The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-07

N
n, the graduating exercises at Bay
IN, University to take place. the
, u, was crowded to its utmost
Numerous paintings and sketches
10 the art class of the university
rere hung in various places on the
calls of the rooms and added to its
general attractiveness.
At 10 O'Clock, to the time of
lively march, executed on two
nianos by Mrs. Twells and Misses
C[ranhll, Scarf ,rough and Wethe red,
the graduating class, composed of
nine young ladies and eight gentle
men, filed into the room and took
seats on the rostrum assigned for
them.
The immense audience remained
Standing while fslvent prayer was
offered, and at its conclusion, DR..
Burleson remarked that when the
first commencement exercises of
Baylor University had taken place,
forty years ago, there was but one
graduate, but it was considered a
grand occasion.
The first speaker Of the day, MIR.
Z G.. Townsend, was introduced,
and delivered a mastery address on
"True Genius" He referred to
the ID a, nov almost obsolete, that
genius as the product of sudden
spssmodic effort that dazz es
1.-The world with its brilliancy
and showed in a logical m amer that
the world was beginning to see that
this conception was erroneous and
that true genius included continued
application, perseverance,, and a
talent for hard work. He cited nu-
merous illus' rations to support his
srgument, and when he concluded
be was loudlv applauded. Mr..
Townsend has an excellent delivery,
bis language is we'll chosen and
Bpolshed, yet forceful.
n Mus Ladie Gutfith in an essay
@sutNled "Cbamp d'Asile," deplored
Jolly of excessive ambition, fol
lowing the idea expressed by Car
1 dinal Wolsev in his advice to Crom
well, and showed considerable "a
familiarity with the lives of Julius
Caesar, Alexander, Hannibal, Ma
poleon and other celebrated histori
cal characters noted for their ex
cessive pride and ambition fol
worIdjy leno.n AMI distinction il
Hthe forum and On the field of bat
tle. Miss Griffith has clear swee
syolce, we'll modulated, ard reads il
. manner devoid of any self con
seriousness,
The audience showed their appre
citation of her essay by liberal ap
planse
"Does the Dawn of the Twenti
eth Century Indicate Moral Pro
gress?" This theme involving
question much mooted by many pee
pie, waa hancled in an able name
By MIR. W. Ii. McClelland, who said
that while the forces of evil AM
immortality were making great head
way, and leaving their impress al
over this great countr,
With such pernicious in
'truments as the liquor traffic, dis
Regard of the Sabbath, and la:
divorce laws, the beneficent effect
Of religion, morality and enlighten
ment were forging ahead, ard to
great extent, counteracting the evi
forces. Politics were becoming
p'urer, and party lines Ware gralu
any becoming obliterated beneatl
The machinery of modern progress
and reform.
"Iwo- Facedness," was the them
o. ., an essay read by Miss Hetti
blair. She began by aptly remal /
ing that while nearly every subj &C
was generally admitted to have tw
'lues' the ability to see aud CON
pfehend each side, was not ofte
manifested Miss Blair's essa
a " largely with practical topic
VI ,; The present day, and her depi'
, sons OF the idiosyncrasies of VI
"ous people whom we have met i
, livery day life we're unique and il
"a, af w. T. Brian in forcibl
, mutess ON "Plebeians," paid hig
I'pule to that sturdy class of pc,