Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-07-04
cnt limited facilities. His arguments
in favor of a practical education were

| Uu0uCVCTdUlCs
| On Wednesday afternoon at $50
p. NJ, Hon. d. N. Cooley, of Du-
buque, delivered an address before
the Adelphian Society; subject
1.-THE Influence OF Individual Char
acter upon the Public State" 1t was
indeed valuable production, as good
as any to which we have had the
pleasure of listening. Mr.. Cooley is
a warm friend of Cornell and one Of
its most liberal supporters.
On Wednesday evening the Alum
nj gave literary entertainment In
tho chapel which was pronounced
good by all who heard it. The His.
tory Of the Alumni, by Miss NJ. A.
Neff, was full of interest to all &C.
quainted with the past history of the
college. From it we learned that
the Alumni now number over one
hundred persons, many Of whom have
already acquired an envlable reputa.
ton and many others are rapidly
rising into public notice. Following
this was an oration by Il. D. Parsons;
subject" The Scholars Mission
Mr.. Parsons is one OF Cornell's
brightest gems. and will make bril-
liant mark in the future.
At the close ofthe programme the
Alumni held their annual reunion in
one of the literary halls. All the
Clergy, Editors, Faculty, Board Of
Trustees, Sc, were invited. They
had jolly time.
Thursday was the grand gala day.
We cannot describe it better than
did DR.. Fowler, when he called it
"a cross between the Fourth OF July
and an old fashioned Methodist camp
meeting" We csn give but brief
notice of its exercises. The exercis.
es were held in a pleasant grove
near the college and music from tho
Mt. Vernon Silver Band gave varic.
to the programme.
The graduating class number as
follows: Scientific Z, CLASSICAL Z; to.
tai II.
1t is said to be the youngest class
ever graduated from college. Av-
erage age fraction over 20 years.
The order OF exercises was as fol-
lows:
Orations by the Graduating Glass.
SCIENTIFIC.
Harmony in Diversity-A T Ash,
Mt. Vernon.
Utopia-George Elliott, Mt Yer
non.
Warp and Woof-Lou II. Freer,
Waterloo.
Tyranny OF Ideas-Emma A. Has
kin, Mt Vernon.
Truth Abides-Sarah Martin, Bur-
CESS.
Toiler's Pay-A. Gertrnde Mason,
Mt Vernon.
Where is the Limit ?-Lizzie c..
McKell, Chlllicothe. Ohio.
CLASSICAL.
Republics not necessarily El b m.
cral-E r Bracket, Mt Vernon.
Life's Battle. Fields-L Is CarEart,
Davenport.
The Questloner-Eisle Hazzlett,
Mt Vernon.
How shall we figure IN History p
w Nowlip, Princeton.
Idealism-S G Smith, Fayette.
The Iconoclasts of To-Day-S j.
Smyth, Mt Vernon.
Glimpses OF the Inner Man-T Is
Taylor, E.dora.
Masters Grafton.
Chewing Of Cuds-Anna E Myers,
Mt Vernon.
Conferring of Degrees.
The orations wcrc all good, and
will compare tavorably with the ef,
forts Of those classes who have pre-
viously gone out from the institu-
ton; but those of George Elliott,
Lou NJ Frecr, w 7 Nowlin, Lizzie
c McKell and S G Smith, deserve
special commcndation.
Thus closed the sixteenth com
mencement of the leading college o.
Iowa, and it will be gratifying to all
friends and patrons Of tho institution
to know that it was never IN sc
prosperous a condition as now.
| During tho year there has been
added to the endowment fund over
$4,000, and the total endowment
figures not far from sl5O.O00. Du
ring the present vacation a gentle
mems boarding hall 72x4o and three
stories high will be erected, thusgiv
ing the college three large, substan
tial brick buildings.
Rev. J M Clinton, and Col. Robt
Smyth, Of Mt Vernon, and Hon. "
h Johnston, OF Toledo, are the build
ling committee.
Tho past year has been the mos
successful one In tho history of th'
icollcgc Thanks to the students
Faculty, Beard of Trustees, and las
but not least, the active and efficien