Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-06-14
OUR COLLEGE


The commencement Season.
Tho continuation of Franklin and Mar
shall college commencement exercises will
be by the::Biennial Literary Grafton in the
court house this evening by Rev. Z. Il.
Weiser, ID. D., one of the most distin-
guished divines Of the Reformed church,
an eloquent and ready speaker. His sub
iect is in tho educational line and he can
invest it with interest and rare attrac-
tiOns.
Tomorrow will be alumni day, begin
ming with the society reunions in their
halls ut $50 4. N. meeting of the alumni
association at 10 alumni dinner at 1880,
to which all the local clergy and resident
alumni Of other institutions are invited
and the alumni address by Rev. ]. Span
gler Kieffer, Of Hagerstown. Nd, in the
chapel at 3 p. M, on "The Subaltcrn
Character Of Intellect"
Gov. HOyt has written to the president
Of the college that he will be present ut tho
alumni reunion and dinner ON Wednesday
of this week, 18TH inst. He will come in
the morning train from Harrisburg and
spend the forenoon ut DR.. Apples residence
and on the college grounds. An OppOrtu-
nifty will thus be afforded members of the
alumni association, of the board Of trus-
tees, and his personal friends to meet
him before the public exercises in the
dining hall and the chapel commence.
Prof. ID. nj. Wolff, = graduate Of, and
for some time teacher in, Franklin and
Marshall college, has been elected county
superintendent of Centre county. Prof.
Baer, who was superintendent Of Bcrks
county, and who was elected superintend-
ent of the public schools in tho city Of
Reading, is also a graduate Of the same
college. Prof. Ballet, another graduate,
has been elected superintendent OF Carbon
county. Prof. N. T.. Schaeffer, principal
of tho Keystone normal school ut kutz-
town, is also graduate of the same MIR.
Kemp, a member Of the present gradual
ing class, has been elected professor Of
Latin and Greek at the above Eamed nor
NAL school. We refer to these, and might
name others also, to show that tho gradu-
atcs Of our college arc rapidly finding
prominent places in the educational work
Of tho state. We arc glad to see college
men doing their part in the course Of COM
mon school education.
Seventeen new students have already
been examined and admitted to enter +.
u NJ. college at the opening Of the next
college year. Three from Chambersburg,
and one from Harrisburg expect also to
be examined for entrance, besides con-
siderable number moro who have ex-
pressed their intention of coming from
other portions Of the state. Ono young
Clergyman from North Carolina. who has
not enjoyed the advantage of . college cd
cation, expects to enter the junior class
in the fall and graduate regularly with
that class. The indications arc that there
TO t1,n oO1lAno pyNI
that the whole number of students will be
glad to note these Indications of the sub
stantial prosperity of our college. With
this internal growth VIC hope its friends
will enable it to expand its facilities and
enlarge it's operations in other ways also,
particularly in the scientific department.
Linden Hail commencement.
The eighty-seventh annual commence
ment cXecises of the Linden Hall female
seminary at Lititz, this county, will take
place Oh Wednesday evening Of next week,
the ed inst, at z O'Clock, and tho In
TELLIGENCEI is under obligations to the
able principal Rev. II. A. Brickenstein,
for neatly printed invitation to the same.
The graduating class numbers upward OF
dozen young ladies who have completed
their regular course at this excellent
school. and the programme will comprise
the reading Of several essays, vocal and
instrumental music, award Of prizes, and
other features of merit. In past years
the commencement exercises ut Linden
Hall have been signalizcd by great success,
and the forthcoming celebration bids fair
to equal its predecessors. 1t is expected
that the attendance from this city, and in
deed from all the country roundabout will
be very large.
Rev. J. Y. Mitchell, d. d., has gone to
Delaware college, Newark, Del, to de-
liver the honorary Grafton III connection
with commencement exercises there.