New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-07-02


C. j. Thompson-Latin, Greek, English.
French and engineering.
A. j. hOmpsOn-English.
w. A. Vanhook - Latin, Greek and
English.
William o. Wadsworth-French.
A. A Observation-Disclosures Latin.
French and English.
c. +. Mier-French.
T. F. Wilson-English, natural philo-
sophy, engineering and chemistry.
Bigelow Observation-Disclosures and Eng
lish.
w. L. Observation-Disclosures
Awarding Prize Medals.
The following cadets were then awarded
the prize medals, which are of gold, with
appropriate inscriptions:
Defamation, A. j. Thompson; Grafton,
G. J. Thompson; Latin, G. T. Tarlton;
French, S. L. Guyol; English, A. NJ. Strick
duct (disciplinel, George Hogue. This
medal is annually presented by the super
intendent, Colonel d. +. BOyd.) Tyler
medal of honor, K. S. Stuart. The private
medals given by Professor j. z. Macauly,
of the University, to the best Latin scholar
of the freshman and sophomore classes
were this year awarded to cadets Hebert
and Strickland. the former of the freshman
class and the latter of the sophomore.
Essays and OratlOnss
TOLL AND TRIUMPH.
The delivery of essays and orations came
next in order The essay of Cadet G. w.
Tarlton was a very able one. 1t was entitled
:" Toll and Triumph"
OUR ANCESTORS.
Nos Ancetres (Our Ancestors), an ora
ton in French, was finely delivered by
Cadet J. l.. Deslattes. This young man is
descended from the old French population
of ST. James parish and was most fitting
author for such subject. He reviewed the
early history of the settlement of Louisiana
by BienVille, Iberville and their followers,
picturing the dangers and obstacles they
had to overcome, their courage and fOrti-
tude their tirmness and generosity, their
suffering and humanity, as distinguished
from the cruelty, avarice and vice OF the
Spaniards. The progress of Louisiana was
then traced from the early days to the
present times, when the speaker closed with
a feeling peroration, imagining what the
feelings of Bienville and Iberville would be
at this day could they wake from their long
slumber and open their eyes upon the result
of their labors.
BATTLE OF LIFE.
This was an essay by Cadet G.. w. Hol-
lingsworth. The synopsis of its many fine
points proves that it is an able production.
LIBERTY, THE NURSE OF GENIUS.
Cadet E. w Sutherlin never more distin-
guished himself than when be delivered his
masterpiece grafton, entitled Liberty, the
Nurse of Genius" The address was a most
powerful one throughout, evincing rare
talent and clear and powerful mind
OUR DUTY.
The essay of Cadet NJ. L. Pipes, "Our
Duty set forth the duties of his fellow
graduates and himself in the new role in
which they were about to play.
SOCIAL EvoLUTIoSs.
The Grafton of Cadet A. A. Gunby showed
that the author was young man of deep
and patient thought upon so abstruse and
veXed a subject as he had selected for his
theme.
Address TO the Graduating Ciass by the
Superintendent.
The attention of the graduates was first
called to the fact that the day was one of
peculiar importance to them, the University
and the State. To the young gentlemen
especially was it day OF great soiemnity.
| They were standing upon the threshold of a
new life, and great world, with all its at
fractions, temptations, promises and re-
wards, spread out before them. He trusted
| and believed that they had stout hearts to
! meet the new duties before them. he COM
| plimented them upon the well performance
of past duties, and prayed that God might
| grant to them the power to meet their com
! ing obligations as successfully. He stated
that their habits and regulations were
| good, and that it behooved them TO look
| we'll to how they would use these advan-
| tages. As a duty and privilege, the
speaker said, he would give them some ad-
vice upon that subject. In the first place,
they must remember that they must work
always have something to do. The evils Of
idleness were then described Idleness was
| a synonym of villainy and vice.
Labor, whether mental or physical, was
always honorable. 1t was mistaken idea
| land he impressed upon the minds of the
! graduates the necessity of avoiding this
mistake) that the labor of the mind was
/ alone ennObllng, for some of the best and
wisest that have Lived were men who
worked with hand as well as head, and
| that there was an intimate connection be-
tween headwOrk and andwork-between
| the think and the do, and that each oper-
ated benefcially upon the other. The
! founding of practical schools and industrial
organizations is now either accomplished
OF being advocated throughout the civilized
world. 1t was only by keeping in the cur
rent of events and avoiding the eddies
that they could keep pace with the worlds
| progress. He then warned them not to
cling to old and obsolete ideas, working
as it were, in a treadmill, and allowing the
prejudices of the past 10 shut from their
vision the bright light of the future. They
should resemble the eagle, which dares to
look at the sun and 90 straight for it.
The speaker then impressed upon them
the Importance of successfully cultivatlng
social virtues, showing that mans useful
| ness III life, whatever were his abilities,
could be increased hundred fold by he
and his fellow-men being in sympathy with
each other. This was illustrated by refer
| ring to the greatest minds of ancient and
modern times. As further illustration OF
this point, the superintendent observed that
there was little fellow among them from
| New Orleans Robert Simpson Stewartl,
who had been for four years conspicuous as
the friend of everybody-the intercessor for
every boy in scrape-in sickness, nurse
to everybody; 'that boy" he said, will be
great power in life wherever he may go,
and whatever may be his occupation" The
speaker then urged the young graduates to
love and admire the real, rather than the
seeming remarking that the slow tug upon
| the Mississippi river. with its freight of rich
| produce, was more to be praised than the
swift Lee and Natchez.
He then urged upon them the importance
of moral and religious culture, as nothing
could take the place of religion in this life,
and that if exhibited in its true cOlors. 1t
! WOuIu De loVely, anu WOulu De elurdCcu oy
thousands from whom it was now kept by the
reflection of the false light in which it was
presented. He exhorted them to be truly
| patriotic. that their whole country was one
to be proud of, that it was a country to
love, especially that section in which their
lot in life was cast. The address closed
with the assertion that they were the agents
in the hands of God for adding to the glory
and greatness of America, and the speaker
hoped that each and every one would be
| worthy OF Him and their country.