Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-07-11
Communicated.
For the Pomsroy Weekly Telegraph.
Marietta College Commence

g Mr. Editor:-A few days ago some
good friends, giving scarcely more than
a moments warning, snatehed me up
and carried me off to Marietta, to spend
commencement week. Allow me to give
a few notes concerning the doings
thereof: Could the descriptionbe given:
with the actual accompaniments Of the
things deseribed--the abundapt hospi-
taIities. The seclar pleas rides,
the walks, the beauty Of scenery, the
June freshness of earth and sky-this
would be rare. newspaper column
How much room, there is in Marietta,
and how well it is occupiedI
On Tuesday evening came the con-
test of the literary societies, Alpha
Kappa and Psi Gamma. 1t was gener-
ally we'll sustained, with about equal di-
vision of laurels.
On Wednesday evening, these soeie-
ties were addressed by VIM. 7. Cogge-
shall, Esq. Immediately after, the
society diplomas were conferred upon
their respective graduates. And still
after this, as the only available time,
came reunion, in their beautiful So
ciety hall, of all Alpha kappas present,
together with few invited guests
That was the genuine college time
Talk solid was there, and talk pathetic,
hut especially. talk humorous and talk
funny, with shouts of laughter aud
rounds of elaps bursting through all its
crevices. lemonade and cake lightly
interspersed themselves. Jest and re-
partee cracked all around. College
songs, swelling high, with all the boys
hearts in them, made joyous chorus
Everybody came away younger-and
why not better? True social enjoyment
is one fitting crown of worthy labor.
Thursday was commencement day
proper. At eight in the mornings the
Alumni held their annual meeting. At
half past ten, all of us--us officers, US
alumni, us students, US strangers, us all
others-formed ourselves into that long
string, with brass band at the head of
it, so we'll known to all who are versed
in commeneements, and walked Ia pro-
-cessioH-to %tle Congregational Church.
The brass band, most unfortunately, got
into the Church with all the rest, and
there made occasionally, Obi such
noises. Was there not some mistake
made?
The programme of the exc ercises in
the Church is as follows: ~
81 MORNING
Latin Salutatory: Hiram L. Gear, Marietta.
~oration: The Sage of Marshfeld.
Peter L. connife, North Brookfeld, Mass.
Philosophical Grafton: Obedience to Law.
Chas. Hill, Marietta.
Grafton: The Republic as an Experiment.
David W. Biymyer, Mansfield, O.
Grafton: The Decline of the Reverential Spirit.
VIM. H. Fleek. Newark O.
Grafton: The Ends of Mental Labor.
Hiram L. Gear, Marietta.
5Oration: The School of Adversity.
Isaac H. Johnson TylerSCo., Va.
0ration: Mount Vernon.
Edward S. Aleshire, Gallipolis, @.
Poem: The Sentinels.
VIM. J. Lee, Pomeroy, O..
AFTERNOON.
Grafton: The End
l. Halsey Williams, Sewickley, Pa.
Philosophical Grafton: The True Object of Life.
Josiah II. Jenkins, Buffalo, N. 7.
Valedictory Grafton: The Law of Progress
Geo. B. Turner, Marietta.
ADDRESS BEFORE THE SOCIETY," OF INQUIRY,
Rev. R. L. Stanton D. D., Chillicothe.
The graduates performances, both in
matter and delivery, were, asa whole,
highly meritorious, doing credit to the
GLASS and the college, and were heard
with much interest. Some, however,
had not quite animation enough. Pom
eroy, you see, had a representative, and
Pomeroy has good reason to be grati6ed
There was but one opinion respecting
this. The poem was beautifully cop-
eeiyed and written, and most admirably
spoken.
] do not wish to criticise, and I will
not. Bat let me gently suggest to you,
soung gentleman ,seCt to graduate, so
that no one else shall hear, whether you
would not better make your speeches
little shorter than you perhaps anticipate
doing.
DR.. Stanton's address came at time
when one only ordinarily good would
have utterly wearied the audience
But, instead of wearying, it took hold
upon their deeper attention. His sub
ject was this: 'sThe true province of the
Pulpit, and the true position of the
Church in relation to state affairs. 1t.
is asubject, bothsappropriate and strong,
and it was handled appropriately and
Investigationinto pulpit and
church duties and doings was welcomed.
1t was established with power. by scrip-
ture, by sound argument, by long and
well sustained usage, that it ia the bindt
ing duty of pulpit and church. improper
occasions and in proper ways. to trace
out moral bearings and enforce. moral
duties, in connection with all matters
whatsoever, those of government by no
means excepted. Itis assign of public.
hoalth, that man known to think thus,
is elected, just at this time, to a profes-
sorship in ksntgcky y Theological Sem