The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-12

The second was won by ]. c. Belcher in
IS minutes 222 seconds. The final and
most ludicrous event of the day was the
cake walk, participated in by about TWEEN
ty-five boys. The committee, consisting
Of Mrs. Bradley, Mrs. Dickey, and Miss
Moore awarded the cake to w. b. Emery
All the prizes were beautiful gold med
ais, suitably engraved, with the name Of
the event for which given. These will be
worn by their respective winners with
pride.
Great commentator is due Prof. Gard
ner for his excellent work in the gym
nasium this year.
and fall term debaters for the ensuing
year, recently held by the literary societ-
les resulted as follows: From Phi Gamma,
Messrs. Clements and A. II. Thompson;
from Few, Messrs. Park and Flanders,
of these Mr.. Flanders is editor-in-chief
Mr.. Clements, business manager, Mr..
exchange editor. The following gentle
men We're chose to represent their socie-
ties in the fall term debate: Messrs La
Prade. Wright and IrwtG from Few, and
Messrs. Hutchinson, Sparkman and An
derson from Phi Gamma. Mr.. Vanhorn
was elected salutatorian for the same
event No little interest is manifested in
these inter-society debates, and with the
able corps of speakers above given, the
debate promises to be a good one.
The Few anniversary takes place on the
Sth of October, and it is customary to
elect those who take part in this along
with the debaters and "Phoenix" editors
In accordance with this custom the fol-
lowing gentlemen were selected to par
" b. Emery. welcome address;
Mr.. y. =, Gibson, poet; Mr..
Gibsons poetic skill has SAL been tae shown MT
on several occasions, and the society dis
played taste in choosing him for that i'm
portant office. He is a member of the
class of '96. Messrs. Emery and Jolly are
both considered fine orators. and the high
positions they are to occupy is a sign of
the esteem in which they are held by the
members of the society. The work of the
literary societies this year has been IN
usually good and they constitute a great
adjunct to the college.
The third volume of the Zodiac, Emory's
annual is expected in a day or two The
editors have labored earnestly to make
this issue success. The Zodiac will con-
tain cuts of the several fraternities, class
cuts club pictures, college. jokes and other
literary matter, and will be a fit index of
the college in its various departments.
The books will be bound in black and con-
tain about 200 pages.
A match game of base ball will be PLAYED
between Emory and the university i'm
mediately after commencement at Athens
The spring term is rapidly drawing to
a close The final examinations have be-
gun and in less than month the boys
will lay aside their books and leave for
home. College proper closes on the 5th of
June but the seniors are dismissed ten
days earlier. The senior class is composed
of thirty-six men, representing various
sections of this and other states. The
honor men this year will probably be:
Mr. D. D. Cox, of LAGRANGE, Mr. E. c.
Jones, of Kaitah; Mr.. J. c. Elder, of
GAINESVILLE, and Mr.. NJ. c. Quillian, of
Gainesville. The committeeman exer-
cises will begin on June and conclude on
the 18th Cards orchestra of Macon has
been secured for the occasion, and the
exercises this year promise to be well at
tended and highly entertaining. The fol-
sub-fresh exhibition; Saturday night,
freshman exhibition; Sunday morning,
commencement sermon, by DR.. Figart;
Monday morning sophomore exhibition;
Monday night. champion debate; Tuesday
morning, junior exhibition Tuesday
night, address before the library societies;
Wednesday morning, senior exhibition
and commencement day.
Dr. Morgan Galloway, vice president of
the college and professor of English who
has been quite sick, is now GONZALES
cent.