The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-06-21

very attractive young lady, as also Mrs
C.'s charming daughter Mamie. Thes'
young ladies and their company wer
most gracefully entertained BY Mis-
Birdie Pendleton and her mother. Mia
Birdie Il was who ukile At the White
Sulphur last summer VISA pronounced b.
the correspondent OF the Richmond lHhi!
10 be the belle Of West Virginia.
COMMENCEMENT DAY.
The days OF mans birth, marriag,
and death, are said to be the three mem
orable DAYS OF his career. There was 1
poet once who classed them all As "die,
irae.n To the category should be added th,
day when young man closes his college
career and makes Aspeech to great col
lection Of people and 10 the gentlemen o.
the bras band. The veteran reporter
who has been professionally dispatched
10 write up innumerable commandments
Ia the only person who can look upor
the incidents OF such an occasion with
euuanimity. he Is the only in
diyidual who is not expected tc
give way TO the pathos Of the oc
cAsion. The Valedictorian works upor
him in vain. All the rest Of the audienc,
give way. How can they help it, espe
cially the young ladies, who may never
see these young gentlemen again. Th'
professional reporter, however, sees them
all again, from year 70 year, not in p:o-
pria persona, bu, 10 that iaithfgl "eoun-
terteit presentment" with which al
graduating college boys reproduce them
selves from year 10 year. 70 the boys the
Commencement il, Of course, an occa-
sion "big with the fate Of Cesar and oi
Rome" To the reporter, however, who
has been there so often, il as the priul
rose to Peter Bell "upon the river.
brim:"
"a yellow prim.rOse ItTn TO hIn,
And Il Ns nothing more"
And yet this il not exactly the case
either. It ia, even TO q reporter, 4 sad
old story to hear the boys raise their
Ebenezer and tell how BY the grace oi
the faculty they have At last got through
and how they go forth all bleeding and
torn in their affections into the wide
world, a. profuse in their VOWS Of CON
stancy and devotion to their alma mater
as was Mrs. MicaWber TO the father oi
her twins. This il all right, and the
boys mean il all right, but the VOWS Of
College boys are like the VOWS Of lovers,
written in the sand, 10 be soon efaced by
the rising OF the tide.
ORDER OF HxERcIsTs.
At 10 o'clock yesterday forenoon the
Alumni hall was well filled with people
from abroad and from the surrounding
country TO witness the proceedings Of
commencement day. After the order OF
exercises was opened with prayer the
following orations were delivered by
members Of the graduating class:
EngllIh l. sallee, Of Hy
The Dream Oi Ambition W. n. Curtis, Of ". Va.
Tbs True student. ..........M.J J. Goodwin, si Ky
Wandering In the SHADE ss...-.B L snlth, ot lnd.
unfAding Laurels.--.........S. T. vAnmeter Of Ky,
Prospect and Retrospect D Gon o. KY
independence Of Though C. Ghent, Of Ky
D. A. Quick, Of ". Va
Attributes q Immortality &c. ". shlnD, oi Ark
The Grsndelf Of lntellect..C. l. BrsWn, Of W. Va.
,;nsaass :; ssyDf; FL o. VI VI Va Va
e;q,; SeraI No, 3, N,Si Is f II W. Va Va
] be Critical Moment.....--..W. Il. Hayden, ol Ohio
IntermIsIon until two o'clock P.A.
The sun shines Above the Clouds.
J. Il. shlnu, Of Ark
True Grra mess W. Grigiby, oi Pa
-''A' '''' ''' d. u rhOuas, If wLes,
A Students rhOaShtS on the Future
}. ". Amber, Of Va
valedetory ....... . .........Z. T. vlnson. Of KY
conieninsot -seaedIeiioa.
THE DEGREES CONFERRED.
OF the above Glaze, the degree OF A. B
Bachelor Of Artsl was conferred upon the
following members, viz: W. n. Curtis,
NJ. J.tiood win, H.W. Grig.by, C. L. Sallee
and D. o. Thomas. No first honor was
awarded, and the second honor was di.
yided between W. n. Curtis and C. l.
salIee. The degree Of B. S. Bachelor oi
Sciences) was conferred upon the follow.
ing members oil the class, viz: Messrs,
Amber, G. l.. Brown, George Byrne, s.
d, Goff, ". II. Hayden, o. s. Marshall,
]. Fl. shinn, G. W. shiun, N. P. Vanme,
ter and z. 7. Venison. Among these
no fret honor was conferred. and
the second honor was divided be-
tween J. Amber and 2 T. vinson.
The degree Of B. L. bachelor Of litera.
ture) was conferred on G. Ghent, D. A.
Quick, A. Sdinmore, 3. L, Smith and j.
W. Tate. The first honor was conferred
on A. Skidmore. No second honor was
conferred. The honorary degree Of MAJ
ter Of Art was conferred upon two
former graduates OF the Institution, viz,
NJ. L. Strealer, Of Ohio, and A IF. Erb, OF
the same State. The honorary degree OF
Master Of Science vas conferred upon
W. o. Weeks, OF Ohio.
PERSONAL.
We noticed on the pIalfnrm during the
exercises ui the dSy tue follOsing visit
orr, viz: FIJI. EIcslleucy. Governor
Mathews, Attorney urnrral White, Treas
urer West Capt Andrew Wilson, Capt.
McLure, ex Judge SAmurls, OF Cabell
county; DR.. r. II. Logan, |. F. Jones, ].
NJ. Todd, the Governors private secre-
tasy, (Mr. Ran. stalnaker) and Postmast-
er Geo. II. Anderson, ot Pittsburgh.
Judge Robert S. Brown, OF Jefferson
county, an old graduate Of Bethany, was
also among the audience.
Among those picnicing on the campus
during the intermission We noticed q
party Of adventurous young spirits who
had arrived from Wheeling about the
middle OF the forenoon. They came
"oyerland" las il is called in conlradis'
linctiou 10 the route via Wsllsburg), that
ia, BY way Of Clinton and West Liberty,
having left Wheeling 10 an omnibus Al
six 10 the morning. The young ladies
composing It are known as the ct, BIS"
Secret Society. Among them were
Miss Lou Butler. Miss Jessie Bates,
Miss Thornburg, Miss Clara Fisher, Miss
Ida Hall, and Miss Matte MeCulloeh.
They we're accompanied by the following
gentlemen, whom, by the way, they had
Invited 10 accompany them, free cf tEPeaIt
I-viz-Mr. George Baird, ir- AL GlG.s,
Burnie McLure, Cyrus Howard, Austin
Beech and John Rhieldaffer. This mys.
terious company seemed 10 be enjoying
themselves 70 an enviable degree in the
discussion Of 40 ample lunch spread be
meath the outrageous sugar naples OF the
Academy. They intended to remain for
the night performance Of the American
Society and return TO the city by the way
they went out, about "6Ve o'clock in the
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