The times., 1897-06-10
A DOUBLE LITERARY EVENT
Columbian College and Corcoran
School COmmeneementS.
MANY HAPPY GRADUATES
A Numerous and Brilliant Assem-.
hlaSe at the New National The
ater-Senator Mitcheii's Scholarly
Address-Pr Whituan Com
fers the Prizes.

The seventy annual commencement
OF the Columbian College. aud the thir-
teenth annual comnience rnent of she Cor
coran Scie ntific School, were held at
the New National Theater last night.
1t was d joint commencement OF these
two Important branches OF the venerable
alma mater, and the means of bringing
together a brilliant assenblage OF friends
and relatives Of the graduates of both
schools. Long before the hour had coEGe.
when all unoccupied reserved seats wer,
to be given up to the general public. the
farge auditorium was filled to its utmost,
many persons being compelled to stand
in the a.sles.
From pit TO dome the theater walls
showed a harmonious arrangement of fra
ternity banners, festoons OF bunting, Greek
letters, devices, and large floral designs,
the whole being worked up in an elegant
color scheme of orange and blue, the colors
OF the classes.
The boxes were further embellished with
palms aud potted ferns In the lower
tiers were the new Chinese minister, Mrs.
WI, and several attaches of the Chinese
embassy, the Chilean minister, Senator
AIttHeH ldllluhi DI. w Eifb4Iidu ldilA y
aud Mrs Scott.
In the upper tiers were several dele
cations Undergraduates, who, with usual
esprite, made things lively with several
new and original class yells The stage
was set with palms and other growing
plants.
on the platform with the twenty-five
graduates were President Whitman, the
faculty, Dean A. 2. Montague, l.. L. D.;
A ] Huntington, d. D.; j II. Gore, Ph.
u; Ii. l.. Hodgkins, Ph. D.: L. D. Ledge,
Phi D.: J. NJ. B. sterrett, d. D.; H..
Schoenfeld, PHI. D.; E. i. Pollard, Phi. D.;
N. M Ramsey, A. M; C. c. swisher, Ph
d; w "A. wilbur, A NJ; A. T. Mason, L.
L d; jor j. W. Powell, Lester F.
Ward, L. ID. D.; Rev. Stakely, Rev. H..
Wilbur Ennis, Rev. s. Domer, Prof. Sid
wei. B. F Janney, DR.. E A. de Schwenitz,
Prof A. F. Craven, Rev. DR.. shandeile,
Prof Harry King, Rev. DR.. Brueker, DR..
C. W. Richardson, Mr.. c. w. Needham
and j. IL Wilson.
Rev Charles A Stakely, d. D., offered
a fcrvent prayer, after which the saluta-
toran, Mr.. William Frederick B!ebl, wei
coined those assembled with characteristic
grace and finish.
The address to the graduates was de-
livered i,y Senator Mitchell, who spoke In
part as follows:
at Is in the theory of these proceedings
that I should address myself more .particu-
larry to the graduates-who are the heroes
and heroines upon this occasion, and in
some sort the victims also. You ow possess
the one thing that the world cannot de-
I.ar ,E,,fr a,f
Will lift you on every advancing wave OF
vantage and land you finally on the terra
fi-rna of success. At this, your starting in
broader path, I shall not tell you that
the professions are overstocked.' / shall
not tell you that there is plenty of room at
the top I have never been there.
"In future. you will grapple with men
themselves, and material things. Contact
conflictxif eed be with men straightens
the back. Communion with nature re-
freshes the soul.
Your studies have prepared you te be
appreeiative You are at receptive age,
and the impressions made upon you viii
prove indelible and useful for all time.
I'VE have many interesting and instruct
i've things at home But 1t is best to travel
where we may receive the most inspira-
tion for our expenditure of time and dmonay.
This is certainly In foreign countries. To
improve ones own crops there Is nothing
like looking over our neighbor fence.
There are two lands thatI loye-Amer-
lea. the land of my birth, and Scotland, the
land of my ancestors. There is another
land, endeared to me by pleasant asso-
Citations, by rambles along It's valleys and
scrambles among its mountains; by recoi
lections Of student days, the happy tines
when, as student, 1 rarely studied. It
is to Switzerland I wish to lead you-a
country. if you will, of Inusic-boxes, cuckoo
clocks and cheese: of boatmen, hack-drivers
and innkeepers with itching palms.
''It is also country OF wild rushing
rivers, valleys that revel la tropical vegeta-
ton, lakes OF emerald and sapphire, vapor-
ous waterfalls waited about by the winds
glistening glaciers, and mountains radiant
with eternal snows-a country behind whose
natural ramparts dwell an unconquered
people, breathing the pure air of political
and social democracy, free from snohbery,
tuft-hunting, and the taint Of Anglo
Inania-a country whose history and in
stitutions offer what no other nation offers
to an Americana post graduate course in
patriohs sm-
Dean Montague Of the college and Dean
Monroe of the scientific school then an-
uouuced the names of the prize winners,
and President Whitman presented the col
eye prizes as follows: Elton prize II
Greek, Mary isabel Kelly; Staughtnn prize
in Latin, Mary Isabel Kelly; Ruggies prize
in mathematics, Clara Mary Upton; the
James Macbride Sterrett, jr-, prize in
physics, given by the class Of 90, Anna
Campbell kelton; the first Davis prize in
elocution, Charles Kilbourne Robinson;
the second Davis prize in elocution, Ed
mtnd Kemper Broadus.
Enosinian Society Prizes-Debater's
medal, Grace Isabella Ross; Gore prize in
parliamentary law Charles kilbourne Rob-
inSon.
Scientific School Prizes-Willie E. Fitch
prize In chemistry, Charles Russell Ely;
Schmidt prize in applied mathematics,