The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-01
INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS
The Daily Chronicle Of Happenings of
All Kinds in the Two States.
The Closing Exercises at Earlham College
Trouble Among the Democrats of the
Seventeenth Illinois i)istrict-NOtes.
INDIANA.

RICHMOND, June 30-The twentv-seventh an
nual commencement of Earlham College was
held to day on the college lawn, under the shade
of the native forest. From $40 to there was
a concourse of carriages and buses the road
from Richmond, hurrying to the college, mile
west from the city. Over three thousand PEG
pie were assembled and seated in the academic
grounds. The class of &c. with President Mills
and Rev. Barnabus G. Hobbs occupied booth
st the foot of the slope, and the ground gently
rising made natural and beautiful amphithea-
ter, redolent with the door Of the Eastwood and
trumpet-creeper in full blossom The canopy
was trimmed with evergreens and hundreds of
white water lilies, while in front the legend
Glass of 66rHwas formed of festooned letters
and figures of the same beautiful flowers
The invocation was by the Rev. Hobbs, after
which President Mills announced Miss Marie e.
Young, of North Lewisburg, o., with an essay
on Custom a Tyrant," showing its doleful eff
fects in all ages and what towards it doth make
of us all. The essay lacked nothing in matter
in rhetoric delivery. and was given with an
earnesrness and conviction which proved charac
terstc of all that followed. for. as Professor
Mills showed in his baccalaureate sermon, Earl
ham is Christian college, and all of the class of
this year have named the name of Christ and
taken upon them the sacred VOW.
Next was Lindley d. Clark, of Carthage. with
an Grafton Loyalty and Independence
showing the antithess of the two by well-se-
lected Illustrations from history, and the har-
mony that would come OF their right application
and significance.
Miss Elsie D. Hadley, of indianapolis. gave
sterling Grafton on sSin in High Places, laying
on the lash as severely as ever did Messrs. Jones
and Small. Miss Hadley contributed an article
on the curse of tobacco In the May number of
the Earlhamite, and no young man, after read
ing it, will ever puff cigar in her presence. 1t
is stronger than King Jamess famous ANTE
blast to Tobacco and. like her essay, makes all
carnal and sensual things matter and cause as
between man and God
Henry c. Fellow of Westfeld read an extern
slve original metrical composition upon "Pi-
zarro, the Scourge of Peru" which showed
much labor and a corresponding degree of sue
cess, both in style matter and delivery. 1t
elected close attention. and even provoked ap-
plause In the staid and quiet audience of Friends.
to whom yea and nay are not now the sum and
substance OF conversation
A song, wait for Me. Angels" was given by
Miss M. Ellie Barrett, Earham's teacher of
music. with unusual tenderness and pathos, al
most calling for an encore
Miss May Elizabeth Harvey, daughter of Dr.
Il. b. Harvey, OF this city, read most excellent
and practical essay on the abuse of the En-
glish Language" contendng for greater ac-
curacy in speech in home and school life, and
paying graceful compliment to Professor Won
Jagemann. who, though their teacher of French
and German. not infrequently had to depart
from his field, and protest against their use OF
English she spoke
Next was Alvin E. Wildman with an Grafton
upon Progressive American Agriculture"
which, for logical treatment, grace of compost
ton. gesture and oratorieal presentation, has.
doubtless not been excelled during the Indiana
college commandments this June 1t elected
close attention and applause from the farinir
part of the aEaience and from Prof. Moses G.
Stevens. of Purdue University, one of the trus-
tees of Earlham, the remark that it was good
enou III for Purdue" This essay should bs given
a wide circulation, as the matter and method of
1T would make every heart GLAD and proud who
is in the line of Indlana's greatest industry.
The closing Grafton WIS on Tendencies
Toward Materialism in Philosophy, Science and
Religion" by May /. Nordyke of New Vienna,
o. There is field open for Miss Nordyke in
the world of thought and culture if this essay is
a fair type of her power, ability, conviction and
conscience. Like most who preceded her. Miss
Nordyke has the weight of the moral universe
upon her young shoulders, but she did not rant
and beat the air, or think that the world is going
the devil in spite of the efforts of the Friends
Church, the Christian religion and civilization.
and especially of the class of &c. She raised
many questions, and such as were solved were
through the avenues of Christian faith Her
beautiful essay was saturated with the living
spirit of Lowel's Cathedral" and Tennyson's
'Iu Memoram, while the prosier part of the
scholastic philosophy had also place in her
work
The degrees were conferred by President
Mills in few well chosen words, as the repre-
sentative of the faculty the board of trustees
and the Friends Church Degrees of A. NJ.
were conferred upon Hiram Hadley, of Spice
land Academy, Mrs. Dunn, author of Pioneer
Life, and Thomas Trueblood, of the Kansas
School of Oratory
The charge to the Students to the class, to the
audience and TO the church on behalf of educa-
ton, was given by President James E. Rhoads,
of Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr. Pa.
President Mills then announced that he had
the pleasure of presenting to the friends of Earl
ham Mrs. Elizabeth Mendenhall Harvey. the
grandmother of Mrs NJ q. Harvey. of the class
OF 49, and TIE only surviving member of the
first board of managers, who, nearly half
fury ago, laid the foundations of Earlham.
The marshals then brought in several crates
of nosegays and whole libraries of books and
laid them at the feet of the class as presents
from appreciative friends. With the benrdic-
ton by President Mills the class of '86 took its
place in the wide, wide world along with the 200
| who have graduated in the past closing the last
| of the Indiana commandments, and one of the
| brightest and most auspicious that has occurred
this season or in the entire history of Earlham
| College.
The Coming Reunion of the Twenty-Seventh.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
GREENcAsTLE, june 30.-The second
nua reunion of the Twenty -seventh REGIMENT,
Indiana Volunteers which is to be held in our
city July 2 and 3, promises to be great success.
The committee arrangements are in receipt
! of letters from nearly all the surviving boys
of the regiment, saying that they will be at the
reunion and expect to have grand time.
Greencastle people, with characteristic hos
pitaiity. have thrown their houses open and
| have rendered free entertainment to all those
| who come. The exercises will begin Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, when all those
present will enroll their names on
the muster-rolL At 2:30 p. NJ. the
| welcome address on behalf of the
city will be delivered by Mayor Joseph S. Nc
Clary. and the response will be BY Prof. John
M. Bloss, Company +, of Muncie. The welcome
| address on behalf of Post No IL G. A T.. and