The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-13
COMMENCEMENT SEASON.

Correspondence of the indianapolis Journal

Correspondence of the indianapolis Journal
CRAwFORDsvILLE, June 1L-Wabash College
and its friends are now in the midst of the
exercises incident to the annual commence
ment The college this year sends out its
forty-fifth class, and as the institution grows
in age the interest taken in it by the alum
nj and others seems to increase.
In the exhibition OF the preparatory de-
partment, which took place Friday night,
Park Daniels, OF Rockville was awarded first
prize. aud w f. Houit of Chrisman ILL.,,
second. The defamation spoken by Mr..
Daniels was an extract taken from speech
delivered by Mr.. E. T. johnson. OF Indian
apolis at Castleton during the last presiden-
tial campaign, in which he paid his
respects to Governor Hendricks for his
omission to mention the soldiers in his speech
dedicat,ng the new State house 1t has taken
the first prize for three years, twice in the
sophomore contest. w L. Greenwood and
Ned Arthur, of the preparatory department.
were awarded the first and second prizes, re
spectlvely, as essayists of this department
On Saturday evening Prof H. c. Hovey, of
New Haven delivered lecture in the col
iege chapel on cave scenery, with views by
the electric light. He gave descriptions of
Fingal's cave, Wyandotte, Mammoth, and a
number OF European caverns, all of which
he has visited and studied. This lecture
throughout was interesting.
Sunday morning Doctor futile delivered
his twenty-hrst baccalaureate address, as
president of Wabash He took as his text,
with the Lord one day is as a thousand
years, and a thousand years as one day"
His sermon was an unusually eloquent one
and his farewell address to the SEN
Tor class very affecting. He exhorted
them to go forth and assist in fastening the
moral millennium, which great result is i'll
the hands of man.
The address delivered before the Y NJ. c.
| A. of the college, last night at Center Church,
by DIR. Barrows, of Chicago was listened to
by large audience, and is pronounced by
all the finest lecture delivered in the city for
years. His theme, 'rhe American Nation
atty, its origin and its needs" was handled
in an eloquent and mastery manner Moral,
scientific and political observations were
happily blended by the well-known divine,
and his conclusions showed a remarkable
| breadth OF reading and thought. The audi
ence will not soon forget this lecture, aud,
indeed, arrangements are now on foot to at
tempt to secure him for our lecture course
| next year.
The exhibition Of the sophomore and
freshman classes will take place
tonight at Center Church, at
which time four young men from
each class will contest for the prize in decla-
| nation.
The junior class day will take place to-
morrow morning at the opera-house. Tickets
for the entire seating capacity of the house
have been issued, and hundreds are unable to
secure the necessary pasteboards to admit
! them. The class day here is the most popu-
lar feature in connection with the week.
Extensive arrangements are being made
! FOR the alumni dinner which will be held in
the college chapel on Wednesday. Between
12j and 100 alumni have written and signi-
fed their intention of being here, and the
reunion OF the old students who have gone
out from the college will be a more enthusi-
astc affair than it was last year-the occasion
of the semi-centennial OF the founding OF the
institution.
The college fraternities, of which there are
five chapters here, will all hold reunions
during the week.
Mr.. Mort Insley, a resident member of
Beta Theta Pi, entertained the members of
his order at his home last Saturday night
The I.ariat and the Wabash, the two papers
published by the students of the college, will
be issued this week enlarged and otherwise
improved. These two papers take a front
rank among the college journals of the. West,
and are now on firm footing. Arrangements
have been made for their publication next
year.