Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-06-10
commencement at Emory and
Henry College.

commencement mt Emory and
Henry College.
Tuesday last, the day for the orator
zeal contest at Emory and Henry Col
lege, was with its clear sky and clean
| ly washed atmosphere well calculated
to attract large number of peoplc.
! The solid and well earned character of
the institution and the accommoda-
tons, provided at great expense, aided
IN invoking n satisfactory response
from an intelligent aud apprccative
public and ut the hour Of eleven A. NJ.
the vast Pavilion was packed with the
beauty and wit of Southwest Va. d
Tenn. The Marion Band was in at
tendance and did very well in furnish
ing the usual supply of music. The
following is list OF the speakers aid
their subjects;
The Grave OF Genius, Thos. ]. Bovd.
Athens, Tenn; In Infancy Still,
Thos. J. Smith, Pratville, Ala. Nor
al and Intellectual Culture. John II.
McTyeire, Nashville, Tenn. Ehthusi-
asm, SamuC! w. Small, New Orleans.
La. Greed Fulton, John p. Dickey,
Sweetwater, Tenn. Intelligence, the
Foundation of n Nations Greatness.
Chas. E. Dosser, Jonesboro', Tenn.
The Lessons of Noble Example, Thos.
G. Nolan, McDonough, Ga. The
Robertson Prize Eedal, Eddie Long
ley, Emory, Va. "Behind the Cloud
the suns still Shining John Z. Ed
mondson, Washington co. Va. The
Indications Of the Union of Church
and Stpte, Ariosto A. Wiley, Troy, Ala;
The Thread-bare Eulogy, Samuel w.
DeBusk, Washington co. Va; The
Students Dream, Jos. Is. Anderson,
DanviIle, Va. The Utility of Philoso-
ply, DIN +. Wiley, Emory, Va.
Public opinion seemed to limit the
field Of the award TO four of the con-
testants, viz; Longley Edmondson,
DeBusk and Dosser. At the close of
the contest Judge J. p. Kelly, of Taze-
well county, Va, delivered the address
to the alumni. Alright the Caliopean
Society held its exhibition; the adj
dress being delivered by DR.. Holland.
COMMENCEMENT DAY
Was the great centre of interest and
| the crowd in attendance was perhaps
1000 in number. In that vast sea of
interest there was visible the beauty,
wit, wisdom and culture of the coun-
try, all distinguished alike by n lively
! sOlicitude for the great cause of educa-
ton. The day was beautiful and pleas
ant, the capacious pavilion airy and
comfortable, and it was evident that
the first tweilty-one years, now lust
spent, of Emory and Henry had been
n minority pregnant with great pre-
cocity and had left its impress on tn G
country. The exercises were prolonged
until the hour of four in the afternoon.
The young gentlemen acquitted them
selves with great credit. The address
of Rev. II. A, Holland on the question
what will he do with it?" was deiv-
cred on the evening previous. Wi h
all It's crystalline graces and emhelish-
mentS it cannot be said to have sur
passed in merit the able address of Col.
Taylor on the circumstances favora-
bic to the progress of literature in tho
| South" The audience was weary but
he refreshed it, and his apostrophe to
| the SOUTH has not been eXcelled by
any thing in our memory. DIR. Hol-
land, in few pleasing and conscise
remarks, awarded the Robertson Prize
Medal To Samuel w. DeBusk "for Civ
| ing us the best speech i'm the best stylen
and assured him that if he should new
er see him again he expected to hear
| from him Thus Washington County
wears the oratorical Medals of Emory
and Henry and King Colleges. Mr.
! DeBusk is the son of widow, is self
made, and worthy of the high honor.
| In the midst of confusion Col.
| Humes awarded the Scientific Medal
to Eddie LOngley, whose application
and brilliancy entitled him to two
such. The brilliant acquittal of Mr..
Jno. p. EdmondsOn was on every
body's tongue. Our excellent friend
who reported for the Abingdon Vir-
| giaidn, after the incisive strokes OF DR..
Hollands address, felt for his handsome
mustucho and found himself cicdH
sharon. He can get, by calling mt this
Office, cordial welcome and bottle
of Ayers Hair Vigor.
We append the programme.
Salutatory Addresses in Latin, Jos.
B. Anderson, Danville, Va; Philo-
sOphical Grafton, Fran. A. Buhrman,
Botetourt Co.. Land of the Honey
Bee, Samuel w. DeBusk, Washington
Co. I; A Tribute TO the Lowly, David
T.. Watson, Pulaski Co. Historic Pag-
es, Thos. p. Smith, Prattville, Ala.
Act in the Living Present, VIM. f.
Wilkinson, Autaugaville, Ala. ; The
English COntrasted with the Chinese
Language, Ariosto A. Wiley, Troy
Ala. I; "What Of the Night?' Samuel
II. Crockett, Wythe Co.; All History
Hath Been One Page, Joseph $. Espy
Barbour Co. Ala. On, and On, Lev
II. Copenpaver, simyth Co. The True
Life, Th0s. G. Nolan, McDonough
/ Ga. The Real Benefactors of tho
Race, Jack buchanan, Washington
Go. Cause and Effect, John =. Dickoy
Swectwator, Tenn. ; Why n State
! should Educate its Child-with Vale
dictory Addresses, John a. Buchanan
Emory; Addresses before the Gallo
pean and Hermesian Societies, Jocepl
w. Taylor Esq, Eutaw, Ala.