The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1893-06-15
CLOSED
Al Successful Year 5 Work
Finished.
The Attendance Large The speeches
and Music Excellent The Sheep
skins Given to Both Male and
female Students.

Commencement day dawnel
brightly and everything pointed Il
A iHl1r1slint IA pusI'iic 8 ~ r|as
ing 81 q ) esy snceeSElal year vor,
l1at Tie BnikeISity Long before tI,
hour ahnonnesd 81 IL Ssgi1nin8 )
the exercises people were seen wends
ling, their way toward the college
building and by 1880 Commence.
ment Hall was full. And when the
Senior class together with the grad
yates of the Law Department ap.
Ipeared upon the rostrum, they were
ligreeted with applause Music was
furnished by the Wheeling Opera
House band. After prayer BY The
Rev. Doctor Flanagan, OF Grafton,
President Turner delivered a short
but pretty speech Of welcome, in
/ which he briefly reviewed the work
Of the year, stating that the enroll
!. ment this year was. larger than. ever
before in the history of the in
stitution giving an account of the
enlargement of the courses of the
school and spoke very highly of the
merits of a college education.
The senior class being quite large
this year many of them were excused
from performing, and only eight per
formed and three Of these were la
dies. These performances were of a
very high grade throughout.
T The first speaker introduced was
Mr.. Braxton Davenport This gen.
! tleman in avery earnest, forcible and
eloquent manner deliyerer an Grafton
ON the subject, ."The Glory Of the
Earth" The production was excel
lent, showing careful preparation.
/ Miss Lulu Carlow then followed
with an Grafton on the subject,
I"Quidyis." This performance was
well delivered, the lady exhibiting
much self possession, ease and grace.
Miss Carlow departed from the old
custom Of reading her production
las an essay. This made it much
more interesting. The excellent
character of her performance may be
seen in the full synopsis of it given
in another column. &
Miss Lillian M. Hackney was next
introduced who read a most excel
lent essay on the subject, "Democra-
eF.' This essay showed that much
skill had been exercised in it's com
position 1t was written in the very
best English giving it the rare merit
Of expressing much thought with
few words Her reading was excel
lent, voice clear and articulation
very distinct.
.sConviction in Politics. was the
subject of an Grafton by Edward T.
Hartman. This grafton was deliv-
cred in a very forcible manner. This
together with the excellency and
practicability of the performance
itself, made it we'll received by the
audience, This Grafton is publish
DIN fuil In this Issue.
Then followed one of the best per
formances of the occasion by VIM.
G. Meyer on the subject "Phileso-
ply of thesIdeal.," Added to the fine
thought OF the performance itself
the earnest, the impressive deliveryof
the speaker and the performance was
i 11nP.,1 49, Ia f.arn.t;,1n
Fl The essay then read ID very pleas
ant and impressive manner by Miss
Sarah Il. Norris on New Occasions
and New Duties" is of such time
ly and practical character as to
make it intensely interesting to those
interested in the University and the
higher education of womeo. For
this reason it is printed in fullin
lthis issue.
Mr.. IA. Brown Smiths grafton on
:Speculations" was character sim
1ilar to the last mentioned-yery
practical and timely The thought
was excellent and striking and the
Ispeaker intensified it by splendid
delivery. i
The closing Grafton by Mr.. Altha
WaImam, on afhe Bawning Day, "
was one Of the most fowery of the
day and this, with the impressive
manner in which it was delivered,
rendered it very interesting.
1 The farewell address Of President
Turner was very affecting, and the
/ advice he gave them was of the most
wholesome kind.
IL was then announced BY Presi-
dent Turner that the Mcmahon
prize of $25 for the best essay on
.'Shakespeare's Religion was won
by Mr.. Braxton Davenport.
Taken in their entirety. all the
lexercises OF Commencement week
have been of the highest grade and
bespeak the progress Of the Uniyer.
sity during the year
THE GRADUATES.
Bachelors OF Arts w "a. Burdett
William j. Eddy, Lulu Carlow
i Claude w. Gore, Samuel w Graham
Lillian Al. Hackney, Edward Z. Hart
man, VIM. sC Meyer, Sarah Z. Nor
ris, Addison Fl. Shepherd, IA. Brown
| Smith. Altha Warman.
Bachelor Of Science Braxtol
4 Davenport.
Bachelor Of Science IN Civil Engi
4 neering Friedrich II. Minshall
Bachelor Of Agriculture Clarenc,