Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-06-08

William w. PEBBLES, Northampton.
oRATIoN.-'. IMAGINATION"
Alexander w. Lawrence, Raleigh.
GRAFTON" WILL LIBERAL PRINCIPLES TRIUMPH
IN EURoPE!"
Robert A. Chambers, Montgomery.
oRATIoN.-" AIRS LoNGA VITA BREvIs."
William H. Powell, Berthe.
oRATIoN.-s' MoRMoNIsM.'
Thomas T. Dsmukes, Tennessee.
oRATIoN.-'' CALIFORNIA;
N. EIdridge Scales, Rockingham
oRATIoN.-"NoRTH CAROLINA SHOULD SUPPORT
HOME LITERATURE"
Archibald r. Black, Moore.
GRAFTON" THE STUDY GEOLOGY"
Alexander McTver, Moore.
GRAFTON" THE sUBLIMITY THE PSALMS"
Solomon Pool, Elizabeth City.
AFTERNOON.
GRAFTON" HUMBUGGERY."
David G. Worth, Ashborough.
oRATIoN.-" INTELLIGENCE ESSENTIAL To REPUB-
LICANIsM.'
James M. Bullock, Alabama.
GRAFTON" IRELAND's MISERY: ENGLAND's
SHAME
Junius /. Scales, Rock ingham.
GRAFTON" SPURIOUS ARIsTocRACIEs."
James Woods, Tennessee.
ANNUAL REPORT.
DEGREES CONFERRED.
VALEDICToRY, GRAFTON
Jno. Lindsay Morehead, Greensboro.
We are almost tempted to refer particularly to
SuCu Vi Tic speakers we IHOu-AL dCquIIleu
themselves in a superior manner; but we should
doubtless do injustice to some thereby, and we
forbear. There were none of the speakers of this
day who did not perform their task respectfully,
while not few of them evnced talents of high
order. President Swain, in the course of some
remarks submitted before the ceremony of handing
to each his diploma and copy of the Holy Bible,
foot; IN tho -eoholorc md
manly qualities of the Graduating Class. The de-
chalmers, too, from the Freshman and Sophomore
Glasses, exhibited evidences of talent and of cul-
tvation alike creditabIe to themselves and to the
Faculty. The boyhood
Shows the man,
AS morning shows the day."
The names of the Graduates, in all 81, are as
follows Vine A. Allen, of Newbern Richard 7.
Arlington, Warrention; William II. Battle, Jr.,
Chapel Hill Archibald r. Black, Moore; James
NJ. Bullock, Alabama; B. A. Capeheart, Muir
Frederick Ii. Cobb, Kinston; Dubrutz Guitar
Wilmington; Thomas T. Dismukes, Tenn; Will
liam B. Dusenbery, Lexington; Thomas G. Ferebee.
Camden; Benjamin T. Green, Granville ; Plummer
w. Green, Warren; David c. Hall, Warrenton !;
Cyrus Harrington, Moore John w. Holmes, Will
mington James B. Hughes, Newborn; John w.
Johnston, Halifax Nathaniel G.. Jones, Wake );
Lawrence, Raleigh Thomas G. Leak, Richmond :;
Walter J. Leak, Miss; Gavin H. Lindsay, Green's
borough; Hugh G. Livingston, Robson; William
A. Mcintyre, Fayetteville; Alexander McIver.
Moore Daniel Men. Mckay, Cumberland Wal
ter Meares, Wilmington Alfred G. Merritt, Tenn;
John S. Moore, Chapel Hill; John W. Moore,
Hartford John L. Morehead, Greensborough !;
William H. Morrow, Chapel Hill; Kenneth NJ
Murchison, Manchester; Spencer A. O'Daniel,
Chatham; William w. PEBBLES, Northampton :;
Solomon Pool, Elizabeth City F.; William 81. Powell,
Berthe; William A. Robinson, Warren; Lemon
Ruffn, Franklin Nathaniel E. Scales, Madison :;
Junius l. Scales, Rockingham Henry R. Shorter,
Ala; James NJ. Spencer, Ala; John G. Stickney,
Ala; John D. Taylor, Wilmington John T. Tay-
lor, Oxford George N. Thompson, Caswell Hen
ry T. Terrence, Pttsborough James Fl. Whitaker,
Halifax George NJ. VIII Bladen James Woods,
Tenn; David G. Worth, Asheborough; Adam E.
Wright, Wilmington; Jno. A Mckay, Cumberland.
In the Senior Glass, the first distinction was as
signed to Messrs. Black, Lawrence, McIver, Mer-
rift, Morehead, Spencer and White; the second to
Messrs. Allen, Chambers, B. T. Green, Harrington,
Livingston, Pool, Powell, Woods and Worth; the
third to Messrs. Battle, Bullock, Dismukes, Fere-
bee, PEBBLES, N. E. Scales, and .. l. Scales The
next best scholars are Messrs Guitar, Stickney,
and J. T. Taylor. We learn from the Report of
the President from which we have taken the fore
going in relation to the grades of scholarship that
the whole number of attendances during the Col
Iegiate termsof four years, amounts in round NUM-
bers, to 1900. Four members of this Glass, VIZ |.
Messrs. Bullock, Ferebee, D. w. Mckay, and n J.
B. Scales were absent from no duty during tie full
Collegiate term Of four years Messrs. Spencer,
Lamb, Poo, B. g Green, J. T. Taylor and White
were very rarely absent from any duty during four
ears,