West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-06-20
COMMENCEMENT
Exercises at the State University at
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The leading educational institu-
ton of the State never was in bet
ter condition than at present, and
! the Commencement exercises were
the most interesting this year since
the founding Of the school. DR.. p.
b. Reynolds, who is Vice President,
and has been acting President, de-
serves much credit for the prosper
Gus year just closed. The attend
ance was the largest in the history
OF the institution, and the gradual
ting class this year the largest yet
turned out. The Baccalaureate
Sermon was preached Sunday, June
9th. by DR.. George b. Foster, of
Chicago.
Monday night, juno 10th, the
contest for the Regents Prize for
Defamation; was very spirited and
drew a large audience. There were
five contestants, all members of the
Preparatory Department, rs re-
CURED in this contest. The per-
formers and their selections were
as follows
Y. A. Barrackman-"V valley
Forge
j. II. Bird-"A Scene at Nat
ufal Bridge"
j. NJ. G.. Brown-"Thc Curse Of
Regulus."
G. f. misunderstanding Lou.
venture"
A. b. Slonaker-"Our Country;
Its Perils and its Possibilities"
The Judges were Hon. j. f.
Brown, Editor Hart and Senator
5. e. Reed, members of the Board
of Regents. The decision was in
favor of Mr.. @. f. Holden, who
was awarded the prize of SIS in
money.
The most interesting perform.
ance Of Commencement week was
the Twenty Sixth Annual Inter.
Society Contest of the Columbian
and Parthenon Literary Societies,
which came off Tuesday night, June
18th. A prize of $40 for declama-
ton, $40 for essay, $50 for grafton,
and $40 for debate, was contested
for by a performer selected from
each Society. The champions are
voted on and elected by the SO
ciety they belong to. and the prize
money goes into the treasury of
the Society whose champion WINS
in the contest. There was a large
attendance that night and very
appreciative audience. Following
was the program and performers:
Music.
Declamation-C. j. Poe-"The
Convict's SoliloquY Before Execu-
ton"
Harry Shaw--"T h American
Republic" The latter won the
prize for the Parthenon Society.
Music.
Essay-W. j. Bruner-"Relig
ion Necessary to Social Progress.
Essay-T. w. Taught" Growth
of State Intervention" The prize
(s2O) was awarded che latter for
the Columbian Society.
Music.
Oration--W. c. Baker-s"T h c
Mission of Our Nation"
VIM. o. Parsons-"Progrcss of
Civilization" The former won the
prize $500 for the Colum bian.
Music.
Debate-To AfIirm-W. b. Cut.
right.
To Dony-M. e. German.
QuestIon-RcsOlyed, That At
tempts Of Employers to Ignore AS
sociations of Laborers are Preiudi-
cial to the Best Interests of Both.
Decided in the negative and prize
awarded to German for Parthenon
Society, making the 800, divided
equally between the two Societies.
Commencement Day closed the
school year with the following
PROG RAM.
/ Music. PnAYER. Music.
'RhffoN.. ......C HAs. r. CAnRrGAw.
/ "fhc True Fountain Of National Safety"
/ GRAFTON ........... at " LAvKtLE
''rbe Engineering Profession"
Music
OEArioN...... .................C N. COvwAY.
Industrial Strikes"
Essay ..... ..."................ STILL, wHtrr.
Looking backward"
/ OEAriov. .....................G scorr.