The Conway log cabin., 1901-06-25
HENDRIX COMMENCEMENT.
Graduating Exercises-Five Re.
 ceive Diplomas.

iii"eioh NolitSSl was HelQ. F1Ve young men were in this contest, viz: A. P. Reynolds, s. E. Hughes, WIT. Menard, J. Sherman, C. B. Theatt. A large crowd was pres ent to enjoy the speeches, which showed that the young men had put themselves through a rigid course of training.
 The annual alumni exercises were held Tuesday evening. Rev. | J. NJ. Hawley presided over the meeting. J. G. Fraser addressed the audience on Our Shattered Political Ideals, and K. D. Wynn of the junior class, delivered the class prophecy. After the exer- cises banquet was enjoyed by the members of the alumni association and a few invited friends.
 The graduating exercises, the literary address and awarding of prizes were the principal features for Tuesday. The graduates and their degrees were: Miss Nettie Murphy, A. B.; C, l.. O'Daniel A. B.; w. l.. Oliver, Ph. B.; w. N. Putnam, A. B.; Will Steele, A. B. MT. Steele was honored by having been selected as faculty representative and he read a fine thesis on the constitutionality of the Porto Rican tariff. The honor of being class representative was con- ferred by the other graduates upon MT. Pittman. He delivered a very excellent oration on the past, pres ent and future uses of electricity The president, A. C. Millar, de- livered very profound address to the graduates.
 Congressman T. C. McRea, of Prescott, made good speech to the literary societies on the subject Jefferson and Religious Liberty. <" He claimed that Jefferson has done more for religion than any man since the days of the apostles by securing a constitutional amend ment which guarantees to all re- ligious freedom. He recounted the history of cruelties that were practised in the name of religion in Europe and even i'll our own country i'll the early days of the re- public and ill colonial times. He thought this question timely be- cause we are upon the verge of de ciding the relation of the church and state in the Philippines and Porto Rico. His address was lis tened to with rapt attention.
 Rev, J. H. Riggin, of Little Rock, a prominent member of the board of trustees made some inter- esting announcements regarding things pertaining to the college, the most important to Conway people, perhaps, being the election of Capt. W. w. Martin as chair man of the board. A better man for the place could not have been selected and 1t was an honor worth ily bestowed. He will do much in the future, as he has done in the past, for the advancement of the interests of the college.
 MT. Riggin urged an endowment. He thinks that the time has come for liberal endowment and he in sisted that everybody work with this end in view. He called at tention that a new science building was needed, also a library build ing, a gymnasium, president s house. and said he had told Presl- dent Millar that they needed a hat rack there in the auditorium.
 The announcement ot the award ine of prizes for all of the various contests was made by Rev. J. M. Hawley in his usual happy and entertaining manner, as follows:
 Sidney Hughes, Arkansas Meth odist Reclamation prize; Frank Robins, faculty essay prize; 5. S' Ieffries, the A. $. McKennnon Scholarship prize; w. l.. Oliver the Ware mathematics prize; Miss Etta Robins, preparatory essay nrize and Miss Glennie Miles, .Io-e1,i,, p,-ize