Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-06-11
For the Standard.
For the Standard.
The Stxty.Fifh Commencement Mt the Univer.
sity of North. Carolina, June 5th, 1862,


The Sixty.Fifth Commencement Mt the Univer.
silly OF North.Carolina, June 5ih, 1862.
Twenty-four young gentlemen received the degree
of Bachelor OF Arts, at Chapel HILL last week. VIZ
Thomas S. Armistead Plymouth; John A. Cam
eron, liarnett county; F. NJ. Carter Carter county,
Mo. Divide Dupre, 81 Martins Par, La. 4Adol plus
L. Fitzgerald, Rockingham county; Albert B. Cor
rell Winston; Thomas j. Hadly, Wilson; Robert
W. Haynes Knoxville, Tenn. Joseph A. Haywood,
Raleigh James d. Jenkins Edgecombe county !;
William W. Jones, Henderson; Frank NJ. Leigh,
Columbus Mississippi; Edward A. Martini Chapel
Hill; Archibald McFadycn. Cumberland county !;
John NJ. Mclver, Moore county; Archibald a. Nc
MILAN, Robson county John X. Mcqueen, Floral
College; Walter Ii. Montague. Wake county; j. f.
MORE, Martin county; Augustus N. Parker, Gates
county; John q. Rencher, Santa Fe. n. Mexico; I.
Sidney Scales, Lowndcs county, Miss. Reuel A.
Stancill, Carrollton, Miss. B. W. Young, Wake Co.
OF these sixteen were present to receive their
Diplomas and Bibles from the Senatus Academicus,
and the President for themselves. The rest WERE
where all the class will shortly be, serving their
country bravely and skilfnlly in divers parts Of the
Confederacy. Twelve of the class represented their
classmates, and presented themselves orators ac
cording to the following scheme:
The Latin Salutatory-JouN A. CAMERON, of
Harnett County.
The Vicissitudes of Life-ALBERT B. CORNELL,
of Winston
The Crisis and its Cause-ARculBALD A. Nc
MILAN, OF Robson County
Departed observation-disclosures S. ARMIsTEAD, Of
Plymouth.
"The Die is Cast "-BoAz W. YOUNG, of Wake
County.
The Influence and Obligations of Professional
Men-W WILLIAM W. JONES, of Henderson
The True Statesman-THoMAs j. uADLEY, Of
Wilson.
The Triumphs of Machncry-JouS N. McIvER,
of Moore County.
The Vanity OF Fame-JouS G. REScHER, of Santa
Fe, New Mexico.
The Valedictory-JANEs E. Moore, Of Martin
County
Where there was an earnest effort by all to do
their duty and that in circumstances requiring very
great self denial it may be hypercrtical to insist
upon decisions to the styles of these various ex
ercises. 1t is enough to record that the essays
of Messrs. McFadyen, Young, Hadley and Mclver
would have done them credit at any time, and that
the Honorary Oratons were marked with the pro-
priety that becomes their exalted position.
Although the nights we're dark, the lightning was
binding. the thunder startling, the rain in torrents
and the auditors few and far between, on both Mon
day and Tuesday nights the competitors in decla
nation from the Freshman and Sophomore Glasses
stood to their posts and bore themselves bravely.
This is the list of DISCLAIMERS from the Freshman
Class:
vile County.
America, Phillips)-JAxBs A. HODGE, of Wake
County.
National glory (Clay)-JoHN G. YOUNG, of Char
lotte.
The War Inevitable, patrick Henry)-JosEPH
H. BRANCH, of Tallahassee, Fla.
Political Conservatism, (Spencer)-A. B. dow
ARD, of Iredell County.
Address in behalf Of Greece, (Lacy)-ABNEn H.
AsKEw, of HEREFORD County.
The Splendor of War, Chalmers)-WnL1Ax H.
CALL, of Mocksville.
The Pursuit of Happiness WILLIAM F. PARKER
Of Halifax County.
Messrs. Hodge, Call and Branch were listened to
with favoring ears; but the highest need of praise
was given to Mr. Branch. The liveliness of his
manner and the propriety of his emphasis showed
that he appreciated the sentiments he uttered.
The Sophomores presented the following scheme
for their exhibition in defamation:
Elegy in Church Yard, (Gray)-WnLIAM A.
GUTHRIE of Chapel Hill.
Vindication of Character, emmett RoBERr G.
McREE, of Wilmington.
ton, s. G..
Character of Napoleon, (phillips) j.
BRYAN, Of Washington.
The Present Crisis, Robert alD-JoHN M. JOHN
SON, of Richmond County. '
Among these DISCLAIMERS, Mr.. johnson acquitted
himself with much credit, and some thought Mr.
VanWick second to none But Mr. Mckee was
judged by the most of his audience to have exhib-
tied the best conceived and most appropriate de-
camation that has been heard at the University for
many years. f
From the general report on scholarship and de-
pertinent the following creditabe facts are gathered
In the senior class the first need for scholarship
during the whole course of its studies was awarded
to Mr.. Frank NJ. Leigh, of Columbus, Miss He is
in all probability on the eventful fields Of Cornth