The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-16
EMORY AND HENRY COMMENCEMENT
A Largo Attendance and Interesting Ex
orcises-The Medals.

A Largo Attendance and Interesting Ex-
orcises-The Medals.
EMORY, Va, June 15.--The commence.
ment exercises OF Emory and Henry
College began Sunday, the 10th instant.
and closed the following Wednesday
night and it would be safe to say that
very few occasions of a similar nature
have ever proven more successful.
The baccalaureate sermon was
preached by DR.. w. V. Tudor, of Rich
mond His discourse was deep, logical
and impressive, bearing upon an appli-
cation of the Holy Spirit to our ma
,hew, IL AS, and the divisions made in
the following order: U) destiny, (2)
national destiny, (3) sin against the
Holy Ghost, (4) the age of the Holy
Spirit. Referring to the two political
parties Dr.. Tudor said that, like the
famous bull fights Of Spain, the one
was trying to push the other from the
arena of action while the latter sought
to bury it's murderous horn in the very
vitals of Its antagonist.
Sunday afternoon Rev. W. S. Neigh
bors, of Johnson City, Tenn, preached
the sermon before the Y. Nj. C. A. rs
Has God no respect for the moral rec,i-
tude Of his people, were the principal d.
visions and more spiritual sermon as
seldom been heard at Emory. The text
was taken from the book Of Job.
Monday evening at s o'clock the an
nual contest for the Williams prize in
defamation took place in the college
chapel, in which seven young men par
ticipated, each acquitting himself very
creditably.
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock the
contest for the Robertson prize in ora
tory was held in the gymnasium hall in
the presence of large number of peo-
pie. There were ten contestants and
their orations showed very careful prep
aration. So close WAS the race that the
committee had much trouble in deciding
who deserved the medal, no two voting
for the same man on the first ballot.
Immediately following was the alumni
address. DR.. Frank Richardson, of
Knoxville, Tenn, whose name appeared
on the programme as the orator, was
absent by reason OF the sickness of his
wife, but his place was admirably filled
by W. G. Neighbors
Wednesday, the commencement day
proper, was an ideal one in the point Of
weather, unlike those OF the three pre-
y
poured. BY 10 o'clock nearly 5000 per-
sons had assembled to hear the render
ing OF the programme, first, the speeches
by the graduating class composed of
ten young men, and second, comforting
OF diplomas, third, address before the
literary societies, fourth, awarding of
medals.
Again the president was forced to
announce that the orator first chosen
for the occasion had failed to arrive on
account Of sickness. The crowd
had Assem- bed to hear DR.. w. P. Har-
rison, of Nashville, Tenn, deliver q
DR.. Harrison, but they did hear the
literary address, for Rev w. E. Bishop,
CT Holsion conference, occupied the time
with an address, the subject of which
was, can Hour With the Poets" which
we'll deserved the name it bore
Next came the award OF medals, the
hrst of which was the Williams prize IN
defamation, awarded by DR.. Carlock to
G w. Crawford, of Tennessee The
science medal was given to G.. c. Peery,
OF Virginia, the Collins prize for English
composition to L. Fl. Carlock, Of Tennes.
see, and the Robertson prize medal was
won by G. G. Peery. Consideral applause
was evoked when Mr.. Peery's name was
called, as there was much speculation
as to who would be the medalist. The
subject Of the speech which won the
medal was COLONIZATION and Commerce,
Agents OF Civilization" Two English
scholarships Of 800 each were awarded
to Mr.. Crawford and Mr.. Carlock. After
few appropriate remarks by the presi-
dent as to the GU tlook of the school, the
audience was dismissed
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