The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-07-01
For the Intelligcncer.
COMMENCEMENT WEEK AT MT
UNION COLLEGE, OHIO.


The recent commencement exercises
of this Institution have been of unusual
public interest. TIE examination of
the classes reflected honor upon both
the teacher and the taught. On Sab
bath, the students and citizens assem-
bled i'll tho capnciOus College Chapel,
and revcrentlY gave audience to an APP
propriate BaccalaureAtc sermon by Dir,
uartShOrn, the efficient President of
the College. On last Wednesday the
new Board of Trustees held their an
nual meeting, which was opened with
reading the l03d Psalm, and PRAYER, by
Bishop Thompson. Each member of
the Conference Committee of supervi-
sion of endowment, consisting of Rev.
l. y. Baird, d. D., Rev. John Williams
and Rev. Homer J. Clark, d. D., was
present in counsel with the Board of
Trustees. In addition TO the ordinary
business, the Trustees of the College,
upon the recommendation of the Con-
ference Committee, made provision for
endowment, by the sale of Scholarships
and donations; also for the erection of
additional boarding houses, so that
there may be accommodations for u
much larger number of students, mt
economical rates; also the Executive
Committee was authorized to procure
additional pianos, and to secure first
instrumental Music, and also the Board
instructed the General Agent of the
College to arrange for holding College
Fair, after the manner of "SnnitarV
Fairs with the special view of Secur-
ing for the endowment SlOO. 900 by do
nation, of which two members pledged
twenty-five Keepers, worth two hun
dred dollars each, in addition to several
liberal pledges previously made by
others. In the evening the Trustees
and citizens of the community met. and
were eloquently addressed by Gen.
! Crowell, of Cleveland, on the "Liberal
Education of the Masses.'
| On Thursday morning Il large and
l npprecintiVc audience assembled in the
College Hall to listen to the OrationS of
the graduating class, consisting of 4.
/ i. Caldwell, Pennington, Ohio; c. u.
Chaltant, Upper Middleton, Pa; NJ. b.
Chapman, ReVenna, ;OhiO; j. II, COnkIe
Black Hawk, Pa; n. n. Craft, NIeccn
Ohio; A. c. Crouch, Bentleysville. Pr
j. Il. Eberly, SmithVillc, Ohio: ]. w n
! Hamilton, New MatamOras, Ohio: !. n
/ Phillips, Mt. Pleasant, Ohio; Mary Is,
ADAMS, Nelson, Ohio; Julia y. HiSley,
( These exercises were opened will,
prayer by Rev. Homer j. Clark. d. d
and the orations, which were of sumo,
rior order, i'll both the StYle of thouIht
and manner of delivering, were richly
IinterSperSeu with vocal music bV tho
4 College Choirs and Lcland's Brass and
String Band of Cleveland. After con-
/ ierrinS the Bachelors Degree upon each
OF the above graduates, the President
conferred the Degree of Master of Arts
M cWFsu, upon the following Alumni
viz: Rev. Lewis Paine, Rev. G. w
Swartz, Rev. J. b. Uber; j. Williams,
and Miss Matte Zimmerman,
In the afternoon, Rev. Bishop Thomn-
son, d. D., delivered an able and cIo-
/ quent address, on the History of Edu-
cation in Ohio and the duty of L.iberaIiv
Endowing and Sustaining the Colleges
I of our country. On motion of Rev
John Williams, sustained by the unani-
nous vote of the large and Intelligent
assembly, copy of the Bishops Ad-
dress was requested for publication
In the evening there was held in the.
College Hall, II Literary Contest. be-
tween the Republican and Linnean
Literary Societies of the College, CON
sisting of we'll delivered Orations.
Essays, Discussion, and Vocal and
instrumental Music.
On Friday afternoon there was n
pleasant Reunion of the Students
teachers, and friends, at the College,
closing nth short and spicy speech
py Bishop Thompson, and in the after
noon Il social meeting of the Alumni,
teachers and others, at the Presidents,
closing with "A liberal supply of straw
berries, ice cream, eloquent responses
to rich toasts, and racy variations of
college life. THos. SToRER.