Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-20
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The annual commencement exercises
of Wilmington Commercial College were
held at the Opera House Tuesday night. A
very large audience was present. Among
those on the platform were: The Rev.
T. Gardiner Littell, ID. D., the Rev. II.
Ashton Henry, Charles NJ. Rowland,
Governor B. T. Biggs, Job II. jackson,
Washington Jones, Principal Berlin,
President Raub OF Delaware College;
Herman Bossey, General j. Parke Pos
ties, the Rev. Jacob Todd, d. D., the
Rev. william P. 5wartz, Mayor Harring-
ton, Judge Ball, President of Council
John O. Farra, the Rev. L. e. Barrett,
the Bev. ]. Miller Thomas, Clawson
Hammitt, George Bright, General Theo-
dore II. Armstrong, the Rev. Julius
Dodd, the Rev. Walter E. Avery, Ooun-
Gilman William II. Quinn, the Rev. j.
ID. O. Hanna, Joshua Mather, the Rev.
Adam stengle, Squire Monaghan, Alban
X. Robinson, George W. Bush, DR.. Wal
lace, ]. jackson Peiroe, Henry O, Conrad,
w. A. Reynolds, the Rev. W. l.. b.
Murray, D. D., George Boughman, the
Rev. W. Oorkran and John Peoples.
The stage was prettily decorated with
palms and ferns.
Governor Bigga presided. At his right
was seated the Hon. Samuel 8. Cox, and
on the other hand Principal Goldey of
the Wilmington Commercial College.
The graduates, numbering ~, whose
names have been already Published,
occupied the front seats of the audi
torium.
The exercises of the evening were
opened in Governor Biggs inviting the
Rev. William p. Swartz to offer prayer.
The governor then followed with short
address. He peid hattering compliments
to MIR. Goldey and his institution. He
announced his lifelong adhesion to the
doctrine Of oo-education of the sexes, and
then after general panegyric on religion,
branched off into hattering aliusion to
Wiimington's commercial activity, refer
ring to our yacht and steamboat builders
as being the first in the world.
Following q quotation from Bryants
Thanatopsis the governor introduced
Miss Lulu Dillin who made the saluta-
tory address. The young lady acquitted
herself with excellent oratorical effect
and earned continued applause.
| After short intermission OF music the
president introduced the speaker of the
evening, the Hon. Samuel 8. Cox of New
York. T'he far. famed "Sunsett Cox Is
OF small stature, slight, and wearH gray
beard and moustaohe. His delivery and
voice cannot be considered of the best,
but this Is entirely unnotioed In the ex-
oellent matter OF his remarks which are
delivered with q vigor and interest that
carries his hearers with him throughout
the entire length Of the address with un.
abated attention.
Mr.. Cox Immediately paid his oompli.
ments to the governors adulatory intro.
duction of him and remarked that had be
not had the experience of member Of
congress he should have felt extremely
embarrassed under the fattering termt
just expressed. He disowned any con
nection with such big state as New
York either by inclination or size. HI
liked Delaware not alone because she
is small but because the State is the HON,
of his ancestors, who dwelt in New
CASTLE, close to the Mason and DixoI
line. From this fact he accounted fol
his predictions having been about leve
between the North and the South al
through his life. The speaker praisel
+ Delaware for her advancement III ssrlTul
tursl pursuit.. shN raises the fines
fruits IN the noautry aYR Cox expresses
him self afraid to mention any particular
fruit on account of his closeness to Gov
Biggs. Laughter. He had been think
ing Of the early Morse progenitors Of thi
region. He then related incidents Of
recent visit to Norway.
He expressed his surprise OF the re
marksble manufacturing progress Of vii
mington. II ia not only celebrated TO
its fast yachts. but also as having CON
struotad the first propeller. He wit
, messed 81 engines working in one shol
alone. American advancement is great
. and Wilmington shines az bright gen
! of the country.
, The speaker then produced mass o
manuscript and announced "The Poetr
! of Mechanism" as the subject of his ad
dress. The word mechanism ia derive
from Greek word indicating to make o
i to manufacture. Those anclents place
: the manufacturer or inventor anon
. their gods. Three years ago the speake
saw on the banks Of the Nile the fame
monument of Memnon. 1t Is said ths
!, at sunrise the old monolith utters music
;. that it speaks. He did not undertake {
explain the phenomenon. He did nc
q near it when he was there. The expar
/, sion Of its parts under certain atmosphei
+ icsl conditions may be cause of I'll
sound. But still strange physical fac
!. nave recently unfolded themselves (
a scientific investigation. Color even
susceptible Of sound. Green and re
/. give the loudest tones. So that all ii
}. young ladies have to do Is to buy gree
l. dress, walk under rainbow and the
will have humming toilettes. Laughter
n George Stephenson long ago accom-
7. panied by some from friends was watcl
:, ing from outside Newcastle one ear!
II morning the distant approach OF o loo
" motive. In reply to the question of
a. bystander as to whether the long pennc
of steam was not caused by the Gre
Do the engine. No, the old inventor sal,
1t was caused by the radiance of the 81
upon the vegetation hidden for ages
the bowels OF the earth.
n The earth is not to be burnt up. II b
l. been burnt up. 1t is now over its cate
Al trophe. It ia settled down for hunt
il; work. Its internal heat is bound aroul
g, by thin crust. There ia yet outsit
r, that again relatively very minute D,
n, liole of jungles, and elephants, oaks a,
q, oonifer@, monkeys and vegetation, co
ne gressmen and governors. Laughter. I
It; 1amartine has called jacquard /
tn poet of matter. He slept and dreamt
n, pulleys and weights. In the morning
nj woke up and invented a disposition
IT cards and from his looms were WOW
mt pictures of landscapes in all the colors
ht nature. The grandfather Of the prese
is president of France, Ssdi Carnot, ask
jacquard when that man was arrested
the time of the first Napoleon whether
vas the one who could do what God hi
he self could not accomplish. Two Italian
IN Galvani and Volta, brought forth nus
is netic force that could raise tc
In Dirigible balloons are now common. t
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