The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-06-21
BETHANY BOYS.
COMMENCEMENT AT BETHANY
COLLEGE.
A Grand IIme ai the old school
hhO Graduated, aud What
Thcy SRid-G0ssip On the
Day, &c, 6c.

of has tiice bY the cares and worries of
bis profession, rs much good ss days
iaunt through the lanes and byways of
the country, specially when the country
is IS love Y IS that Of our sister county OF
Brooke with It's shady roads, It's hand
,ome farmhouses and its fine fields of
grass and grain with their dndulsting,
wsyy growth Of luxurious vegetation.
At SIX o'clock yesterday morning,
while sII was chilly and misty We started
with n friend for Bethany. The heavy
clouds which al first seemed 10 foretell g!
wet sud dismal day gradually broke
sway and the cheerful sunlight blooded
tue whole country side. All nature
seemed rsiient in the quiet morning sir,
snL her summer robe was of
the merriest and gsyest TINS.
We drive slowly on past level corn
aeds, giving promise OF abundant crops,
ps,t the orchards where the apples and
pcach trees we're lSden with the young
fruit, pas. the fsrm houses where the
people seemed to have been up tor four
or iye hours, past the rows OF cherry
trees with the rich ruddy clusters glesm-
ing among the bright green
lesyts, past Villages aod yourg noun
,slns-on, on We travel Our hcrse at
f-s. hss the impression that If he will
,.srt up MI. with u rush and hurry up
TO the top he will find level road be-
yond-tain srd delusive hope. There is
not mile Of level road in the entire dis
isace between the pike and Bethany, and
our horse soon loses sll ambition. We
rattle through West Liberty at last,
by the odd-IOoklng Academy, ard the
s.eePy-lookjrg houses where there are
little or no signs of life or hustle. 1t was
ugsrly ten O'Clock when we rolled over
th, top of the last hill and Bethany Col
.4ga. with It's many arched corridor and
is great brick walls, came in sigh, The
Road was thronged, for some distance
from the village, with carriages buggies
and spring wagons, all filed with
marry travellers, bound like ourselves
for the hall where the Commencement
exercises OF the c.ass of '73 were to take
place. In the rambling pretty little town
itself, every svsilsble space was crowded
with visitors OF both sexes. Horses we're
fastened in rows to the fences, with no
sign Of anybody to look after them, bug
gIes filled the email streets, while the pa
ueut horses with all their harness on were
tied TO the spokes Of the wheels or to ad
iscent trees. In fact Bethany was the beau
ideal Oft small inland village on circus
day.
Crossing the bread lawn in front OF
the College building, we found crowds OF
holiday folks Iounxing under the great
sAads trees or about the door Of the
College hail. catering the latter We
found il filled With an eager audience
within for TIE days performance 10 be
gin. Tho bull Is finished in style SINH
larlo tina. OF S., Matthews Church, but
the sestu rapsc.,y is much larger than
ot tia. ca.aac. 1t IS perfectly adapted
10 the purpose 'or which It was built
and provides tyr the comfort OF an au-
IIe1ce rs well rs any other room Of a
Ike character in the State. The acous-
!.es are superbly arranged, srt the |
speaker Standing on TIC low, spacious !
platform at the lower end |
o,a make himself perfect audible |
.lroughou. its limits without having to
..gu: himself hosrse. The hsppiest re
s.lts accrue from this care in arrange
uents for conveying sound for the col !
.ees orators are free from that rsnting
s1l s.9rmiag, which Is too ot.en mani
.est in similar institutions where the !
speaker style has been ru0nai - MS 81 !
.emp,s to make himself Les.rd. Seated
.n the customary semi. circle on the plat
form with their handsome and vcnerated |
chef Instructor. Prof W. II. PEEDLE.
rYs in the centre, were the healthy,
honest looking men who composed the
graduating class-ss fine a body of young
ani vigorous men rs could be seen any
whore. On the rear Of the graduates
we're Professors c.. Loos, G. j. KEN
rER. d. T Eastwood and B. G. UEGE.
MAN .s Bethany CDl,ege spd Attorney
General H.ngrr WuIry Csp,sin .JoUy
g.Ir.gr s,.,o T-e.sur.- WpsT q.
Wgre.i,.. ,nd several other Gentlemen
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