Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-05-25
Junlos KxhISiiIon a. OserIln CoIIogs.


II TUESDAY, P. n, Nay %, 1880.
This afternoon the first public exercises Of
the College Cor the season, took place. indeed,
the hrst Of the kind that has ever taken
place hOre-a Junior Exhibition.
Juniors expecting 10 reach the culmina-
ting point in their course in "only year, "
are naturally enough, expected TO aspire,and
at most colleges they are permitted to in
dulge their aspirations in an Exhibition
But heretofore obsrliu College has seemed to
ignore this necessity Of her Juniors, and their
wings have never been pIumed for a"fiight"
on such an occasion, till this year. ThsPres-
eut Junior Class pressed their claim upon
the Faeulty, and obtained their consent for
an Exhibition.
At o'clock this P. NJ, an Oberlin audience
I (Which means & large one, of course) assem-
bled at the church to hear these exercises.-
They were welcomed by stirring and beau,
tifpl piece Of music by the orchestra, ,aceom-
panied by the organ, fully sustaining the
reputation it won last year.
Alter short and impressive prayer by
Prof Churchill, Messrs. calkins and Page,
with Misses Pease and Childs, sangS Quar-
tetse-exceilent, of course. ......-
The fret speaker, Wm.l H. Scott, Grass
Valley, California, presented Latin oration,
9 Hue Undieue GAIA" The orator, in a very
happy manner, paid his respects to profess
ors, ladies, and different classes Of the Col
lsgs, exciting hearty applause from those
who comPrehended enough to catch an idea
Of the speech, Cicero la mode. Next, Miss
Julia R. Hartford, olivet, Michigan, read an
sssay-subject, appreciation" The sub
leet was very cleverIy handled, we thought,
and to say the least, contained matter well
worth 81 appreciation, as it undoubted was,
Next, came Mr.. A. A. Stafford, Of oberlin--
subject, " The Regicide Parliament" The
this body, and considered its peculiar bearing !
on the subject of English Liberty. We |
think many entertain opinions differing |
somewhat from the speaker on the subject.
Esturalness," by Miss Z. NJ. Bowen,
York. The standard Of merit in art or char
aeter, the readsr showed to be natnralness,
and that the most perfect in any sphere, ives |
.pre-srniuent for this trait, the highest type !
bsing found in the charaeter Of 8 true chris
tian. The Essay was an interesting one. /
Vow, Mr George Steele seated himself at
The organ, and as Miss Pease came forward,
we had some faint idsa Of what was coming. /
There is more pleasure IN listening 70 such
performunee, than IN attempting 70 describe /
j. Il was q most rare piece Of music and /
finely performed. Miss Pease won golden |
opinions for the entertainments she furnished
tie auditors at the Anniversaries of last year.
We Fust We shall meet with similar favors
this one. sa
q Then followed a Discussion Il the
Asnerican form Of Government better adapt
ed TO Che wants Of an enlightened people
than that ef England3T Affirmative, orris
@. AtWatsF, Manfua, and II. II. James,
Welahfeld-Negstive John R. Barnes, South
ingtOn, and Curtis 7. Fenn, Tallmadge.
We have seldom listened TO debate con
Quoted with mere courtesy and fairness. AZ
wen Es ability. The gcntlemanly disputsnts
show clearly the results Of class and society I
training in disputation. We have no space
70 review the arguments, but able as they
were in the negative, we saw through our
- spec s" the weight Of argument in favor of
the affirmative. No uncomfortable amount
Of statistical and general information was
presented in the progress Of the discussion,
evincing careful study and preparation.
Musie-a Quartstte. The same singers as
the previous one.
W. W. Parmenter, Mt. Vernon, then pre-
aented the Greek oration. Subject-"The
Discipline of Greek" However Demosthe-t
mic the young orator felt, we hardly think
the audience succeeded in coneeiying itself
Aaican so the orator had the credit of doing
we'll, however little understood.
The next exercise was an essay. Snbject-
q Strength" by Miss Marietts Day, Sheffield.
The many manifestations Of strength in the
physical universe, and their majesty, tOgeth-
sr with moral strength, in many Of the diff /
ereht forms in which it is manifested, tend
ing TO promote the advancement and best
good Of the world, were presented in very
manner by the fair reader Her
auditors were impressed with the idea that
he essayist was not alone aspiring 70 intellec-
.ual strength, but that she evineed the clear /
sst evidence Of success in dttai,ing it. col !,
Mr.. C. A. KenastOn, 0berlin,c came forward
With view Of I" Student Life" showing its
and benefits, together with '
Iome Of the causes of failure. The orator
Ieems to lack force in delivery. The orstion
vas a very fair production. 5sla
Miss Lucy K. Fairchild then read certain
Anonymous Papers" some Of which we
hOught interesting. Among the subjects
we're " The Character Of Tree Reasons
Why Like Old People" Aspirations"
. Fear Not, it is /, (" Deep" &c.
Satan Anticipated" !" by W. W. Kinsley,
Adrian, Michigan, was a rare production.--
The novelty Of the subject and the deeply in
eresting manner Of its presentation, made !
1 BY lar the most entertaining Of the exer-
Uses The oretor bids fair TO take a worthy 6
place amongths thinkers, if we are permitted
o express our opinion. We shall not attempt ,
review Of the production, but hope it may
lppear in print at an early date. should it I
10 50, we have voted it q careful reading.
The exercises wore concluded with Glass
Song which we give entire.