Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-05-23

lege, and who, in an eminent degree,
contributed to the enjoyments and
graceful and brilliant successes attend
ing all the exercises. The college man
agement was most fortunate in secur-
ing her service.
After the concert the Alumni and q
good number of invited guests sat down
to a sumptous banquet in the chapel.
1t was a much enjoyed social function,
in which wit, not wine, sparkled and
flashed, and graver matters received
due attention. Vice President Will
loughby was chosen Toast Master and
his assignments called forth the met
tie and charming eloquence of the post
prandial orators. E. j. Baxter of Jones'
boro, was a success as a master of cere-
monies.
In the evening the Alumni continued
their joyous celebration with q rich
and well executed musical program,
into which was interluded the annual
address by N. B. Remine, of the Bris-
toll Courier Staff, a graduate of the
class of 80. The address was a texture
of coherent and happy thoughts, over
which the subtle g%enious of poetry
spread its delicate and delightful graces
of expression and the changing hue
of natures charming moods-an apple
of gold Unframed in the silver pictures
of the symposium. Miss Anna Brad
shaw was the graceful presiding Of
ficer of the occasion.
Thursday, being the closing, was the
special day. A stand was erected in
the grove so that the attending hun
dreds could all see and hear. There
were four graduates. s.. +. Mitchell
selected as his theme, 'Our Inheri-
t%ance," which he handled with the
consummate tact of a master and de.
liverd his well digested thoughts with
the clearest enunciation and all the
charm and force of the true orator.
Miss Maud Miller came with the query
and its answer. who shall wear the
Victor's Crown 2" which was an ex.
quisite piece of scholarly composition
and feminine eloquence. Miss Mae X.
Dobson's subject had the catching
charm of novelty and the curiosity was
excited to know what lines would be
followed in presenting whatever I'M
der Earth is, Time Shall Bring into
Light" She evinced profound famili-
arity with the rich and delicious clas-
sic among whose treasures she found
the inspiration that wove compacted
filaments of golden thought and con
ception into a weft of silver words.
How noble is the Toll impressed by
God like mind! Thus unimpressed,
TITS slavery of the basest kind is q
wide field for the play of reasons
faculties and perceptions, but its invi-
tations we're more potent than Its alb
strusities upon the mind of Miss Mat
tie X. Brown, and she entered it fear.
lessly and with the high ambition to
measure all it's depths and survey all
its heights and the result was she
placed before her hearers, in easy aud
oimPlo stylo, tho Mustered fruftage or
devoted study and ripe intelligence.
These four orations were listened to
with rapt attention and were most
heartily %applauded. DR.. Bartlett, who
presented the diplomas to the grad
uating class in the happiest vein of his
impressive eloquence, declared these
orations would do honor to the Colleges
of New England, and we feel sure that
the class of '04 will be among the bright
est treasures of their Alma Mater.
After the graduating exercises and
a bountiful spread in the grateful
shades of the campus, the assembly
vas entertained with an grafton by
George Beidleman on "Our Problem
1t was overcast by u poetical hue and
condemning in q large measure the
policy and legislation of the dominant
parties, was an ingenious and well
studied plea for populism. Miss Anna
Truan, in her skillful presentation of
THE Beautiful in Superstition, +" wan
dered at home amid the fancies and
dreams of the weired imagination of
the a%ncients, and pictured in imagery
of diction, soft rs the minstrelsy of
tranquil waters, mellow as q moon
beam and bright as the sparkle of the
diamond, the stray ideals that haunted
the realm of mind before the evangel
of Christian thought and culture had
spread over it the Examinations of its
divine glory. "Glimpses from Lies
Window by Miss Della Bell West,
was a beautiful mosaic of elevated con-
ceptions and ideas upon which the va
ried and fertile of a rapidly
developing mind had left their exquisite
touches-ideals born in proper culture,
%blossoming and ripening into those
grand realities which embellish life
with the charm of purest pleasures and
crown it with the richest blessings.
The last of the literary menu was the
annual address Of Rev. B. B. Bigler,
pastor of the Second Presbyterian
Church, of Jonesboro, who supplied
the place of DR.. David Wills, of Phila.
delphia. The speaker based his pithy
and impressive deliverance on Crown
Winning, and enumerated the essen
tials to q successful life, enforcing his
conclusions in u simple and practical
way that won a hearty interest and inn
pressed q thorough conviction of their
truths. And thus ended the COM
mencement exercises Of Washington
College for the year '94, with every
one pleased and thankful that God in
His g%raciousness and favor to this sec
ton has planted and nourished this tire.
mendous power for good in our midst.
The attendance for year just ended
was one hundred and twenty one pu-
pills, twenty eight in the college proper,
bcVeuby bWO III VIC L TopuTutOTy DtpdIt'
ment, twenty one in the Primary and
one pursuing graduate studies. That
is most encouraging and considering
the high order of the work accomplish
ed, with the door opening for enlarging
the curriculum. those in charge of the
institution have reason to survey with
pride and qualification the splendid
achievements of the past yer.
Rev. Jas. T. Cooter A. NJ. (post grad
uate, Princeton, has been elected
President and Professor.of Greek, Men
tai and Moral Science for the fourth
term. He has consecrated himself
wholly and unreservedly to the work,
and in the opinion of those capable OF
judging is an educator Of the highest
rank. He is ably seconded in his eff
forts by Rev. j. w. @. Willoughby, d.
D., University of Tennessee Super
intendent Of the Industrial Depart
ment; Rev. George F. Ayers, A. NJ,
lpost graduate, Leipsic, Germany
Professor of Mathematics and Instruc.