Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-06-15
EXERCISES

" hEtsltt SUNDAY tu tEhlug was
FROM John I33 "Sud ], IL | be
lifted up lrOm tae earth will
draw al men aato me" IL was
. splendid sermon full 81 gospel
truth and II gave evidence OF
pTnfuuud thoughi and varied
scholarship. u was SH-h = ser
mon So was bound In interest
and help the Intrliued hearsr.
aud at the sam- time il must
have been "a feast both 10 the
soul and Intellect ot the more
cultnrei. lie showed ccnciu-
sively that the cross hdi atiras-
lions TOR the greatest intsllecis
If the world. aud that iu.iielity
vas an evidence Of weakness
and paeIiIify. Ills -~fercnce to
Davis rs the greatest
citizen To- whom Nissis sippi ha
ever given birth aud his ideliiy
10 the calse % Christ was turn
rd into a splendid Illustration 0f
the fact that great men sre ut
tracred and dIawn by the cross
OF Christ. Tie sermon fully
sustained DR. WbiiseIrs repa-
tatIon As an able gospel preach
err.
MONDAY u lRyTyG
THIS vas the occasion Of the
Sophomore confestin ElOcuti0n-
Two handsome god medals
we're offered by the Board of
Trustees to the two speakers
who acq lifted tasms l.es best.
Al things. seemed to work
together towards the success Of
mornings exer ise. The
weather was beautiful aud the
declaimeFs all in excellent trim
for then tasks, and the audi
enee unuauai;y attentive
Chancellor Fulton, presiding
called on Rev. Mt. Morrow of
Ark to lead in opening prayer;
the latter responded in an invO
suitable by reason of it's
brevIty and pOInteduess. There
were six ycuEg gentlemen com
petein- for the medals. tO wIt:
II 6 Lye.l, Of CoPiab, " z Rus
sell, Of Madison. ) > iiblsr. of
& kInibrUugh, of Car
roll; J ID Duncan, Of SHna0Ser;
and ) Il Houston. OF Lauder,
EIeh rendered his piece
we'll The Holly Springs Baud.
engaged for the Com msucement
season, vas On haad furnishing
excellent musfc
he committee of Judges met
On the rOstrum at the conclusion
II the program and made mp
heir decision. which Will be al
aOuaced 20 morrow.
MONDAY EVENING.
At 3 O'Clock. the exercises
we're opened With prayer Jy Rev
| Hargis. The Pal sigma
and HeFmean societies met IN
IOInt debate upon the question
Resolved, that the presen5 I'm
migration laws are sui ier:i-
Restrictive Phi Sigma hal
the Affirmative, Sad vas repre-
seated 10y NeSsrs- G x Jones'
and j K Taylor; Hermean heId
the negative through HesSrs.
. Z strawn and j W George.
The time Of each speaker vas
limited to twenty minutes, and
so there eoul.I be bat lItt e room
for Iairosiuet0ries, &e
After the last speech had
been delivered. the committee
retired, and within a few min
ltes returned with their decis
ion Ia virtue Of which the senior
medals were presented to
u essrs. Jones and George as
The winners
But while the committee were
celebrating. Chancellor Fulton
announced that the Freshman
medals competed for several
weeks ago would now be be
upon the successful dc
Chalmers. Ness-s. Jno- Cara
way w " LOcsarI of Phi Sig
ma were called TO the platform
and received respectively FIRST
and second medals from the
of President ROundebush.
The two Young champions of
Il ermaean's Freshmen, Nessrs
q L COttreii aud \ ID Bourdeaux
were then summoned to- receive
and second medals, which
were delivered by ex President
Peyey.
After Gen W It Martin. of the
committee, in "A well turned
speech distributed the senior
medals, Chancellor Fulton made
announcements tor the next day.
and pronounced the evenings
exercises at an end.
TUESDAY MORNING.
A: 10 o'clock the large audi
completely filled the chap
Il 10 listen to the annual AL
10y Hon. John Sharp VII
the brilliaat Congress
nan OF the FIfth district. His
The Worlds DemOe
was received with una
interest 10 the eud and
pronounced one of the a0Iest
that has ever been delivered
lefe on Ike occasion sir
Williams fully n4et the exueefa-