The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-06-20
THE SALuTATOIlAS.

vent prayer, alter which hliss Belle NJ.
McDiarmid,
THE sALuTAToIlAN,
stepped forward and delivered her ad-
dress. It was d model. She spoke
kindly Of the treatment she and her
class have received from the world, and
the school particularly, and looked at
the future, not through the glasses Of IN
optlmist, but Of sensible school girl
Just entering upon life with hope and
faith, and feeling that merit, il care.
fully applied, would win its reward, II
was a most satisfactory effort and was
heartily applauded.
The Latin and Greek orations by W,
B. White and G. Z. Lowry, were well
received by the audience, and were lib.
orally applauded.
Alfred Harris Grafton on "Born of H.
luslons" was mastery effort, aud was
accorded the applause it deserved. Mr..
Harris has d splendid voice, and had
prepared a good religious argument,
which he presented in logical, free and
graceful style. Among other things, he
said: "When little child looks out
into space, it sees but n blue curtain
drawn together round the earth, and at
night he sees the lights brought out. lie
is allowed to 90 on in this belief, and his
teachers do not correct him, for they
know thatit issimply an illusion, which
will all be explained away in good time.
So it is with us all. We see and know
things by illusions. Each illusion will
surely be erased, but the perfect knowl.
edge will not COME, for it has been said
that man can never reach the ulti.
mate" GT'
Nlr. L. J. Mercer, also has GOOD
voice, and is training it in way that
will make OF him beautiful talker,
His oration on "Tecumseh" was well
prepared and well spoken. It was not
long enough to overdo his arguments,
but was timid to suit the occasion.
Mrs. DR.. Ridge, of Kansas City. here
sang solo entitled Lies Rameaux." by
Faure, which was encored. She sang in
response, "Last Rose OF Summer"
THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN"
by ]. 3. Smith, was a pleasing sermon
after Mr.. Smith got fairly started. Al
the beginning he stammered little and
seemed disconcerted, but after warinr
up he went on nicely and pleased hie
hearers. He was literally applauded.
christianity and Progress" was an.
other good sermon by w. p. Bentley
Mr.. Bentley spoke pleasantly and en-
tertainingly. He said:
"We live in civilized christian age
and country, and out OF the dim and
distant past comes a hand in benedic.
tion upon the present. The ancient
civilization Of Greece emphasized art,
English civilization emphasized law, bui
but the latter civilization emphasizes
man, by art and under law"
Mr.. Bentley's share OF the applause
was by no means meagre.
The effort OF the day was the valedic.
tory by Z. 0. Lovctt. Mr.. Lovett talked
Of the pains which come with parting
from the friends formed in school, spoke
ieelingly OF the death OF the beloved
President, DR.. Woolery, expressed a
sense OF regret to leave the kindly peo.
pie OF Bethany, and reviewed the school
life OF the class. Much Of his oration
was poetry, and there was such deep
feeling, and such a sad reflection in his
references to the dear associations and
kindly influences, that there was hardly
a dry eye in the house. While sneak.
ing OF the president. the faculty and
members oil the class #ept bitterly, and
many n sob could be heard from the
audience. Mr.. Lovett was enthusias.
tically applaaded, and his effort was
A FINE PIECE or DRAMATIC RECITATION
Mrs. Ridge then sang "Tircd," by G.
A. White, and in answer to an enthusi
astic encore sang "Then You'll Remem
ber Me-"
In the matter OF comforting honors, 6
now method was adopted. All those
standing above ninety-four per cent weIs
awarded first honors. and all those be
low ninety.iour and above nine.y.thret
per cent were given second honors. Thosa
claiming first honoIs were Edgar 0
Lovett, who stood at the head OF tn,
class; Charles +. Lowry, Belle NJ. Nc
Diarmid aud Albert Il. Taylor. Thos,
getting second honors were viii T
Bentley, William B. White, Alfred Hsr
tis, Elmer S. Muckley, james B, smitl
and Bessie Chapline. i.
The degrees were conferred as follows
Bachelor Of Arts, Will L. Bentley
Benjamin s. Fcrrall, Edgar o. Loyet,
Charles y. Lowry and Glenn S, wa,
mock; Batchelor Of Science, Robert s
Israel, Belle N. McDiarmid, Albert u
Taylor and William B: White. Batche
lor o. Letters, Leonidas I. Mercer, Rol
ert a: Cutler, Alfred Harris, Stewart S
McGill, Melancthon Moore, Elmer s
Muckley aud James B. Smith. Batche
lor ot Philosophy, Misses Emily CAM
Bessie Ohapline and Zinnia Dram.
Degrees were also conferred as 10
flows; Mrs, B, G. Hagerman, Of Ricl