The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-06-20
OUR BETHANY LETTER.
The Meeting of the Alumni Assocta-
tiOn-Their Entertainments II Great
Succ9ss


Correspondence of the Register.
BETHANY, June l9.
! esterdsy afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
the Alumni Association OF the College
Ee!d their meeting in one of the society
halls, and the names of the twenty new
members who are Just about to graduate
were enrolled. The chief business that
occupied the attention Of the Association
was whether or not they should have an
alumni dinner next year, and 1t was de-
cided with great unanimiLy that they
should Consequently by next year
upon the Tuesday Immediately preceding
commencement there will be grand
dinner given, and an enjoyable time Is
anticipated by all who expect to be pres
| ent
Last night the Alumni Association
gave performance IN the College hall.
Mr.. w. &. Lyme, OF Washington, Pa,
was the lecturer appointed, and Professor
! Z. l. LoOs, of the College, also spoke, as
| the orator who was expected did not a.
rive. The attendance was very small, as
it was pretty thoroughly understood that
there was TO be no performance.
Kramer arrived this morning snd has
been adding greatly to the enjoyment OF
| the occasion by discoursIng sweet sounds
through the streets of the village, and
upon the campus at the dedication OF the
Senior tree. This performance is gener-
ally one of the most pleasant and one OF
! the best of all the Commencement eXer-
cises, and this one WAS no exception to
the general rule.
Mr.. Z. L. Sallee, of Kentucky, was the
! class orator. He had m Grafton brimful
of ecquence and beautiful language,
and he delivered It in a mastery
| style. lie well deserves the name Of
''class orator" The exordium of his
speech WAS q metaphoricsl comparison
between .he Greeks turning away from
the siege OF Ilium and the class leaving
! college victorious IN having attained
their degrees. From this he passed into
college lie in general, and ended with
mastery peroration, showing the fitness
of the custom of planting class trees,
showing that the tree WAS the
emblem of life and knowledge,
| hlu III VIM lONOAVuNO ~
held by the sncients. he class poem
by John Amber, OF Virginia, was 8
beautiful comparison OF college lite with
the f,gnt OF an eagle, ss it goes onward
and upward in its course, until it is
finally lost to view in the misty dark
ness of the clouds. Then he described
in touching and beautiful language the
sad psrtings and last tsrewelIs Of those
who have been associated IN such close
| communion rs friends and companions
Mr.. Amber writes easily and grace
fully and MS style OF reading is peculiar
" impressive.
The Class History by b. l.. Smith, Of
Ind, was exceedingly good, full OF hard
hits At his brother graduates, and was
we'll appreciated by the audience as their
frequent laughter showed.
D. O. Thomas, of Wales, then read
the class prophecy. Mr.. Thomas has
Just enough OF the brogue to make his
reading exceeding funny when
be wants to, and his delivery
of the prophecy together with the subject
matter was irresistible ard kept his hear
ers laughing most of the time. We only
| regret that time does not permit OF our
giving some of the many funny proph.
ecies he made.
j. II. Shinn presided over the occs-
sion and did it well.
Tonight the Notrophisn land not
MetropOIitsl) Society gives its final eD-
tertsinment at the College Commence
| meut Hall