Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-08-15
IFor the Chroniele.l
Western Reserve Colleg!

began on Sunday afternoon, the 9th ult.,
with the baccalaureate sermon and fare
well address of President Pierce. On
Wednesday, at II A. NJ, the Hon.
Samuel Galloway, of Columbus, ad-
dressed the Literary Philozetian and Phi
Delta Societies. His subject was "the
evidences of progress in civilization in
the 18th century" He said, that France,
England, and America, each congratula-
ted themselves with the modest idea, that
it was their destiny to ransom the
world. He referred to the advancement
in the useful arts, as marks of that pro.
gress the giant strides of science, lib
eral views of the church, and the propa-
CATION of popular education /; hat militia
ry glory is wIapt in its shroud-lhe last
presidential election established tn. fact
that the candidate who bases his claims
on epaulets and animal courage, would
discover that he had mounted a spawned
steed for the steeple-chase ; rank, pure
blood, noble blood, in America, is heard
Of only at cattle shows, OF in the ball
room, where brains are useless and sleek
and odorous tops are in demand /; that
passion and ambition was yielding to
philanthropy and b%enevolence but the
fair picture has one foul blot-slavery--
this lOiters and trembles, and holds its
unholy power with a palsied grasp
Galloway is a noble specimen of a noble
m:n;' a scholar and a statesman, he
rises to the dignity of a national prrdi-
lection no exclusive admirer of one sect,
party, hobby, OF college /; not a brother
of that Dutch cooper who swore that
no man but a cooper should marry his
daughter; : nor is he of that s~trailest sect
of puriSts who thank God hat they are
not as other men, because they never
touch a novel or a. review ; he is not a
bunker exclusionist nor an idolater of the
past, Ike those, who, in Dante's vision,
rose before him with heads so twisted
that their chins hung over their back
bones /; not a bigot who vegetables like
rhubarb under a barrel, and beholds the
world only through its bung-hole no
sir, but Samuel Galloway is a true schol-
ar, who shuns both fogy shoals anG ia
natical storms, as the navigator avoids
the b%eacon-6re.
AT 8 P. NJ. Prof. Walker, of 0tterbein
University, addressed the society of
Alumni, the members of which met to
participate in this important festival of
their dina Mater. His subject was the
deceptive character of the features of
human progress Prof. W. did not take
a view of the subject that conflicted with
Galloway's address. He was evidently
out of his element while n the platform,
bis vocation being that Of a teacher
II wv CNllCCu llc ldCl, lUdl,
in spite of legal, medical, and ministerial
associations, scholars are almost as iso.
lated as Kansas squatters, each on his
own hill top tower, pelicans of the for
ests, owls of the desert, sparrows alone
on the house-tops. In the evening the
prize d~eclamations by the three younger
classes were attended in the chapel by a
large and attentive audience.
At 8 A. NJ, Thursday, the Societies
held their anniversary meetings in their
respective halls, which passed off with
"a feast of reason and a flow of soul ;
but, inasmuch as The societies are secret,
what was spoken there must not be told
to outsiders.
AT 10 A. NJ. the graduating class de-
livered their orations. The subjects
were well chosen and ably discussed I;
one on American Literature [ cannot for
bear to mention, which showed that its
author had a well. developed mind and
native talent. The second degree, A.
NJ, was conferred on H. b. Foster, ESQ.,,
and Rev. Albert Fitch. At 2 P. NJ. Ex-
President Pierce welcomed his successor,
the Rev. Henry L. Hitchcock, of Column
bus, to the Presidents chair, in a short
and very appropriate address. Presi-
dent Hitchcock responded in a chsste
and beautiful manner. His Inaugural
Address will be published, of course.
Although for the past ten years the
ministry has engaged President Hitch
cocks attention, he has not allowed ether
walks Of life to pass with him for lands
of darkness. On entering upon the Pres
idency of w. R. College, he grasps the
golden chain or viRcLum by
which other departments of science
are waiting to elevate his own sacred vo-
cation higher than it has eve lisen.-
President H. is not hampered by secta-
rian trammels protesting to have a mo-
nopoly of truth, but, as a christian, phi
lanthropist and a scholar, he enters upon
his new st ,tion of influence, carrying
with him a spirit of enthusiasm to labor
and toll in a cause so intimately connec-
ted with all that secures individual, So
cial, and national prosperity. He begins
his new career with a determined pur.
pose to sustain the good old system of
hard mental labor and rigid discipline.
Some of his former pupils in this town
have clear proofs of his high intellectual
qualifications for his responsible office.
His late appointment as ruler in the Tenn
pie of Science is a happy circumstance for