Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-06-23

/ On the stage could be seen the VEN
cradle President of the Institution,
the Faculty, the Board of Trustees in
Guiding Gov. Porter aud State Super
teudant Trousdale, aud Rev. j. +.
Goldman, who, after Kuabe's Parlor
Orchestra had furnished some excel
lent music, Offered up a fervent petit
ton to a Throne of Grace, following
which was some more excellent music.
The graduating class then delivered
their orations as follows:
Grafton, Lstin Salutatory)-Wn-
liam Baxter Ragsdale, Knox county.
Grafton, Tendencies of Modern
Thought Joshua William Caldwell.
Knoxville.
Grafton, " Democracy John Rid.
ley Goodpasture, Overton county.
Music.
Grafton, Mental Emancipation -
William Baxter Rlgsdule, Knox coun-
| ty.
Poem, "The Last Indian "-Archy
Il. Breckenridge, Washington couuty,
| Ohio.
Grafton, Popular Education Essen
tial to Popular Government Amos
Try Matthews, Obion county.
Music.
Grafton, "Our Union Albert Viz
| gil Goodpasture, Overton county.
Grafton, NoX Populi, Nox Del -
David Thomas Mcmillan, Camden,
! Alabama.
Mr.. James Maynard, ot the class Of
| 1872, delivered AN excellent Grafton on
1.-The Progress Of Thought in Art and
Scholarship" and the degree of Master
of Arts was conferred upon him.
MEDALS AWARDED.
After Mr.. Maynard's Grafton, Mr..
Henderson made some remarks in re-
| gard to the Dickinson Medal, stating
that none could be awarded this year,
as the Juniors had not advanced to
that branch of mathematics in which
the medals were awarded. He, how
ever, was requested to state that beau
tiful silver medal had been awarded to
John b. Croker, of Lauderdale coun-
ty, in the Freshman Glass, for excel
lency in mathematics. Mr.. Crocker,
came forward and received the medal
under immense applause.
Judge ., p. Temple also arose and
I cldNtu NiluO lic udu uteu ttIueSteu 10
announce the award of a beautiful sill
yer medal, the gift of the Professor of
Mathematics, to John \. Anderson,
Jr., of Shelby county, in the Sophie
more class, for the best essay on Road
Making, and to also state that the
committee had made honorable men
ton of the following gentlemen of said
class d. b. Johnson of Shelby coun-
ty; J. 4, Gordon, of Bedford w. o.
Staples, Corpus Christi, Texas, and w.
B, Bachman, of Sullivan county. He
stated that he was present and heard
'osome of the essays, and that they were
eally excellent, He regretted that
Is, r. Anderson was prevented by sick
[df Is from being present to receive
oil hmedal.
re- flowing this was music, after
is win the
IS VALEDICrORY GRAFTON
etd Iva was oojvered by David Hunt Lud-
's' 'oa II tSnoXville, in splendid style.
soi,,na ,young men acquitted them
III 9Son,2oi.sly, and reflected credit on
d tmtian as well as the noble insti-
~ ahopt 70 earning which they are
ei ,,sof',Ir1,.l we, we trust for fields OF
usefulness Ia he world.
te honUets c"rpepaHse and showers OF
lie graduating elias e"o'' i''eii oe' Vi 'N'
to III Inc saledlctoI having been deliv.
ere1, alter some Ire music the grad
he uetius Grass TOOK leir stand in front
re I I,r tne h psV.,i Ihos'W. Humes, the
v following parting couLel in the
re BAccALAUREATE ,DRrss.
Young Gentlemen:
m Upon the eve of your hoorabIe dis,
10 mission from the Universit H,;,6 ~,
J. titles and insignia awarde, bv II,
ye authorities in consideration s'von,
M approved completion of cooSiate
ID course of study, it is proper Eat
4. should address to you few patir[
at words. ne
N The field of learning you hA,,
traversed is fully commensurate W,
a all just demands that might be mac
of the institution. 1t is far more e,
N tensive than that permitted of cult
p walton to the great majority of yol
~ contemporaries. Yet it is very small
not only as it stands related to the va
d region Of knowledge and truth whic
,O lies out-spread before, and unclaimed b
the human mind, and which is reall
illimitable, but as compared with til
D.. similar sphere which has been actua
~ ly mastered by scholarly men of tn
a. and former generations, and Which
~ possible of present exploration in the
- footsteps. This fact should induce /
II you, if it were needful, modest sci
~ estimate, whatever may be your men
= tai training and requirements.
should serve to chasten any emotio
q of pride or vanity, to which, flushe
y by the honors and pleasurable excite
ments of this occasion, you are nj
10 turally tempted.
Remarkable as has been the progres
- of Science in the last half century
many and valuable as have been il
inventions and discoveries, the unpre
cedented pressure and activity, whic
;, are characteristic of the age, and whicl
d have cOntributedmu to that progress
!. have helped also to largely increase tn
e evil of combined Sciolism and pre-
u tension. Ii is not strictly an ethica
: evil. Yet, it has grown TO such an eX
: tent, and our social condition, circum
stances and habits are so favorable +
d its hurtful operation, that it deserves
d along with the CRYING DlOrnL evils n