The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1896-06-11
COMMENCEMENT DA Y
The eliminating Point IN the
Exercises.

The eliminating Point IN The
Exercises.
a Great Days Graduates
Sent outfrom the University.
The Festivities End With atGrand Ball.
cement Da, daWned dark
and bareary, thus serving IN d meas
ure 10 confirm the tradition that
dAating exercises have some
influence on the elements which al
ways bring rain Had the rain not
come until after the performances
began the relation between The two
might be accounted for on the theory
of atmospheric disturbance, but this
snpposition Is ,untenable since the
rain and the seniors began at the
same time
BQt despite the unfayorable wealth
e. aIarge crowd gathered in Com
meIeement Hall, drawn there to- see
the exit of fifty4three graduates from
COLLEGE lifesfnto the larger life Of the
world. There was marked absence
in the audience Of people from the
surrounding country and the com
meneement season has not been no
ted for the number Of visitors from
abroad. But the citizens of Nor
gantoWn neEerffaiI to- Loyalty attend
Eall such occasions and this com
mencement is no exception for them.
The performances were listened to
by as cultured and as inspiring an
audience as ever greets the orator.
Promptly at 10 o'clock fourteen
academic graduates, robed in Ok
ford caps and gowns, headed BY
President Goodnight and followed
by thirty7nines law graduates led by
Dean johnson marched on the plat
form to the music of Guenther's or
chestra and the exercises began.
President Goodnight first offered
a blief, appropriate Invocation and
then introduced Miss tMable Rey-
.nolds, the only lady member Of the
class, who represented the Bachelor
of Arts by the reading Of a paper en-
titled, Holden with the Chords. =
Miss Reynolds ability as a writer is
we'll known. Her graduating exer-
eisesseryed to confrm this reputa-
ton and wash every way most graf
flying to her hosts Of friends. The
selection of Miss Reynolds 10 repre-
sent the class was al honor fittingly
bestowed and her classmates can
- ~ - c. llil On lls1is
choice OF Representatives.
Thefrepresenta NATIVE of the Bachelor
of Arts in Law, w. E. Baker, was
next introduced. In telling of the
Penalties Of Progress Mr.. Baker
grew eloquent and at once command
ed the admiring attention of the au-
dierce. The ungrateful treatment
of the worlds heroes by those Of
theI own generation certainly fur
nishesa fruitful theme for the orator
and well did Mr.. Baker treat the
subject. Gallileo, Harvey, Socrates,
Chfist and others passed in rapid
review and while the audience felt
that they failed Of due recognition
in their own day yet at the same
time it could not but realize and be
glad that they were at last being
worthily nonored by the speaker and
blythe world. s
4 u. w. Taught next read an essay
on English Prose Fiction" Mr..
Hanght is the recognized essayist OF
his class and his exercise showed a
breadth of research and purity Of
diction which marks the true author.
The varying types of fiction in the
different ages were discussed and
compared with the advantage not al.
ways on the side of that gilmore
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Pc. EMcBee represented the Bach
elors of Science by an grafton emit
tied tftsThe Age Makes the Man,
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