Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-06-20

luduS q piSOAy opCSSli plOllg III uldbbtl
and delivery, for which the ladies
ought to have stormed him with
flowers,
THE UNTUNED HARP, by A. r.
Farris, of Versailles Tenn, was re-
plete with poetic thought very earnest
" conveyed. But it was merely poetry
and passed beautifully and was gone.
MEDALS.
The Byers Medal for the Sciences
was awarded by President Wiley to
Edward N. Tullis of Texas, the only
one who contended for it, and whom
DR.. Wiley said was richly entitled to
it.
The Collins Medal for composition,
was awarded by Prof. Longley in a
speech commemorative of the Donor,
DR., Collins, the first President Of
Emory & Henry. He paid a high
tribute to the supremacy of the English
language, and then gave the Medal to
James X. Rector of Texas.
MEETING OF THE ALUMNI.
In the Afternoon the Alumni of the
College met in the Hall of the CAL
liopean Society. In the absence of the
President, Rev. A. J. Brown d. D., the
oldest Alumnus present was chosen
President Protein.
The names of S. A. Jackson, /. C.,
Fowler, and Judge Samuel Graham
Were presented, and those gentlemen
were elected to membership.
Rev. T. +. Smyt the was chosen Presi.
dent for the ensuing year, Prof. J. A.
Davis Secretary, and Prof G. E. Vaw-
ter Treasurer.
In response to calls, speeches were
made by DR.. Brown, DR.. Morgan, l.
g. Fowler, Judge J. P. Kelly, Prof,
Buchanan, Prof. Vawter, Selden
Longley, and others.
Judge Kelly called attention to the
neglected grave of Rev. Greed Fulton
the founder of the College, on mo-
ton of 1. G. Fowler committee of
three to devise some definite line of
action in reference to the proposed
monument was appointed with direc-
ton to report next year. Messrs.
Davis, Nawter, and Buchanan, were
appointed.
Wednesday was a blessing in the
way of lovely weather, and the crowd
was greatly larger that on Tuesday,
w. f. Booth. of Louisiana, delivered
the Salutatory Address, and his admit
rable delivery was such, and such the
eXpounding character of his empha-
sis and infections, that even those
catch flashes of intelligence from the
address. Al its close he added q new
but excellent feature to his part in
the exercises by delivering u transla.
ton of the address. Rev. Joseph
Haskew, at the elbow of our reporter
facetiously observed that "these latin
addresses always sounded to him like
cussing,"
Joseph Il. Thomas, of Indepen-
dence, Va, had for his subject MIGHT
IN A MITE, parallel subject to the
Hemp Seed of Tuesday, Mr.. Thorn
as exhibited more of the thoughtful
student than the orator. This eXpec-
tation was not disappointed by the
matter of his speech. He endorsed
satisfactorily the awarding of the
third honor to him.
ARIsToCRACY IN VIRGINIA, by Al
bert C. Gillespie, was speech full OF
truths, and applicable to the demands
of the times. There was merely
enough of the ornate to make savory
the sound doctrine advanced. the
self-pOssession Of the speaker was inn
pressive, and the delivery earnest rs
well as graceful. The speech was good
To-MoRROw, by r. w. Newsom, OF
Fayette Corner, Tenn, furnished
beautiful fields for :anciful flights, and
occasions for serious soliloquies, which
would have appeared to better advan
tago with slight diminution of stage
walking, but this sometimes means ,
not too well memorized speech.
Labor Necessary to Success. by f
II. stickley, of Jonesville, who exhib
tied a creditable degree of embarrass
ment which only the more enhanced
the beauty of some of his figures o
speech. His delivery was slow anC
somewhat hesitating, but his speed
was pleasing in its effect.
Rome Was Not Butt IN Day, by
w. d. Van Eaton, of N. G. CONVEX
sational earnestness was conspicuou
feature of his delivery. The speed
was one of sober truths, and was yer,
good.
The Angto-Sdron, by r. L. Buchan
an, of Glade Springs. The manner o
the speaker was temperate almost to
fault, and his voice scarcely lou'
enough, but the very absence of TIN
usual extravaganza usually INDUCED
in with so rich subject, was very &C
ceptable to an audience half surfeiteC
with literary dessert. The speech wa
chaste and good, and drew heavily OF
the bouquets of the fair portion of tn,
crowd.
The March of Mind, 10y P, L. Stan