The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-06-27
ST. JOHNS COLLEGE.
Interesting Class Day Exercises and Clever

Interesting Class Day Exercises and Clever
| Addresses.
ANNAPOLIS, June 90 The class day
exercises OF the graduates of ST. Johns
| College took place this morning in Nc
| Oowell Hall, before a large audience.
The graduates occupied the platform in
caps and gowns, President George NJ.
Register i'll the chair. The programme
began with the reading of the minutes of
the class meetings by Secretary Francis
E. Daniels, from the freshman to the
graduating year. The treasurer's report
was read, Treasurer w. L. Philips, Jr,
making an extraordinary hit by his ficti-
tious balance of sixty eight dollars in
the class exchequer. The class history
was written and read by Osborne [. yell
lott, of Towson, Md, and was quite
witty, each member of the class being
taken up seratim, his failings and
peculiarities receiving friendly but un-
gloved handling that brought out roars
of laughter and rounds of applause.
The history contained numerous illusions
anything but complimentary to such of
the professors as did not reach the ideals
of good conduct Set up by the immacu-
late graduates. The corresponding sec
rotary, Douglass f. Duvall, read num-
Der of letters regretting inability to be
present at the class-day exercises.
Amongst these were epistles from Presi-
dent Harrison, James G.. Blaine and
Pugilist kilrain.
The class prophecy was read by w.
Oscar Hurst and provoked some merrl
ment at the expense of the graduates,
one OF whom the prophet destined to be-
come a butcher. The presents followed:
To Francis f. Daniels, monkey; w. l.
Philips, Jr., tin horn; Douglass F.
Duvall, tin soldier; W. Oscar Hurst,
bottle OF whiskey; Osborne l. Yellott,
pony" George w. Register, a bottle of
war paint and box and arrow. The
class shield was chen raised in it's place
to the tune of Aud Lang Syne."
The celebration of the twenty first
anniversary o: the Pnilomatbian Society
of St. Johns College was observed this
evening at Mcdowell Hall. The pro.
gramme was: Welcome address by Geo.
VI. Register, OF Lewis, Del; essay,
college Life" j. Basil Gibson, St.
Mary's, Md; GRAFTON, "Our Constitution.
Practice VS.. Theory" S. VI. Wagaman,
Beaver Greek, Nd; address before the
society, James VI Munroe, Annapolis,
Md Mr. Muuroe was too sick to deliver
his address aud it was read by Mr..
Nicholas Green. The speaker said as
students they were not interested in the
price of pOrterhouse steak or taxes now,
because papa paid the bill, but soon they
would come down from Olympus and
enter the struggle in the dust below.
| Here every inch of advance would have
to be fought for. Everyone cannot be
rich, great or learned, but every man
| could be a gentleman. He would con-
vert the society, if he could, into the
| Knights of St. John, to carry love and
charity to all. 1t was easy to love a
beautiful woman, but we must learn to
love rough men, to be the good Samari-
tan and to have that charity that is kind
and not pulled up. He advised them all
to love their sweethearts aud atterward
to love that sweetheart as a wife, for
association with pure woman purified
the characters of man. Dancing followed
the literary exercises.