The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-06-21

Connnencenens - HighlanA University.
HIGHLAND, KAxsAs, June 9, 1877.
Commencement week at Highland has been obscrv-
Ell in the usual interesting and enjoyable manner.
The examinations were completed Wednesday at
noon.
The graduating class consists Of two young men,
both of Highland
The Commencement exercises were opened on Sum
day, june 3d. with the Baccalaureate sermon By Pres
ilent Crukshank. He took for his text: Beware,
lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain
deceit after the tradition Of men, after the ruments
of the world and not after Chrstr-Colossians, ii
1t is needless to say that was an able production;
would only add that it of Dr. Cruikshank's
best efforts.
On Tuesday evening was the farewell address to
the Cliosophc Society, by C. T. Clark and response
by Mr. Eberly Leigh In connection with the rcspons.
the presentation Of badges the graduates both
graduates being from the Society. 1t was the
expectation to have, also upon the same evening an
address to all of the Literary Societies, by Maj c.
Gillespie of Falls City, Neb but the Societies were
disappointed the orator not being able to be present
The Commencement exercises, proper, began at
1870, Thursday morning. The chapel hall was filed
at an early hour. The following is the programme:
CLASS MoTro ls,7:
Determination and forge the Key to
ORDER OF EXERCISES
ISvocAnox-By T. .. Hin, of Kansas City.
s,r.x ,-,os xcs1S nan.
Grafton, sociology"
music
Grafton .Eccesissti and Political Dsspossm.'
Music
'on'e'''"s Des'se' Music NUS Ce"'er'ng p'p'omaS
Benedietion.
After the exercises of the morning. the Board of
Trustees the Teachers the Alumni and their friends
and MANY visitors from abroad, assembled for the
Commencement dinner. About two hundred partook
of this feast, spread by the ladies of Highland.
In the afternoon, the Alumni effected an oryani.a
tion electing o. s. Long as President; Miss Lizzie
Young Vice President; Miss Jennie Robinson. Seerc-
tary and V. G. Hills, Treasurer After the appo;ut
ment of a committee To draft Constitution and Rv
Laws the association adjourned tn meet Friday AT
PM.
ON Thursday sven;,, IN. studo,ts, re.un;on Marty
was held at the residence NJ Rev DR. Musse,. al.o
ON the same even;p, there IN. n rs-u,;on n,rtv Of
the Ateceta and Er.le,rb;,, Soc;a,s n, IN. R;,,.r
h,.r,,;,o home.
After all this one m;vbt easily h, persua5 IN -sst
But we have to record one of the most n,easny enter
tainments of the week On Friday evening the En-
cleiap Society," gaxs s,ls,d;5 recen,;on M The R;,.r
House The Cl;osonh;. so.;o,, Tho a,.,,u.,.. ON,
many others w.r. f,xors5 x;t,, ;nvi,a,;on. In N.
dining hall the Eucleap ladies had snrrad a ,ahle 10
please both the CIV. and the u.late No,in. nicer If
its kind has ever beep se.p IN our l;ttc ctv Tbev
also had beaut;fu, wreath and cro.. mad. Of Whit.
flowers. which they nrssented N The ,r,,lua,es Of
their brother Soc;etv M, carl anil NJ uns To
tbose who wsre nrese,t !, w;u n. n;gbt lam, 70 n.
remembered
The class of II ba. drnart.a from thu ,.n.r., cu.-
tom of bay;nc I.,;n .,;on -, ,a,,,, .na h..
g;v.n MS AN o1;..in,I ono II, Main Ena,;sh
Tho ,,.c,o. Of A NJ mo. aonf.-roJ ~, u L A.,
s,-o,, "a, of TO-, ..h.,n,, NJ ,u,,...on :.
M, . r,,.. n .. r..-s -. % ~,
no' Srho"a'e' NC "as iornstiy STUDENT Oh hiSh-
land University, and his friends and acQuantanees
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