The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-14
EMORY's COMMENCEMENT.
An Enthusiastic Account of the Clos
ing Exercises.

ing Exercises.
Oxford, Ga, June 13.-At the senior de-
clamation and closing exercises of COM
mencement a large audience was present
The orations were far above the standard
D. d. Cox end honor of La Grange, Ca.
delivered the salutatory in French. The
other speakers were A. II. Allen of Column
bus, Ga, Shall we compromised
w. T. Banks, of Enon. Ala, 1.-THE income
tax"
D. D. Cox, Of La Grange, Ca, "our
Country's Need"
j. c. Elder, 9th honor. of GAINESVILLE,
Ga, Beauties of Association"
E. F. Fincher. of East Atlanta, Ca, I'm
Huence of China-Japan War"
J. S. Gleaton of Conyers, Ga, 1.-THE Mon
roe Doctrine"
A: NJ. Pierce Of Austell. Ga, "stonewan
Jackson"
NJ. C. ouillian 9th honor. of cartersville
Ca, wv. d. Anderson, the Christian Sol
der
T. ]. Sheppard of Brunswick, Ga,
Journalism"
c. C. Smith of Palmetto. Ca, IAN Age
of Comedy"
W. E. Thompson, of Seneca. S. C., "wo-
man.
E. C. Jones of Katah, Ga, IAN omen Of
Disaster"
Valedictory.
Music-Class Song '95. by graduating
class.
Then followed the baccalaureate ad-
dress, comforting degrees, and the bene-
diction.
The medal for the best Grafton was
awarded by the committee to Mr.. f. G..
Jones, first honor man. Mr.. NJ. c. Quill
Ian and Mr. j. G. Elder deserve special
mention for their excellent orations
The valedictory by Mr.. Jones was one
of the most eloquent and impressive ever
heard here.
In his baccalaureate address President
Gambler spoke with his usual force. In
an impressive manner he drew a distinc-
ton between real and apparent knowl-
edge, pointing out the vanity of seeking
learning for learning's sake.
OF the thirty-four men who were this
year graduated, twenty-eight received the
bachelor Of arts degree, five the bachelor
of philosophy and one the bachelor of
science. The following are the names OF
the graduates: A. II. Allen, Columbus; j.
+. Allen, Warrenton W. F. Banks, Enon,
Ala; j. C. Belcher, Starsville; ]. W
Bowden, Forsyth; ]. F. Burl<halter, War
renton; D. D. Cox, LaGrange; f. P
Catching, Atlanta; W. H. Cruselle, At
lanta; j. T. Colson, Brunswick; r. A Ed.
mandson, ]. c. Elder, GAINESVILLE; e. F.
Fincher, East Atlanta; L. o. Freeman
Toomsboro; ]. S. Gleaton. Conyers; T. c
Hoyle, Columbus; A. p. Hilton, Syl
vania; E. G. Jones, Katah; j. c. Me
Eachin. Nelly; T. H. Miner, Gainesville
A. M. Pierce, Austell; ]. NJ. Poer Yves
Point; NJ. c. Quillian, Gainesville; A. G
Shankle, Harmony Grove; T. ]. Sheppard
Brunswick; C. c. Smith, Palmetto; c. L
Smith, Reidsville; T. II. Thomson, Savan
nah; w. d. Thomson, Atlanta; w. E
Thomson, Seneca, S. c.; ]. c. Wardlaw
Macon; c. A. Wilder, Forsyth; w. Wimpy
Oxford; H. Y. Walker, Gainesville.
Besides the degrees conferred upon tn
graduates, the degree of doctor of divinit,
was conferred upon Gen. c. A. Evans
and Rev. ]. P. Lovejoy; the degree o
master of music upon Prof r. NJ. McIn
tosh, and master of arts upon Prof p. +
Brown, Homer Busch and ]. c. Wardlaw
Mr.. Wardlaw deserves special credit 70
taking his A. NJ. course along with tn
A B.
This closed the most prosperous year il
the history of the college.
The summer school opens June 10 un
der the direction of Mr.. c. c. Jarrel O
the class of "a