The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-10
Commencement Exercises OF
This Great College.
DR.. cpAs. M'IveR'S SPEECH
HANDSOMELY PRESENTS IHh
WILEY GRAY MEDAL.
Mr.. G. O. GREEN The WiNNen
Distinguished Visitors Present--H'gn
Order Of Addresses From the stu
dents. Additional Teachers Eiect-
ad.o the Graded Schools,
ed to the Graded Schools

Durham, y. u, June o. NSf1
rh;s : commencement day at Trinity col
80 and the town is full of visitors. De-
ooro4;ons of blue, Trinity's emblem, are
everywhere, and everybody Is Vieihs
with each other to see who can 90 most
10 make the occasion a glorious one ana
= g . dov long to be remembered.
The audience was immense ana many
ladies thronged the broad hallway eager
10 catch now and then sentence OF lhe
s,ra drafting orations. Every seat was
flled and it was a matter OF general re-
gret that many ladies were unable 10 oo-
tain even near approach to the hali'
Of course large numbers OF men were
turned away. At 10 o'clock the opening
hymn was sung followed with prayer py
DIR. J. L. Gibbs.
Five of the graduating class mace
snaaeihas the other eight having DECIDED
not to speak. ~ n
Paul Vernon Anderson, Wilson, n. ~
smoke upon Journalism.
Steven Saunders Dent, Jefferson, =. u,
took for his subject 'sThe College man
and the Business World. lie was var
oaictorian of the class, but Declined 70
deliver the farewell.
Garland Orlander Green, beaumont,
Y @ ..The Duty of the Scholar TO the
State" His speech was a fiery one ana
ras eloouentlv delivered. The commit
TOO composed of Rev. G. w. Byrd, II. u,
Rav II A Bishop and w. X. Odell award
al him the Wiley Gray Medal. 1t was
we'll deserved. II
BENJAMIN Franklin Harrison, CALVIN, IN
5;an Territory. spol-e of James Russell
Jewell. He is native born Indian ana
i voune man of talent and took hsh
stand in college. -
William Patrick Isely. Burlington, n
n made a good speech upon Reason
versus Tradition.
Tha following gentlemen handed in
speeches: .x-;,lo
n a.. "Coleridge's influence on Eng
fish Thought" =
Evander X. Creel, Hope Mis- y ~
ssMatthew Arnold as Critic.
NIettus Troy Dickinson, Fremont, y.
C.. Sidney Lanier."
eugene Simpson Edwards, Hookerton,
n c.. browning Apioe -
sScutcheon. =
John Currie Gibbs, Rockingham, =.
G.. Freedom and Evolution
lack Norfeet Johnson, Llttleton' y.
q ssThe True Aim of the State.
John Felix Lotten, kernersville. =. ~
citizenship Trust and a DUTY.
Harold Turner, Asheville, y. y, Ap-
Piled Christianity"
The degree of Doctor of DIVINITY was
conferred upon Rev. Thos. =. lVes, "
the North Carolina Christian AdVoea'e,
and of Doctor of Literature upon Iroi.
bred Peacock, President OF Greensporo
Female College.
The Wiley Gray Medal was presenter
nv DIR. Chas. D. McIver in an eioquehe
speech. He said ,.a
With laudable anbitlon sou uesh.u
This honor, you worked for it, you Won -.
and 7 express the general sentiment u
this large gathering OF cultured peopis
when I offer you congratuiatioI "'oi
your success. - IL
,rbat a competent committee, afrer Us
4ending to all the exceii.1t oratlohs ihaae
rnon this rostrum today, should nave oe-
eided that yours was the most nerltorious
IS no ordinary compliment, ana the .c
easion would justify .emotiohs oi JOY
and nride in your heat when IL were
well to give no expression to put wh la
ron are more than human II you 90 not
feel at this moment.
T congratulate you, too, upon TINS Deau
r;fuI memento of your victory Wh,cn !
am commissioned by the donor to present
20 you.
4 Gross of the Legion of Honor, sur
rounded by wreath of oak, the olympic
nr;ze for oratory. On one side torcn'
!. held nv a hand, surrounded by Ocero
significant words-"Ingenli Lumeh est
Eloquentia"
It's mechanical design, the noble motto
# hears. and every sentiment connected
9Th If beauty Of form, suggestion OF
ioht leading the way to truth, brave
soaier,s eourag eous nfe and death, the
nndv;ng affection of brother, and pup-
Gc snirited citizens desire to encourage
elonuence of speech in the youth OF ms
State-aI combine to make your honor
+oaav one Of the most desirable that can
no won by a college youth in North Caro-
lima. The possession Of the WHEY Gray
medal ought to be a perennial inspiration
in your life.
II lacks only a few days of being thirty
four years since one of the most desperate
military tragedies in the worlds history
was enacted. In reviewing the annals OF
human events we can examine the greater
part critically and coldly, but no man can
pass, even on the page of history, Iher-
mopylae, Waterloo or Gettysburg with
cut a quicker pulse-beat, warmer heart,
and more excited utterance. Imagine IL
you can on yonder hill-Cemetery Ridge
more than a mile away the Union army
with implements of war leveled, awaiting
!. the attack of the Confederates. Look at
the Confederate battle line, more tnan a
mile in length, as it sweeps out from the
wood into the open plain and up the
slope, it's red battlefags flying and its
FURNISHED bayonets glittering in the sun
light. A quarter of a mile away from the
. enemy and one hundred guns open upon
it. Great gaps are torn in the front ranks,
but the men close up and sternly move
on Then the "quick time" becomes "dou-