Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-06-02
CARSON COLLEGE.
The commencement Exercises.


Messy CREEK, Tenn, May 81, 50.
Mn. EDITOR: The annual COM
mancement exercises of Carson Coli
lege closed to~day, under very fat
tering auspices, and the work Of the
last year seems to have been com>
pete in every department. All ac-
Quilted themselves well In the exer-
cises, and every one who attended
went away well pleased, SO far as we
could learn. The new building
which has recently been erected by
the church, near the college, was
rendered for the occasion. Music
was furnished by the string band,
which was lead by Mr.. w c. HofF-
master.
On Friday evening of the 26th,
the young ladies of the female de-
partment read essays. The follow
ing young ladies participated: Miss
Lucy Bundren, subject, "A Dream,
Miss Ruth Bryan, subject, Nothing
Great Is Lightly Won" Ii SIS Tennie
Russell, subject, The Buried Tai
emit Miss Salhe Bales, subject, Just
Beyond Miss Lizzie Ellis,
subject, BE What You Seem;
! Miss Mar. Ellis, subject, aBeauty =
Miss Emma Leak, subject, :. Charms
strike the Fancy, but Merit wins
the Soul
The young ladies handled their
subjects with great skill, and all
were well read. Miss Leaks essay
was the subject of comment By a
great many in our presence, and each
one was bountiful in his praise.
The essays of the sophomore
class in the male department were
read on Monday evening following.
/ OF these J. E. Smith was the first in
order, subject, Little Things.
Next came G. ". Gaines, subject.
The Earnest, Honest Laborious
Student;" S. II. Fletcher, subject,
g Patriotism; J. FL. Bloom, subject,
" Rains OF Time, and E. L. Foster,
subject, per Aspra ad Astra.
After the essays were read the
junior class was called up, five OF
whom delivered orationa. r. a.
Shoua had chosen for his subject,
= Honor to whom Honor is Due /;
". A. Catlett, Nobility of Labor =
"A J. Hickle, " Majesty of Intellect;
r. 4, Henderson, Labor Omnia
Vinciut, and J. B. bod
son, Power and Influence
of Words" Each speaker
WIS greeted with applause, and
some OF the young ladies indicated
their appreciation by liberal be-
stowment of flowers.
Owing to the incessant rain CT
Sunday, the baccalaureate sermon
was deferred till Tuesday morning
at Ii o'clock. Rev. ]. II. Robertson
of Chattanooga, delivered the SER
mon, based on the saith and 35tE
verses Of the End chapter of Daniel
1t was full of meaning, and its ex-
| cellent delivery had fine effect upor
the audience.
At night the representatives Of
/ the two literary societies discussed
the subject, Resolved, That the
study of the sciences tends tc
skepticism." The affirmative of the
| question was advocated by S. 81
Madden, J. Fl. Snow and J. L. Hen.
derson, on behalf of the Columbian
Society. The negative, by r. f
Wallace, E. III. Tyler and J. A
Burnett, for the Philomathean So
cisty. The speeches were well pre-
pared, and the subject admirably
discussed by the young men OF the
societies.
To-day the Rev. Dr.. Jones, oil
| Nashville, delivered the literary ad,
dress before the literary societies
1t was metaphysical disquisition on
the mind, IN which the properties o.
mind and spirit were discussed al
some length. His discourse was
characterized by profound reasoning
and was OF deep interest to the theo
Logan and student OF METAPHYSICS
philosophy
| Orations were delivered by ths
members of the senior class, as fol-
lows: l.. W. Davis, subject, "Oppor-
tunities, their Duties r. T. Wal
lace, subject, might Brings Out til,
Stars j. o. Dalton, subject, Truth;
E. IL. Tyler. subject, 1.-The Summit;
MIR. r. Il. Wallace represented til,
Philomathean Society IN his Grafton
and Mr.. J. O. Dalton the Columbian
The latter won the plaudlts OF hi
society, and captivated the audienc'
in the preparation and delivery o
his representative speech. 1t has
seldom fallen to our lot to hear /
speech SO admirably adapted to tht
subject, and SO ably delivered as was
the speech of Mr.. Dalton.
After refreshments had beer
served, the degree OF A. B., was con,
ferred on Messrs. L. w. Davis, r. E.
| Wallace, J. o. Dalton, e. M. Tyler