The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-07-03
COMMENCEMENT DAY.
CLOSING EXERCISES At THE SOUTH
CAROLINA AUNIVERSITY.
The Creditable Essays and Oratlons OF
the Graduates-Certi6cat and Diplc-
mas Presented and Conferred-The
Able Address Of the Hon. Edward At
kinSon.

From the Columbia Daily Register, June "a
The regular commencement exercises
at the South Carolina University were
beld in the chapel yesterday, commenc-
ing at 10 o'clock a. N.
The attendance was not large at the
opening of the exercises, and While the
number was considerably augmented by
An intermittent stream Of arrivals dur
ing the first hour, the total number
present at tie regular commencement
exercises of this, the greatest educa-
tional institution of South Carolina, was
hardly equal to that attending the clos
inc exercises of many a country
academy.
1t is certainly matter for regret that
columbia's citizens at least do not more
generally lend the encouragement OF
their presence to an occasion interesting
in itself and connected with an inStitu-
ton of special importance in many ways
to our city's interest and prosperity:
The platform was edged with banks of
gray moss, which hid the receptacleS
from which sprang graceful ferns and
beautiful Towering plants.
Upon the roStrum were seated PrcSl-
dent McBryde, the Hon. Edward Akin
son of Brookline, Mass, on his right,
Governor Richardson upon his left,
and the following distinguished gentle
men: Chief Justice Simpson, Colonel A.
c. Haskell, Captain J. Stoney Porcher,
the Hon. W. II. Brawley, Col. J. +. Hum
bert. General James l. Izlar, the Hon.
G J. C. Hutson of the Board of Trus-
tees, MAYOR John T. Rhett, Colonel F.
W. McMaster, Colonel l. G. McklSSlcE,
and the following members of the
faculty: DR.. J. W. Finn, DR.. James
Woodrow, Prof. F. c. Woodward, Prof.
W B. Burney, Lieutenant J. r. Ed
wards. Prof. Loughridge, Prof. E. W.
Davis. Prof. K. Means Davis and Prof.
Murray.
After music by the Bearden Bros,
orchestra of Augusta, which was in at
tendance, and an impressive prayer by
DR.. J. W. Finn, Chaplain Of the Uni
versity, the announcement Of the honor
lists and scholarships, certificates and
degrees for the session of 1SSS-S9, were
made.
THE ORDER OF EXERCISES
was then entered upon apd carried out
as indicated by the programme given
below:
The Tendency Towards Socialism,
William Thomas Aycock.
The Probable Effect Of an 1nterna,
tional Copyright Law on American Litera,
ture, William Alexander Barber.
Southern Literature, Jacob Rlshel
Fairey.
The Way Out of the Wilderness, Ed
ward st. julien Grimke.
Music.
The Success of Electric Lighting, Sol,
onion Kohn. ,,
Education in Civics, George Hall Mof-
fett.
Education in South Carolina, Frank
Farrow Simpson.
A Plea for the Primary System, john
Lewis Virgins.
Music,
The Conflict of Races, John Howell
Green.
Electricity UersuS Steam, Anthony
Foster McKiSSick.
Suffrage and It's Restriction in South
Carolina, Bush Mclaughlin.
Music.
President McBryde then presented
certificates and conferred degrees as
follows:
CERTIFICATES. William James Good:
ing, Hampton, shorter course OF apptled
science; Jesse Bernard MCLAUGHLIN,
Rsiies Ris. Rsiies.lI,laad--,shorter coprSe-ot genera
science.