The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-06-21
.WASH-JEFF. COLLEGE
COMMENCEMENT WEEK EXERCISES,
The lnliial feriosmaaees-Soelety. Exhibitions.
Class lleunlons-lnAusuratlon Of prsAldsat
I'D. As1at-Tas Christian College
Z. .toi. ~ Deiined by the Presideat.
Special TO the Intclllgcnccr.

and Jefferson College, began Inst Sunday
by the delivery OF the Daccalaureate ser.
mon by tho new President. Roy. Jas. D.
Moltatt. Tho address was a grand produc.
ton, aboundius in beautiful language,
thought and practical advice. It was one
Of the very few sermons which will make
mn impression for II lifetime. The audi-
ence was very large. Ba
In theeYcning, Rev. G. Z. Hays OF Dem
yer, Colorado, ex-president OF the college,
delivered the address 10 the Society OF
Religious Inquiry. 1t was fine produc.
tion, and OF the peculiar style Of DR.. IIaye.
Monday afternoon wis set aside as the
class day performance. The Town Hall was
crowded at the appointed hour and US
usual at ali the college commencement
exercises the white dresses and summer
hats showed performance Of ladies. The
exercises lusted from two till half.past four
o'clock, md some ofthe few sharp, personal
hits were very good indeed.
In the evening Hon. Geo. A. Jenke de-
livered tho annual o:ation to the literary
societies. His theme was the value OF high
moral character and reputation for integ.
rity. Mr., Jenke is too we'll known us an
orator TO need enconinms here.
Tuesday afternoon the classes OF 1857 OF
the old colleges, Washington and Jefferson,
held their twenty-iiith yearly reunion. 1t
was one OF those happy times that are
never to be forgotten. DR.. G. P. Hays and
Rev. Samuel Conn delivered addresses and
recalled individuals and incidents long
since forgotten.
The inauguration OF Rev. jas. D. MIolFiat
took place tonight. DR.. james /. Brown
son made the opening address. a,
Rev. Samuel j. Wilson, b. D., OF Ale
gheny, Pa, delivered the inaugural ad-
dress on behalf Of the trustees OF the col
legc. ... IS f5s.5. af
lie had been one OF Committee ap.
painted TO secure suitable president OF
the college when DR.. Iiays resiguci. THE
Committee had worked lnborionsly. They
hnd corresponlel, interviewed, telegraph.
ed all over the country and Europe. After
much endeavor it occurred 10 them that
instead olattcmpting TO obtain some man OF
world wide reputation, to look around near
at home, among the alumni, for some one
with the qualities OF head and OF heart
that would suit for this position. And they
found him, "a thorough scholar, a logical
thinker, an able preacher, ready deja-
tor" ali combined iii Rev. jus. D. Aiofat,
OF the class OF 1869.
lie asked tho friends, patrons and alumni
OF the college now to assist the new Presi.
dent in all his labors. The college had n
history. It was founded in pioneer days
by men of clear brain and brawnv muscle,
and in its day had done a wonderful work
for the education OF the race. But the times
have changed. New sciences demanded
new appliances, new studies. new appar-
atus, and now he wished that this institu-
ton should lack nothing to prevent its
ranking foremost in the land. The natural
adsaniage Of health and climate and seen.
cry. were all present. The town was moral
and virtuous, but the college lacked much
which il ought to supply. New museum,
new libraries, new observatory,
new dormitories, new apparatus,
should all be in poasession
OF the college. He made an earnest appeal
to al, to assist the college by bestowiny
upon it some OF this worlds goods, He
would have all sectional jealousy laid
aside, MI former rivalies forgotten, and let
each one labor and plan and counsel for
the upbpilling Of the college, SO that no
month shall pass without the achievement
OF some substantial progress. Thus shall
the work OF their day rebound to tho ever
increasing influence OF this and incoming
nges,and demonstrate that the ceremony Of
this occasion is OF more Importance than
the coronation Of kings or the founding Of
an empire.
At the conclusion OF Rev. Wilson's ad-
dress, Judge Mckennon gave DR.. Motius
the oath ol Office and delivered TO him the
keys. G !,
DR.. MoiIiat's address briefly was MS fol.
lows: He took for his subject "The Chris
tim College," 1t was II great surprise to
him that he had been called on to preside
over the institution which he left thirteen
years ago to enter the Christian ministry.
Already he had become somewhat familiar
with the new work. He appreciated the
question OF teaching the young tncu and
he supposed that an expression oihis views
and opinions would be proper Mt the pres.
ent time. ss;5 4a,.-j i.:s &c. q,
In the first place, he would avow his
hearty sympathy with the controlling pur-
pose that brought such a college rs this
into being. 1t is Il college whose aim has
ever been 10 be OF service III the cause Of
religion. AL s.
lie then went into the history OF the ell.
ucational movement in its connection with
the progress OF Christianity, showing tint
education and Christianity. must 70 togcth-
er. This idea had been d prominent. one
among the very early Christians aud puri-
tan fathers. j. T.
I" DR.. Mcalillan's log academy was 10 cdu.
cate young men for tho ministry, and so it
is necessary Tor the college to look alter the
moral and religious views Of her students
as well rs 10 supply them with mere book
education. Our college stood second in the
list OF institutions whose graduates had
finished courses in theological seminarics
last year. This is right, and rs he would
like ii should be. b Il -, ~
Y His second position WIS that college
that trained Young men for tho ministry
was the college that trained men for, tho
professions and active pursuits OF life. A
christian college need not lcspise practical
utility, and it should meet tho popular de-
mand for practical education. Z In the
past the physicians, lawyers, statesmen an,I
business men havunot had the same cduca.
ton as the y6,Rg students OF The ministry.
All lfacts, all knowledge, are useful to the min.
lister. So the scientific mechanic should be
II cultivated gentleman. lie knew the
question OF how much one man might
know was It serious one, but he was not
ready to agree that technical schools and
professional schools shonld be wholly sep.
ara,ed. Every ono should be educated pri.
marily MS n man. "a gls4E
A man now cannot become specialist
in one thing without'4a a general education
pertaining TO other things and one OF The
great aims and objects OF teaching should
be 10 teach the student how 10 acquire
knowledge, and how to use it. This is tho
greatest good the student can receive from
the instructor This idea gives tho clue to
the reason OF studying the dead languages.