Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-06-10
Tuesday, JUNE 10, 1873.
,OuMENCEMNT AT EMORY.


Wednesday last dawned With those
ominous clouds which have neces-
sariv associated with the commence
,oent exercises of Emory and Henry
C1llegc fcreb, dings somewhat acquat-
t. in their nature But the occasion
IS one fraught with such local ana
scientific interest that neither clouds
nor remerIbrances of the heaven-suck-
ing capacities of the huge pavilion
so sugges.ively dubbed by the Rev.
John Boring, as magnificent hum
bug" was sufficient to deter the usual
throng, which on former days marched
under the canvass like an army with
banners and as usually came from un>
der il with its floral decorations and
silks trailing beneath the feet OF the
storm.
On the last occasion the hour Of o
4 VI. witnessed the assertion of pre-
cmption claim to every square foot OF
accommodations furnished for the day
The Mormon tabanacle was never
mere solidly packed, and we doubt if
Tie day of Pentecost did relatively
more to draw the lovers of the curious
than did the day Oh which it was said
tie ieweled orator of the Southern
Methodist pulpit, pr. Munsey. was to
closa the exercises by the delivery Of
one his matchless orations. Neither
age, nor sex, nor fortune had power
to stay the tide.
The Abingdon Brass Band. fresh
from the artistic manipulation of Prof.
Hacker, gave us music which was de-
cidcdly good.
On the previous day Mr.. Flemming
failed to come TO time with his adj
dress, and now flew the winged Wits
per that DR.. Munsey too, had failed
10 come. ThcIe was no literary ad-
dress. and so the Senior class, minus
Cahoro j. MvTeer, one of its number
VINO was sick undertook the task &C
filing the literary burger of the au
dience. Here vas the army which
Emory was sending out into tie world
TO GII the places vacated by its dead
heroes Ga the stage we saw seated
the bent fgue Of that old Methodist
War horse. Rev. Joseph Haskew,
who since the founding Of the insti-
tuition in la3i, has made his annual
pilgrimage to It's shrine. The next most
venerable Egnre thereon was that of
MAJOR Joseph w. Davis, whose biog>
rapky. il written would Invade every
page Of the College history. ByarS
sud Price. and Fulton and Smith.
were not there. They had folded
The collegiate, infant 10 their patri-
arclal arms and had departed in the
peace which crowned their sublime
lives
The Latin address WAS delivered by
Alr Hanson, of Mississippi, and the
fac that this was the second of the
hororS ofthe cay was simply BY that
audience placed to his credit. with
the presumption that it was fairly de
livcred.
Mr.. Bell, ofGallatin, Tennessee.
came next with the METAPHYSICAL
Grafton, and its immediate subject
was Imagination. The orator took
his position well and opened with ad
mlrable deliberation, self possession
aud earneStnesS. His final articula>
uOns we're slightly faulty, especially
when dealing with the possessive case.
The frequency of gesticulation was
hardly sufficient to merit more than q
bare allusion to it. The speech was
short and good.
Mr.. Douglas of the same town gave
MS the MATHEMATICAL and went
INTO this grand basis of physical
science" with an earnestness which
Is worthy of special remark. lie
mixed admirably the Conversational
with pointed emphasis. The usual
"ratoncal monotony of supreme effort
was wholly absent. Mr.. Douglas had
something to say and said it earnest,
ly.
Mr.. VIM. B. Earnest, of the vicin
iiy of the College, gave US the scieD-
tifc or the achievements of science
Evidently the young man had stud>
died and had stored his mind with
facts. His speech foreshadowed a
mind which is not apt to neglect a
practical view of things. He was
somewhat conversational and yet not
unaHimated, and seemed TO think the
matter of his speech should be the
attractive feature of his effort, and
We think he did not miss the mark.
There is out come in him.
Mr.. i. j. Griffith, of Lee county
Va. had, been assigned the classical
Grafton. His position was taken with
self-fossion and grace. He was evi-
IDENTIFY not unused to speaking, but
his effort was Injured by tho aorIv