Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1851-07-31

The annual Commencement of Wabash College, To-
Gated at Charlottesville, OF on Thursday last, oath
inst. large number of visitors in attendance
during Commencement week.
The several classes were examincd the 10TH nth,
18th and 21st Of July, and informed by those
present that the students body acquitted themselves
with great credit On the evening of the 21st decla-
nations heard from number Of students, at the
close of which the first prize awarded to Backord
Cond, Of Terre Haute, for proficiency in defamation
The annual meeting of the Board of Trustees was held
Tuesday. On Tuesday evening Grafton was deli
vered before the Lyceum Literary Society, by Rev. Ed
win Holt of Madison which is said to have been an able
effort. Mr. II. preached very eloquent sermon at the
Second Presbyterian Church. in this city, on yesterday
The Wabash Academy Of Science held its annual meet
ing on Wednesday morning. The Society is composed
of of the most scientific Eien in the State. Re-
ports read various scientific subjects, and the
problem of the visible rotation OF the earth demon
strated by the penduluw experiment, by Prof Twnlng
series of resolutions adopted in favor Of Geo
logical Survey Of the State and authorizing address
the subject to be prepared by the Society, and pre-
sented to the next Legislature.
In the afternoon of Tuesday, the Associated Alumni
addressed by Rev. Charles II. Marshall. In the
evening, an Grafton delivered before the Caopear
Society, by Rev. Thomas E. Thomas, d. D., President
Of South Hanover College, in which, it is said, he
rather harsh the sprs of the day. especially Bloom
erisrn and the Spiritual Rappngs
On Thursday, the exercises of the Graduating Glass
came off, which we had the pleasure of witnessing.
The addresses from the graduates were as follows
Durability Of the Real, E. Ell. Bassett, indianapolis
The Primitive Man, the he ought TO hare been
Solomon Claypool, Attica Thought Minds True Gran
dcr, William Daggy, Greencaste; The Inner Life
Samuel Merrill, indianapolis; Storms, w. N. Steele
Bloomfield, Iowa; The True Philosophy j. Wells Tay
lor, Starkey, N. Y; and The Newspaper, Charles T
White, Starkey, N. Y. The Masters Orations wer,
then delivered by j. L. Campbell of Charlottesville.
Addison Daggy of Greencastle.
/ The degree of A. B. was then conferred on the gra
duates, seven in number, by President White, followed
by eloquent address the class The baccalaureat'
sermon was delivered by the President the previous
Sunday
Wabash College is in prosperous condition. Thu
officers all OF great scholastic merit, havn:
the good Of the institution and its students at heart
The number of students in attendance at the last tern
are beautifully located in the western part of Crawfords
villc one OF the heahiest towns in Indiana and which
will be easy of access by railroads, in less than twelve
months Most of the students and board in tn
College, and owing to this fact the building is muc
crowded, but we understand that addition will b.
made to the main building during vacation, which vii
obviate this difficulty There is attached to the build
ing we'll selected cabinet of minerals and specimens
geology. The two literary societies have, also, YER
respectable Libraries.