The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1873-07-03

We attended the exercises at the Iowa
Wesleyan University, June IL, at which
timesthree of the Oskaloosa boys gradua-
ted with the honors of that institution
The class consisted OF four ladies and nine
gentlemen. The graduating exercises
were very good, and we were pleased to
see that the boys from this place did not
fall below the standard; they acquitted
themselves well, with credit to themselves
AMI friends. The first speaker from this
place was Chas. F. Knowlton, who chose
for his subject Purity of Mind" which he
andled well, and showed from the pro.
duction that he had spent considerable
time upon it. We clip from the Press
report:
"The next was an grafton by C. F. Know ton,
entitled, "Pu rity of Mind" 1t was fine effort.
The speakers ideal OF the purity of mind that all
men should pc ssess, was very exalted. He attack
ed severely the food of light and worthless
literature that oyerruns our country, and de-
nounced it as disgrace to society and the civii-
cation of the 10Th century. 1t is impure in itself,
and its influence must be most pernicious. Mind
is mans own. Prevent the mind from becoming
contaminated by the impurity that everywhere is
establishing itself Do this, and You will not
| your age, but to the great God who gave you
/ being"
! Then came Wilbur Marks, who did full
| justice to the subject which he selected
Wilbur spoke well and it was evident had
studied well his text. He is a pleasant
speaker. The Press speaks of his action
as follows:
1.-THE Power of TRUTH" by Wilbur Marks, was
! good subject, nicely handled. He represented
! truth as able to achieve anything. He attributed
| all the greatest conquests in the world to the
! power OF truth. Truth must prevail over error,
else religion is deluson and the Bible fiction"
The next from this place, was j. A.
Briggs, (son of Rev. Briggs formerly of
this place. Mr.. Briggs is a very good
speaker; spoke distinctly and loud so it
could be heard by all present. He and
his friends may well be proud of his grad
uating exerci ses, for they were as good as
the best of them. From the same paper
we make the following extract
! "Will is Destiny" an grafton by j. A. Briggs,
contained much OF extraordinary merit, which we
regret that we have not room to produce"
The exercises were all good and every
thing passed off pleasantly. While at Mt
Pleasant we called at the Journal office
and found all hands hard at work. The
Journal is one OF the best papers in Iowa
and conducted by No. ] good fellow
Visited the Insane Asylum and was shown
through that institution by DR.. j. FL.
Kulp, whom we found to be perfect gen.
tleman. There is at this time 526 patients
which is more than can be accommodated
well. They are still making needed i'm :.
provements in ventilation, &C. The asy-
lum is certainly in good hands at this
time every thing about the institution is
kept in the very best of order, clean and
tidy. A floral department has been ad-
ded within the last two years for the ben
fit of the inmates and more beautiful col
lection we have not seen in Iowa. Per-
sons who visit Mt. Pleasant should by all
means visit that institution before lie aving,
and see how the unfortunstes of the State
are taken care of. 1t is All honor to the
young State of Iowa. Our fellow-citizen
M. T. Williams is one of the board of d.
rectors.