The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-06-26
commencement Week in Greenville.

University, of the Female College, and
of Capt. Patrick's Military Institute.
These institutions have becn paying
very little attention to commcncements
heretofore, but have gone along doing
their duty during the session, and clos
ing at the end of term without any public
| demonstration, or at least very little.
The various professors and instructors
RaTe doneall in their power to promote
the cause of education, and seemed to
think that this was all that could be re-
quired; but they have at last found out
their mistake: the public demands some
thing more, it calls for q public demon
stration at least once a year in order to
bring the institution more prominently
into notice. This demand has now been
needed, and the several faculties have
given more attention to the exercises of
| Commencement Week.
THURSDAY NIGHT, JUNE 18th,
the annual address before the Judscn
Society, of tho Female College, was de-
livered by Rev. VIM. E. Hatcher, D. D.,
of Richmond, Va. His subject was "The
Educated Woman" He discussed it from
two points: first, What constitutes the
truly educated woman? second, The part
she is to perform. The address, to say
the least of it, was very able produc-
ton, and quite appropriate to the occa-
sion. DR.. Hatcher had one of the most
pleasing, attractive and witty introduc-
tions we ever heard, which attracted at
tention in the outset, and he was listened
to with profound attention throughout.
This was the first celebration of the Soci-
ETY., as it was just organized last year, and
named in honor of Prof. C. H. Judson,
the former President of the College.
Long may the Judson flourish to carry
out the sentiments inscribed upon the
triangle and the crescent; for if all their
future anniversaries shall be as pleasant
as this one, truly may they say "Haec
olim meminisse juvabit."
FRIDAY NIGHT, JUNE 18TH,
q large audience assembled in tho Opera
House to witness the Concert by the
pupils of the Female College, under the
guidance of Prof. DeCamps. The Con-
cert has been pronounced by competent
Judges to be a very good one, though we
must say we have witnessed litter ones.
One of the prettiest pieces of music in
the world, "The Brook, composed by
Tennyson and set to music by Dolores
was ruined by having voice unsuitable
for rendering it. This song requires q
soft, mellow voice; should be sufficiently
low to allow the music of the instrument
to be distinctly heard. Whenever the
voice is loud and coarse, aud browns the
accompanying music, the great beauty of
the piece is completely lost. Several
good instrumental pieces were rendered,
nearly all with splendid execution, Show
ing the thorough and skillful training
the performers had received.
SUNDAY EVENING, JUNE 10TH,
the commencement sermon before the
students of Furman University was
preached in the Baptist Church by Rev.
J. a. w. Thomas, of Bennettsville. His
text was Peter 2, %: "Wbo did no sin,
neither was guile found in his mouth"
The preacher portrayed the character of
Jesus Christ in all its beauty and gran
deur, and exhorted the young men to
initiate him as their great exemplar. 1t
was noble appeal to the young men,
and it is to be hoped that it accomplished
much good.
MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 10TH,
the Philosophian Society, of Furman
University, held its anniversary celebra
ton in the Opera House. 1t was cele-
brated by public debate, the meeting
being presided over by Mr.. John H.
Morgan, Of N. c., the President of the
Society. The query and debaters were
as follows: "Resolved, That the South
ern States were not justifiable in seced-
ing" Affirmative-A. II. Donaldson, w.
c. Dorroh; negative-D. ]. Meador, J. H.
Tappan. After an able and animated dis
cussion on both sides, the judges, who
had been previously selected to decide
upon the merits of the several speeches,
cast their decision in favor of the mega
tive. Without any disparagemsnt to any
of the speeches, (for they were all excel
lent in our opinion we must say that
the speech delivered by Mr.. Doroh was
ono of the finest efforts we ever heard
from so youthful student. ALI the
the speakers showed that they had read
extensively on the subject and were in
timately acquainted with the nature of
our government. Jefferson, Madison,
Hamilton, Webster. Calhoun, Alden.
Vattel, and many other writers on gov
ernment and constitutional law, were
quoted by the speakers on both sides.
When we heard our friend Dorroh quot
ing sentence after sentence of the rounded
periods from the illustl ious and patriotic
fWebstcr, how the hair stood on our head!
But when we heard him quoting from
Alden we thought to ourself: "Ah, you
are quoting from too prejudlced an au-
thor, and from one who is willing 70 sac
rifice the truth in order to carry his
point!' When we heard our friend
Tappar, of Georgia, quoting Calhoun we
thought, 30, noble patriot, though the
cause for which you contended has been
lost, yet how long will your memory be
cherished and your works quoted as
authorityr And when we heard him
quoting Vattel we thought, "How
weighty should be the authority of one
who was such lover of liberty and such
an advocate of truth; who put forth his
views at timo when he could only re-
ceive the frowns and disapprobation Of
the crowned heads of Europe"
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 17TH,