The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1866-06-27

The lace Commencement at the Univer-
ss sity Of North Carolina.
sgsa g June 9Th 1885, ad1 5ae
a. the FIRST Commencem at our Uni
,ersity, in 1893, seven regular graduates
reoei,ed The degree Of A. b. Atits last
Cemme n cement, The Uniyersi,y conferred
,ie same degree on three young gentlemen,
Who were representatives Of three different
classes. Had Mr.. "A. N. Askew, Of HEREFORD
County, continued in the class with which
he began College lille, he would have grad.
usted ID 1865. Mr. w. e. Rencher. OF
pittsborough, would have graduated IL 1868.
Mr.. q. Sluyer, of Newbern, was the only
graduate Of 1866 who represented tie class
that ioined the University 10 1862. In
1850 NJ. Rencher's class numbered 80;
IN 1861. 100; in 1869, 2e; in 1863. g. in
is62. Mr.. Askew . class numbered SO 10
1865. 30j in 1864. 10; in 1865, -. 10
1864. sir. Slover's class Numbered "a; IN
1864. "a. In 1865, Mr.. Slower had oniy one
associate. lie wast the Lstlnist ot his class,
while Mr.. Renehsr was the valedietorlan.
Roth Young gen tlemsn acquitted themselves
we'll; bat Mr. Rencher's EFFORT was OF re.
msrkablr exeelIcncy. The emotions vfhls
audience seemed to be entirely at his con-
msad. fle dispensed Wit. solid discussion,
fender memories. and tesrlui adleus. with
s,rcnglh and besuts, aud with much grace.
tsIness Of Language and ol lnanner. An
eminent Euglneer has declared that /" the
r,ll Of the sab," and "tiie lose.hght n a
lady = eye" are the greatest powers on
earth. Mr. Rrncher has shown himself
able T. p,srpower aud At the same time he
declared hlmself ready 10 be oserpowefed.
Along with these lhree regu.af graduates,
shs authorities Of the Uu,sersity conferred
,he degree Of Bachelor OF Arts IN tcar
athers. when II e ascessit,es oi their ccun.
,r, prevented from hnishiug the course 81
instruction at Chapel Hill. These young
rrntlemrn we're T.. ]. Austin ol raroorough
j. IA. Montague of Wake tsunty. y. NJ
Ilsan Of Yanrey,ille. aud L. II. bryan 9
lls,wood, members u the class 81 1868
and W. q. Jordan, OF the class oi 1867
Be.,des llle 81 Bachelors the ioliowlng srs
.lua,es Of the UnisefsIty were made Mas
,sr, Of the arls. q. NJ. Argo u Uhspe
H,l;J. A. Cameron ~ HAfneit Co.; Rev
n H coltun oi Moure Ia. L. vi. Strdsat
of P,t,,borough; w. vanwy.k Of Pen
dieton. s. G.; Re,.J l.. Carroll u Oxford
l.. McAiee OF cleveland Co.; 7. Roam
n. ID. Of Yancey,lile; y. q. Rrncher .
P,a,borough /; s. Hassell ui WILLIAMSON; +
A. Martin ol Chapel Hill; /. ). Arnis,ea'
,l plymouth q. {. Pool III Elizabeth CITY
A. N. Fi,the ot Caruuck; 4. j. Hadi,
of Wilson; w. NJ Watkins oi Miltpn
Rev. X. 3. Webb of Chapel Hill; A. Nc
Ki,nmoa oI Raleigh; .. II. saunders o
Chapel dill. and the Rev. NJ. N. Marshal
Of EIaabeth City. Nearly all of thes
twenty one Masters have served 90 the ar
mics &c tie cnuiedrracy as prisates, or .
ofhcers, OF as chaplains. OF n Surgeons
No ieIt book on Patriotism is used al ti
uniyersity, nor Do Lectures on Galisntri
sppear IN "the Course of Instruction..
Nevertheless ssch has been the innaenee
around the yssth al Chapel Hill, that whIl
the elder grsduales OF the uLise,sily hav
proved themselves TO be wise In couiise
and pure IN morals. :heir younger brethrel
have prsmptly oaered their brave heart
aud sirsag hands TO establish what had bee,
= declared TO be true aud right May thee
msa,ies never fall on lsss sosthy shvul
ders.
Mr.. Arga. besides becoming At chape
tliii a Bachelor. aud then hssband, an,
afterwards a Master, was alsv. on this oe
cssion, graced xith the degree OF BacheIo
Of Laws. as graduate oi the Law sehst
sf the Unveriy.
The Rev. N. \. Reid, Of the Methodi,
Episeopsl Church IN N. Carolina, was hon
cred with the degree oi Doctor OF Disinit,
The Hon. Edwin q. Reade. President ,
our State Convention and one Of the Juds
% Of the Supreme Court oi N, Carolin
vas honored with the degree Of Doctor
Laws. And the same degrss was eonierre