The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-06-19


about the affair.
WOFF0RD COLLEGE.
GRADUATION OF THE LARGEST
CLASS IN IT'S HISTORY.
The Institutions Greatest Commencement.
Presentation of a Handsome Present to
DR.. Carlisle--Larse Gathering OF the AL
umni--SpartanbntS IN Her Glory.
SrARTANBURG, s. c.. June 12.-Ies
tertlav was the great day Of the Wof-
ford commenceinent-it was gradua-
ting day. The greatest crowd in the
history of the college was assembled in
the chapel to see the largest class in
tie colleges history graduate. Almost
every member Of the large class had
one or more relatives present to wit
ness this important event in their
lives. In addition to these relatives
and immediate friends Of the gradual
ing class were the relatives and friends
of the students in lower classes. 1t
would not be wide OF the mark to say
that every student in the institution
had relative on the campus.
Then this swas alumni year. y special
| effort has been made during the entire
year to secure the attendance of every
man who has ever attended Wotford
| College, and a look at the great
throncs that have been IN the city for
the past four or five days evince the
| success of the efforts Gray haired,
wrinkle faced men OF anti-bellum days
mingled with young men who onl y a
year ago received their diplomas. In
addition to visitors from distance
there were hundreds of people who
came from the city and from the coun-
try districts to attend yesterdays eNer-
cises.
The chapel was literally jammed
long before 10 o'clock, the opening
hour. and many were unable to get
into the building. At 10 o'clock Bis
hop Duncan announced the hymn,
''From all that dwell before the skies, !"
after which DR.. Thos. II. Law offered
prayer. Dr.. Carlisle, after stating
that three minutes only would be
given to each speaker, introduced Mr..
Atticus H. Dagnall, of Darlington, as
the first speaker. Mr.. Dagnall's sub
iect was the Revolution of South
Carolina. After Mr.. Dagnall the
speakers followed in the following or
der:
SENIOR CLASS.
A. H. Dagnall-"Revolution of
South Carolina" Darlington.
F. E. Dibble-"The Unifier of Ger
many" Orangeburg.
W. G. Duncan-"Three Minutes in
the Moon," Richland.
4. N. DuPre-"An American man
of Letters, "Oconee.
G. w. Fooshe-" "Time-Spirit En-
bodied" Abbeville
W. J. Gaines-"The Restlessness of
the Mind" Oconee.
B. H. Henderson-''Lower Caro-
lima" Berkley.
J. Porter Hollis Abraham Lin
coin" Chester.
J. B. Humbert-"The Diploma,
Laurens
S.. McCoy-"The Force of Opposi-
tion," Berkeley.
S. H. McGhee-''Too Many Apollo
gies." Abbeville.
Benjamin B. Sellers-''The Modern
Strike" Marion.
H. j. Shoemaker THE Zigzags of
Fashion" Orangeburg.
B. w. Wait-'The Creative lmagl-
nation,n Abbeville.
J. Arthur Wiggins-''The Astrono-
mer Nicholas" Berkeley.
NJ. G.. Wood-''Looking Forward,
Darlington.
W. Il. Wannamaker-''The Aca-
denny of Immortals, Orangeburg.
The following (by their own request
were excused from speaking.
Jno. J. Cantey, Clarendon: Il. Il.
Newton, Marlboro; Gus NJ. Chreitz-
burg, Spartanburg; W. W. Nickles,
Abbeville; VIM. Coleman, Union; J.
O. Norton, Horny; T. G. Covington,
Marlboro; J. R. Rogers, Mar
ion: w. J. Crosland, Marl-
boro; F. H. Shuler, Berkeley; J.
G. Daniel, Laurens; S. G. Hodges,
Abbeville; Robt. E. Lee Smith, Spar
tanburg: G. G. Leonard, Spartanburg;
W. T. Stackhouse, Marion; J. +. Ly on,
Abbeville; J. E. Warnock, Beaufort.
\ number of these addresses were
unusually good, thespeakers put their
three minutes to good use. Somewere
humorous and some otherwise, but all
were well received by the audience.
Mr.. Shoemaker made a catching speech
on the "Zigzags Of Fashion, which
made the audience laugh heartily. At
the conclusion of the addresses Bishop
Duncan, president of the board of trus-
tees, reported the recent action OF the
board.
His first announcement was one that
caught the crowd, and it was Justify
cheered. The announcement was to
the effect that President John G. Xii
90, formerly professor in Wotford:
but now OF Trinity College, \. c., had
been given the honorary degree OF
doctor of divinity. The bishop spoke
in complimentary terms OF this bright
young minister and teacher, and then
announced another name which had
been honored with similar degree
Rev. r. J. Bigham, of Georgia.
The next information from the bis
hop was that Prof J. 3. Thomas. of
the mathematics department, had re-
signed and that Prof. VIM. G. Blake,
of Florida, had been given the place:
A third item was that the Wotford
Fitting School would, for a year at
least, be moved from its present build
ings and the classes taught In the Al
umni Hall, on North Church street.
No college students will be accommo-
dated in the Alumni Hall, but num-
Der of cottages will be erected Oh the
street Immediately to the rear of the