The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-08-09
Ea.Iham CoIiese-Comme ne ement.

The summer session of this institution closed the
/ present week. On Monday evening tie Ionian So
eiety and PAosnx Band gave their united exhibition.
The ieeiur, 10 which Il exercises took place
rnsied--indeed 1t Is ssn4n for the purposes
for which It is ussi and tie festoon about the stage
bad the effect Of producing overshadowed and
crampei appearance.
The first exercise on the programme was the pro.
iogue, by Mss Lizzie G. Mather, Of Richmond and
sas followed by Grafton from Fr tnkn Elliott of
Dublin His delivery clear and his manner good.
He traced the Evil Rot whirh had led to the
overthrow Of nations 70 be gance illustrating
from the pages Of History.
'Sundrops," BY Miss SalIie E. Jones. Of West
Milton, OHIO, read almost low be dis
.incy heard by ali tie audience nevertheless
ceIlent in It's morale.
Upon Realities Of the Age" the author, Benz
Trueblood, Of Salem, had apparently spent some
labor He spoke however, Of that principle or in
Aueuee which animates mankind to Advancement, as
dogma" lie gave a review Of the accomplishments
Of the present century, and claimed that We should
not blindly worship, but duly reverence The past
honofing the dead but striving to excel. He
most measured and not sufficiently free ia his de-
livery.
"Neither Delay Rest" by Miss Angie Hough Of
Garden, distinctly read, and excellent in senti-
ment, but ike Of the productions, abounded in
extensive use Of metaphor
Part first of "Earlha Casket'' was then read by G.
n Conroe Of Moorestown, n. J.
'The Seen and the Unseen by Miss Mary TAYLOR
Of Nonrovia, creditable production.
In '.our Tuteary Gods" w. b. Wickersbam Of
Lewisvile expressed disapprobation of the course Of
fathers and the present generation as neglected.
of liberty in their dealings with slavery and that the
adoption ola constitution permitting slavery was an
event more to be regretted than to be rejoced How
justly this generation may be condemned we DO not
question, but the of the trainers of the con-
stitution, arises from misconeepton of the senti
the emancipation Of labor directly as at the enamel
patton OF opinion; hence they gave religious liberty
and guarded strongly that one feeble futile at
tempt has been since made engraft any particular
idea upon political system.
Part second Of "Eariha m Casket' was read BY Miss
H. Mary Burs"n.of Ric mond. The voice of tie read
er displayed in euunciation than in volume
but tie good attention of audience enabled it to be
heard in all parts If the room
The contributions this part and also TO the first
part mostly poetry OF a moderate order hut the
students did themselves great credit abandoning
he absurd practice Of pretending TO publish newspa-
per.
William Russell Of West Newton, followed in a
poem. This The pro uction of the evening being
pprovingiy received by the audience, and no less
ruthful. because it displayed the sole motive wo-
mans every action,and Paa9 seen to retire from
he field before Cupid.
The Faledictory delivered by the President
ohm Morgan of Plainfell, in manner creditabe to
imself, and the meeting adjourned
The Alumni met on Tuesday evening
nd were addressed by Prof ERAsrUs
TEST
On Wednesday morning, the Com
nencement Exercises took place. The
are the students who gradual
d, the names of exercises and degrees
r. b Warder, of Cincinnati; 'Saluta-
,ry"; b. A. G.. \. Conroe, Moores-
,wp, n. j .'Our Literature'; B A. O.
Morgan, Plaintield; Earth, the Muir
ery of Man; b. a. William Russell,
Vest Newton Poem; b. A. 1 II.
Iollingsw ORTIZ Selma, Ohio; The Tour
ST.; b. S. +. III. Dorland, Oskaloosa,
owa; The Theory of Study; b. S. a.
fcTaggart, Belleville, c. w; s'Naledict
ry''; b, A.
The Baccalaureate Address was deliv-
red by Prof. DoUGAN CLARK.