Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-06-07
Closing of the Comm encsment at Il. T.
w. University.


ATHENS, June 4. 1879.
Commencement day, the day of all
DAYS in the college year, has come and
gone. Another years. work has been
accomplished, and another graduating
class has been sent out into the trials
and conflicts of LIES great school.
The largest audience which has
attended any of our commencement
exercises assembled last night to wit
ness the first installment of the Junior
exhibition. The chapel was COM
pIetely packed, the aisles being filled
with benches TO accommodate those
who could not find room on the seats.
prof. f. G. Beaman presided, and
brief prayer was offered by the Rev.
Jno. Marshall, of Knoxville. The
| Sneakers, with their subjects, were as
| follows. All performed their parts
with signal credit. The Orations and
the one essay displayed much orig
| inaI thought, and were we'll delivered:
Marion {. Bruner, 1.-The Influence
of Example" c. Il. TraylOr,
"Purpose and Will; :" Jas. 6:
Parks, "The Wandering Jew )"
]. w. MCGEE, 1.-THE Law of Depend
| enGG JAMES AuliSf hC A~ANNN
of Little Acts - Geo. w. Winstead,
The Present Insufficient" Jas. NJ.
Callen, Public Opinions" and Miss
Clara A. Lutes, Through IhOrns to
stars"
| This morning the Junior exhibition
was concluded. Rev. DR.. Spence pre-
sided, and the venerable Rev. DIR. Fos-
ter, of the Episcopal Church, offered
an appropriate and eloquent prayer:
The speakers this morning acquitted
themselves nobly. Their names with
the subjects of their OratiOns, were SIS
follows: Ransom d. Whittle, Gods
Design for America" James III. Atlee,
VINO is Satisfied" James r. Pen
land, 1.-THE Struggle for Liberty
Richard J. Cooke, "rhe Importer &c OF
Science;U and MILFORD Caulkins, "Par-
ty Tyranny"
This afternoon was devoted to the
exercises of the graduating class
and the chapel was again crowd
D ed. George L. Burke, OF
! SWeetWateT, came first, with an ora
j ton upon commencement" and the
: salutatory. His opening remarks
were eminently well chosen and ap
propriate, and his Grafton was itch IL
L thought and eloquently and fOrclbi1
delivered. Mr.. Burke possesses, IN n
ordinary degree, the elements of al
orator. Geo. NJ. CalIen, of Thor
e Grove, came next with q metaphysl
q cal Grafton, MANS Happiness
Design" This production displaye
l. great power and depth of thought
and was delivered in a dignifed an
impressive manner. He was foIlo"e
Y by w. Harry Robson, OF Athens
ri with an Grafton on The Conclusion,
u and the ValedictOry. This CRATIC
at was we'll conceived and eleganti
comuOsed, and the speakers deliver
Dc was graceful and eloquent. ms val
n ,iictCTy remarks were peculiarly al
nropriate. After music, DIR. SpeDI
to addressed few earnest and practic
remarks to the graduating class, an
- presented them with their diploma
LII He then announced that the Boal
of Trustees had conferred the homo
'le srv degree of Doctor of Divinity upC
". Rev. De Witt Huntley, of Ne
York, who has recently been elect'
eW President OF Lawrence UnlVersl'
10 and that of Doctor of Laws upon e
Judge Jas. l.. Henry, of North CaI
'ut lima The report OF the EXathlnIl
Committee. signed by it's Chairma
W Rev. Prof. r. Pierce, speaking In Z
u highest terms of the thOroughne al
- excellence displayed by the classes e
Sc amined, was then read. After q Il
to remarks, urging all present, cltizei
strangers and students, TO lat
vas earnestly that our coming school yte
3ut NAV be one of grand success, l
Spence pronounced the benedictle
re- and the commencement was over.
,bt The music during the common
5H' ment exercises, with the exception
IN a few pieces by the University orch
-, ira. has been furnished entirely by
san class OF the University music q
it drawing teacher, Prof. f. E. Hack
- and has been of a quality unsurpass
llLe The walls of the chapel yesterday
1ia- to-day were adorned with many De
tiful specimens OF arr eAeout $3.50 ~
of in these branches ffo'' h" Gpar,
few equals. AE8O'