The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-05-27
9th COMMENCEMENT
OF MARYViLLE COLlEGE.-A PROF
TABLE YEARS. work AND A
BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR
THE FUTURE.
Class Address in Full.
PRESIDENT BARTLETT TENDERS
HIS RESIGNATION AS PRESi-
DENT OF THE COLLEGE.
4 large Attendance at all the Ex-
4 idrqe Attendance at all the Ex.
eycises.-A full report of
Commencement.

With the approach of Commence
ment both the students and the
friends of the College have antici-
pated a gala week. From the
catalogue, and from general report,
we take it that the present collegi-
ate year has been one of the most
prosperous in the history of the in
stitutiOn. The attendance has been
large and the average of student
ship we believe will compare favor
ably with any college in Tennessee.
The history of Maryville College
is certainly an interesting one. She
has struggled through many disad-
vantages and adverse circum-
stances, and is now upon sound
financial basis and is self sustain
ing. If the friends of the institu-
tion were thoroughly aware of the
sacrifices made by the instructors
and trustees, they would doubtless
doubly appreciate the advantages
offered to the young people of
Maryville and vicinity.
+ The final examinations COM
menced on the 10Th inst. and closed
the evening of the 26th.
The first public assembly was
the one that listened to the Bacca-
laureate address of President Bart
lett. At 1890 o'clock last Sabbath
morning an intelligent audience
completely crowded the New Provi.
dence church. 1t was probably the
best representative body that has
convened in Maryville for some
time. The discourse was excel
lent and we regret that we have
not room to publish it in full. The
aim of the
BACCALAUREATE DISCOURSE
was to present an analysis of Chris
tian Character. The speaker show
r ed in what character consisted ant
that in the divine government
man was not estimated by his acts
but by his spiritual disposition, O
by his heart. Every man is wort
just what his character is-no more
no less.
Man is so constituted that h
will chose some supreme end fo
. which he will live; and the choic
of such an end engraves itself o.
! his spirit and controls him in a.
his accountable life. The two ends
one of which every man choose
and makes his own, are, on the on
hand self, on the other God; an
the election of either end gives PEI
! manancy to character. A man
good or bad according to his chal
!. acter, or the supreme end of his lif
f Nothing in this world is of so muc
!. value to man as his character, an
to make and perfect this is tn
great business of life.
f The discourse expanded thes
: points to considerable length an
then closed with the following
ADDRESS TO THE GRADUATES.
s "My young friends.-You live M
+ only in remarkable age of huma
:, history, but you have pursued you
f studies in geological section this
r has inscribed on its mountains an
: valleys the wonderful effects {
). mighty antagonistic forces. Thes
l mountains about us did not lift u
n their majestic peaks, only as trt
mendous agencies acting for in
mense periods, crowding from tn
east, bent the rocky crust man
J J miles in thickness, broke it, crun
pied it, piled up our hills and le
! them standing up in the clouds, fs
/ above the present altitude. Fe
t ages the various forces of natur
have been to work on these might
uplifts, once towering so lofty, an
have reduced them to their pre-,