The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-23
THE COMMENCEMENT HOP.
DR.. fuckers Last Of Com
mencement at the NJ G. NJ. and A.
College

mencement at the NJ G. NJ. and A.
| College.
MILLEDGEvILLE, GA, June 19.-The
! Nights OF elcquence, gems OF thought ana
| scintIllatlons of wit out of dozen COM
mencement addresses could not make bet
ter one than that of DR.. Tucker this morn
ing on The Dignity of Labor"
With rare skill he brought forth from
both profane and sacred history thousands
of examples to prove that labor was en-
nobllng and depicted in forcible language
| the folly, the mistaken pride of the present
| generation, and indeed of many past ones,
that has kept so many from honest labor,
overcrowded the clerkshps the mercantile
lines and the learned professions, causing
| young men to fl ok to the cities, where
| many, instead of attaining distinction or
the wealth they hoped to get without labor,
end in the chain-gang or the penitentiary.
| he sadly deplored those false notions that
made manageable young woman reject
an honest man Simply because he worked
with his hands and finally to
mary some sap-headed clerk,
jack-!eg lawyer third-rate doctor,
or perhaps a thief in gentleman's garb.
he dr.. an amusing as well as instructive
picture, Illuminated with flashes of WIT, of a
way-worn Traveller meeting a charming
dansei Rebecca at a well in the desert;
how, after drawing water for him to drink,
she drew for all his camels also, which, as
they must have been very thirsty and could
naturally drink great deal of water, must
have required much labor, and she must
have drawn at least hogshead or two OF
wafer. And how, to reward her he gave
her an earring and bracelets. lie dallied
quite wittily with this little episode and
facetiously concluded that the traveller was
parsimoniOus-in breaking the sett" and
not giving her the pair of ear-rings-that
if he had been that traveller he would have
given her both earrings, all his camelS,
everything he possessed, aud then have
fallen on his knees and begged her
in mercy to take him too. He referred
touchlngly to his delicate, wealthy
and beautiful female ancestors who
had stripped their tender taper fingers
of their rings, their arms of bracelets and
other jewels to purchase their freedom in
the old revolution, and finally put those
same delicate hands to the plow handles,
and instead of being ashamed of such ances-
try he was proud of it. He took the ground
that it was honorable for even women 10
work, and that men should do no work that
women could do a well. Clerkships, book
keeping, telegraphY, etc, were work women
could do, and besought the young men to
Danish from their minds those foolish, de-
structive ideas. Then, turning to the faculty
and trustees, he thanked them for thus
moist with the heat of his magnificent
effort, his ruddy, healthy complexion and
his keen, clear eye, that even at past his
three score and ten needs no glasses, he
made few touching remarks especially to
them and sat down amid long and eathusi-
astic applause.
Medals were then awarded to those win
ming them and certificates bestowed on the
ten graduates.
To-Di1ht tho ra0,,Iar coropoapanp,ox,+ how,
came off at the Oconee house. This house,
the only available hotel building in the city,
for want of competent landlords, has been
closed since Jan. ], when Mr.. Marshall left
it. The owners have induced Capt Walter
Paine to open it. He is very widely and
popularity known, especially among the
travelling public, and as he is a man Of in
domitable energy, great popularity and fine
business qualities, the people congratulate
themselves that he has opened the Oconee
house, for he will make it popular. There
were present some twenty of our own
young ladies, besides quite as many
visitOres with an equal number of
home and visiting young gentlemen
AS on all similar occasions, the young
gentlemen were full of life aud spirits mot
the ardent, for Capt Paine is q prohibition
ist and the town is as dry as powder
house,, but that flow of spirits that cheers
the soul while it keeps the head cool as they
"trip the light fantastic toe" We disap-
prove of personalities and description of
toilets, but can honestly avOw, without in
vidious distinctions as to who looked best
and sweetest or waltzed most gracefully, it
would be difficult to find a more dazzling
galaxy of female loveliness or more gallant
young men. Years ago we learned at one
of the commencement hops at the United
States military academy, at West Point,
that the neatly fitting uniforms of the
cadets and the glitter of brass buttons
produced n most fascinating effect upon
the gentler sex, for he found that
in civilian dress he had not so many waltzes
as the gallant cadets. and felt forcibly, and
perhaps spitefully, the force of the old
adage that "clothes do not make the man"
or that "fine feathers do not make fine
birds" But in all candor our own "sojer
boys" are gallant indeed and hard to beat.
Everything went merry as a marriage
belp and dancing was kept up until the
"wee sma' hours ayont the twal," when the
happy party dispersed, thus closing the
commencement of the M. G. M. and A.
college for 1888. c. SHARP.