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

disadvantage. Whenever capital is
satisfied that the returns will Justify
the investment, the enterprise will be
q certainty, and q beautiful town will
cluster along the hillsides and in the
vallies overlooked by this v~enerated
temple of learning.
were occupied by the commencement
exercises. On Sabbath morning DR..
P. M. Bartlett, President of Maryville
College, preached the baccalaureate SER
mon in the college chapel. His theme
was that sublime and wonderful classic
of the Bible delivered by the orator of
Tarsus on Mars Hill to the deep thought.
ed, philosophizing, yet superstitious
Athenians, who were cultured in all
things ave the beauties and graces of
the true religion which inspired the
thrilling eloquence of that di vine De-
mosthenes in the shadow of Minerals
temple. His sermon was a grand prose-
poem, bearing the marks of profound
research, penetrating analysis and care
full preparation. His description of
ancient Athens-the eye of Greece, in
which ut was easier to find a god than
q man" the splendid attachments of
it's scholars and philosophers, the mar.
velous and time-defying creations of
its art in breathing canvass and speak
ing marble, and its unrivaled architect.
ural magnifcence, was the glowing
portraiture of a national life which ex-
PRED from the excuses of its idolatry
and dissipation, but to which the world
nov owes 80 many of its forces of en-
lightenment and civilization. His de-
auctions, for the benefit of the gradu-
ating class, were strikingly plain and
appropriate. The successful life is
marked by beautiful simplicities and
the guidance of christian principles.
1t is the combination and concentration
of the Titles. The little drops of water
and the little rays of light make the
majestic monarch of the forest, and
the little smiles and the little acts scat
tered along the journey for the encour-
agement and bettermeut OF others,
make up the lines of those who have
made the most of time and talent and
left behind them the lasting memorials
of consecrated duty.
In the evening DR.. Bartlett again &C.
cupied the chapel pulpit and delivered
a lecture before the Christian Associa-
tons on manhood" taking as his
text, ''show myself to be a man." His
lecture, scholarly ,methodical and meta
physical, abounded in striking origin
alities analytical discussions, pleasing
SMILES and apt illustrations. He con.
sidered man in his composite character,
the animal, the moral and the divine,
combining their natures, adaptations,
feelings, sentiments and aspirations in
one harmonious and wonderful struc-
ture. His analysis boldly invaded q
hidden domain and brought out to the
enchanted view of his interested audi
tory many of the secrets and abstruse
problems embodied in that GROWING
mystery of creation, man.. Others like
the Doctor have oftened essayed to ex-
patiate in this wonder-realm of con-
cealments, and though they have dis
covered many truths of eternal moment
and many springs that responded to the
touch of the investigator, they have
CROPPED for the most part amid fancies
and sp~eculations bright and plausible
though they be, yet thoy all have boon
driven to the same conclusion, that
while they have picked up here and
there a few grains of gold the vast do
main lies unexplored before them; that
the creation divinely endowed will re-
main a sphynx until 1--WE know even as
we are known" and that "the proper
study of mankind" will be .'man," I'M
til the register of time is read in the
light of eternity.
In addition to written examinations
the previous week, Monday and Tues
day of commencement week were de-
voted to the public examination Of the
advanced classes. These examinations,
though thorough and rigid, did not
present the usual horrors of the crucial
test. They exhibited the constant ad-
vancement and thorough application
Of the students and the aptitude and
capacity of the teachers to instruct.
All the circumstances that made up
the history of the term have been more
conducive to study and progress, the
way smooth and the tenor even, and a
better work has been done than in any
previous year since the project Of CO.
education has been on foot. The or
g~anization has been more perfect, press.
ing up to q higher standard of excellen'
cy, as experience has removed the hind
RANGES and distractions that prevailed
in former years, but great good has
been accomplished in the past. The
genuine school work that counts is q
constant growth, and the inspiration
is to improve upon excellency itself,
The incentives to a greater thorough
ness and proficiency in the Centennial
year are too numerous for mention
here, but we are satisfied that there
will be ample justification for a gen
eral Jubilee and thanksgiving, when
the crown of an hundred jewels shall
be added to the treasures of Washing.
ton College. Owing to a natural tim
idity and nervous fear of failure, We do
not regard public examinations as the
best test of scholarship, yet i'll the main,
they are are an unfailing index to the
general character OF the school, and an
estimate from them can not be far
from accuracy.
On Tuesday evening the Literary
| Societies gave o joint entertainment
and were greeted with a crowded house.
These occasions are always enjoyable
and are classified with the cream Of
the commencement exercises. The pro
gram embraced declarations, recita'
tons and ~orations by both sexes, and
the excellence of each performance at
tested the fact that the work OF these
societies is enthusiastic, conscientiout
and progressive. NJ. X. Willoughby
w. b. Greenway, declaimers, Misses
Georgia Halves and Clara West, reel
tationists, and Misses Cora l.. Rush
Clara Cloyd, Chas. M. Ross and B. Ii
Rankin the orators, are all worthy Of
honorable mention.
Wednesday morning brought another
literary feast and the close attention Of
q vast throng was the evidence of it,
high appreciation. B. y. Franklin, j,
b. Droke, Z. N. Jones and NJ. II. Hum,
phreys, appeared in defamation
Misses May Kilby, Stella Conley, Ada
May Rose and Maud Bayless in recita,
| fion and most ~excellent orationa were