The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-06-04
WHEELING FEMALE COLLEGE.
Exercises ri the
0pera House Last Night-A Large
aud delighted Audience.

Exercises ut the
0pcra House Last Night-A Large
and Delighted Audience.
Last night the Opera House was crowd
ed with 8 brilliant and audience, to wit
ness the closing exercises Of the Wheeling
Female College. Every seat in the
house was occupied, and seldom have we
seen an audience in Wheeling that would
compare with it, in point of numbers
and intelligence. In one Of the boxes
Was seated Governor Jacob and Secretary
of state Hedrick; in the orchestra chairs,
near the stage, sat the members
of the Supreme Court, Judges
IIaymond, Hoffman and Moore, and
State Treasurer Burdett. On the stage
were Prof. W. X. Pcndleton, President
of Bethany College, Hon. b. W. Byrne,
State Superintendent of Free Schools;
Hon. c. ID. Hubbard, Rev. D. W. Fisher
the faculty and teachers, and the gradu-
ating and Junior classes of the college.
1t was sometime after eight o'clock
when the exercises commenced, and the
following was the
PROGRAMME.
ANTHEM.
PRAYER,
Rev. u. W. Fisher.
Piano Solo........................F Fannie Sweeney
our Boat is Launchcd-Where IS The
shore" .....-........ .........-. hhttle ID JOh'9
Mary +. Odbert
Piano Ductt.....M Misses Jones and Donahey
The Heroes of to-day.......lda +. Pendlet"h
lrn commonwealth +. Troutman
Piano .."MlsS OuOei'
The Workman Dies but the Work Goes
on ... .......Rctta j.. LaHertH
ADDRESS TO CLASS 4 CoNFEREING DEGREES.
CLASS sONG. BENEDlCrl"N'
Miss Hattie B. Jones, delivered the
salutatorv, entitled, Our Boat is Launch
cd-Whcre is the Shore?' The young
lady did exceedingly well. Her pronun-
citation was clear and distinct, and her
composition good, though tinted with
that samencss usually heard at com
mcncemcnts. Her voice and delivery
was good. and the entire audience could
hear, and consequently enjoy, all that
she said.
Miss Mary f. Odbert, ably treated the
subject of Society EXogens and Endo-
gems, but her essay was rather lengthy.
She read exceedingly well and gave evil
dcncc. of thorough study, and knowledge
of the subject she discussed. Some Of
the comparisons were very good and
APPLY expressed.
Miss Ida f. Pendleton gave something
good on "Thc Heroes of To day" Her
essay embraced condensed history of
the notable events of great
men, politically speaking, from
the time of the Roman Republic to
the present day. Her delivery was mn
u..ally good, and her essay was mingled
with humor and satire, which was
thoroughly appreciated by the entire
audience. At the close of her re-
marks she vs., loudly appIauded.
Miss ida F. Troutman read very
interesting essay on the advantages and
disadvantages of being "Left Alone
While there was nothing remarkably
smart about what she said, her essay was
brrnful of good sense and Wholesome
truths and had the ring of orininaIity all
through it.
Miss Retta l.. Lafcrty, of Morristown,
Ohio delivered the valadictory. Her
subject was, The Workman Dies, but
the Work Goes Bn." The young lady
wds yi>ibly affected. and showed conSid-
cradle nervousness, but her task as vale
dictoran was most crcditably performed
That part in which ishe referred to the
Faculty and members Of the class, was
very affecting, and caused many an eye
to moi,trn with tears.
The young ladies were all cnrobed in
spotles, white, and their faces were all
bcaming with pleasant anticipations Of
the future. As each lady finished her
essay, she was the recipient of many
floral tributes, which their kind friend,
had prepared for them.
Rev. Mr.. Clark, Vice President of the
College, delivered an address to
the graduating class, which was
atientively listened to by all present.
After this, President Morton presented
the diplomas and conferred the degrees
Of Mistress of English Literature upon
Misses Hattie \. Jones, Mary L. Cd
bert Ida f. Pendlcton, and Ida F. Trout
man. Upon Miss Retta L. Laticrty, was
conferred the degree Of Baccalaurca
Arteum, she having taken the full claS-
steal course.
Prof. Morton then conferred ccrtif-
cate, upon the following young ladies'
members Of the Junior class:
Virginia Whitcsdcs, Hattie Dlchl,
Alberta VI. Shat'or, Lottic +. LETTERS
Ella b Oxtoby, Matte Taylor, Kate L..
Elson, Ncltie II. Donahcy, Alice :. Gar.
rctt, Salhc J. Thoburn, Fannie |. STAN
ley, Emma j. WhitSctt, Drcic l.. Hamil-
ton. Annie NJ. Woods, Bertha Pollock,
sue i. Robinson, Estcia Martin.
President Morton then addressed the
audience, and gave It history of the Col
lege from the time it was built, in 1850,
to the present period. and spoke in the
highest terms Of the work it had accom-
pli.hcd and the record it had established.