Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-16

<vop LID own p5ogie.
Next, ~ request, The ulee club ron
dered musical number. They were
recalled and. as an encore. sang the
College song.
The next was an grafton, "The
Power of Mind Over Matter by Wei
lington P. S. Murray, of Prince Ed
ward Island, Canada His subject was
instructive and showed careful prepar-
| alton.
This was followed by an Grafton,
"The Study OF Perfection by Miss
Mary e. Clifton Charnock, of West
Virginia. Her paper was very well
prepared. She made a plea for true
culture among the educated class. She
referred also to religion as being one
OF the requisites of culture.
"Our Relations with the Philippines"
was the subject of an Grafton by T. B.
MacAulay Sommeryille. of West Vir-
ginia. The speaker said the issue in the
Philippines was drawing to itself the
attention of the world. To predict the
future, he said. you must read the
past" The speaker then held I'D as
an illustration. the experience of Euro
ipean powers with dependent colonies.
Any attempt by this country to civilize
and better the condition of the Filipi-
nos, the speaker predicted, would meet
with utter and disastrous failure. Mr..
Sommerville is a decided anti-Imperial-
ist in his views and his paper was an
/ excellent one.
The yaledictorian was Miss Lillian
Ashford Roberts. of West Virginia.
Miss Roberts grafton was a very in
teresting one. She spoke on a general
subject, setting forth many truths in
Ia very clear and concise discourse. At
the close she very touchingly babe fare
well to the college, the trustees, the fac
ulty and the coming graduating class.
Then followed the comforting of de-
grees by President Emeritus w. K.
Pendleton. of Eustis. Fla.
| uC6lttS WSle IOulSlItu.
Master of Arts-Henry Newton Mil
Ter, of Pennsylvania.
Bachelor of Arts MinisteriaD Will
lam Loren Fisher. Missouri: !, cling
ton P. S. Murray, P. E. l., Canada;
Frank Naotoro, Otsuka, Japan, and
Thomas James White. of Ohio.
Bachelor of Arts (ClassicaD-Miss
Mary E. Clifton. Charnock, and Miss
Lillian Ashford Roberts. of West Vir-
ginia
Bachelor Of MISUNDERSTANDING
Pearl Morris. of Ohio. and T. B. Mac
Auiay Sommerville. of West Virginia.
Bachelor of Music --Myra Louise Car
roll, Of Fennsy VI mia; Mis- Carrie
Brownlee Mathews Mss Goldie Mabel
Scott and Miss Ida Harden Taylor, of
West Virginia.
Glass honors were conferred as fol-
lows:
First-Summa Cum Laude-Miss Lii
liam Roberts. of Moundsville A grade
of 95 per cent. in all studies.
Second--Magna Cum Lauda-Miss
Mary e. Clifton Charnock. of Wells
burg grade of 81 per cent. in all
studies.
Rev. ]. NJ. Kersey then made short
extemporaneous address to the audi
ence. He is a magnetic and entertain
| ing talker. He said the first thing he
wanted to state was that on
the third Monday of next Sep
TENDER Bethany would open her
| doors for the reception of students,
as she has done in years before. He
| said ne wished to send all present
home with one thought and that is
that Bethany is here to stay. The fac
ulty for the coming year is complete.
Newton Miller has been added
to the English literature de-
partment, Prof. Munro to Sci
ence, and Prof. Lewis to the Musical
department Since and before coming
| to Bethany, President Kersey said he
| received the congratulations and good
| he appreciated this, but what he needs
| is the help of friends. He admonished
all the friends to go forth and boost
Bethany. For Bethany is only now be-
ginning a new era in her career. He
said he wished it kept fresh in memory
On every occasion where it may do
some good to say kind word for Old |
Bethany He said he was proud of the !
record left behind by the class going |
odt into Gods university. In the future
the speaker felt assured. that all the |
important issues now at hand shall be |
settled and settled right.
Rev. Oliphant, of the First Christian |
Church of Wheeling, then invoked the |
benedction and the most important |
ceremony of the occasion was over
The musical department rendered an |
excellent musicale Wednesday evening /
as the closing exercise of that branch |
of the institution. The performance !
was very creditable one and both in
structor and scholars were the re- |