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church before large and attentive
audience by the Rev. ". S. Bowman,
Of Charleston, ana in thought, style
and delivery, was worthy Of the &C.
casion; commanding attention and
awakening interest, and eVolting ma
ny expressions Of admiration. His
theme was "thc creation, the sphere
and destiny of woman" and ho dis
cusscd cloquently and earnestly, the
necessities which called hor into ex-
istence, and tho gravo duties and
wcighty responsibilities, which grow
out of her mental and moral charac-
teristics, and which arc imposed by
tho law of her being. Hers was the
quiet spere of domestic duty Or
literary labor, and he denounced the
sophistries Of those would-bo reform
ers, who in seeking to enlarge, were
perverting the sphere Of her inauenoe,
by drawing her into tho arena OF &C
tive, public lifo. He concluded with
some wholesome oounsels to the young
men of the graduating class, and
enforced the great truths that upon
tho earnest and educated men of the
country, Its moral and political regen-
Grafton depends.
On Monday night there were con-
tests in Essays and Defamation, by
members of the Junior and Sophmore
classes. respectively chosen by the
Societies,
The Euphemian Society nominated as
essayists Messrs. J. G. Chisolm and M.
Cliukscales, and as declaimers Messrs.
T. NJ. Lowry and w. L. Miller. The
Philomatheans named as essayists
Messrs. D. G. Caldwell and i. NJ. Hun
ter, and as declaimers Messrs. R. E. Bee
ton and r. s. Galloway. The literary
portion Of the programme was as fol-
lowsi
ESSAYS BY JUNIORS.
qualifications Necessary to Succeesin
LifeJ D. @. Caldwell, Concord, N. G.
National Glory JIG. Chlsolm, Fort
Gaines, Ala.
All Things Rise to Fall and Flourish
III 81 D.o.S NJ p CI1fnkscales An
derson, N. G.
Talents Honorable only as they are
Used.' l.. w. Hunter, Charlotte. n. Z.
DECLARATIONS BY soPHoMoREs:
'Spartacus to the Gladiators of Capua.'
w. +. Becton, Selma, Ala.
,Spartacus to the Roman ENJOYS III
Etruria.' r. s: Galloway, Due West
'The South T. NJ. Lowry, Yorkville,
s. G. -,
Napoleon, his Career and Fate ".
L. Miller, Due West, S. G.
The performances were interapersed
with some fine music from the Due
West College Band, and tho young
men acquitted themselves handsome
ly, receiving frequent plaudits from
the audience, and bouquets Of flowers
from the young ladies. ....
On Tuesday evening, there was
another literary entertainment, con
sisting of fvo orations and q prize de-
bate by members of the Senior Class.
The hall was crowded, and the excr-
cises passed off pleasantly and salts
factorily. The speeches were well
written. and we'll delivered, and the
debate closely contested. AS before,
the College Band furnished some good
music, '.
The FIVE speeches were as follows:
NO More II. A. Barrou, Oakland,
Tenn.
power of Eloquence.' H. E. Bonner,
Friendship r. P. Clinkscales, An
derson, S. c. 4,
tWhat have ye Done2' C.s. Dale, AL
ientOn, AlaQailld. =,
sThe Path of Glory Leads but to the
Grave.' D. Walter Hawthorn Due
West, S. G.
The debate was upon the question,
Ought Representatives to be Bound oy
the Will of their Constituents The
affirmative was sustained by Messrs. W.
NJ. Hunter, of Craighead, n. c., and w.
E. McIlwain, of Wolfsville, n. c.; and
the negative by Messrs. R. c. Ligon, OF
Abbeville, S. G., and r. A. Reid, OF An
derson, S. c., the first two representing
the Philomathean and the others the
Euphemian Society.
Wednesday was Commencement
Day in Erskine College, and Lindsay
Hall, as usual, presented brightarray
Of beauty and intelligence, drawn
from this and the surrounding Dis
tricts. The scene, to be understood
and appreciated, must be Witnessed
the hustle of the moving throng with
out; the brilliant panorama presented
by the expectant crowd within; the
rustling of silks, the waving Of fans
and the general buzz of eager expecta-
ton.
The stage, at the end. of the hall,
was tastefully decorated with arches
of evergreen over head, hung at inter-
walls with baskets of natural flowers.