The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-17

the moving power In the crusader aud
shattered feudalism., Magma gCharta,
the keystone OF English liberty add The
bulwark OF constitutional law, was IRE.
doms principle. Joan of Arc represent.
ed II In France. Wallace IN Scotland.
Martin Luther typined this principle.
Andiin our history II Is linked from tho
landing at.Plymouth Rock. The princI.
pie OF freedom was illustrated In the
Revolution and the civil war. His re-
ference to Alexander Campbell, tho
founder OF Bethany, was productive nt
enthusiastic applause. "A. similar rccep.
ton was accorded the references 10
Dewey and Sampson. as 4i,
.. q. White spoke on "Patriotisn,,"
and gave Il new treatment. Patriotism
didn't consist altogether In expressions
OF sentiment or In taking up arms. The
mother at the Kitchen stove, or the
teacher at the desk. were patriots 50
long as they fulfilled their d,it!es. Mr..
white scored gushing patriotism, and
said he saw too much Of It and loud
lunged enthusiasm only, at the recent
Dewey celebration. Mr.. White, who
halls from Texas, rather missed hio aim
when he said that had n western COW
boy rode down on that body OF march,
ers, there would have been a long list
OF heart failures TO record. Another OF
his illustrations wns q man who howled
for "Old Glory" and at the same time
try to charge war prices for government
supplies. Mr.. White pointed to the
home as IN incentive for true devotion.
The college glee club was next intro
duced md Its singing was n delightful
feature. The boys sang the college
medley, and ION the Banks OF the old
Buffalo," their encore was sung with
feeling and drew tears from many On
nlumnus. The boys sang well and they
were applauded to the echo.
j. T. Barclay was ,valedictorian, and
began with a happy introduction He
eald that the present season was SO full
OF school commencements that June
might be termed the memorial month Of
the year, and he sketched briefly the
pleasant features OF school associations
and the pangs Oc inexpressible regret
when the time comes to sunder college
ties. Mr.. Barclay said commandments
are intellectual festivities and the un.
nual reunion Of alumni puts perennial
freshness on the friendship OF echool
days. Turning to other things, he urged
hts classmates to cultivate knowledge
and principle, and said that on every d.
ploml was written invlsibly an iuiunc-
ton to adhere to the principles OF man.
hood as typified in the founder OF the
college. Mr.. Barclay had polished
production, rich with metaphors, full OF
point and enhanced by his earnest and
distinct delivery. He took touching
farewell Of the president and faculty.
schoolmates, and last his class. Then he
babe farewell to alumni and friends in
dear old Bethany" Mr. Barclay was
given the closest attention. and without
disparagement to the other speakers,
bis was the effort Of the day. HIS vale
dlctory was the closing gem OF a finish
ed programme.
President Hagerman then addressed
the students. giving them good advice
In telling of the responsibilities and
struggles outside the class room, with
many practical suggestions. He urged
them to be the best advertisement for
the institution they and 50 many others
loved. President Hagerman presented
the diplomas and announced the degrees
conferred as follows:
A. NJ. Post-Graduate-F'ra Bradley
Huffman, Michigan; John Meredith Trl-
bic. West Virginia: Francis Edmund
Wynne, West Virginia.
A. B. Mlnisterial-Henry Malcolm
Acoam. Indiana; Zimri Enos Bates.
Pennsylvania; Delmar Ray Bebour,
Ohio: Francis NJ. BIddle, Ohio; Henry
Newton Miller. Pennsylvania; Herbert
Henry Moninger, Pennsylvania; Albert
William Place. Ohio; Orilas Grant
White. Texas.
A. B. Classlcal-Jullan Thomas Bar
clay, Alabama.
B. S.-Alexander Campbell, Chapman,
Pennsylvania.
B. L.-Meredith Eugene StIckley, Vir-
ginia; Hartford A. Walton. Ohio.
Mus. B-Bcssie Myrtle Louck. West
Virginia.
The honors OF the class were awarded
as follows:
Magma cum laude-J. T. Barclay; F.
NJ. Biddle.
Cum laude-H. II. Monlger.
Honorary degrees were conferred as
follows: M
A. NIB. C. BGndurant. of Bethany.
W. c. Chapman. class of '9o, Higgins
Vile. Mo.
T. A. Chapman. class OF 's4. Holidays
Cove, W. Va.
Prof. Sleeman Kirk Drake University.
w. H. Graham. of Allegheny, Pa.
Jean Moos. Bethany.
Prof. ]. C. Keith, OF Bethany.
Col r. Z. Fast, OF Morgantown.
J. C. Stivetts. of Montana.
L. L. D.-Prof. B. c. Hagerman.