The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1873-06-26
OskALoosk CoLLEGE CoMMENcEMEY1

OsKALoosk COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT.
of this institution, 10 the past, we have
spoken often and well, bat short synopsis
of its history may not prove uninteresting.
It's sometimes called the christian Col
lege," is under the auspices of that church,
but was built by the donationsg-of the
citizens of Oskalo osa,l regardless Of sect.
The building was erected by piece-mesl
from 1857 to 1860, and in fact wasnot COM
pleted until recently, beng retarded first
by the hard times of 1878, and afterwards
by various causes, discouraging. to all
Sept. q, 1851, school was opened in two
small, partially finished rooms, by Prot
W., and G. 7, Carpenter. Five scholars
were enrolled Jennie Mccall, Jennie
Corse, Maggie Stephens, James Brown
and George Wilson The membership
slowly increased, and the college year
closed with fifty students, This. number
has steadily increased until the Catalogue
for 1873 shows 1854. THE Faculty at pres
ent is composed as follows +. M. Bruner,
A M, President, and Prof of Biblical
History and Exegesis; A. Hull, A. NJ. Prof.
Of Ancient Languages and Bursar; N.
Dunshee. A. NJ. Prof. of Mathematics j.
L. Pinkerton, A. Nj. Prof. of Natural
Sciences and Curator OF Museum NJ P.
Owens, Prof. Commercial Department,
Teacher of VOCAL Music, Librarian and
Secretary of Faculty.
On Wednesday evening the Stella Cri-
nita and Athenian Societies held their usual
closing exhibitions Jointly. with the
following programme q e - I sssV
Salutatory-J-T. Green, Shepherdstowr,
Determinations Progress Of Society; g.
w. Childress, Fremont -.
Essay-Act Well Your Part; Lucinda
Nader, Fremont.
0raiion-T The Moment of Success Raft
Porter. Leon. ~ Ess2 ~ y { z ~
-Declamation-Dari G reen- and Ibis
Flying Machine aErville Harris, Happy
Hollow, ~
,Oration-H Help Nellie Bell, Oskaloosa
2 Paper-The Crate Dipper A. McBoom,
Altoona, Estella Harris, Happy Hollow
=Oration-Nothing Lost - George w.
Clarke, Drakeville. Nw
Defamation The Ravin,-A Poem ;
MILFORD Shahan, Abba
Valedictory-Stella Orvis, Oskaloosa.
The performances were all creditable
and well received by a large and apprecia-
tive audience. Thursday morning the
Commencement exercises began at an
early hour, and the following programme
was carried out. The college had no grad;
yates this year. Salutatory-E. e.. Taber,
Vesper, Iowa; Oration-"Economys the
Philosophers Stone" A. Johnson, Logan,
Iowa "The end of the Conflict" Helen
V. Jordan, Central City, Iowa; Grafton
Echoes from Sinai," S. G. Blackwell,
Roanoke, Va Oration-'Lessons of the
French Revolution" Florence Biggs, Iowa
Falls; Oration-"Lile's Mysteries and
Responsibilities" E. H. Jolliffe, Mays
vile, Iowa, the exercises closed by an adj
dress from Prof. H. w. Everest, of Eureka
College Springfield Ills. Science and
Christianity" delivered before the Socie-
ties of the College. The Professor has been
invited to fill The chair of English Liter
ature, made vacant by Prof G. Il. Carpen-
ter's resignation, and will probably accept
The exercises were of the usual excellence
attained by this institution, and were
favorably received by all listeners. The
usual College reunion closed the year.