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

| The orations Of the Graduates-A Numbs,
ofDsgreos Conferred on Prominent Gen.
tiemsn-Ths Dinner 70 the A1amni-
Changes Made In the Faculty.
Special Correspondents of ne IAteli9asea.
WASHINGTON, Pa, June2 p. The alumni
faculty and undergraduates Of Washing.
ton-JefIerson assembled on the college
campus this morning. Here they formed
in line and under command Of Major
. John b. Ewing, ofthe elassof 1871, the
Oldest living alumnns, they marched 70
the Town Hall, headed by Toerge OF Pitts.
burgh. Over three hundred were in the
column, ranging from the venerable
fathers Of four score and Eve tothe festive
J s'prepn OF fifteen summers. When they
!, entered the hall q few minutes after nine,
the gallery was already crowded, while
down stairs only the seats reserved for the
alumni were unoccupied and fully one
hundred persons were standing awaiting
q chance favorable opportunity to secure
CHI sirs. 1t seems that more interest has
been taken in these than in any; proceed
ing commencement exercises-the per-
liormanees for the week having been uni
4 formly well attended. At tifteen minutes
after nine the Rev. DR.. Ewing, OF the class
OF 100, President OF Parsons College, Iowa,
opened the days proceedings with prayer.
Or. Mofiat made few remarks on the
NECESSITY Of preserving order on account
tof the immense crowd in attendance, and
referred 10 the need OF commencement
hall.
William 81. McTlwaine, Of Sandy Lake,
Pa, the salutatorian, was introduced and
delivered his oration-aRfom Another
Point OF View in which he showed that
good springs from evil, and held that
national evils are necessary TO great
national character. This he proved by
numerous historical references. The
oratiou was thoughtful, able and
lscholarly production. s5
George E. Hawes, Fair Haven, o,
spoke on q Modern Politics" Softensiye
partisanship is being displaced by pleasant
partisanship,n said he. He deprecated
the passage Of laws unless supported by
public opinion. The unfortunate DR..
Burchard was referred to as sthe triaing,
contemplate imbicile OF the three. Rs =
4 II wasa iorcible plea for more statesman
thip and less political ttickery.
THE RCIE OF THE MINORITY.
aThe Rule of the Minority" was the
subject Of John Logan Marquis. Of Chi
cago, III. As the winged ship Is turned
by the small helm, the great, ponderous
majority is swayed and governed by the
Ifew. One hundred men have done all the
thinking for an sge. y
"The Pessimist, was discussed by
James De Quincy Donehoo, Fairyiew, w.
Va. The pessimist Is the most miserable
Of creatures. He believes that God Is Q
myth, and that good and evil are synony-
nous. When men recognize that good
lis preferable to evil the pessimist will dis
appear.
Edward B. cCormick, of Irwin, Pa,
discussed the Labor Problem and he
did il iutelligently. Rome, Liberty aud
the Negro were left In the cox, !, and Mr..
sfcC Cormick went at once TO the core Of his
Isuhjsct. He reviewed the present condi-
ton OF the laboring population, explained
-Etliet causes, and'sugs gsessed as remedies for
the hostility between labor and capital
industrial cooperation, decrease in the
generosity in both parties 1 I ! J ~
John Abner Marquis, of Bnrgettstowr,
Pa, chose for his subject Persecution
and oppressionn Y which he believed, that
although occasionally Injurious, are in!the
aggregate productive Of much good, and
that the most,ot the Blessings enjoyed by
\ the present are the results of the persecu-
tons Of the past. II 1 !.3tj3 u I
.sThe First Fiat was hsunique subject
Of the ofation delivered BY Nathan Alfred
Means, Of Hope Church, Pa. This Is as
recorded in Genesis, .Letlthere be Light
intellectual and spiritual Las interpre-
ted by the speaker. sI ii t4
A,ltARyS'srEsRY oKxroa.e /
John Caldwell IPickens, Of Martins
Ferry, Ohio, talked oi .ssThe Negro in
America The negro, is becoming a
prominent factor in our country; either be
must be eleyatsdior the white man must
Eventually sink Is his level. Nature has
fitted himonly to be governed, aadit!he be
set apart by himself he mnst soon return
to degradation. Nj. Piekens believed that
Christianity and education alone can At
him for American citizenship, gfi}
Robert Henry Gransle, Vernon, ny 3,
gave graphic picture Of Ireland past
and present. Hs history from the time
when Il was the center iof advancement,
progression and learning; down through
long years Of retrogression up TO to day,
1 was pithiIy presented nIf,r said Mr..
Crangle, Legislative rights which she
possessed prior to 1900 be restored, the
Emerald Isle will bs apillRr OF stfength
rather than disgrace to the British En-
lpire.
John Barr Dunlap, Of Blairsytlle, Pa,
was on the programmed 70 speak on Social
I4ifs in the New S9uEh.n He was excused
4 q. his owa request.
William Otto Elterich. Of Allegheny,
paid q glowing tribute 70 THE German IN
America. Iftflf .
Edward B. Haymaker Muraysville, Pa,
treated tsThe Bondage Of the Present y.
intemperauce. The orator thought that
the remedy rests entirely with the people
to remove the cankerous blight, the de-
stroying curse.
awho are Benehttedf' pertinently
asked Jehn CLARK Laughlin, OF glairsville,
Pa. Thespeech was plea for education.
Samuel Theodore Lewis, Locust Lane,
A Pa, selected for his subject England or
Russia.n England Is fighting for prin.
ciple audsmust protect her allies, said Mr..
Lewis. The war viii be civilization
agaiRst barbarian. The one strives for 0
great principle ; the other for territory.
"Uldc Zwingli', was the subject OF
James B. Lyle, OF Gross Creek, Pa The
speech wSsan excellent one, highly eulo.
u gsstie Of that eminent Swiss teloTmef.
Hugh MsCeaapghy MaFqHis, pt; Wash
ington, Pa, the subject OF whose Grafton
was, the tsLabors Of o Modern Hercules," "
was excused q. his own request
s5 THE sExr STATUE.
The subject Of the eraaonot Richard