The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-08-26

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readers of the LEADER of the progress of
the literary festival of the Commencement
season at ober1in, from the first anniyer-
sary to the collation. on Wednesday after
noon. In his last letter, "Lsncelot" char
acteristically stopped ct this point-the
collation., with its joys and fascination Of
edibles and female beauty-and,c could no
farther. We pardon him this weakness,
for We remember the days when we, too.
were young, uncallussd and Impressions
BILE, t.,l.-
If the dsy had been set apart to class re-
unions and rare social enjoyment, the hun
dreds who had shared the joys Of the same
were destined, she following evening, to
have q higher and richer experience, to
feel an electric touch, and thrill in common
to the magic tones of . venerable man
whom ruth and love and zeal made elo-
quent. We refer to the
ADDRESS TO TIE LITERARY SOCIETIES
made by Theodore D. Weld, whose head has
grown bald and his beard silVery with age,
in the advocacy Of all which tend 10
forward civilization and ennoble man. BIS
subject was "our Work: What and How ?"
q topic not new, 70 be sure, but one which
the times makes peculiarly significant, and
which received mastery treatment. He
graphically reviewed the history of Ameri-
can slavery, traced its inAuence-at first
sinuous and subtle, but, the last two decades,
straightforward and defAnt.-in politics,
1.-The church, in literature. Its Shiny path
was through all things. Everything be-
came innoculsted with it, and the govern
ment seemed on the brink of destruction.
The war came on, and in its issue the
national cures collapsed But though
the form of the gigantic evil has
persisted, the spirit survives, and we
have now q host yet TO vAnquish in the IN
substantial shspe,-but no less dangerous
aud difficult because unsubstantiaI,-of
popular prejudices to color and the iRno-
rance and degradation Of classes. Our
work at this stage Of affairs, the orator
showed, is the putting to fight Of these
oolish prejudices, and c~onquering a civil
and political victory for the poor and mth-
erto down-trodden.
The address was very eloquent, and re-
peatedly called out from the immense au-
dience the liveliest expressions of applause
At q late hour the entrsnced assemblsge
dispersed, and sought that rest sndrefresh-
msnt which should ft them to enjoy with
ksenest relish the exercises of the last,
TIE GREAT DAY OF THE FEAST,
Long before nine O'Clock, on Thursday
morning, the great church wss crowded to
its utmost capacity by alumni, the friends
of the candidates for graduation, and the
friends of the college. Comparatively few
of the town people were in attendance.
They generously denied themselves theac-
customed indulgence, to make room for
visitors from abroad.
The graduating class was g very large
one, and had an unusually generous mix
ture of femineity, as will be seen by the
following
ORDER OF EXERoIsEs.
RsArER.
or,ltion-Ths Magic Mirror.
Thomas j. Adams, Goshen, Ind.
n.u.nn Ada A. AlVOrd' Dexter Mich
nuldah N. Baker, Ohs.ter.
oration-Ihuois and War,
John ". Brewer, Pennington, i'll.
Esssy-Two Elements,
Louisa Il. Buchanan, Genesee, Mich.
.srthsJ. Chapman, HuntIsy, Ill.
oTstion-The Patriots Duty,
oration-A Political Comparison,
jams W. Clarke, Arcade, n. Y.
MUSIC.
oratiOn-The True Conservative
oration-Eatiops al insanity,
William /. A. Eccles, Mt. Gilead.
oEssoa=ae Action INT E Eofi. nSSfjBSs 4. FRY, Brighten.
Essay-Womsn and socisty,
Barbara Grant, Hobart n. Y.
Russell 7. Hall, obsrIin.
oratIOn-Ths Elements OF National Greatness.
7. Louis harris, Monroe, Mich.
Oration-The Right Estimate Of human WORTH
Daniel .. Hathaway, West Leroy, Mich
MUSIC.
Poem-The Grandeur Of Our Triumph,
Fanny NJ. jackson, Warrington, DC.
EssAy-What We Know.
Oration-H How they take it,"
william Kiuc.id, Jr., Cincinnati.
Orstion-Is the Millennium at Hand7
Charles J. KiImnsl CiroleVille-
Rose Mathews. Sutton, Eng.
Oration-Ths Tenant and the House,
John G Mcknight Psrkesburg, Pa.
EsSay-WhAt Shall be Our Motto?
Lucy A. Miner, DanVille, Iowa.
MUSIC.
Orstion-The EIoquencs of Ruins,
William II. Morgan, obeTlin.
OrAtion-We have but just Begun,
Edwin +. Moult0n, Rus5ellyille.
Esssy-MstamoTphosis,
Jennie F.. Norris, Rome, 30.
oration-Truth and Men,
Theodore ". Otis, Ramona, n. Y.
Arson H. Robbins, Roseheld, Ill.
E~ssy-Known, yet UnknoWn,
Harriet A. Robinson, Lansing, Mich.
Essay-A Trio Of Martyrs,
E.he in Thompson, Harlem, Ill
MUSIC.
Orstion-IncentiVeS from the Past,
Thomas De b. Tucksr, SherbTo, Africa.
0ration-ThS Conservation OF Force.
Luoien o. Warner, McGraWyille, q, Y. |
Essay-"HOW Big Was Alexander 2"
Emily A. Warren, Russia.
Oration-CompsnSstionS in Society,
Theodore Wilder, Chester.
Observation-Disclosures the Foundation,
Albert A, Wright, oberin.
oration-Ihe q inns Of the Ministry.
Water E. @ Wright, Nhitehall, b. Y.
MUSIC. |
Presentation Of Diplomas.
BENIDIcTIoN.
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