The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-05-09
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Twas IN Wednesday. April the soth al
10 o'clock A. NJ, that the exercises we,e
) e"tnueneed ~ setmon from the Rev
penjamipe Wayne, graduate Of the class
NJ 1916. His c'eat sod fotcibly pointed
remarks were listened 10, with no small
degree u satisfaction by large snd res
pectab)e audience; which, despite the
storm VI the previous day and The then
threatening appearance Of the clouds) had
gathered in the large college ball.
At ! o'elock, ?. NJ, The two literary So
eieties were addressed by the Hev. Thos.
fsst|eion, II M, city, who r., an hour u,
m",e, in his usual brilliant and fery;d man
net spoke IN 4" Motsl Cosmogony The
many rounds of applause with which he
wac interrupted, showed copclus;vely how
fully he was appreciated by his listeners.
His lecture, undefst.sd, is to be published
At ea,ly csnJ1e;ght the Junior Glass
began their exhibition, but owing to the
fact That very heavy tain was falling at
the time, The number Of persons who At
tended IT, was not very large but the gen
teman bv their manifest interest in the
rrcee edings and The ladies' bv their love-
|iBess, matlr vp for the deficiency and
seemed 10 inspire the Youthful orators with
tedo"b'e'l energy. The following was the
Programme for the evening, viz
| Otation-" Russia F." H. NJ Smith.
Wilkinson Co, Miss
2 O,atien--"Ccut,astb between the present
and past ages of America"
=. " Faulkner, Baton Rouge, In.
= Otsticn--'' The worlds neglect If her
men Of gupi,IsU JOS s. ypo,le;
n ioleaux, La.
4 Grafton" Proper union If the useful
and beautiful. AnA,ew HINT.
Jefferson 60, Miss
Music.
8 Otation---" Honor = Archer.
Jefferson Co, Miss
9 O,at;cn-." Public Life props, subject
Of our ambition" =. Tnrpin
Jefferson Co., Miss.
7 Otstior--" The Path ~ pf,ipspre,p
VIM. A. Hall, ". q.
= Oraticn-.s Errors Of the Timesn
J. Pstivance. IT., Oak land College.
Music.
. Oration--" Empire Of Decayn
Chas y. Tenney, Thbcjaux La.
10 Oration--' Human Charactern
q. s. Spring, Adams Co, Miss.
Space fo,bids me rattic"lsrizing upon
each otatien; but must say, the Jnni,,.
did themselves honor. Their speeches
were we'll written and well ,leliver red, and
could but particularly feel proud At the
manner in which cut young Baton Roug-
can reptesentive for the occasion 8. II.
Faulkner, acquitted himself lie cont,ss-
ted with force and power 1.-THE present
aud past ages Of America" our great coor,-
Try, showing how ne have improved,
achieving victory after victory, over the
powers Of the nsterial world, and making
slow but steady progress in the fields OF lit
reainte. He eloguent|y repealed the idea---
that the efforts Of the present northern
could Dissolve the union, and
that the south, tho chvslsous
sostn, would, by presenting firm front
cause the master Of fanaticism to retrest
b its lair. He spoke throughout with
spirit and animation, and the
frequent applaud'ngs OF the gentlemen and
The encouraging locks and showers of love-
~ boq"ets that were bestowed upon him
by the young ladies', proved that his speech
was valued, and that be wns not wasting
bis breath Ton the desert air."
On the next day, lat Of May. all signs
IF pre-. ious rain had disappeared and the
snn shown brightly, enliven,ng and re-viv-
flying all things. At ar tarly honr the COL
ege hall was filed wi'A crowd Of ladies
and gentlemen, the beauty and chivalry Of
Western Mississippi and Northern Louis
ana; and at 10 o'clock the exercises were
opened with prayer, alter which the fol-
owing Programme was presented.
Latin Salutatory .(2d honor M V.R. Huff,
Amite Co.. Miss.
Music.
Commerce and Commercial men.
c. $. Young, Adams Co., MiA
Music. toI
Literature.
Sam. Meek B. Rouge La.