The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-07-20

| position and delivery. To Charles b. Free
man, verona. was given the prize which
was 20 be awarded 70 the speaker presenting
.He most merit, both In the composition and
In the delivery OF his Grafton.
The Commencement Exercises took place
ON Thursday night and were OF such excel
ience as to enchain the almost undivided at
tention Of q crowded audience for nearly
four hours. The Junior Orations, which
were delivered the first part of the exer-
eises. eTinced uncommon research and re-
nectlon, AS well as fitness OF expression in
their composition; and in their delivery.
that painstaking training and careful pr,c-
tlee- which are at once 3 credit TO their in
sfructor and the student The special inter
est Of the occasion conferred in the exercises
OF the three Young men who constituted
she Graduating Class of II. Their subjects,
as shown Ia the programme, were well Sc
lected, and these were discussed in a way to
snow that their course of training had been
such as to develop in them the power Of
thought and expression, to \ degree seldom
IL ever surpassed by college graduates. Ii
we may judge Of their future success by
their success on that occasion. we predict
for them eminence in the professions I'm
which they shall engage. Peculiar interest
was felt in this graduating class. not only
because of its wOrthiness, but from the fact
that il was the first TO graduate since the
suspension of the college in 1862, and the
commencement OF the reorganization at the
close OF 1861.
JUNIOR oRATIoSs.
Heroes of Science-Hiram Thomas Had
dick. Ebenezer. Miss.
The Dominant Race-Bepiamin Whitfield
Griffith. jackson. Miss.
The Dignity and the Duty OF Mental Ap-
plication-Thomas Littleton Jones, Terry,
Miss.
Intellectual Excellence-George Whar-
ton. Brooksville, Miss.
Monumental Columns Claude Douglas
Johns. Clinton. Miss.
Truth is Mighty and VIII Prevail
True Nobility,-Abner Vernon Rowe,
Durant, Miss.
SENIOR oRATIoNs:
The Reward of Mental Labor,-Wil-
liam Christopher Friiay, Y azoo City, Miss.
The Love Of knowledge an Incentive TO
Aetion,-George Banks Lewis.
True Earnestness :" An Grafton. with
the Valedictory Address."-George Board
man Eager, Clinton, Miss.
Alter the Naledictory had been delivered,
every word of which seemed but the utter
ance of the deap emotion of the speakers
heart, the following Degrees were confer
Bachelor of Arts on George B. Eager, and
Bachelor of Philosophy on William G. Fri
ley, and George b. Lewis, members of the
Class.
The degree OF Bachelor of Arts was con-
a a
dent of the College. who during the last |
year. had been Tutor ia Mathematics. Upon |
Prof. Il. ID. Jones who was about to retire |
from the ProfessorShip of Languages, the |
degree of Master of Arts was con- |
TERED. IDthis act the Trustees of the Col |
lege. expressed their appreciation of his |
eminent qualifications as "A lInguist and his
success as teacher during his two years |
with their institution.
The degree of Doctor Of Divinity was
conferred upon Rev. NJ. p. Lowry, the |
worthy President of the Baptist State Con-
VentiOn and the Associate Editor of the |
Memphis Baptist.
There seemed to be but one sentiment
among those who witnessed these Closing
Exercises, and that was that the College |
had never shown herself TO better advan-
age, and that while she could truthfully |
boast of her superiority ia the number OF
Ter students over any similar institution i'm
he State, she could at the same time regard
herself, TO say the least. in no way inferior
either in The character and attachments of
Ter students or in the qualification and eff
,iency OF her Faculty.