The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-07-01
THE PUBLIC DAY.
PROGRESS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY.

xh6 Z CRA4N DA4s
PROGRESS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
The Delivery OF Degrees-Baccaulnu
reate Address.
[PRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE
= COLUMBIA, June 20.
There were in the yaledictory oratIons an
nounced for Monday and Tuesday evenings no
salient features nothing in the orations them
selves to separate them from similar perform
ances. In the thinness of the attendance,
however, there was no change 10 note. The
audiences were small. This arises mainly
from the fact that the occasion is in mldsum-
mer, when audiences feel less than usual in
terest in such things. When, in other years,
these orations were delivered In December,
the largest halls were densely crowded. Now,
less than q hundred attend.
The orator of the Euphradlan Society, on
Monday evening Mr.. Clifton, Of Chester
made mention of the remarkable fact that the
class Of lsss-ls7O was the first one Of which
no member was at any time summoned before
the faculty for violationof the University laws.
The fact is a telling one for the good order OF
the institution. gfs.
The subjects as well as the orators of these
two evenings have already been mentioned.
= THE PUBLIC DAY.
The commencement exercises were held In
the library, and began ht II A. N. They were
conducted by DR.. MsSLa Borde, the senior
member of the faculty, in the absence Of the
chairman, Professor R.tW. Rarnwell, who was
prevented by indisposition from attending.
OF the Board Of Trustees, none were present
except the Governor.
The exercises were; opened, as is usually
done, with pray ser blythe chaplain, the Rev:
DR.. Reynolds. 4 ~
The candidates for the Bachelors degree
there being only two-then read essays; E. R.
Doyle, of Oconee, on "Fiction," and W. 8.
Reynolds of Columbia, on Emulation"
The chairman then read the list Of students
who have been declared proficient, distinguish
ed and graduated, in the several schools Of the
literary and scientihcl departments; and this
list embraced every sthdent in attendance at
the University about forty-as follows:
+. B. Beard, graduated in rhetoric; distin.
guished in rhetoric and Latin.
T. P. Bell, graduated in mathematics, natu.
raj philosophy, physics and chemistry.
]. s. Burgess, distinguished In law:
E. R. Doyle, graduated In natural philoso-
phy, chemistry and ancient languages; dlstin.
guished In history.
R. NJ. DuBose. distinguished In history.
8. D. Epstin, distinguished in rhetoric.
]. G. Faber, graduated in physics and ancient
languages; distinguished in history, mlneralo-
CIV and modern philosophy.
W, A. Finley, distinguished In rhetoric.
T.R. Gibbes, graduated in rhetoric, chemis-
try and French.
o. ]. Harris, distinguished in history, rhet-
oric, mathematics and modern philosophy
NJ LaBorde, Jr., graduated in rhetoric
physics and chemistry; distinguished In his
+. N. Lawton, graduated in natural philoso.
phy, history and chemistry; distinguished In
mathematics and modern philosophy.
w. 8. Lgon, graduated In chemistry and
ancient languagesi distinguished IN mathe'
matics.
j. S. Muller. graduated in mathematics
rhetoric and ancient languages; distinguished
- Alb. l1 Patterson, graduated in physics.
C.P Pelham, J..., graduated In French; dis
tinguished ia history Latin and rhetoric.
W. E. Pelham, graduated In French; distin-
guished in rhetoric and Latin.
natural philosophy, physics, German, mine.
ralogy and modern philosophy.
P. Ron, graduated In rhetoric, ancient lam
puaees and German; distinguished in mathe-
matics, mineralogy and modern philosophy.
Mob. Robertson, graduated IN rhetoric, an
Client and modern languages; distinguished IN
mathematics and modern philosophy.
A. Sampson, graduated in rhetoric and phy.
les; distinguished In history.
]. T. Selbels, graduated In mathematics
natural philosophy and history.
r. E. Seibels, distinguished In mathematics,
history and rhetoric.
Thomas Sloan, graduated In mathematics
natural philosophy and history.
j. II. Walker, graduated In Latin; distin
guished In history and rhetoric.
R. Wright, distinguished in Latin.
The degree of Bachelor of Arts was ther
conferred upon the candidates for that diploms
-Messrs. Doyle and Reynolds. Diplomas de
:llvered by the chairman.
The degree of Doctor Of Medicine was con
ferred upon and diplomas delivered to the
four candidates for it in the Medical Depart
ment-John Edward Black, Of Columbia
Alexis NJ. Forster, of Georgetown; VIM. War
ham Forster, of Georgetown, and Geo. Howe
Jr., of Columbia.
In the School Of Law there were four candi
dates for the degree Of Bachelor OF Laws, upon
whom it was conferred in due form: j. Samuel
Clifton, OF Chester; Hamilton G. Ewart o.
Hendersonville, N. c.; E. NJ. Lawton, OF Savan
nah, Ca, andJ Richard Linn, Of Union.
The degree of Master of Arts was then con
ferred upon James B. Anderson, of Tennessee
L1er the comforting OF degrees, the chair.
man delivered the regular Baccalaureate ad
,;ress of the occasion. Apart from the usual
address of counsel, advice, warning and hopes
for those leaving the institution, DIR. LaBorde
made a review Of the recent history Of the
University, its trials, Its management, and the
causes that have influenced these. He took
occasion to say for himself and associates ir
the faculty, that thanks were due 10 the Boarc
Of Trustees for their liberality, earnest support
and generous devotion to this time-honored
institution. Although the number Of students
is now small, this results from no neglect or
mal-adminlstratlon on the part of the authori-
ties in whose hands the institution now Is, but
from other influences. If this University