St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-13
SAINT PAUL.
FLIGHTS OF ORATORY.
First Commencement Exercises
at Manchester College.

at Manchester College.
Manchester college had on its holiday
attire Yesterday in honor of its first
commencement which was held in the
morning at $50 o'clock in Hyperion
hall. The attendance was large and
the excessive heat did did not add any
to the days comforts. The graduating
class-the first one to leave Macales-
ter's halls, naturally created unusual
interest in the exercises and large
numbers were out from the cities to
witness the departure OF the
's9s. Upon the rostrum were
large number of dignitarles.
among them President George III.
Bridgman. of Hamline university;
Prof. McLain, of the State university;
DR.. s. nj. Campbell, of the First Presby-
terrain church; DIR. Robert Christie, of
the House of Hope church; the mem
bers of the Manchester faculty, Pro-
fessors Boyd, Neil, Wallace, Forbes
Kirk and Pearson; members OF the
board of trustees-W. M. Tenny. j. G.
Whitney, Ii. Knox Taylor, Thomas
Cochran Jr. r. p. Lewis and Hon.
Eugene NJ. Wilson. After an opening
prayer and music by Seibert's orches
d,
given. The speaker was George w.
Achard, of Minneapolis. His Grafton
was upon John Bright" The Grafton
was highly eulogistlc, but the speaker
was very moderate in the use of ora
torlcal flights.
j. w. Cochran, of Minneapolis, de-
livered the honorary philosophical ora
ton. His subject was ''Materialism;
Its Fallacies and Fruits" His first
efforts were devoted to the summing up
of exploded theories in regard to energy
and matter. He dealt with the fallacies
of materialism.
w. &. Evans Grafton was upon the
subject of "Christianity and Super
stitlon." He briefly spoke of the re-
suits of superstition in past ages and
of the coming Christianity which dis
PEELED the darkness in which the former
had held sway so long. He believed
that Christianity alone was the remedy
for the evils of superstition.
j. G. Hambleton, of West Jefferson,
of the English People," He summed
up the facts and incidents of history
leading to the development of a dis
tinctive English people.
1.-The Law of Compensation" was
ably discussed by Benjamin W. Irwin.
of Shreve, o. The compromising adj
vantages between the rich and the poor
were briefly given. The fruits Of indo-
lence were hastily sketched. The ex-
allied position and pride of cities and
nations were lowered by offsets. Fair
America, he found. had three scarS-a
corrupted ballot, Romanism and rum.
The nineteenth century he pronounced
a grand one. but expected better things
of the twentienth. He believed that the
last decade could only compensate for
the preceding nine decades by taking
the world for Christ.
The honorary scientific Grafton was
delivered by Samuel M. Kirkwood. of
Manchester. His subject was Relation
of Science to Religion" These two he
which spanned the gulf Of time, and
were never at warfare.
Will P. Lee, of Pembroke, N. Y, de-
livered the honorary classical Grafton
on master of Arts" He scored some
of the vices OF the day, which he be
lieved could only be overcome by the
culture of mind and thought. Greek
and Latin were pronounced essentials
in the culture of man. They were not
dead languages, but lived in the words
of the English language.
Edmund Burke" was highly eulog-
lied by Paul E. McCurdy, the eldest son
of President McCurdy. He paid many
tributes to the genius and works of this
great man.
Louis F. Slagle, OF Denville, ILL.,,
spoke of philosophy repeating itself.
He said that all the great theories OF
the philosophy of to-day were but repe-
titions of what was thought of in some
form hundreds and thousands Of years
ago. He ridiculed those who advocated
mans evolution from the lower animals.
The last speaker was Charles A. Win
ter, who delivered the honorary inathe-
NAUTICAL Grafton. He spoke upon 'Mar-
tin Luther" The grafton was largely
biographical, and Luther's influence
and work were ably discussed.
Messrs. Hambleton, Slagle, and Win
ter had pursued the modern classical
course, while Messrs. Achard, Cochran,
Evans, Irwin, Kirkwood, Lee. and Nc
Curdy had completed the old classical
course. Each division received degrees
according to the course taken. These
were conferred by DR.. T. A. McCurdy,
president of the college. The honor
group of the class based on scholarship
IS as follows: Joseph W. Cochran.
Samuel M. Kirkwood, and William P.