The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-30

Ii was unannOunced-WaS the power
Of the Win in the Success of Life,
and II had the effect Of making one
feel COURAGEOUS and determined. It
vas we'll received, and pronounced
/ first class performance by first class
audienceg Rev DIR. Hemenway, of
Richmond, Ind, and hereafter to be
of Richmond, Va, gave finely pre-
pared lecture to the students on Sun
day afternoon, on 8 Leaders, dis
cussing chiefly their necessity fand
qualifications. 1t was we'll prepared,
poorly delivered and favorably re
ceived. Whether hisrece1t etransfer
to Virginia, had anything to IN the
selection of his theme could not be
determined, but It was thought ike
", as their great leaders had failed.
and others were now In demand.
The address before the Theoso-
phian Society, on Sunday evening,
was delivered by a clergyman of Ev-
ansville. He was the victim who lost
his carpet sack, which a brother cler-
gyman had unwittingly picked UP for
his own, at the depot, and with it
fastened to philadelphia, containing
his clothes, address, etc, leaving be-
hind him has own, containing he's
clothes, sermons, etc. Finding that
neither the clothes nor the sermons
Of the departed clergyman could
avail him anything, the speaker
launched out into a new field, and
for forty-five minutes put his extern
poraneous powers to their fullest test,
on " the prospects of the Kingdom of
Christ"
The address of Hon. r. w. Thomp-
son. LID, of Terre Haute, on Tues
day evening, was one of his best GCYjt
ten performances. / watched the
Doctor closely. He announced no
theme, launched out at once in a
manner that secured attention, and
continued to hold it for about one
hour and thirty minutes. | should
decide his theme to be-Progress, and
the Laws which Govern it. His clos
ing remarks - counsel to the young
men before him-were of the highest
order, and certainly made a deep i'm
preston. The exclamation we silently
uttered at its close, Well donel was,
we believe, the feeling entertained by
the vast and delighted audience he
had addressed.
The address before the Alumni, by
John Tsrkington, Esq, of lndianap-
oils, on the Philosophy of Success, l
learned was one of high order. We
could not have expected anything
else of our old friend. Whilst meet
ing of the Board overhead we FREE
quently heard the sound of applause.
We heard it pronounced one of the
| finest addresses of the Commence
/ t. ~orfOrroanoac
/ failed to allude to in the proper place
both of a political character. One
/ by j. W. Jackson, of Pittsburg, and
one by E. e. Edwards, of st. Louis.
The former we heard. To speak
the truth, we did not like it. The
! phraseology was far-!etched, the pro-
nunciation indistinct, the subject, if
any, imperceptible, the flashes of wit
few and far between, and the whole
thing too long and prosy. Mr.. Jack
son, we learned-poet-like, as he
| doubtless imagined-was found on a
bender the next day, doubtless think
| ing true genius could afford it, or that
such must be a necessary proof of its
existence. We think it would be ad-
visable for him to spend a few terms
in some we'll regulated house of cor
rection. 1t might improve both his
poetry and prose. Mr.. Edwards we
did not hear. But on hearing great
applause in the chapel, we were told:
Edwards is delivering his poem"
| The addresses of the graduating
class evinced a varied order of talent,
both in its native and cultured state.
In range of scholarship we under
stood the twenty five young gentlemen
stood about as follows: Poor, good,
/ better, best. We were rather impress
| ed that their natural abilities could
be measured by the same standards of
comparison. This cannot be helped.
| The Professors can only make the
| best specimens out of the material
| furnished them. No one on earth is
to be blamed And yet the dullesr,
most unpromising young man that
went from that rostrum may be the
one that will outstrip ali others in the
race of life. It Is quite common that
4 those most promising at commence
ment are never so promising after
wards.
We cannot here name and properly
notice twenty five performances. We
must, however, IN all justice and can
/ dor say that Evansville was well re-
presented in the person of Ugie lyle
heart His address y7as well received,
we'll sustained, we'll delivered. May
he be ever so promising.
The DID, was well bestowed on
Rev. Gilbert Haven, of Boston, Mass,
the present able editor of IONS Her
aid, and upon Rev. B F. Cocker, of
Michigan, scholar, a philosopher, a
divine, and true Christian gentle
man.
The Am. was also, prQmerito, con-
farrnd mar, tina rrnrr+lnr,nnn I