The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-18
For the Dispatch
Comm enccmcnt Exercises of Roam ke
Go,Iege-Twenty-fir Session.

SALEM. A., June ION. 1871.
The exercises OF Sunday were in the Col.
lc-e church. The rest Of the exercises took
place in the Town Hall, which has lately
undergone repairs and Is now credit 10 the
;.cc. Yesterday =. NJ. AT s o'clock the
contest for the medal III oratOry took place.
This is one OF the most interesting parts of
commencement week, and, accordingly, the
hail was crowded at al early hour with an
audience composed chiefly of ladies. The
exercises were opened with prayer by Rev.
ID. f. Bittle, d. d., president of the institu-
ton. Tie speakers were as follows: David
Men. Cloyd, Pulaski county, Va, subject,
" The Philosophy OF History" III. =. Bal
ley, I'uzewcll county, Va. subject, Imnor-
tality James Willis, Floyd Courthouse,
Va, subject, " The Power Of Woman's III.
fucncc"; William Nick. Murrcll, Campbell
Courthouse, Va, subject, g The Spirit of IN
Guirv": G. W. Mitchell, Liberty, Va. SUBJ
iacf "TriumphS in Adversity"; Arthur Il.
koincr, Augusta county, Va, SUBJECT
:. Practical Thought the Rule Of Action"
At the conclusion of the last Grafton, the
committee TO award the medal. composed OF
Judge Blair, Professor L. r. Holland, Revs.
J. W. Dutlcy and J. J. Scherer, aud Captain
G.. q. Juukins, retired for consultation, dur
manifested by the audience.
The committee decided in favor OF Mr..
Murrel. and the medal vas accordingly pre-
scented by MIR. l.. j. Penick, the appointee
of the Black Badge Fraternity, by which
| the medal is given. For the first time, per-
hapS. in the award Of this medal did the de-
cision of the judges meet the approval Of
| tie audience generally.
Ii is IL sufficient criticism on the produc-
| tions of the evening. in the absence of IN
| ANALYSIS of the addresses, to say that they i'll
every way sustained the high reputation
which the literary societies Of Roanoke
have long enjoyed for culture in this depart
merit of education.
Tie Salem Silver Coruet Band was in at
tendance and enlivened the OCCASION with
excellent music.
According to the change Of programme
announced yesterday, DR.. Conrad, OF fhlla'
delphia, addressed the literary societies this
A. n. at II O'Clock. The regret was very
general that Governor Walker could not be
| present, yet all were glad TO have such Il
substitute as DR.. Conrad.
| The exercises were opened with very
earnest prayer for the young men, the Col
lege, and education in general, by Rev. Mr.
Monday, of the Baptist church. DR.. Con.
rad was introduced to the audience by DR..
Bittle, and commenced his discourse by eX.
pressing bis sympathy with the disappoint-
1nent of the societies and the people ut the
absence of Governor Walker. He then an.
nounced his subject to be ",Ihe True Cha
racteristics Of Sound System of Educa-
ton" The first characteristic is complete.
ness, which requires full development OF
all the faculties Of the mind. The second
,bo ontariStia is r5oounc1 This IL raoli1o6
when the faculties of the mind are 50 cul
tivated as to meet all the demands made
upon them in the duties and conflicts Of life
The third characteristic is symmetry, thu
elements OF which are proportion anC
adaptation. There are different subordinate
ends in education, such as discipline Of TIT
mental powers, acquiring Of knowledge. ant
apprehension of mans relation to God ant
his fellow-man. Symmetry in education re
quires that all these ends be so fostered tina
their respective ends be attained in the high
est degree possible. The fourth characteristic
is consistency, which demands that educa
ton in all its departments be adapted to lh
ultimate end of man.
This ultimate end is moral eXceilency, ant
is such because the only means Of attainin!
the chief good--Damely, the glory of God
From this argument DR.. Conrad proceeded
to deduce a long line of conclusions, which
constitutes striking feature in his speaking
He inyeighed powerfully against secular ed
ucation, which demands the exclusion of tn
Bible, singing, and prayer from our schools
Such Il system negects the highest facult,
of the mind-namely, the ethical.
In conclusion. the Doctor mentioned TIT
three schools Of humanity the family, TIT
school proper, and the Church of Christ
The address lasted for an hour and QUAR-
ter, and was listened to with great attention
| DELTA.
| [By Telegraph
SALEM, Va, June 1.-THE commence
ment exercises of Roanoke College have
been progressing for the past few days.
The annual address before the Young
Mems Christian Association was delivered
by Rev. G.. Diehl, D. D., of Maryland.
| The address before the Alumni was de-
liyered by George Z. Penn, OF Virginia.
To-day was commencement day. There
were ten graduates with the degree o.
Bachelor of Arts. First honor, f. V. N
Painter, of West Virginia, and I. c. Hern
don, of Kentucky; second honor, Z. A
Marks, Of Virginia; third honor, William
Murrel, of Virginia. The following young
gentlemen were awarded gold medals: T. e
Herndon, of Kentucky, mathematics; t. V
n. Painter, Of West Virginia, metaphysics