
'' The Mission Of America-JoHN COLLETT,
Eugene, Indiana.
One Iaed-The Embodiment Of Power-
B. o. DEMlNG, Lafayette. Indiana.
The Atmosphere JAMES A. YEALE.
Washington, Indiana.
% The Democratic PrinciP ls-WILLIAM C.
WILSON, Charlottesville, Indiana.
- Make Haste Sloaoly-LUTHER T. WooD-
WARD, Elkhart, Indiana.
- The Student-J. HENRY WELLS, Michi-
gan City, Indiana.
- Principle and ImPulSe-C. K MARSHALL,
Dunbartor, New Hampshire
Masters Grafton delivered by e.. II. Mar
shall, and the degree of A. NJ conferred on himself
and 2. l.. Wells, of Mich. City. The performances
of the class were more than creditable The ALMA
mater might well feel proud of such sons. The Bac
calaureate address delivered by DR.. White. in
that feeiingy eloquent style peculiar to himself
Few men have so fUrcbe and so pOetical an express
sion as he His addresses will form a volume of the
American classics, side by side with Everets Manns
and Grlmke's. We are glad to learn that the Col
lege is in more prosperous condition than with
an increase of students and discharge from her debit
she may well promise to perform her share of the
educational labor of the country, and establish that
elevated and thorough standard of scholarship so
much needed and so little appreciated by many nstl
tutlons In the west.