The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-06-06
From the Southern Herald.
University of Commence
ment Exercises


The Commencement Exercises Of the Univer
sty of Mississippi will begin on Sunday, jun
oath, and close with Ball on Thursday, 2sth.
The examination of the Senior class began OF
Wednesday, May 18th, and closed on Friday
25th. 1t was thorough and rigid, and tested, il
a most satisfactory manner, the attainmcnts o
every member. The class numbers twenty-seven
The following honors were awarded by the Fac
ulty on Saturday, the 26th of June.
First Honor.-OscAR +. BLRDsoE, Lowndes
County
Seeond HonOr.-KNLocu FALcoSER, Holly
Springs.
Third Honor-JosEPn NJ. ADAMS, Noxubcc
County.
The following are the Senior Speakers, in al
phabetical order:
McGehec cambridge Desoto County.
George G. Dillard, Oktibbeha "
Jcrrie s. Gage, Holmes "
James L. Goodloe, Holmes +"
Wiley G. johnson, Madison a"
Archelaus X. Jones, Claiborne /"
James f. Mister Grenada
Calvin R. Myers, Desoto
George Smith, Madison
Micajah r. Wade Copiah
The exercises of the Senior class will take
place at the University Chapel, on Thursday the
2Sth of June.
The examination of the lower classes began
on Monday morning, May 2sth, and will close on
Thursday, the 2lst of june.
The following are the orators Of the Junior
class. The Hermean and Phi Sigma Societies
select three Juniors each to represent them, and
the Faculty chooses eight four from each Socie-
ty:
Elect Of the Hcrmean Society.
VIM. Brack, LOwndcs.
R. T. Pollard, Panola.
Thos. A. Moore, Issaqucna-
Elect Of the Phi Sigma Society.
Francis A. Pope, Holmes.
James ?. Walton, Holmes.
Calvin B. McCalebb, Kemper
Elect Of the Faculty from Hermedn Society
Andrew j. Harris, Scott
James L. McCaskill, Simpson.
Oscar A. Kibbc, Lafourche Parish, La.
Jacob C Robertson, 0ktibbeha.
Elect Of the Faculty from Phi Sigma Society.
Thos NJ Peters, Bolivar, Tenn.
Albert 7. McNeal, Bolivar, Tenn.
Samuel d. Gwin, Holmes.
Berkeley Green, jackson, Miss.
The prize Defamation of the Sophomore class
will take place on Monday, the 95th- The follow
ing arc the declaimers, in alphabetic order:
David NJ. Ballard, Holmes County.
Fountain Barksdale, jr., Yazoo
Javens NJ. Bisland, Point Coupee, La
Hugh Q. Bridges, Pike County
Joseph Brown, Lafayette
John Evans, Oxford
Ferdinand l.. Griffin, Holmes
Joshua NJ Harley, chlckasaw "
Patrick s. Myers, Marshall
David McCalebb, Yazoo
Howard McCalebb, Yazoo
James Smith, Choctaw
Eugene o. Sykes, Aberdeen.
Jasper D. Terrell, Coyington
The annual orator will deliver an address to
the Phi Sigma and Hermean Societies during
either on Tuesday or Wednesday
evening.
The Societies will hold their celebrations on
Wednesday. The Hermean Society viii be rep
resented by Vernon L. Terrell Of CovingtDn
county, graduate of the class of 1851. The
on behalf Of the Senior class, viii
be delivered by Wiley G. johnson, Of Canton
Jcrrie d. TaIbert, oi Grenada, win respond on
behalf Of the undergraduates The Phi Sigma
Society win be represented BY VIM H Luse. Of
YazOo county. The yaledictory on behalf Of
the seniors. wiz be delivered by Eugene L. Cow
an, Of Lexington. The response, on behalf Of
the undergraduates, will be delivered by James
E Wilson, of Frs1kIn county, Ala
The slunni II the class of 1855 must rcmem-
her that this is ihe year IN which they resolved