Evening journal., 1889-06-21
ACADEMY AND couRr.
Commencement Exercises and Important
Cases Before the Court of AppeaIs.s

Cases Before the Court of Appeals.5
Special sponGence Of EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER, Del, June 21.-In the Court
Of Errors and Appeals yesterday the ar
gument that has been occupying the
court since Tuesday was concluded by
Mr. Cullen, and the case of Lydia Scott
/ and others VS.. William Jester was taken
up. This is case of devise, and will
probably last until to-day at noon, when
the Assw Castle assessment case will be
taken up. Senator Gray Senator Hig.
gins +. G. Bradford, ESQ.,, John Rodney,
Esq, and Benjamin Nields, Esq, all Of
Wilmington, are in attendance.
A camp meeting will be held at Pear
sons Corner, beginning July %, and last
ing ten days.
The annual meeting OF the Board Of
Trustees Of the Conference Academy was
held at IL 80 o'clock in the Academy
hall.
The exercises OF the graduating class
were held yesterday evening in the
Opera House. There were fourteen grad
yates, and each was entitled to ten min
utes. This was the largest class ever
graduated from the Academy.
The first exercise of the program was
the Overture to William Tell, a piano
quartette by the Misses Wilson and Nc.
Math, Rldgely and Cannon. 1t was un-
usually well rendered and greatly appre-
ciated. This was followed by an grafton,
Civil Service Reform, by c. H. Denney.
Mr.. Denney is the Tom Thumb of the
class, being unusually short in statuae.
His oration was reasonably good, and was
very well delivered The oration, "Mo.
hammedism." by Van p. Northrup. sa-
yored OF the Christian prejudice Of to
day, and TO great degree showed lack
OF thorough study and correct estimate
OF Mohammed, who was not only So
called Prophet but a great warrior of his
day and nation. The essay. "The Sor-
rows Of Three Lives, " by Miss Lulu M.
Lank, was q well chosen subject. and so
far as could be heard a well written one.
The three lives were Desdamonia.
Ophilia and Anne Boleyn. The tenor solo
The Raft, by j. L. Hynson, was much
better rendered than his duet at the mid.
die class exercises. The oration ''rhe
Nobility Of the Russian Character, " by
N. e. Spencer was one Of the best Of the
class. Mr.. Spencer took the honors of
his class in scholarship. He is one of the
best mathematician that the academy has
ever sent from its halls The Grafton,
The Abuse of Citizenship" by Carlton
X. Wilson was very commendable effort
OF It's kind, but like most Of the orations
OF this class, showed Yerv little orgin.
ality, The dellYerv was better than the
subject mater. The essay, Tact. " by
.ss Jessie NJ Weston, was one of the
best essays Of the class, showing deep
thought and considerable rhetorical abil-
ity. The oration, "Our Country" by
f4nnIav, 1al l..
one, though it gave but little scope for
original thought.
The piano quartette, "0beson, " by Mr.
Dunn and Misses Luff. Hoffecker and Tull
was a success. 1t received loud applause.
The essay, George Elisat," by Miss
Mary r. Wilson, was written in q fine
style, somewhat resembling her hero
inc Her diction was clear and her SEN
tences we'll rounded, and she spoke with
ease and gracefulness. The Grafton which
followed by A. O. T. McCrea, "The Drift
of Science and Literature" fell far below
below the average The speaker failed
how, why or where science and literature
was drifting, and his delivery was stiff
and awkward. The essay, Margaret
Fuller" by Miss Emma S. Hall was not
what her subject demanded. The ora
tion, TRUSTS, by ]. L. Hynson, was only
fair, being somewhat similar to that Of
Mr.. BrockBo on "Monopolies His
| gestures were automatic. The chorus
Come Fit Around, by ladies', was al
leviating after 80 many orations. Char
lotte Bronte," by Miss Lulu w. Tull,
was excellentlywritten and well delivered
Bribery" by K. L. Kidney was similar
TO some OF the speeches deliverd by our
learned legislators during the winter
on the Australian ballot law.
Home Rule for Ireland" by F. B..
Short. was one Of the best orations dur
ing the evening The composition was
good, though rather pedantic in style,
and was rendered in full, round clear
voice.
At the close of these exercises, Princi.
pal W. l.. Gooding, in neat and short
speech. awarded the diplomas
On the stage were Chief Justice
Comegys, Judges Houston and Paynter,
Ex-senator Eli Salisbury, DR.. Caldwell,
j. Alexander Fulton, Esq. G. II. B. Day,
Esq, Rev. T. E. Terry and others.
The character of the exercises has ex-
celled that of any previous year in the
history of the institution. Mr. Gooding
is a competent man for the position he
holds, and the institution will doubtless
have a brilliant future The exercises
throughout have more clearly demon
started the demand for a good instructor
in elocution, for the general bearing of
most OF the speakers has been stiff, their
gestures mechanical, and sometimes their
pronunciation eXcruciatinr.