Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-06-28
MARIETTA COLLEGE.
Alumni Address by Hon. n. II.
Mountaineering Resume
of COmmemccmcmt ENerciscS.
OF the Register.
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MARIETTA, O., June 22.
"Thc Director-G General Of the Ccntcn-
NAL Exposition, Hon. 4. 7. GOshorn,
will now deliver the Alumni oration,'
was the announcement that greeted our
ears upon entering the old hrOad-hOrn
CONGREGATIONAL Church i'm this place on
TUESDAY morning, the 25th inst. The
Grafton was, at the request OF the com
mittee, on Il subject which no other
man could treat as well, viz: "Ihc
Centennial" The speaker gave 4 clear,
succinct account Of the opening, origin
and inception OF the great Exposition.
He set forth clearly its immediate rs
we'll as its iar-rcaching effects upon the
industries of the country. 1t was
mastery resume Of the whole subject
and will be published, as the Alumni
unanimously requested copy Tor pub
licatiOn, and it was kindly furnished.
Although Marietta is but eighty-iour
miles from Wheeling, there are many
Wheeling people who scarcely know
that there is Il college there, and one
that numbers among its alumni many
famous men. Since the establishment
OF the college in 1885 she has graduated
4GS, all but fourteen of whom have
taken the full classical course.
The class which graduated Yesterday
numbered sixteen, all OF whom had
been i'm the class continuously Tor three
years, and all but one for four years.
Ii is seldom that large a class starting
in gets through with the same number
that entered. The commencement eX-
ercises opened Sunday afternoon with
the Baccalaureate sermon from the pres
ident, J. w. Andrews, ID.
Sunday evening the Grafton before
the Society of Inquiry was delivered by
Rev. DIR. Whiting, Of Charleston, W.
Va, and was spoken OF as most able
and scholarly production.
On Monday afternoon eight young
men entered the arena as prize de-
Chalmers to contest for four prizes, two
Oslo and two of 8. One OF each 10 the
freshmen and sophomore classes. Mr..
Israel Ritnam, freshman, and Mr.. W.
G.. Siblev, sophomore, won the first,
and Mr.. u. W. Morgan and j. &. Ham
ner, respectively, the second prizes.
Monday evening the two literary
societies OF the college, Alpha Kappa
and Psi Gamma, put forth their repre-
sentative men from the undergraduate
classes, who by their ability in writing
and excellence in oratory should uphold
the fame of their respective societies.
The hOnOrs won were easy in the con-
test although some seemed 20 think
that one Of Psi Gamma's men eycelled
all the Others. The diplomas were de-
livered 10 the Alpha kappas by Hon.
J. F. Toilet, Of New York, with few
chosen words, and TO the Psi Gamma by
Col. {. NJ Alexander, OF Washington.
ID. c., who esSayed 10 be witty but did
not please all Of the young men, as one
Of them Indignantly refused to take his
sheepskin.
The Alumni poem by II. p. Kings
bury, which followed the Grafton OF Mr..
Goshorn, was, as poem, beautiful, but
was delivered in such a low tone Of
voice as 10 be scarcely audible to those
near the speaker and entirely 50 10
those further away.
After the morning exercises Tuesday,
the Alumni repaired 10 the Psi Gamma
hall. where the Alumni dinner was
served. after which the speeches usual
on such occasions were duly got OFT
One man, in giving history Of the
class Of '6S, said that 33l per cent. were
in the ministry, 33l per cent. in the
law, and 33t per cent. in the oil busl-
meas. 1t appeared upon inquiry that
the survivors Of the class number only
three. These Alumni dinners and post
prandial speeches are very pleasant
features OF commencement time. In
the evening the address before the liter