The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-07-22

fulness, honesty, virtue and manliness.
By it the great and good of all ages have
risen to usefulness and power. In obedi-
ence to it's behests, neither sword nor
fagot, stake nor gibbet have deferred
martyr and hero, christian and patriot
from marching with undimmed eyes to
death itself rather, than bend the knee
where thrift follows fawning." All
human achievement has resulted from it;
1t Is the great sum total of human eX-
cellcnce; it inspired the spirit of Wash
ington, enthused the heart of Lee, en-
kindled the eye of Albert Sidney John
ston, immortalized Jackson, and flashed
on the swords of Hill and Steuart. Itwas
this that enraptured the soul of Maxy
Gregg, and wreathed with sweet smile
the dying brow of jenkins. And for
ten years it has shown in this Southern
land with a luster which challenges q
parallel in history, and rendered our
people nobler and prouder in their pov-
erty and misfortune, than when rolling
in wealth and triumphant in victory.
Let it ever be your motto; inscrbe it OIL
the tablets of your memory, and follow
it with intense affection. You must pre-
pare yourselves for that future which
awaits you-a future which, I believe,
will be bright and glorious. This land
of ours, with it's towering mountains, it's
majestic rivers and fertile plains, watered
by martyred blood and consecrated by
grand heroic strength, was never meant
to be the home of Anglo.Saxon slaves,
or the cemetery Of Anglo-Saxon libery.
The day of permanent peace and pros
perity is now dawning; its glimmering
light is breaking all over our horizon,
and the time is not far distant when
North and South, forgetting each others
wrongs and remembering each others vir'
tues, will accord each to the other its coed,
and march onward, shoulder to shoulder,
to the perpetuation of good government,
constitutional liberty and material pros
perity. You are to assist in this great
consummation, and before you lies field
for the exercise of your nobest faculties.
Then, be faithful, diligent and true; lay
we'll the foundation of your future use.
fulness, and select as your own, the grand
words of the great Richelieu, "in the
bright lexicon of youth there is no such
word as fail"
Thursday Evening, July 18th, 1875.
On this evening the largest concourse
of persons that gathered upon any of the
occasions above referred to were present.
They represented the town, County and
surrounding country, filling the Univer-
sity Chapel, which is 6Ox40 feet, to
perfect pack, and leaving numbers of
of gentlemen without who were unable
even to get standing place within the
hall. This was the principal evening,
and embraced the
GRADUATING EXERCISES,
which were the first that have been wit
messed in our midst since the war-hence
the very great interest manifested. I'M
mediatcly over the Chapel door was a
silver shield, twined with massive
wreath ofgreen, and bearing the follow
ing inscription, "Kein Prcis Ohue Fleiss."
1t was design Of Prof. Laughlin. Upon
entering the hall the decorations were
the same as those described, except the
addition of five transparcncies hung
around the stage, each having the name
of one of the graduating class upon it.
Quite number of the leading citizens
of the town and visitors together with
the graduates and some of the Professors
occupied the stage. The exercises of the
evening were opened with the Anthem
"Sanctus," after which prayer was offer
ed by Rev. d. f. Frierson. Col. Hoyt
then announced that he had been re-
quested to deliver some prizes, two of
which were awarded by Prof. Ligon for
the best history of the Town of Ander-
son, written by class under fourteen
years of age, and one Of which had been
awarded by the committee who passed
upon these compositions for the beauti-
full style of its author. He then called
up Master Joe. Lee and Miss Josie Har-
rison to receive the two prizes from Prof
Ligon, and Miss Eva Nardin to receive
the prize from the committee. They
were presented in a very pretty and ap-
propriatc little speech, and received with
graceful bows. This little episode over
the graduating class read their compost
tions. Miss Ana S. Bewley, who had
been chosen to read the Salutatory,
selected as her subject "the danger of
becoming too much addicted to the
pleasures of the world" and handled her
theme with much success, portraying with
fine effect the allurements of worldly
pleasure, and pointing out that better
course whose pursuit contains the true
road to happiness.
Miss Matte G.. Anderson, in treating
the subject "know thyself," showed con-
siderable research in pointing out the
advantages in, and the necessity for, a
knowledge of ourselves, taking the posi-
ton that this is one of the highest duties
of life.
Miss Ida R. Watson followed in 4
beautifully written composition upon the