West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-06-22
NUMBER 34..

contestants and those "P," the
Parthenon. Tho Judges were Di.
Adams. OF Washington City. Chair
man; Attorney 4. .. Bullock. Par.
kcrsburg, and @. NJ. Babb. of
Grant county, NIL Alumni of tho
University. The Program was as
follows
Declamation"..... ". RussxrI srAxptronp. G..
'our one nundred,h National Mile -stsno."
Defamation. .......,...,. .sjnnoss Dupprxo, r..
~Enlogy ON Adams and Jefferson"
MUSIC.
Essay. EDaAR BusKsuAwr srrwsnr, r.,
"our Morals and Moral Prospects"
Essay.................sJ scorr Now nonFxn, C.,
Development of the Religious Idea"
MUSIC.
oraton..... ........ CuknLss n. CAnRiaAr. C..
"A Dlshonor of our Century" =
Grafton -. ....... .sMrcnAsL E. CopnAs, p.
''rhe Mirage Of tho Twentieth Century"
MUSIC.
DER,rE To afhrm, Apptsos u. swKrrAnp in +.
To deny. sJAok C. MowuoxrKR, G.
ouKsrsos: Resolved. That the Collection Of
nil direct Taxes from Land alone would he
more Equitable and Enicient than the Pres
ont system OF Direct Taxation"
The exercises were held in tho
large and handsome new Com
mcnccment Hall, which was com
fortably full with very Intelligent
and apprcciative audience. The de-
cision of tho Judges gave general
satisfaction, and made fair divide
between the Literary Societies, tho
Parthenon getting the Defamation
and Grafton Prizes $40 in all, and
the Columbian the Essay and de-
bate and 500 Of the prize money.
Wednesday was the big day, and
the weather being fine, large
crowd came in from all over tho
country. By ten o'clock tho largo
hall was jammed and the. crowd
still coming. President Turner
opened tho exercises with short
but impressive address. after which
Rev. DR.. Flanagan, OF Grafton,
led in prayer.
The graduating class WAS tho lar
gest in the history OF the Univer-
sity, there being 2s in all, as fol-
lows:
Bachelors OF Art--W. A. Bur
dett. William j. Eddy. Lulu Gar
low, Claude W. Gore. Samuel w.
Graham, Lillian M. Hackney. Ed
ward y. Hartman, VIM. q. Meyer.
Sarah l.. Norris. Addison II. Shep-
pard, A. Brown Smith, and Altha
Warman.
Bachelor of Science-I, I,raxton
Davenport.
Bachelor of Science in Civil En-.
gineoring-Frcderick NJ. Minshall.
Bachelor Of Agrioulture-Claf-
ence IL. Mayors.
Bachelors Of Law-Charles w.
Anderson, Bailey w. Chambers,
William G.. Conley, Sylvester IL.
Day, Charles N. FinnclI, Samuel
II. Gasscock, James g. German,
Morgan LcMastcrs, Christian II.
Martin, Richard f.. Talbot, Boyd
E. Warne and Zoah +. Yost.
The law graduates arc not allow
ed any representation on tho Com.
mencement Day Program, but all
the others arc required to prepare
aud present thesis, but this year
the class Was so large that six mem
bers were excused from performance
on Commencement Day, ut their
own request.
Below we give the program.
Those marked with a star were sx-
cused from performing.
Essay The study Of the Classics.
WILnAa A. BuRDgrr.
Oration-Tlie Glory Of the World.
BnAxroH DAvEHponT.
'OratioH-- Faith and Reason
WiLLsss ,. EDDY
Essay -Quidoia..... .".........L .LULa eAnLsw.
'Essay-wonan in Politics
MUSIC
'Essay Robert Burns.
sAHUrt " osanlr.
Kssay Democracy.
IaLgkH n HAoKnsr
Grafton Conviction IN Politics.
EDwaHD r. HAnTnAu.
sEsssy-The Scholarly politician.
cfAAsH0E r. MArrus
Oration The Philosophy Of ths Ideal
WmLAu q. Mnxra.
MUsIc.
Essay-Heg Occasions and New Dutlss.
sARAH L. HonnIs
.Uratlon- Abraham Lincoln.
ADp'soE n. sarrrAaD
ESSAY -speculatiens.
A BsowS ssIrn.
Orafion-The Dawnine Dsy