The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-03
COMMENCEMENT WEEK AT BVCH TEL.

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COMMENCEMENT WEEK AT By Gil TEL.
Commencement week at Bulfltel nney
be said to have begun with the historical
exercises of the senior preparazory stu
dents, which took place on the evenlEg
of Friday, the 18th. The uppe2 chapel
was tastefully decorated in the yl<;inity OF
the stage, and the weather Has most
favorable. Seldom has this chIlpel been
more completely filed than on ibis occa-
sion. Already visitors were pre- INT from
distance, and growing interest In our
college was manifested by tile friends
both at home and abroad. al She exer-
ercises of the evening were NJ q high
order and highly creditable u this de-
partment as one Of the best o places to
prepare for college,.
The new catalogue is quite fncourag-
ing and SHOWS an attendancekin all de-
partmeiiss Of 369, So Of whom ire in the
college department, 119 in tie prepar-
'atory department, making 205lir the reg
ular department, while the music and art
departments together have come int
more popular favor than at any previous
time. Fifteen Is the. numbez this
year added to the alumni of the HoileFs
alta these VII re out <an3 t17Jl "a 7npos-s
tant factor in the future In making Buch-
tel more and more prosperous each year;
while the class of juniors numbers 81,
sophomores 13, freshman 20 and special
students g. The popular fagor and pat
ronage received from all determinations
is also encouraging, there being twelve
differing denominations represented the
past year, the Methodists heading the
list of orthodox students with IN attend
ance of thirty y-four.
Baccalaureate Sermon.
On Sunday morning at IL o'clock the
college chapel was well filed by all such
as felt willing to climb up to shat lofty
upper room to hear President o. Cones
Baccalaureate sermon. Many felt that it
would have beer better to go to the
church, which might have given yet
larger attendance and saved much weari.
ness of limb from climbing SO many
flights of stairs. There were DO services
held at that hour in the Uhiyersalist
church, and the pastor, Rev. G. Ellwood
Nash, took part in the services at the
college, delivering the opening prayer,
.stter which President Gone announced
Ephesians vi, IL. Z" Fer our
wrestffs nst flesh and blood,
but against princ1paliVgl lust the
powers, against the world-rulers OF this
darkness, against the spiritual hosts of
wickedness in the heavenly places" also,
John xvi, So" But be Of good cheer. I
have overcome the world" The speaker
addressed the class not as students but
as young men and women about TO go
out into the world to engage in contest
which, following the greatest of teachers,
he would call Overcoming the world" He
instanced two eminent examples of victors
in the contest-Jesus and Paul. Each
of you," he said, "must do this work of
overcoming the world for yourself; no
one can do it for you. You must over
come mammon, you must overcome ap-
petite, propensity, animal passion, sin.
The spiritual powers of man must win
this victory, aided by faith in the eternal
moral principles and spiritual laws re-
vealed by authority. and confirmed by
human history and experience. This
faith is comprehended in belief in Jesus
Christ as the highest authority in spirit
ual and moral truth" The sermon was
one of the happiest efforts ever made by
the President, and dealt in those ele-
ments of truth which tend to build up
character and give the hearer some noble
purpose for which to live. 1t was fit
ting discourse for the occasion and well
calculated to make deep impression
upon the class just entering upon the
great and active duties of life.
Prof Venable's Address.
The address given on Monday evening
by Prof. W. Fl. Venable, of Cincinnati,
before the literary societies of the col
lege was attentively listened to by a good
sized audience at the Universalist church.
1t was rare treat to a cultured audi
enee, such as was his on that occasion,
-
zone member. who should have graduated
with the class of "a. did notreceive his degree
until now. which makes the number receiving
diplomas this year fifteen.