The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-07-05
ExRLuAM COLLEGE.

EARLHAM COLLEGE.
The closing exercises of the pres
nt year took place last week On
Monday evening the Literary So
cieties gave an exhibition. There
were ten performers-fye ladies
and five gentlemen chosen respect
iyely from the Phoenix Band and
Ionian Society.
The first exercise was saluta-
tory by Debbie w. Moore, of Nil
ton. Her theme was Patience"
which she eulogized as . means Of
attaining many great things, and
besought the audience to practice
it for the present occasion at least.
I'd. Marianne Brown, of Waynes
vile, Ohio, read an essay entitled
~Uncut Leaves" )" in which she COM
pared our lives to books, the fu.
ture being the uncut leaves; and
made several excellent deductions
therefrom. 5aI stf
3D. H. E. Hadley, Of Sylvania,
GRATED "Immutable TRUTH no man
can make truth or change a truth;
all which we call inventions are but
discoveries of truths and eternal
lava and new ways Of applying
them. All the truths are not yet
discovered, and coming time will
| show as great an advance over the
| present a. the present is in ad-
vance of tho most benighted. !,
! 4th. The FIRST part of o paper en-
titled 'sThe Enterprising Enter
4 prise was read by Charles v.
/ Moore, Of Charlottesville, and con-
tanned many pieces. excellent and
humoroua i ,.i5s gsa 6s1ba :
\ 9Th. Lizzie l. HAdley, of Indi-
anspolis dsclaimed 'sHoratius al
the Bridge" in an excellent manner;
otse 9Th. Jacob P. Dunn, of Indiana.
I | polls Grated mo Fence against
Fortune" He took issue with the
notion that fAta rNled every thing
. well balanced mind, . determined
purpose. . sure foundation in prin
Gples can control fortune. Delivery
good gr3s 81 ,slea ,fa9'a7tsG =
i 7th. Lydia Bowerman, of Cana
4 bury, Ontario, read the second par
ct the paper. asd--ss3 40 re- s.
4 9Th. Hettie A. White, Of Lewis
vile, read an essay entitled ''IAten
8 Ppwers."p Well written and sensi
thA.iea .ssa - seai5asa sfsseara =,
9th-.Jamss B. Unthank, Of Web
ster, delivered . eulogy upon tn
tcharacfer of Horace Greeley, Tn
man popular in his day may out
live his popularity; theman scornet
m his day may have in that scorl
Itself the very seeds of immorta
Il fame. The man most fit TO b
Il President often 10 the man mos
unavailable as . candidate. Tn
Il life long and bitter opposer @
slavery, Greeley was the first t
y propose the practical application {
n Christian charity to the overthrow
y rebellion. This effort was credi
n able in ito ideas and delivery. 8
) 10Th. "Valedictory," by Albel
"a ii. Votaw, Of Chester; the tendenc
y Of the times toward recognitio
of the claims of industry in educ'
: tonal preparation. The languae
was good and the delivery made
rank among the best efforts of Il
: occasion. ata.s
On Tuesday afternoon, the cla
completing the studies Of the Pr
paratory Department had an exl
. hition and received certificate
) The following persons are membe
I Of this class: Eliza Sutton, Phe1
Wright, Richard jackson, Arth
d Rogers, VIM. J. Wright and jose
. L. Binford.
!. The Alumni held their meetu
!. in the evening, and listened to
address by Daniel Lawrence on t
i. life and poetry of Mrs Hemans.
IL COMMENCEMENT ExERcIsEs.
j! The commencement exercises to
!. place on Wednesday morning. The
q we're thirteen graduates, and
time allowed each was Of necess
: limited to ten minutes.
. LIST. ]. Howard Grove, of Han
= ton. MINI, orAtion entitled II
a Tidal Wave" being an examinati
- of the relative increase of good a
" evil in the world, with some sat
:, factory conclusions in regard to
:. future,
% I'd. SylvanusJ. Wright of Gree
o. boro, read an essay entitled
.. Tendency in which he review
u some of the facts and principles
{. Darwinism, as applied to man,
Q concluded that the influences n
= :, at work predicted that the r
wou16 ,,orish