The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-06-06
Ftom he Eol7c Springs Herald.
University of Kississippi-.-Commence
ment Exercises.


The Commencement Exercises of the Uni
versity Of Mississippi will begin on Sunday,
June 24th and close with Bali On Thurs
day, 18th.
The examination Ct the Senior class began
on W ednesday, May 18th, and closed on Fri
day, the 18th. 1t was thorough and rigid,
and tested, in a most satisfactory manner, the
attainments of every member. The class
numbers twenty-seyen. The following hon
ors were awarded by the Faculty On last Sat
uEday morning:
lst Ronor-oscar F Bledsoe, Lowndes
county.
I'd Hotaor-Kinloch Faleoner, Holly Springs
Sd Honor-Joseph NJ Adams Noxubee
county.
The following are the Senior Speakers, in
alphabetical order:
McGehee Cambridge DeSoto County
George G. billiard, Oktibbeha s
,lerrie S Gage, Holmes
Wiley G johnson, Madison
Archelaus X Jones. Claiborne 8
James Mister, Grenada,
Calvin X Myers, DeSoto
George Smith, Madison
Micaiah I Wade Copiah
place at the University Chapel, on Thursday,
the 18th Of June.
The examination of the lower classes be-
gan on last Monday morning, and viii close
on Thursday, the 21st Of June.
The following are the orators of the Junior
class. The Hermean and Phi Sigma Socie-
ties select three Juniors each to represent
them, and the Faculty choose eight, four from
each Society:
Elect Of tie HerWueah Society.
VIM Brack, Lowndes.
Il 7 Pollard, Pamela.
Thos A Moore, lssaquena.
Etect ei the Phi Sig,aa !socis,s
Francis a. %pe, Holmes
james Walton, Holmes
Calvin B MeCalebb, KeInper.
Eisct Of Faculty from Hsru,eaa Society
Andrew j Harris, Scott.
James L McCaskill, Simpson.
Oscar A kibbe, Lafourche Parish, La
Jacob G Robertson, Oktibbeha.
Elect Of Faculty from PHI Sigma Society.
Thomas NJ Peters, Bolivar, Tenn.
Albert I McNeal, Bolivar, Tenn.
Samuel d Gwin, Holmes
Berkeley Green, Jackson, Miss.
The prize Defamation of the Sophomore
class will take place on Monday, the 25th.-
The following are the declaimers in alphabet
ical order:
David NJ. Ballard, Holmes county.
Fountain Barksdale, jr, Yazoo.
LaFens NJ. Bisland, Point Coupee, La.
Hugh G Bridges, Pike.
Joseph Brown. Lafayette.
John Evans, Oxford
Ferdinand l. Griffin, Holmes.
- Harley.
Patrick S Myers Marshall.
David McCalebb, Yazoo.
James Smith, Choctaw.
Eugene O. Sykes, Aberdeen.
Jasper d Terrell, Covington.
An annual orator will deliver an address to
the Phi Sigma and Hermean Societies during
commencement, either on Tuesday or We'd
nesday evening
The Societies will hold their celebrations on
Wednesday. The Hermean Society ill be
represented by v d. Terrell, of Covington
county, a graduate of the class of 1857 The
Valedictory, on behalf of the Senior class
will be delivered by Wiley G. johnson, of
Canton. Jerrie D. Talbert of Grenada, viii
respond on behalf of the undergraduates
The Phi Sigma Society will be represented by
VIM I'll Luse, of YaZoo county. The Vale
dictOry on behalf of the Seniors, will be deliv-
cred by Eugene L Cowan, of Lexington The
response on behalf Of the undergraduates,
will be delivered by James +. Wilson, of
Franklin county, Ala.
The alumni of the class of 1855, must
remember that this is the year in which they
resolved to visit their Anna Mater, and bring
hon fha,, e. Il
are given below:
William L Barksdale, Yallobusha Co.
Paul Barringer, Pontotoc
Roger Barton, jr, fernando.
Jacob I Brougher, Ripley
James H tGaillard, Col. III Sem, 8. C.
James Gordon, Pontotoc Countys
John w Henderson, Pamela %
J A Humphries, Ii. B., Harrison Co.
Francis W Reyes, Carrollton.
Robert NJ KimbIough, Kemper
Charles Fl Lee, Lowndes
German A Lester, Kinds
John Lyon, DeSoto
Calvin r NeIseet1 -Nox+,hee- -
john McSwine, faliohusha
VIM R McSwine, Yallobusha SO
William + Mellen, Natchez.
Lyt'leton w Moore, Bastrop, Texas.
Hugh NJ Morrison, Yallobusha Co.
g ? Richardson, Rev., Greenwood.
Henry NJ Scales, Marshall Co.
Rufus w Shiye, Rev., Decatur Ala.
James NJ Smith, Woodville.
Charles G Smither, M d, Oxford.
Mira L Weller, Halifax Co, N C.
Rich'd H Whitehead, LII. b., Carrollton.
Robert R Williamson, Holly Springs.
Andrew Wolfe, Kinds county.
We believe that the graduates of oil tia
other classes agreed to meet at the University
| during the Commencement of 1860. We
trust that they will remember their promise,
| and endeayor to attend, bringing with them
as many friends as they can. thus causing the
coming exercises to be the most interesting
that have ever taken place at the University.