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ADDISON COUNTY.
middIebury-Junior Exhibition, Tues
day Mint.


day Night
The annual JUNIOR exhibition was given
last evening in school house hall by the class
of 1885, the music being furnished by the
Howard Opera House Orchestra. The pro-
gramme was as follows;
overture-Aurora, schenegreu
English appointment.
oratlon-The Heroes OF to-day.
o.o,,o, nv w.. y. Severance, Manchester.
u. q. Jlnks, PJultney.
Oration-Wendell Phillips
j. A, Jones, Middlebury.
Music.
Selection-Chimes OF Bonneville Planouc,tc
characterization OF Africa
p MACEDONIAN, Louisville Ky
oratlon-The Neutral French. N.Y.
+. 7. Macleod, Liverpool, Ms.
,,. Music.
Waltz-Fcdora. pnc,laau
OratlOn--JOhn BarnevCl1
u V. Sturtsvsnt, New Haven.
Classical Appointment.
Poem-Cicero on his Exile
M A, Sispleton, Mldlebury
Music.
selectlon-"ll Trovatore." Verdi
The orations were well written and gen-
orally well delivered. Mr.. Severance. the
INST speaker. considered the subject of ''The
Heroes OF To-day" Earnest thinkera, men
with unusually keen minds, are the ones
VINO succeed best. Livingstone was true
hero. Our own country was cited AZ illus.
lrallng the change in heroic character. The
height OF herolsm il to he attained only by
the introduction OF Christianity. The sec
ond speaker Mr.. Jenks, treated of
tue Norman Conquest" of England.
Tue effects of the conquest were wonderful.
No event 10 English history save the intro.
duction OF Christianity, can compare with it
IN Importance. II affected the blood. the
language, the arts and the laws of England
Inc Vigor OF the Scandinavians, uniting
with the vivacity Of the Gaul, formed the
dominant race of Europe "A race which has
made England the great preserver and de-
fender OF religious and practical freedom.
MIR. Jones, the next speaker, considered
the character aud genius of Wendell PHILIPPE.
fhiillps was the III )st conspicuous agitatur
OF public opinion against the institution of
slavery. His high calling was of God, and
IN the lace of the rcproaches and tauuts of
men he stood like hero and ayita,ed his
cause with such eloquence that at last one of
the grandest victories of modern times was
gained.
The fourth speaker, Mr.. MacGowen, con-
sidered The Civilization of Africa" In
modern times so"ia changes are rapid.
There have been special reasons, geographic
| cal, climatic and political, for the delay of
"hat the world Is looking forward to in this
cara land. Progress toward early civiIiza.
ton under such obstacles would be homeless.
were it not that neither danger. diff uty
nor distance prevents men from exploring
new worlds. Another prominent factor in
the development Of African interests will be
the grOWiug need of more land
Mr.. Mcleod followed with an Grafton upon
The Neutral French" The expulsion of
he Acaiians was war measure, no one can
help dcpluring the cruel events which took
place on this occasion. Yet If we ave To
attach blame TO anyone for the whole matter
1t must be upon he French Court at Pals
who lnsligatrd the Neulrals aud the Acadlhn
lhemsel YES, who were carried by the perSua-
SONS OF their cuutirymen and their feelings
us Frcnchmen to 'iOainns Of the treaty.
Mr. urtevant fJlOw,d, tracing the
career OF John Of Barueveld. He
referred to the assassination OF William of
Orange, Barneveld's taking his place In the
army his pairciau descent, bis education,
his legal talent, the political talent which he
early di'playcd, his becoming the chief man
in the contederacy, his eff rts to lay per
mHnent foundation for the Republic, his
military connection with Maurice, the son of
william the Silent, the driving of Philip the
second and his army from the Republic, the
conclusion of the thirty years war, Bar
ncVeld's exerlions to maintain the snprem-
acy of the civil authority over the Church
and the freedom Of worship for the different
denominations of Christians. The literary
exercises were closed with the poem, Cicero
on His Exile by Mr.. Staplelon 1t gave
the reflections of Cicero in exile. and of
course no abstract can be given. The cx-
hlbition was followed by the annual Junior
Elk Hop" The Howard Opera house
orchestra also furnishing the music for the
ball
Eight hundred tickets were issued as invi-
tations to the exhibition by the faculty. A
large number OF people waded through the
mud TO attend and the hall was packed hy a
large and brilliant audience. Many relatives
and friends OF the students from out of town
were present. President Hamlin presided.
tie made few remarks, explaining the
change in the management OF the exhibition
by which 1t was taken out Of the hands of
the Juniors ead managed entirely by the
faculty. tic apoligized for the absence OF
elegant programmes that the Juniors had
printed. Their room at the college had been
entered it is supposed by Soph m0res, late in
me afternoon and the programmes stolen.
Others were printed in time for the exhibi.
llon The speakers and the orchestra were
generously appauded. There were only
about thirty couples at the ball, the SIN ii
number being due to Lent.