Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-28
THE COMMENCEMENT
OF FRANKLIN COLLEGE.
In Excellent Programme Was Rem
dered-Excrcfses Commenced in
81 Morning and Continued All
Day-The Glass Exercises and
other Matters.

The seventy-ffth commencement OF
Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio,
occurred yesterday. The baccalaureate
was delivered Sunday morning
by the Rev. H. l.. Whalen, of Carbon
dale, Pa. This was an excellent SER
mon and was listened to by a large
audience. The annual sermon to the
Y. M. and Y. w. C. AS was given Sun
day evening by Rev. j. B. Eakins, of
ST. C~lairsville, o. A most excellent adj
dress was delivered to the literary So
cieties Monday evening by Rev. w. l.
Wishart, of Allegheny, Pa.
Class exercises were held Tuesday
evening. A large crowd was in at
tendance, and all expressed themselves
RS being well entertained by the ora
ions and original jokes which were
gotten off at the expense of the mem
bers of the class. The following is the
programme:
Music.
Invocation -
Music.
Salutary ........".Rober F. McCracken
Class History Carrie Cramblett
4UG Music.
Grafton on Motto".........E.I ID. Grim
Class Prophecy.......".....F. j. Scott
Music.
Glass Grafton ..............J NJ. Tunnel
Glass Poem.................W. NJ. Hughes
CLASS Win..............."....W. G. White
Valedictory ...................J G.. Reany
Music.
Benediction ...."............ =
Music.
At a meeting of the board Tuesday
bids were considered for the new COL
lege building, which is to take the place
of the n destroyed by fire. The new
building will be larger and much finer
than the old one. The regular COM
mencement exercises were held yester-
day. The following programme was
carried out:
10 a. m.-Music. Prayer. Music.
Salutatory-Ceres and Pomona,
Frank Braden Grove, Phi. B., Cadiz, o.
The Hour and the Man-Robert
Parks Cook, Phi. B., New Athens, o.
Heroines of History-Carrie Cram
blett, B. s., New Athens, o.
Music.
Act Well Your Part; There All the
Honor Lies-Edward D. Grim, Phi. B.,
New Athens, o.
A View of the Past-Ella Mary Hen
derson, B. S., New Athens. 0.
The Strength of Our Nation-J. S.
Heron, B. S., Carrollton, o.
Music.
Dinner.
Gazelle and Swan-Audra NJ. Hunt,
e~locution, Updegraff, o.
l p. m.-Music.
Decision and Destiny-Walter ].
Hoge, Phi. B.. Shepherdstown, O..
The Measure of Man-William Nc
Clure Hughes, A. B., New Athens, o.
Overcoming Experimentation F.
McCracken, A. B., New Athens, o.
Music.
Americas Future-Orville- j. McFad-
den, A. B., Cadiz, 0.
Ohio's Jewels-Park P. Patton, A. B.,
Fairpoint, O.
The Spirit of the Age-Harry c. Pos
tlethwaite, Phi. B., Newton Hamilton,
Pa.
Music.
True Worth-George N. Postleth-
waite, B. S., Newton Hamilton, o.
Inequality; It's Utility-James Grant
Reaney, A. B.. Claysville, Pa.
The Lawyers Position in Society
George E. Roche, Phi. B., Harrisville, 0.
Music.
The Insigniicance of Membranes
Joseph Scott, A. B., Middle Lancaster,
Pa.
The Sunset of the Nineteenth Cen
tury-James NJ. Tunnel, A. B., Clarks-
vile, Del.
The Puritan Spirit-George Thomas
Warren, Phi. B., Knoxville, o.
Music.
Devotion to Principle. Walter
Watson, A. B., Fairpoint, o.
Monuments-Wilber George White,
Powhatan Point, O.
The Pursuit of Culture-W. Austin
Wright, Phi. B., Carrollton, o.
Music.
Valedictory-Light is Breaking
Malcom Macleod McPhail, A. B., River
Denys, Nova Scotia.
Conferring of Degrees.
Benediction. Music.