Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-05-30
yu1ior FxEIbltion a. OberIIn.

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oBERLIv, May ~, 1852.
DEAR LE1pfn--I IuniOr exhibitions are n
an ancient lpstitation with Us At obsriin.
They were Arst introduced here By the ella
Of 81. The exhibition Of the elaal o. 's2 "
broken up by the war excitement and the e
listmenf Of several Who were . bear impor
ant parts in tha performance. But the Exh
bitiOn Of The class ef 'es, which occurred tn
afternoon, met with aaeh success as warran
the hope that the Junior ExhibitioH wi
hereafter be . permanent Institution anon
Us.
al this exhibition Mr.. J. E. Hitchcock OF
eiated as President. The exercises Of the al
ternoon were as follows;
Latin 0raion-De Claritatis Principiii
W. S. TannRut, Camden.
Essay-The Power Of Criticism. L. Ger
aldino Plumb, Obsrlin.
0ration-sunering, The Educator Of Ma
! tons, i. p. Church, Vermontville, Mich.
Greek OratiOn-olympus. A. @. Wilcox
7 Madison.e -r f raErrrrLH
Bssay-ExpressiOn. Julia NJ. shipherd
! oberlin.. U
0ratiOn-InnOvatiOns. H. G. Sheldon
0oTasion9Honsst lioGe, old Ale. yM.At@a.sr
Hiram.
Poem-A Proposition Demonstrated. F
oTatio5R'3Vis ration SSSq1' viva" ". NJ. Ampt, Ger
nantoWnl laf.l.
The Latin Grafton was delivered with force
and spirit BY Mr.. Tenant. His grace and
energy Of delivery, and olsarness Of enuneia-
ton, secured him an attention rarely bostOw-
ed upon enc Whs speaks in foreign or dead
language. The grafton was written with un-
common perspieuity and force, and this, con
joined with the speakers distinct emphasis,
rendered it much more generally understood
than many similar efforts. .,..-
Miss PIumb's essay displayed mach ability
and strength of mind combined With very
neat and elegant style. Miss Plumb deserves
especial credit for the clearness and distinct
ness with which her essay was read. Her
voice, though naturally weak, was so we'll
managed that hardly syllable was inaudi-
bic to her large audience.
Mr. Church's Oration showed extensive
residing and culture. He demonstrated from
history the national advantages incident up
on national calamity, and closed With an eff
fectiEs and graphic delineatiOn Of the com
pensating benefits which would accrue to our
own Republic from the privations which we
are nov enduring. Mr. Church's OratiOn
failed Of its full effect from want of anima-
ton and life in the style of its delivery.
Next came the Greek, elegantly pro-
by Mr.. Wilcox. The ears and eyes
Of the audience were delighted with smooth
sounding words, delivered in a graceful and
animated style, though of course but few re-
eeived any intellectual food from the finely
flowing sentences. Criticism on the thought
Of Greek OratiOn will hardly be expected,
and viii not attempt it. .--
Miss shiphOFd's essay on Expression was
piquant and original. The
thought was striking and strikingly put. a
slight want Of connection appeared to mar
the perfeetness Of the article.
Mr.. sheldop discussed ably the two oppO-
site classes in society and pOlitics-radicals
and conservatives. Mr.. Sheldon is fine
speaker, and We always expect something
good from him; nor were we disappointed.
Mr.. Atwater's oration was an able and elo-
quent defense of the President, from the at
taeks made upon his position and policy. Il
was marked throughout by sterling sense and
earnest patriotism. The freouent applause
with which he was interrupted told how thor
ougbIy his audience were in sympathy With
his position. .5si--fE ADOBE
Frederick Allen poem was raey and hu-
morOus. Hesdemonstrated satisfactorily the
proposition that 8 mean man was unfit for
good or bad, arguing ga fOrtiOn"
that If a mean man couldn't be an army con-
tractor he couldn't do any dirty work. The
adventures Of amean man in this business
formed the subject Of his poem, which held
fast the attention Of his audience.
Mr.. AmPt's valedietory oration closed the
exercises. It was well worthy to stop or
the exercises Of the day.
Excellent music was furnished for the oe
casiOR by Misses FiOmey, Gates and Fisk,
and Messrs. J. W. Morgan, HerriclZ, Day and
W. H. Morgan.
only express the general opinion when I
say that the exercises Of the day were fully
equal to those Of any similar exhibition to
which we have listened for a long time.
H.