The state chronicle., 1893-06-13

speech, though not pre-
tentious and ornate, was terse and
to the point.
Ats p. M, Wednesday evening,
the oratorical contest between rep
from each of the literary
societies came off. An unusually
large audience attended, and the
speeches were quite generally pro-
nounced better than the average
here.
At last came the final and most
important day of all, and at 1870
a. m. Thursday a long procession
formed on the beautiful campus,
and. accompanied by the Old North
State Orchestra, of Statesville,
marched up into the hall. There
an immense crowd was gathered to
witness the interesting exercises OF
the day. After an opening prayer
by DR.. Pritchard, of Charlotte, the
salutatory Grafton was given by MIR.
Edward S. Tillinghsst, of Raleigh,
N. G. Graduating orations were
then heard from Messrs. W. K. For
syth, of Greensboro; 81. R. Murchi-
son, Of Coronaca, s. G., and A. K.
Pool, of Keyser, n. G. The Philos-
optical Grafton was to have been
given by Mr. T, W. Lingle, of Mill
Bridge, N. c., but unfortunately he
was too i'll with fever to appear in
the hall, and President Shesrer
had then to present the medals and
confer the degrees Eightmedals were
presented as follows: From the
Philarthropic Society the debater's
and essayist's medals both to Mr.
". R. Forsyth, of Greensboro, and
the declaimer's medal to Mr.. F. H.
Wardlaw, of Darlington, S. O.; from
the Eumenean Society, the debater' &
medal to Mr.. J. L. Douglas, OF
Blackstocks, S G., the essayist's to
Mr.. J. NJ. Harris, of Harrisburg, n
O.. and the declaimer's to MIR. L E
Wells, of Wallace, N. G. These be-
ing duly presented, Prof. English
of the Union Theological Seminary
announced that the happy winner
of the medal in the oratorical con
test of the previous evening was Mr.
G. E. Hodgin, and few disputed the
justness of the decision. Finally
the VIM. Banks Biblical medal
awarded to the highest record o
scholarship in the Biblical cours'
under DR.. Shearer, was announced
to have been won by Mr.. J. b
Grey, of Hunterville, N. G. Tn
President then conferred the degre
of A. B. upon eighteen graduates
and that of B. S. upon two, closin,
with a few very appropriate an
affecting words to the young nee
: standing shoulder to shoulder fo
: the last time in semi circle befor
the stage. For the degree of NJ. a
there were six candidates, one c
)" whom had taken the resident coure.
MIR. D. M. Frierson, of Clinton, \
c., and Mr.. T. E. Winecoff, now c
Nashville, Tenn, made a specialt
Of mathematis, DR.. W. J. Martin, {
y the University of Virginia, passe
; on natural science, and Mr. ".
Lingle, of Mill Bridge, n @, Re-
E Chalmers Moore, now of Hopewe!
= : n. c., and Mr.. J. Alex. Tillinghas
. now of Colorado Springs, Col mad
. specially of English literatur
- Honorary degrees were then cor
: ferred, among others that of IL
- upon Associate Justice Armistea
Burwell.
The valedictory grafton was the
delivered by Mr. J. Il. CIR y,
Hunterville, n c., and was car
full discussion of"Trial by Jury"
it is practically conducted
our country today. After tn
DIR. Shearer made some announc
a ments, which brought the pr
gramme of the morning to clos
= Most important of these was IL
q announcement: that the trustees hs
authorized the addition of a Cha
8 of History and Philosophy to Il
y present force of instructions, al
y = that besides this contemplated ste
- an assistant instructor had alreat
- been secured for the coming sc
- - sion. A financial agent is to be o
:" into the field also at an early d.
, , to obtain greater financial aid f
y the college. These facts indics
= rapid progress and determinati,
to increase greatly the quality a,
quantity Of educational work with
- the college. The President a,
a. a marked among other ncouragil
"a signs, the outlook for very lar
y Freshman class next fall was
~ most assured. J. A. T.
D. IF YOUFi RACK ACHES
J. Or you are oil worn cut really good fo- ne