North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-06-18
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! COMMENCEMENT AT WAKE FOREST.
| Mr. HOLDEN: The Commencement exercises at
Wake Forest have been highly interesting through
out.
There were public exercises in the Chapel on Mon
day night, in defamation, by the Freshman Glass,
! in which they did themselves great credit.
| On Tuesday night there were illustrations and adj
dresses on Astronomy, which were very interesting
On Wednesday dt eleven O'Clock the annual Sermon
before the Graduating Class, delivered by the
Rev. James Mcdaniel, of Wilmington, from Pro-
verbs 22d chapter and LIST The Sermon was
very appropriate and listened to with marked at
tenton by the very respectable and numerous assem-
blage. The singing by the young gentlemen of the
! College received the need of appreciation from all
who heard it. On Wednesday night the exercises
! in Astronomy were continued by the Sophomore or
Junior Glass.
| The Board of Trustees held a Meeting on We'd
nesday, when the report of the Rev. James S. Pur-
fly, their Agent in regard his success In securing
an endowment OF ore or more PrcfessorshtPs In the
College, and collecting the subscriptions In !lqulda-
ton of the College debt due the State, was high
ly satisfactory. The number of Trustees present
was unusually large.
The following gentlemen were elected to fill va
cancies in the Board, to-wt: A. c. Perry, Esq. of
Franklin, DR.. Thomas j. Pitchford, of Warren, Dr.
James F. Martin, of Davie, Aaron Elnmerson. Esq.
of Chatham, and James N. Patterson. Esq Orange
The Board authorized the Faculty to recognize
Male Classical School, about 10 be established at
Henderson, N. c., one ofthe preparatory Schools
to the College.
The prospects of the Institution reported 10 the
Board, highly encouraging. and its extended
usefulness anticipated with much certainty. The
number OF Students the present session Is 81, and
the prospect OF increase at the next session TO one
hundred or more, confidently anticipated. There have
been scarcely any requiring discipline and the
conduct and department of the young men (nearly
half of whom pious) truly exemplary.
On Thursday the day of the Annual Commence
ment, the following exercises took place:
ORDER EXERCISES.
Prayer Music.
Selected.
l. Future Progress of America-James Fl. Ward,
Berthe.
2 The Mission O. Washington-'rho s. ]. Sade,
Rockingham.
3. Extract from Patrick Henry-Thos H. Pritch-
ard, Davie.
GRADUATING Glass.
/. Our Country-Thomas ]. Collins, Warren.
?. Popular EIucation-C Excused l-Priestly Fl.
Mangum, Wake.
3. The Study of Observation-Disclosures in English
ompostion-William II. Owen, Somerville, Tenn.
4. Comforting Degrees.
5. Original Thinking; First Distinction ; with the
Vaedictofy Address-John &. Averett, Cumberland.
The four last named gentlemen received the first
degree of A. b.
The honorary degree of Master of Arts was con-
ferred on the Rev. Lewis Shuck, Missionary to Chi
ma {; Rev. james Mcdaniel, of Wilmington Rev. c.
Fl. Hendrickson of Elizabeth City, and Edwin G.
Reade, Esq, of Person. The degree of A. NJ. in
course conferred on Rev. William L. Walters,
one OF the Faculty of the Institution.
After short inermission the Annual Address be-
fore the Literary Societies delivered by Ed
win &. Reade, of Person. 1t was chaste, beautiful
and very Interesting production, delivered i'll modest
but deeply impressive style. say not too much
when l assert that all pleased, all delight
ed. The auditory the occasion were highly res
pectabe and more numerous than has ever been
sembed on a similar OCCASION manifesting the great
interest that is now taken in this young Institution.
At night large party with an elegant supper was
given by the Students to the Graduating Glass. Thus
closes the public exercises of the past year. The
next session will commence the fourth Monday in
July next. VISITER.