Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-07-13

paper patches upon the walls. The only at
tempt at display was upon the front of the
building, but even this feeble att empt was put
to shame by the grand display of flags upon
the building of the enterprising contectioner
across the way.
JUDGE John WELSH,
of the Ohio Supreme Court, was announced,
and delivered the opening address, and as this
address will be published in full we will only
specify briefly some of the prominent ideas.
He began by referring to his long absence (4S
years)-went away boy, returned a man;
went away companion, an associate, return
ed stranger, and now
They are all gone, and
feel as the one who treads alone
Some banquet hall deserted.
He spoke of his fellow classmates, of their
struggles, their successes, and their defeats.
He compared the past with the present, noted
the rapid advance of science and art, congrat-
ulated the citizens upon the success of Frank
lin College in inculcating true and honest prin-
ciples, and of making thorough men-made
mention of the kindly aid to the poor young
men who were struggling to acquire an hon
orable position in society-deprecated the ac-
tion of richly endowed colleges to break down
their rival institutions, denounced the shoddy
aristocracy who worshipped wealth not worth,
dwelt at great length upon the folly and ex-
travagance of the times, and urged the prac-
tice of economy in all the affairs of life. His
address throughout was full of beautiful pass
ages, and his venerable appearance, combined
with the true gold in the sentiments expressed,
secured for him the attention of the audience.
lie closed by wishing them ''God speed, and
amid long continued applause resumed his
chair
AT RECESS
we were shown through the buildings, exam
ined the large collection of minerals, peeped
into the box occupied by the ''feller from
Pittsburgh" but all this we hope to write up
at future time.
AT TWO O'clock
the Hall was densely crowded. very large
proportion being ladies, it proving a very diff
ficult matter for the polite ushers to provide
them with seats, and which was only accom-
plished by some of the gentlemen occhpying
the available standing room in the aisles. One
lady said she had never been $50 scrouged in
all her born days." single glance would con-
vince you that the lady had been ''scrouged,"
but whether so ''scrouged we are unable to
say.
W. A. WILLIAMS
who took the first Honor was introduced, and
delivered the salutatory, the preliminary por-
tion being spoken in the Latin language. By
way of depression we would again refer to the
"Feller from Pittsburgh" who still remained
suspended by the head to brass ring in his
little box in the Anatomical recitation room,
up stairs. He conversed with us when inter-
viewed in the ''dead languages" Had started
on he's journey with the purpose of becoming
a centennarian, had got as far as Pittsburgh,
received a severe fracture of the ribs, left his
flesh there, and as the weather was pleasant
came down in his bones, would stop at Frank
lin College for little while-did not expect
to go to the Centennial, was busy teaching an
atomy and the frailty of human life. The tired
look upon this gentlemans face, and the very
dead language spoken by him did not impress
US favorably, and we closed the door of his
case and retired to the Hall in a condition not
desiring to absorb the dead languages to full
er extent, so we gave the Latin portion of Mr..
Williams address the "go-by," and refer only
to the living language spoken by him and
which was understood and duly appreciated
by the audience. Mr.. W. is fluent speaker
Of both the Latin and English languages; his
appearance denotes the gentleman, and the
highest award is token of scholarship. He
was followed by
z. G. MATHRNA,
Subjective Correlative Creeds. Mr.. Math-
ena handled his subject in a mastery manner,
and held the attention of the audience during
his entire discourse. As speaker he cannot
fail to please.
JAMES MALCOLM,
Between Truth and Error
MIR. Malcoms subject was one very suitable
for the times, and he entered upon the discus
sion of it with the feeling that he was master
of the situation. He is a pleasant speaker,
and still there is great force and power in his
of speaking. We heard him eulogized
very highly by persons present.
ooNFEGPING OF DEGREES AND PRESENTATION |
OF DIPLOMAS
was next in order, and was consummated in q |
very brief and impressive manner by
REV. r. 6. CAMPBELL, A. NJ,
Vice President and Professor of Languages. |
As the degrees were conferred there came to |
us remembrances of the past, and upon the !
platform appeared vision of the dear familiar |
faces of those who few brief years ago bade
farewell to Franklin College. Their hearts
beat high with lDpe, the future was very |
bright, their tongues were eloquent. Again, |
IN the battle of life, we were brought into |
still closer relation, hand in hand we fought |
the battle, but now their hands have long been |