The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-06-30
UNIVERSITY GRADUATION
EXERCISES.

tAT-s A8fl AispFkf fA%ffE aA1s1i f~
a.s..m bl,,l ia The Unisersi,y Hal yestsf
dsv afternoon - listen 70 tn cosscJat-
ing exercise os the Tniversisy f,r tbs
year 1876 Tie sta was b+aa:lfai.y
decorated fJr the occasson wsth hJwers
aud eyergreeus anil e1ereiaes ~ere x :
,no-. pheasant character throogts,st.
The programme consisted Of
Song" Dor Coun,ry's Flag ~ the
school
Prayer by the Rev. ID Bagley.
Music - instrumental d9ets ~
Misses Laura G. McCar'y aud E,ta u.
Whitworth.
Address by Rev 4. Atwood.
Vocal Duet" Beautiful Moonlight.
Ivy Mis- May Emery and MATT
George Coleman
Address By Rev. H. Danuiig
song-A Medley, By AIss kmsiis
Naeher.
Graduating Essay Tho End Mt
Yet, by Miss Clara A. McCAr'y.
Graduating song by the school.
Presentation OF diploma 10y the Pre-
.dent.
Instrumental duc,t by Mice Ella
Hall and Flora j. Thompson.
Closing remark by tho President
Song" The Merfies. GIRL That
Dat" by Miss Blanche Kinds.
The address Of Rev Dir. Atwood wa.
OF hand, colloquiai ia style. Tie pro-
ni nent thought inforced IN the address
was that the best Of successful study
was the acquisition Of mental trimming
and the po~srs of fixed ihougbt AID
steady application. IL remarked that
ia all callings the upper ranks are IS
vacant as the lower ones are crowded.
He believed that the State shonid enforce
the thorough education Of all is citizena.
The leading topic Of Rev. Mr.. Dau-
niug's address was Educational In.
iiuences. lie characterized five kinds
of these as active agents ia the educ.
ton of the young. These were the
parents. tho teachers. nature. society
aud experience. The parents are tine
controlling powers that shape and
direct the bent Of their ehildrens etlu-
cation. The Office of the teacher il ia
many respects tho most important and
responsible in the community. The
tone Of tho society of place exerts IA
powerful modifying influence upon the
education Of its youth The work of
education should begin ia early youth
on the principle that "ss the twig is
bent, the trees inclined The mind
then Is plastic aud more readily
susceptible TO mouldlng influences
If a
were impromptuy on account Of the
unavoidable absence Of the regular ap-
pointee, and as such were highly cred
table 10 the speakers Tho essay Of
Miss McCar,y. III the opinion II critics
would have done honor 10 an older
head. We have not space for extended
comment here. but viii present II 10 our
readers hereafter. Its delivery was
CLEAR. vigorous aud graceful in style.
rs was that Of the vaiediotory address At
its close. In bis presentation address
President Whitworth said
Life is divided into its periods. both
by the nature Of things. and the cir.
cimstanccs which attend it, You have
now reached one period of your career.
which is not ouly important 10 Yourself,
but II IS equally So Ia your parents, your
teachers and your friends. 8
To this you have looked forward
with mingled feelings of anxiety aud
JOY. for which You have spent years of
preparation aud toll. You have felt
that tho prize was not la bo obtained
without dilieent effort. and 10 your
credit. it may he said that you have
u f.st III s4
the field of knowledge" AT tho Pierian
spring you have drank decpl-. bat your
thirst is not yet satisfied: you realize
that the course through which you have
passed Is but preparatory to entering
upon your life, work The ground work
has been completed. the foundation has
been laid the erection Of the super
structure, with the divine blessing, now
remains with yourself What shall Ia
its proportions, what its adornments,
time only can reveal. We have. how.
ever. this confidence in you. from the
knowledge We possess of you. that IL
your life bc spared. IT will not prove to
he = failure.
In one short hour tie relations which
have so long subsisted between Us, ~
pupil and teacher. will end. and the
peculiar ties which have heretofore
bound you 10 yonr fellow pupils. a
we'll AS your teachers will cease New
or again will yon mingle with ~ as in
the past. nor Is II probable that we
shall all meet together again. until
lite's work Is ended. and We stand With
the assembled multitudcs around the
great white throne, Ia render up an ac.
count of cur Stewardship. Let u then
la labor. that when We thus meet, We
may bring with us the golden shcavcs
of an abundant harvest"
In his closing remarks. which W. re
greet We have not rooI 10 give IN full.
Mr.. Whitwer.h referred briefly to the
work of the year and rceoun,ed some If
the hindrapc.s that had imEsaded the
work of the institution and retarded
its prosperity. He stated ia forcible
terms the demands Of the University
for better attention and provision At
the hands of the Legislature. and
more liberal endowment from the
friends of education IN the Territory
The number of students who have hcep
enrolled during the year il one hundred
aud twenty tive. against total ii
ninety six last year Miss MeIarty j.
TIE hrst who has graduated from the
institution. Mr.. Charles McCarty has
Also completed the preparatory course.
having gone through the course al
s'naies requisite for admission 10 tho
fIIl Cx3ufes as III - -. < -