Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-06-07
Fer the Standard.
The Sixty.Seventh Commencement at Chapel
Hill...June ID, 1864.

Fer the Standard.
The Sixty-Seventh Commencement at Chapel
Hill--.June ID, 1864.
The graduates this year at our University were
Albert NJ Booser of Lexington S. c.; Walter Mex.
Clark, of Halifax Co. James G. Gilmer, of Surry
Co. William A. Guthrie, of Chapel HILL James T.
Tate, of CASTOR; Augustus Van Wyck, of Penn
dIeton S. G. and j. Buxton Williams of Warren
Co. Mr.. Williams was the only member of the
class who joined it four years ago. While Fresh
man it counted sixty eight while Sophomore thir-
ty-fve, and while Junior, nine member. Two of
these died while at Chapel Hill, Zone only foar
weeks ago. Since the Senior Speaking" two
have buried their mothers, of these (Mr 'Guth-
rie) Oh the morning of his graduation day. Two
were absent from commencement attending to
their duties as Staff officers, one in Georgia and
the other in Virginia and all the gradua cd
enrolled soldiers of the Confederate army. Such
the vcisstudes that chequer the lives of our young
men in these sad and eventful times. OF those who
composed the Faculty when this class joined Col
lege one fifth have fallen in the service of their
country, two others bear honorable scars from well
fought battle fields and the sixth has been active
as private and officer, since the Bethel reg
iment was first organized These statistics con-
cerning pupils and teachers show that the educa-
ted and educating men Of our country have not
been backward to shed their blood in defence Of
the homes o: their neighbors, even the humblest.
Among the seven graduates of 1864 Mr. Glmer
received Ln6 uISJ, neSSIS. NuIuTlc anu laIe lbC
second, and MeSsrs. Booser and Van. Wyck the
third distinctions in scholarship. Mr.. Clark spent
the Senior year only at the University. But while
there he regarded one of the best scholars in
the class. Mr.. Booser was never, and Mr Gner
but once absent from their duties students while
at the University.
The following speeches were delivered by Seniors
on commencement day:
Latin SdlutGtory.--W. A. Guthrie
Ornnipr esence of CODA. NJ. BooSer.
Carer of HannibGL-J. B. Williams.
VaIedictory.-J. O. Gilmer.
Mr. Tate was providentially prevented from
speaking, and MesSrs. Clark and Van Wyck were
absent ip the army.
Among the fourteen members Of the JUNIOR class,
Mr.. P. Ii. Adams of GreensbOrough obtained the
first distinction in scholarship. The second dis
tincton was awarded to Messrs. London and w.
Prout and the third to Messrs. Huff and Roam. Mr..
E. G. Prout was reckoned as a scholar Of the first
rank in French, Latin and Logic and Of the second
in the Bible, Greek and Mathematics, Mr.. Hen
derson obtained the first rank in the languages, the
second in Logic and the third in the Bible. Mr..
r Hodge was reokoned as perfectly punctual
during the Junior year, and Mr. Henderson was
absent from no duty during its second term
Messrs HUI, London and Roam were also very con-
scientious and successful in attending to their
duties as students.
There are only two regular members left in the
Sophomore Glass at the end of the session. There
we're seven others at the beginning of the year,
who are now encountering the tolls of the camp or
the dangers of the battle field. Of these two. Mr..
W. w. Adams of Petersburg, Va, was declared
the better scholar and the more punctual student
At the beginning of the session. the Freshman class
counted twenty eight members, at the close it had
only thirteen OF these Mr.. F. H. Busbee, Of Ral
eigh was reckoned the best scholar. Mr.. R Means
obtained the second distinction, and Messrs. Alston
| Burton and Winston the third. Mr.. Tinny was
declared to be of the second order in the Bible and
| in Mathematics MesSrs. Guthrie and Tinny have
not been absent from duty since they joined Col.
lege, and Mr. Means bas not been absent during the
session just closed
The only competitors in defamation this oc-
| casion were from the Freshman Glass, and they ap-
| peared in the following order:
The triumph Of POssy-H. H. Malett, of Chapel
Hill
Spartaeus to the GladiatOrs-P II. Winston, Of
| Windsor.
OurDuties to the RepubIio--A. G. Carr, Of Chapel
! Hill.
The Lone Star Of Terds-A. G. Burton, of Hall
| fax county.
Intemperance-W c. MeAdoo, of Greensboro.
address in behalf Of the Gresks-R. W. Means,
| of Cabarrus county.
irish Aliens and English TictOries-F H. Busbee,
| of Raleigh, -
Among these, Mr.. Busbee was Judged to be the
most successful, and Mr.. Winston followed close
behin; but then the most of these speeches are so
DID, and they have been selected often that the de-
claiming them must be now very easy task. "Spar-
tacus," and 1.-THE Irish aliens, and The Lamp Of
experience" &c, onght to be allowed to rest now
till our greatgrand children indulge their fances
| for the antique. ~
The usual address before tho Dialectic and Phi
lanthropic Societies was omitted. Nor was there
| any address before the Historical Society; mol
before. the Alumni Association. How TO escape
present troubles and how to eTade those iu future
both temporal and spiritual, the main Questions
before the public now. Hence politicians ant