The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-13

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Atan early hour the town hall was
'hlled to OVERLOOKING. Representatives
Of the graduating class made addresses
as follows: NJ. T. McWhorter. Salem,
Va. Latin salutatory; w. M. Ever
hart, Waterford, Va. subject. Litter.
ary Fads;" A. w. McWhorter, Salem,
Va. subject, "Romsnticism in Fic.
tion;" E. Y Morhead, Wy'heville. We,
subject, "Jingoism in American Poll
ties" j. d. Rodeffer, Lovettsville,
Va, subject: "Altruism and Social
Progress; T. b. Shank, North River, Va.
subject, THE Napoleonic Revival" T.
l.. Brown, Sparsanburg. s. c., wales
dictory, -~------------''
H!a excellency, Governor O'Ferrall, of
Virginia, was then introduced and en-
tertaiued the audience with we'll
timed informal address. He WAS warmly
received and most generously APP
plauded. After a few humorous but ap
propriate Introductory remarks, in which
the governor alluded to the college in
most mplimentary terms, and spoke
OF the addresses by the young men as
the best he had ever heard on similar
occasion, he chose as his theme the
subject OF ambition. He said that Ii
had been variously defined as passion,
base, selfish and mean, stealing away
the freshness OF life, deadening sensi-
bilities and drying up the fountains Of
the soul. His definition. however, was
OF different sort. He defined 1t as the
germ from which |all nobleness pro
ceeds-the spur that makes men strug-
gle with destiny.
The speaker in eloquent language
then sketched instances showing the
evil effects Of ambition and cited In
stances OF cruelty resulting from it. He
mentioned Sesostris and Semiramis,
Nerxes and Alexander, Nero, Marc
antony, Ohio, Pompey, Gslba, Gusta-
vus Ill, OF Sweden, and others as
showing the negative effect of this pas
sion, but added: "All these things are
nothing with which to condemn am
billion, for there is another side to the
picture most enhancing. II ambition
possesses such power when perverted,
corrupted and diverted what must be Its
capacity for good when kept pure and
undefled and confined within it's
natural channels?
The governor then pictured the best
side of ambition and alluded to the
great statesmen and patriots who met
at Philadelphia to frame the Declara-
ton of independence. The war also
furnished him with many noble ex-
amples, and lis tributes TO Lee and
Davis we're especially eloquent and
beautiful. In his closing address to the
graduating class he dwelt upon the
necessity OF courage, perseverance and
integrity and urged fidelity to duty
even in the face OF envy and calamity.
This eloquent and forcible address was
epplsuded to the echo by an immense
and enthusiastic audience.
The degree Of A. B. was conferred on
the following mem bers of the senior
class Charles L. Brown, Spartanburg,
b c.; Walter Mel. Everhart, Waterford,
Va; Charles s. Hileman, Timber
Ridge, Vs.; Robert b. Houston. Dublin,
Va; Edwin o. Klser. Salem, Va; Robs.
McWhorter, Salem, Va; Ashton w.
McWhorter, Salem. Va. Calvin l..
Miller, Eli, N. c.; Ebert Y. Morehesd,
Wytheville, Va; Marion G. Richard,
Winchester, Va; John D, Rodeffer,
Lovettsville, Va; Theophilus Barb
Shank, North River, Va; John w.
Shuey, Swoope, Va; William Clark
Wills, Lawrence, Texas, president.
DR.. Dreher then stated that, with
respect to the two Young women who
have completed the course of study, the
faculty recommend that, in accordance
with the conditions under which they
entered classes as special students and
not as candidates for degrees, the trus.
tees authorize the president OF the col
lege to issue to each of these young
women certificate, duly signed by
him, and further attested by the college
SEAL
The degree of a. M. was conferred on
the following alumni of the class OF
1890: Edward McCarty Armstrong, Jr.,
A. B., M. D., Kensett, South Wilton,
Conn. James Bower, A. b., lawyer,
Oak Lodge, Indian Territory. Rev.
Clarence Merkel Fox, A. B., Granite.
Vile, S. G. Rev. Charles Abram Freed,
A. B Middlebrook, Va. Rev. William
Wisdom Newberry, A. b Knoxville,
Tenn. Prof. Peter Henry Pearson, A.
B.. Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kan.
Rev Rufus Benton Peery, A. b mis-
sionary, Saga, Japan. Thomas Wisdom
Repass, A. B.. M. D., Wytheville, Va.
Rev. James Augustin Brown Scherer,
A. b., missionary, Saga, Japan.
Neander Bourelle Stud baker, A. B.,
teacher, Bluefeld, w. Va. John Milton
Teeter, A. B., student Of law, Wallace, Va.
Prof. Frank Butler Trotter, A. B., West
Virginia Conference Seminary, Buck
harmon, w. Va. AS of the class of 1882,
Rev. Samuel Luther Keller, Carmel, W.
Va. AS of the class of 1881, Rev. Mat
thew Brewster, New Orleans. La. The
degree OF D. D. was conferred upon Rev.