The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-19

NIT that it has changed concerning any
subject.
WHERE IT IS NEEDED.
conscience in Public Life" was the
subject Of Mr.. H. W. Hoovers address.
Ho treated ION the necessity for less.
politics anllN impurity in public life
and more purity and conscientious work
for the good OF the whole people. He
enumerated the various temptations
that stood in the way of conscientious
administration of public offices and
gave as the greatest Of all, the organ
ized LIQUOR traffic and the efforts it
makes to debauch the public trusts.
Mr.. B. A. Jenkins was the yaledictor-
ian of the class. Hemade very affect
ing address that brought tears to the
eyes OF many in the audience and at
least half Of those on the stage. His
farewell thoughts were clothed in the
most touching language and were very
sad and sweet.
This closed the exercises and Presi-
dent Mclean rose TO present the dip
Tomas. He stated that the rule oil the
school divided the graduates into four
classes. First, those who have an aver
age percentage Of 95 or over; second,
those who have q percentage of more
than 81 and less than 95;, and, third,
those that have percentage of % or
more and less than "a. C.M.Kreiter and
D. A. Jenkins, belong to the first class,
the former having an average for the
four years of 05 and the latter 95 $40.
W. A. Harp belopGssto the SECOND class,
having a percentage fol- the four years
Of 81 7.10. To the third class belong G.
o. Black and ]. r. McWane, Black hav-
ing 936S and McWane 93.06. All the
graduates take the degree 3. A. except
Cutler and Pounds, WHO have BEEN in
the college for n postgraduate course
and who get the Masters degree.
When the diplomas were presented
there was great enthusiasm. Cutler
and Jenkins are very popular in the
school and when they were called out
the applause WIS deafeniIg. Miss Kelly
was also roUadlH applaudeds Allthe
members of the class but the young 10
dies and one of the young men will en-
ter the ministry at once, having COM
pleted the ministerial course. 1t is the
understanding in the school that Miss
Kelley will enter u lawyers Qttieein
stcubenville and read lqw@itft -yiew
of attending a university TO become a
lawyer.
HONORARY DEGREES
After the diplomas had been distrib-
uted the list OF honorary degrees that
had been conferred by the trustees at
the last meeting was announced. Mas
ter Of Arts was conferred upon S. NJ.
Jefferson, of Augusta, Ga, Solomon
Metzler, OF Wauseon, Ohio, A. B. Will
liams, OF Bellaire, Ohio, 7. B. Knowles,
OF st. Thomas, Ontario; Ganiday G. L.
Wharton, OF Hurdh, 4nailS a. H. Tip.
ton, of Excelsior, MiAn.,J. NED Henry,
OF Pittsburgh, Pa, A. q. Gladding, Of
East Liverpool, Ohio, Jessie IL. Brown,
OF Dayton, Ohio, G. w. Muckley of Kan
sas City, No. The Ii. D. degree was
conferred upon Charles Louis'Loos, OF
Lexington, KY, Joseph BaldwiRy-of
Huntsville, Texas, and President Nc
Lean, of Bethany.
In announcing the degrees conferred
the President Jailed to name himself,
ana Mr.. jenkins rose ana told the nuQl.
ence OF it. The applause wqs terifG
The boys gave the college yell hall a
dozen times and the turmoil'lasted sew
eral minutes. President Mclean went
on with his work as II there was moth
ing the matter, and when the applause
subsidized he said, "That thing was done
while was not present andywds done
without my consent. " This BROUGHT
out another round Of applause.
The boys who had won honors in the
athletic contests on Monday were called
out and presented with badges appro.
priately Inscribed. Jopson and Muck
iey,who were within orelof aitiht6t the
medal, were each given a medal by the
President, it being shown that Muckley
was disabled in the ball game by haS-