Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-06-12

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liant PrOsPeets-The Commence
Tnent Exereises-Addresso OF Rev. Dr.
palmer. Chancellor of the South-
western EniVeEst;y
To the Union and American:
Allow me 10 give Your readers :. oFiei
,rcount of the commencement exercises oi
Steyyart ColIeoe, which it was my pleasure
IN attend a few .lays 9eO- This institution
has b4en i'm vigorous condition ever since
its reorganization four wears ago. Win an
aornast- able Faculty. she has been doing a
most valuable work. and the Patronage IS
steadily increasing. THIS institution his
hem accep,e,l by the Directors Of the
Southwestern University (lreSbyteriln-)
and the urospect now is thai leading IN
stitutiop of great power Will lee DEVELOPED
an fbis nucleus. DR. Palmer, Of New tr-
| Ia,ns has been elected Chancellor. aId
viii probabIv take the field this fall rs l.
nancial agent.
The University Faculty will not be Of
| gauized for year to come. In tile neau-
| Time Stewart College will continue under
| its nrpSent administration. DR.. j. w
| Caldwell. of New Orleans, has been elect
| eJ to the Chair of Sciences, thus giving
| the institution the undivided labOrs Of SIX
men in the usual Academic Departments.
/ No voung institution has Won solid Tepuia-
| tiOn more rapidly than this, and l am
| sure none ever deserved it better.
| The first exercise | attended was the an
niyersary of the Literary SOcieties OF tue
college. Each society put forward two
| sDe1 kars. who acquitted themselves wei.
| 'I'bev were Ne->srs. ROllOw. Atchisun, Iur-
lev and Weaver. Mr. AtchisOn. OF Calves
/ tom Texas. is a kinsinan of DIR. Achlson,
| Of this city. His earnest style indicates
that he takes a practical view Of the con-
iiicts of life.
Mr.. w. L. Turley, son OF Judge IUrly,
| Of Franklin. gives promise OF h'sh sScce-S
! when his training is done. Mr. WeaFei
| discussed sEar,h's Baltle-6elds. tie
PHYSICAL. the Intellectual and the M@al,
| in perhaps the most impressive OratiOnOl tht
| evening 1 was charmed with one ie.s-
| turp perva:iins the whole, the evident li-
diyidualilv and originality OF all the speak
ers. both in matter and style, and lie al
| seDca If the affectatiOns 80 common IN
college oratory. This evidently grows out
of the thorough culture given in the inSit
tuition.
Thursday was cOmmen, EN- mt day. lu
| the forenoon the graduating OratlOns We
delivered. There were five graduates, iOtu
| nm mar, iaI courscs-Messrs. +. Nj. Howard
4 u. Karr. w. IL Rice and j. &. MOiloy-
and one on the entire course, Mr.. L. d.
Spencer. of Kentucky. with the degree OF
A. B.
Nr. Howard's speech indicated fin'
belles-lettres training, and was chaste ant
ela0ant. free from all tendency to verbiaSt
and bOmbast
! Mr.. Karr discussed the relations OF To- Z
of GLORY TO the other principles Ot human
action. and with discriminating anaiys:
ranked il along with Others as the han'l-
maid of yirtue-the real helnisman To pilot
the soul through the seas Of life.
Mr.. Rice. son Of Judge J. Z. Rice. de
saryes honorable mention, because he give
promise of no mean place in the raee OF life
| which he discussed.
| Mr.. NoIlOv. a candidate for the ministry
from Memphis. is 4 most earnest and ihflil
/ inc sneaker. lie contrasied the iiir-wOrh
! ofS,r Rulwer I.yttOn and DIR. Norman VI
| CIeod ~ the Scotch Church. His eriii
cisms were ample and just. and in Tin
characters of these two men he contr1sie'
with qreat skill and power, mans patel
inability and Gods true nobility. He
destined to take no mean place in his pso
f,.ssiOn.
The valedictOry Grafton was spoken b
Mr.. Spencer. The subject he discuss
was True Scholarship, which Ire mas
to consist in 4; lifelong caltue
the l.ead ami heart alike. And W.
! I fil fe arrest. before he closed, tha
! T., himself had already made no ln,''
,.-nzra-s IN the ambition he pToposed !
q rJl.ass. His words of adieu we're ehasi
7 ....l o,ielirg IN TIE extreme The peopi
T. Il Ciai ksgilie will not socn forget now
thanked them for the kindness with Whic