Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-07-13
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS
BY ]. L. POWER

By ]. L. POWER.

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The junior debate. for alumni medal.
tooiS Plarc Monday aight. The sub i~ct
discnssed was Resolved. That the
necessary evils q war. ia the history %
the warli- hass satUsirhs.l th. v,,.,.i
r~Sults that have been nru.iursd. The
Dhalec,ics tooS the Affirmative. j. j.
Davis. ". K : Wiibvurue. The Phil.-
tecniss took the negative A ". esaruer.
p l. D,sate- The mesiai for bet DE-
bate IN the 3atsst was awar,i-,i 20 Mr..
WHhuurue.
AZ - ~s.-fusFor ~ rrS 1ekats the
presiding otieer fer the occasion. Nr.
i " Nhitsk~r, thanA-.i .lr- ls-v-,. an
dicucc Tor their Attendance. and --sous
of snem for their ssteution.- The hon.i
conversation in rear Of the hall az The
exer~sses on Sunday and Msuiay va
80 annoving tha. i'rcsidcut stone. ON
Tuesday- s1ggessed that thsse who
were 20 anxi~-ss - talk should retire 20
NAA--- - HNNAs9AN AAaFN NRAAfA luk
comfortable and WrIi-shad-,i seats. aud
where they would not b.. dlstarte,l.
aud could not disturb others. That
suggestion had noticeable effect until
close % commencement.
Making all allowance. tor the thsught-
lessness ot some Young People. il n a
plain proposition that their absence Is
better than their presence on such o.
easioas. unles. thsy keep quiet during
the exercises, AMI especially when the
seats they eecuPy are vacated By stu
dents IA order 70 accommodate them.
NJ oxford, during the commencement
sermon in the morning. the noise be-
came 50 intolerabie that Chancellor
Fulton announced az the night sers IL.
that be hat Stationed policemen a. the
rear end of the chapel. uho zguld Sse
that order was observed. Al the Ia
dustrial Institute and College the order
was nearly perfect a. Afcorn culle--e
the rnn>s perfect quiet reIgnes. and %
at other schools Il vas nv privilege 20
attend in the iast frw weeks. Surely
NaA" W 'AsAAs = AAffAAA- 20 AaAf- an
rrutec. their sncakers. aad tA.,ss vlo
want 10 hear fruu sash un.cerrtly ,iis-
tu-b1ncc
Tuesday is Iadussrill Dav a. the A.
aad " Exhibition aad sale - live
stock ia the far-noou5 exhfbition AMI
shop p .fies IN shr afternoon There
WIS Spuzr blaosled aai graded stoelS
sold. and Al what was said to be low
prices. Al the shops we're N full
operation aud stutisntS we're operating
complicated machinery W5th the IA
milizrity af experts
Ihe chanel EXERCISES Of the EC rriug
consisted o. ienior addresses. A. fol
lows. 4 T. Reed. What r. Take to
Make >uerrssfui Farmer. Mss T. r.
galloway. The Museum n IN Esiuca-
tioual Factor. " = Weleh. Veg
lectrd FaetS-s in the D.tveloF aent %
the South. r. ". Pea. The Kitchen
tsarden Miss A. ~ Halbert. The
Library n An Efrratiynai Fzetor.- +.
Z. Royals. tre We Prosperous Feo-
pleas- l. q. Thompsou. -Aue-t.a's Ia
veEt.ve Iugenuitv.
There was no prize for the best, bat
al did vel I ehaBect to hear Mss
HaIh.rt remaris ts President >tuu- that
she expected 40 have been called n NJ.
8 instead cf NJ. ). and be CALAMITY
apologizesi for the mistake b. say lag
Il called you ~ Den did because wa
- anxious to hear you. senator
Money was specially y complimentary 10
the two young lady juniors. There
were sevea other young ladies Ia at
tendance durir tie Session
Five of the tvventy one graiaates de-
Iivered addresses a. night. A. follows.
W. +. Gorenfo. treat ConquerOrs.- c.
T. >toekard. The sunset of ten
tury,- j. W Cassell. The Material
Prosperity and Power Of a Nati1n De-
peuds Upon Its Industries. G.. H. Al
ford, What Must the Farmer no to
lie saved W. L stone. work
A cash priz, of $50 WAS offered By Mr..
I Blewett Lee for the bess grafton By
this Glass senator MoHey, Col. N1r-
gan and this writer were the commit
tee. and sIeeizsea u favor Of Mr.. stone.
Of Carroll eountv. The committee con
sidered the nztter anu manner Of the
oratioa- Had there been second
prize Mr.. Casseil would have recrsvedit-
This special prize was offered By Mr.
Lee for the class Of Is9s, but the class
went into the army. and 50 it had to be
! s.fsrresi until i-ees
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{ The chapel was mare dens<iy packed
I than on previous days. The exercise,
were apenei ~ith prayer by Rev. Dr.
+ Raymond. and then President >tnre IN
tro<iueed Hon. Heruando DeSoto
Money. United States senator. lie
spoke TO ! delighted audience for three
quarters Of an hour. and was eompli-
nented with undivided attention from
al parts of the hall His theme was
The Full Development Of Individ-
uaIity- While the address was in
tended mainly for the graduates il was
listened To with unfagging interest by
al and was frequently and heartily
Z applauded Incidentally he paid a
warm tribute 70 the former president,
I tfer. ;. n. Lee. ami to his successor,
Johr " Stone. The address added
greatly To the reputation of Col Money
7 Is an crater and sound thinker.
[ After the address the medals and dis
/ tiuetf0us were presented and AN
noureed- In addition TO those already
mentioned IN the forerol = were the
following Presidents medal to the
best all-round scholar of the senior
class. Mr.. {. Z. Stoesard. Of Lowndes;
the medal for best speaker X junior
debate. to W. r :. wiIbourue, Of Mont
xomery county. who represented the
affirmative. and a handsome prize noe
on the program was presented TO Mr.
G. II. Afford, OF Pike. the subject Of
whose graduating address was what
Must the Farmer Do To Be Saveds
This prize consisted OF 4 handsome gold
watch and chain from his sister, with
the request to this writer that he pre-