The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-06-18
BETHANY COLLEGE.
Order Of Exercises at the ThlFy.FouFth
Annual Commencement
UnVeiIIng OF the Bust of the late
Alexander Campbell.
Presentation Address by the Hon. JsFs-
miah s. Black, Of Pa, and Reply BY
President W. K. PendIotoR.


any this year we're Of unusual interest
both on account Of the exercises them
sClves and also by reason Of the distin
guished person in attendance. Among
these persons we're Hon Jeremiah s
Black, Of Pennsylvania, cx.AttOFnoy
General Of the United States, gentleman
who is prominently spoken Of in connec
ton with the next Democratic nOmina
ton for the Presidency, There were alsc
present His ExCellency, Governor Jacob
Messrs. Hoffman and Moore, Judges Oi
the West Virginia Supreme Court, Hon
Henry ". Matthews, Attorney General 0l
West Virginia, and State Senators Q. +
Scott, OF Richie county, and Gen. A. j
Pannell, Of this district. These gentlemen
II VIC may SO express II, represented
the political element present at the Com
menCement. Among the prominent lit
erary and educational gentlemen in ut.
tendance We noticed the following per,
sons, viz; DIR. George p. Hays, President
Of Washington and Jefferson College
tRev. B. A. HinsdAle, President OF Hiram
College, Ohio; Prof, ]. +. Morrow, Of
West Liberty Normal School; w, D.
Bickham, ESQ, editor Of the Dayton, o..
Daily Journal John +. Rowe, Esq, editor
Of tile Akron, o., Daily Argus; Mr.. King
of the Pittsburgh Daily Gazette; Russell
Errett, ESQ, OF the Cincinnati Christian
Standard Capt. Wm, Farrar, Of the Gin,
cinnati Commercial, and Capt. Waller, Oi
the Wheeling Register.
The Commencement exercises began
on Tuesday with the annual meeting OIL
the Alumni Society. The orator this
year was Preston Player, Esq Of St
Louis, a graduate Of the class Of 1865,
The Lecturer was Rev. j. T. Mellish Of
Cincinnati, of the. class Of 40 The Poet
was Rev. w. T. Moore, also OF Cincinnati
Of the class Of '6S.
Wednesday was Class Day, and the ex'
ercises we're as follows; The class march
cd 10 the campus ground to the music
Of Heatheringlon's Band, Of Bellaire, and
the President OF the class, Mr.. Cochran
introduced Mr.. collars, Of Ohio, orator o.
the class. After him came Mr.. Il, I. vii
liams, also OF Ohio, the Poet Of the class
whose contributions to the exercises o.
the day was universally admired. Mex
come the Prophet OF the class, Mr.. G. !
Carlton, OF Texas, who lifted the vel
and sketched the future OF his respective
classmates in a very humorous manner.
On the evening Of class day occurred
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