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THE Spartanburg Callnqos.


The Spartanburg Colleges
Our Si,artanburs exchanges, contains very
interesting accounts of the commencement ey.
crcses during the pas' week, at the Wofforl
College and and the Srartanburg Female Col.
I"gc. The attendance was unusually large
""'l the hotels aud private houses were filled
Z" overtlowing. Many of our own citizens were
present on the OCCASION, and We're highly graft
ned with the pleasures Of the visit :z--g
The Express contains the followings asSouht
OF tho Commencenent at the Female CTlfAre
OH Monday tAe12 inst
notwithstanding tho dsarrceablc weather.
Tue College Chapel was filed at an early hour,
I'm" before the commencement of the exercises
~ was crowded to excess.-Indeed the hall is
III eyery way aill-suited to its purpose. 1t is
'nucf too small to accommodate an audience
sueh as must be expected upon occasion like
Tins; the ceiling is low. which materially ap.
gravates the suffering from heat, and i,npnirs
the effect Of SOUND: We hope that the trus.
tees will not consider the matter beneath their
httcntion, but Mt an early day will takes steps
towards, removing these dIsagreeabilities.
Inc exercises were opened with prayer by
theasev. DR.. Wightman. The Sautntury Adj
slresss were delivered bv Miss NJ. Clenen,ina
moore, ofSpar'anburg, upon whom the FIRST
1tohor WA conferred The Nalcdictorv wnsa rs.
signed to Miss Mary s. Walker. of Columbia.
both young ladies performed their parts with
grace and proprictv The compositions of all
.ne young ladies were excellent specimens of
!he1r KIND, and showed that unusual care had
been given to that department. They not on
~ oreathcd an earnest admira' ion for literary
and scientific pursuits but exhibited deep
sense OF the responsibilities of educated intel.
iect The pronunciation was accurate. and
the reading in general graceful and effective.
Hfat t,.lx t,,-.,
We consider the severe trial to which the rea.
Hers were subjected. 1t requires no ordinary
nerve Tor very young girls to make their ap-
Pcarahce before large audience with compo.
sure, upon the first, and, in n great majority of
cases, the only occasion of their lives aud we
w not wonder, therefore, that many shrink
'r"m the task. We do not think that they
should 6e forced to overcome this instinct and
E'Squiescc IN the rroprety, la accordance with
~hich. IN several cases. the duty was trans.
eerred to the teacher The Intervals were
ngrce"bly enlivened by the excellent musical
PERFORMANCES OF Professors Saunirr and Bais,
Heil assisted by the pupils Of their department.
Alter the reading Of the compositions dip!o.
enas were conferred upon nineteen Young In.
dies, by the President, Rev DR.. Taylor follow
cd by an excellent address. His stvle was
tharactcristicallv earnest and impressive, and
she audience and more especially the young
graduates. could not fail to sympathise with
the evidently deep emotion OF the speaker
From the Spartan We extract the following
day.
Rev. ". NJ. Wightmnn, D. d., President OF
N"iforti College. delivered the Baccalnurcate
Sermon in the Chapel, on Sabbath morning
AS the churches Of the place generally suspen.
ded service, the several Congregations and the
snnny visitors filled the ample chanel. The
text Wns, ,"Iroverbs, !: 10: "My son. if sinners
entice thee, consent thou not" Dividing his
subj tjhtoStilree heads he discussed the first
1rledKii but elaborated the various forms Of
ennSemeRt "a, and then portrayed with mastery
sktiifths virtue of Resistance and eourcc Of
et-filf Of Thought great truths
in<Ghfistian; morals were urged w it'll that We.
ement energy characteristic Of tho preacher
1t Is IN energy less physical than spiritual
We believe the sermon met the expectation of
the auditors-ce:tainly it was suited to the cir
cumstanccs:d Of its delivery.
At night, IN the Methodist Church. Rev. Jo-
feph Gross, ID. D., proDourIced the Commence. !
ment Sermon for the Female College. He used
the IL verse fl44th Psalm: "'1hat our SOUS
may be as plants grown up in their youth
That our daughters may he us corncr-stones, |
polished after the sinilitude Of palace" |
!" bile the occasion was one calling for prepn-
ration, OF course literary merit was not over
looked, and IN this respect the sermon well sus-
sa'ned the reputation nfhis eloquent divine
but though never insensiLle TO Establishment.
Dr. Cross addressed himself rather to the prac.
fieai, and his teaching was moniLory to those
about to step into n wider field Of conduct and |
experience than heretofore occupied.
The annual Grafton before the Calhoun Lit |
erary Society of Woford College. was deliver
ed on Tuesday '>y Maj. T. W Capers of Chur-
lesion and was chaste and beautiful address |
upon the subjective and objective influences of
Education. =,
The Express makes the following compli. |
mentary mention of the Valedictory oftI,e Cal. |
'oun Literary Society, delivered by Mr.. r. B.
Tarrnnt of our District:
The Valedictory Of the Calhoun Literary So.
ciety was delivered on Tuesday evening. By
Dir Il. Is. Tarrant, Of Abbeville. He pronounc-
cd handsome eulogy on tile character of De-
anosthencs, and urged his example ns fit one
for imitation by those who expected to arrive
at anything like ennence in after life. His
manner and style of speaking was good, and
showed that lie had given attention to the cul-
tlvation of the "divine art" he so highly and
warmly recommended to his fellow members.
His Valedc,ory was in good taste and we'll
spoken. =