The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-06-13
UNIVERSITY
THE COMMENCEMENT RXERe1sEs

NAAAAAA
! The chapgss Made in the Faculty by ii,
Board Of Qegsnts- M. Turner Elected
Professor a. n. whitshtii,
Of wheeling, Called to . Chair.
Special oOrepoadaet Of tAt1.ssgaaeq. 4
MoRaANrowS, June 1.-THE sixteenth
annual commencement Of the West Yir-
ginia University is over. Willie there
have not been as many people attendant
upon the exercises nor many visitors
from abroad, stittthe interest was not tiyis.
IDLY below the usual standard.
The Baccalaureate. sermon was delivered
on Sunday morning, the 9Th, by Rev. w.
Is. P. Bryan, OF the Presbyterian church
OF Beverly, W. Va. It is very highly
spoken Of by ali who heard it The text
Of the sermon was Gen. III, 1,6, and its
subject was "The Genesis Of Human
SIM"
On Monday evening the Junior class,
or class Of 's6, gave q performance. This
class consists oi the following young gen.
tlemen: R A. Armstrong, \. w. Dawson,
7. r. Shepherd, w. N. Berkeley, Jt, and
N. NJ. Waters. ~ : g
Tuesday nj .ht was allotted TO the Co.
lumbar Literary Society for an anniver-
sary performance. The exercises consist
] ed of defamation, essay, Grafton and de-
bate. The question for debate was con.
cerning the admission of ladies to the
State University. The affirmative was dis
cussed by II. 9. Ogden, the negatively
2. w. Lawson. Tho question was SO
stated that the affirmative favored
the admission Of ladies. The Regents
Prize contest on "Wednesday evening, as
usual, was the subject Of much interest.
The contestants for the prize OF fifteen
dollars for the best defamation were: "A.
o. Boyd, OF Wheeling, ]. 3. Cutlip, Of
Braxton county, G.. M. Alexander, Of
Monongalia county, O. N. Finnell, Of
Monongatia county, and y. s. G. Hayes,
OF Barbour county. The prize was award
ed to Mr.. A. @. Boyd.
After the derlamations, the prize essay
was read by its winner, Mr.. b. O. Wilson,
VI St, aluaust AhHamlh Svuutts Luz
subject was, "Shonld Trial by Jury be
abolished in Civil Cases." The essay was
. very able production and Mr.. Wilson
was highly compllmented upon 1t. He
advocated the abolition OF the Jury sys.i
TEN in civil cases.
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commencement week, dawned bright and
clear. The spacious hall was early filled
with neonles WIN were desirons to hear
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whas ene seyeh yoaus s.uaasss as 81, quo
nave 70 Wy; iieips,s .,.1 " tne G,ss Ih
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,o,loWli's % pto ta'nnss =. y steii ps1.ot'
ai'eess i''eA
oratIon- -lsclation Of Mor;nonism 70 the United
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isItion.. ...... ......K Armstrong, pdtaam 20.
oEstion- American Aercantltsm y Bush
o.ttnn uer SlI'sy,n SpSlIity, II Flaming sp,,cIs "a
orstiof-TheE English Language In Anie rics.,.B.
w Meadows, Gllmer. County:
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oatioa1 1fhe Cost ottds vIctors Cow. ....,R, W,
Tapp. M6nansalis County i,i'', "
Upon Messrs. Adams Bush, Fleming
and sapp, was conferred the degree Of
aslen o. as and W. nsssss
@ ferred the M degree Of Bachelor 81 Science.
The class Of 'S5 is considered by all to be
q strong class; while there may be no
member fit noted for special briiiiancy,
there are no weak ones among them.
The afternoon was given 70 the mill.
tary department or!parade and artillery
practice. This Is feature that always at
tracts attention, and the present years af.
iords no exception 10 the rule.
The closing literary. performance oi the
week was the address before the two
literary societies by Rev. Dir. First, of
Pittsburgh. He delivered most excel.
lent address. Dr.. HtEst has g deserved
reputation as an eloquent speaker, and he
certainly showed his ability 10 good ad-
vantage on this occasion. y
Atthe close Of DR.. Hirsps address o
shste fS, The students saS of the Hnivety and
young ladies' and gentlemen OF the town
enjoyed themselves in the dance.
No account OF the commencement would
be complete without the mention OF the.
meeting OF the Board oil Regents.
Il. si1Asals IN THE PAepry. Y i
Tba R,a,d mot an Tnesdav morn;no
As y - Anes ~ ss ~ +
with the iollowing members present.
First .district-Iohn NJ. Birch,
Second district -Clafenpe i Smith.
Third district George A. Linn.
Fourth district-D. D. Johnson.
Sixth district-E. A. Bennett.