The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-06-25

College, the Faculty, his fellow STUDENT
and his; fellow classmates, in turn. Hii
parting words were quite affecting.
| Robert D. Wilson, Esq, Of 's2, Pitts
bnrgh, Pa, was selected by the Facnlty 4
deliver the Masters Grafton. His subiec.
\ was "A Thread. bare Subject" Nj. VIII
SON had an admirable oration. He begat
by referring to the Landed greatness o
man, and Its universally as q theme II
oratoFy. This greatness he said was
mistake. Physically man Is surpassed II
every particular by lower orders OF crea
ton, and the modern Hercules finds hi!
place only In the circus tent. 1ntellectu'
ally all Il doubt and uncertainty. Notwc
intellects arrive at the same conclusion
IRON similar premises, and frequently mer
can come TO none. The moral world
therefore, is the sphere of true greatness
and the speaker pointed out the methods
Eof attaining Il in clear and forciblt
manner.
After the conclusion Of the Masters Ora,
ton, President Moffat presented the dip
Tomas to the thirty.three members Of the
senior class. Thereupon the President
spoke q few words Of farewell, fitting and
appropriate, and warned them against sell
tiShness in their various pursuits.
pEaRkEs CONFERRED.
e The degrees conferred by the Board oi
Trustees At their Last meeting are as fol.
lows:
"A. M.-Dr. s. L. Blatchly, Sparta, Ps.;
DR.. Jas. L. Miller, Abbeyilie, s. o.; Dr..
Jho. N. Fraser, Cleveland, o.
D. D.-Rey. I. Orr, Peoria, III. Rey. 7.
R, Ewing, Blairsyille, Pa; Rev. A. L.
Blackford, Brazil.
IL. Z. D.-Hon. Geo. W. McIiyafne,
New Philadelphia, Ohio; Hon. w. II.
West, Belletontaine, Ohio; John II. Vim
cent, d. D., New Jersey.
"a. NJ, In Course.-Dr. W. O. Van. Rib.
ber, Baltimore, Md; w. B. McC Carthy, Po.
land, Ohio; ]. AZ. cCouIt, Lodiana, In
dia: Jacob F. Marchland, Irwin, Pa;
Robert D. Wilson, Pittsburgh; Prof. w.
@. Met iceland, Washington.
Il was then made known that the Board
OF Trustees had filed two vacancies in
the Faculty. Prof. Ray, Of Detroit, Mich /,
was elected to the chair Of Physics and
Chemistry. BE graduated from Wash.
ington-J Jefferson in 1871. Then going
abroad, he spent ssyeral yeafs IN tne yer
man universities. Upon nus return ne y, &c
copied pfo1sssorsinip IN western ,.- eol-
lege and mas oeen tnete ever a slnse: ne ~ u
q athorongh and profound scholar and an
able man:
Prof. w. Q: McClelland, now adjunct
Professor OF Matnemancs, was CHOSEN %
the chair OF English Literature. ne gfad-
uated at the mead OF ms Class IN 4esS:
President Moltat announced that the
following had won prizes:
~ Mental scisnets-7i'!cnatu .. ecaautess'
ATs 1Pbysic! and Chemistry
First -Breading spser, Washington, Pa.
seeond.Thaddeus Q; Noble; Claysyille.
:. ,.s hngisn M MiIerasufe7sames Wa =. p0nsnoo'
f.frstss'I Janios German
First-None.
Second-William I. Treadway, Tunnel
Hi, Ohio.
Junior CLASSICAL
First-deorge W. Fulton, Dlnsmore, re.
Second, Win honorable mention.
Ross Stevenson, w Mashtngton, Pa. 80.
then pronounced the benediction and the
alumni Of Washington Jefferson College
adjourned e ffayer hal, wnere oonnu-
tut dinner mad been prepared ny tne !La' iaales
of Washington:
The special honors conferred on mem
bers ot the class are: Magma Gum Lande,
fhsddeus CLARK Noble; Gum Lanaei
George Il, HaTes,J Logan MARQUIS ana
William q. &c cEl@aine ! nonora3se mem 1sl
Cormick, John A. Marquis, Nathan a.
Means, John Y. Fickens.
DINNER AND ALUMNI NETTING.
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