Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-03-02
From Yesterdays Second Edition
The PhIlO. Exhibition.

| Opera House last night 10 witness the
deUoir of the representatives of the
Philomsthesian Society of the Uni
/ versity. Every seat In The parquette
was taken and many ladies were COM
PEELED TO go into the gallery. Flow
ers in great pr fusion, and the blue
1 rosettes of the + 1ilo's on many fair
breast awakenet! in the minds of the
| Darticipatants an incentive 10 uphold
| The name and fame of that society.
The stage presented very hand
! some appeara, &c, prominent In the
decorations being an immense blue
banner, eight feet by four, with the
name Philo., the motto Nuila YES
tiQia Retrorsum," and q large star In
silver letters upon it. By its side was
the old time honored ensign, which is
so dear to every Philo's heart. On the
stage was also to be seen the gavel,
which the Prnwess of former menu
bers had won.
The execise~ were oIened With
prayer by the Rev. I. w. Humes,
ID. D., the venerable President Of
the University. The first participant
called was the first orator, Cspt. w.
D. Henderson, Seuior Glass, Athens,
Tennessee. The sui jeet he had chosen
for bis oEalion was the " Microscope
VS.. Telescope" aud tie manner in
which he handl' 4 ; subject gave evil
dence OF his peif,c, familiarity with
it, Next came the defamation by Mr..
]. A. Gillespie, Senior, Chattanooga,
Tenn, on "ParThas us aud the Cap
tive" This worthy was famous
Grecian artist, aud in order that he
might make the subject, Prometheous
on the mountair, more vivid bought
slave and had him tortured to death.
Mr.. Gillespie treated in fine sty lie, |
both in voice and gesture.
Next in order wss the debate on the |
question, Resolved, That the Feudal
SYSTEM has Advanced Civilization in
Europe" which was the event of the
evening. On the affirmative were
Messrs. Fl. NJ. Leinart, Senior, May
nard willie, Tenn, and w. NJ. Cooke,
Senior, LoudOa county; and on the
negative were MessTs. 8. ID. Long,
Junior, Verona, Miss, and B. NJ. de
Senior, franklin, Tenn.
Space forbids that we should
give all the attacks, defenses
and cOauisT-at'acks on each side
sufficient = it FIR us to say that the
eloqu. ncr, lcgic, aud argumen-
tatiOn were very nearly equal and
that it was with much difficulty tina.
the com mittes-Messrs Temple, F,t M
ing and Miicheil-could make thei'
decision. Il was finally determined
that fhe pTct ouderauce of argument
was on tue side of the affirmative. The
gentlemen of the negative were unfor-
tunate Iu their selection of the ques-
ton, az the facts were undoubtedly
against then. The speech of Mr..
Long was generally considered the
best
Just here little i .cident UccU gred
" hich had decided ,sI.,iric, TO a'se
The PnilOs out Ct their cusiIs, aui ihat
was the Prese ntstion to them of a
beaIli.DI banner from nine lady hon
orary mpm ueIs. PIcsidsnI Ryan lie
ceived it, Ia the name OF Tue Soc ely,
in a vsTA neat little speech.
Next the programme was Auto
ny's fA.~ous Grafton over Gear, by
Mr.. F. 4, Vincent, Ssnior Prep, of
Chattau yoga, Tenn. Mr.. Vincent evil
IDENTIFY had studied it to some purpose
rs his rendition Of it showed. ]
The many diff suit feelings
in it was given in true /
dramatic sty lie. In some parts, how =
aver, his voice was not loud enough to
be heard in the back of the house.
The last thing was an Grafton, by Mr..
!. $. Long, Senior, Verona, Missis I
.ippi, on 1The Reign OF Law, Physi
,al and MoTsl." Mr.. Lnpg is deep
lud. nt, aud brought al! bis powers TO :
,ear on his subject. 1t was quite a
,em of oratoTy.
The Philcs were jubilant over the .
.fair and all united in saying that the :
loBor of their Society could not have q
zen in better hands. ,,