Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-05-21

the inner life o. man that eveE lived, aad
Inc was poet IN prose Qf nG6le AAd beautt
ful conception. The delivery of this eulogy
was forcible, and well deserved the profu-
sion of floral and fruit gifts bestowed
upon the eulogist.
Music-Operatic Selections Oiivette,"
(Audran). ~ ..-.i .,..s.r-.E.
Oration-" Ireland'-A. p. Shirk, of
Lancaster, Pa. In vigorous and eloquent
words the orator portrayed the situation,
in its physical and eocial nature, Of Iro-
land, and tho treatment it is receiving from
the hands Of Great Britain. And what is
her representatives, crime? An intense
devotion to home, to family and pure love
for country. What . noble crime! Ire
land can never be peaceful and acquiesce
to power SO long as England rules over
her. Ireland to be governed well, must
he governed by parliament of her own.
She waots freedom, and must bo regarded
as an independent nation. ireland will
not submit altogether without struggle.
Other struggles for liberty have been sue
ocssfully effected. .Leonidas fought against
oppression: for freedom Tell rose: for
Switzerland, and America became gI0ri-
GUS through a rightful revolution. The
speaker pointed out tho permeation Of q
spirit Of freedom throughout the world,
and the silent but surc power that is uR-
dermining monar0hical principles. Ger
many languishes under tie sway of an
insolcnt minister, and England is surely
losing her power by the same secret influ-
ence and too great dependence on her
military might. This Grafton abounded
in eloquent apostrophes, and was marked
by fervent delivery, well deserving the
floral gifts of the orators friends.
Music-Waltzes- 'LcibeSklange'' (Hart-
man,
"Couege Boys Lewis
Reitter, Kittanning, Pa. The orator began
by referring to the large number OF insti-
tutions of learning throughout the land ;
to the fact that many Of them are un-
known outside of their immediate vicinity.
But let some wild circumstance Of college
lifo occur, and it flashes through the c0un-
try, and the unknown college becomes
known-but only for its badness. All its
wrong is lauded to the air, and news
papers teen with descriptions Of the
circumstances which has caused this re-
nown. It can not be denied that there are
those students who SAVIOR more of rOwdy.
ism than order, but when tho pcnt-up
animal spirits burst out in some wild trans
action it cannot be said that they arc sane.
toned by tho majority of the students.
The orator then spoke of students life
portrayed the scene Ofa young man leaving
home to enter college, and dwelt touching
ly upon the love and influence Ofa mother.
1t is not enough that the student to enter
college must know q certain amount OF
Latin, Greek and mathematics, but there
are other requirements used. High and
strong resolutions, determination tO
improve time, and the desire to
shun disorder. There is an all
Of freedom in college, which is to be
found no where else and which has pc
culiar fitness to tho student. In order t.
develop tho mind there must he freedom
| of thought. There is among them an all
Of manly dignity that will always assert
| itself aud mould the character of tho stu
dent And at least when the stundent
leaves college for home he will find those
who look at the good with smiles and blot
the i'll with tears. The speaker spoke
earnestly aud with precise ennunciatiOn
| and was tho recipient Of some beautiful
bouquets.
Music-lanciors, from comic opera o!
"Billy Taylor" (Bocttgcr.)
Anniversary OratiOn-" Authors, Thcii
influence and our Estimation of Them
+. Z. Bucller, Sunbury, Pa. Authors
! hold tho same relation to the mind Of man
that the agriculturist holds to the body
They operate upon mysterious subjects
aud deal with fancy creations, but their in
iiuencc will last for ages. Tho marble
may crumbIe, the lines Of the painting
grow dim with time, but the works of the
author will live to the end Of time The
ruler whose step is attended with POM
| aud parade does not effect the most in civ
ilizaticn. The author sways more than
he the general mind. The speaker then
| spoke of the early struggles of authors, OF
the general misery and want which attend
their steps to SUCCESS, and tho mean re
ccption and spirit of jealousy III which
their works are accepted and their noble
efforts appreciated. This ago should
learn lesson from the past, and shun tho
causes and opinions which made in earlier
times Dryden and a Byron. We forget
that authors are men and must he sup
ported as well as other mOrtals. Authors
cannot sustain physical life upon what
they fluid so plentiful in tho beau
tiful elysium of fancy. It il
right that a people should
kindly receive tho works of authors ant
not condemn them without perusal, anf
if VIC honor them We shall see enrolled il
genius light another Shelley, Shakespeare
and Milton with whose angelic light the
world will pass away. Tho delivery o
this Grafton was excellent and displayed
a wealth of emotions of pity, anger, con
tempt and satire. The speaker was re-
warded with many flowers.
Music" Forget Me Not" (Neiberg).
After benediction being pronounced b,
Rev. J. II. Dubbs, d. D., of Franklin
and Marshall, the large audience retired tt
the strains of a march from Weingarten