The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-02
At GU|LFORO AND
ELON COLLEGES
Commencement Exer-
cises Close.
HONORS ARE AWARDED
D.. Staley Resigns as President of
Elon and is Succeeded BY Prof. E.
L. Moffitt. Governor Glenn at
EIon. The Final Events at
Davidson.


Guilford College. n. c., June At
least five hundred intelligent and in
terested people were present on Sun
day to attend the baccaIaureate ser
vice at GuiIford College, and everyone
felt repaid over and over again for
the spiritual uplift which resulted from
the service. DIR. Detwiler has such a
large measure of the true Christian
spirit. and is so clear and charming
i'm his presentation of Christian truth
that he leaves nothing unsaid when
ought to be said. and says nothing
which ought to be left out: and his
attitude towards all truth is such as
To attract people, and especially
thoughtful young people, to the rea-
sonable claims of the gospel.
The appeal to the young men ana
women of the graduating class to rec
ognize this high calling as sons of
God in whatever line of activities they
may engage, was most impressive: and
il was plain that the seed SoWn fell
i'm good ground.
Monday night the Alumni Associa-
ton held their annual meeting, when
the address of the occasion was de-
liVered on THE Need of Foreign Mar
kets." by Mr.. j. o. Redding, of the
class of '9S This was a forceful presen-
tation of the conditions of Amerl-
can manufactures looking to other
countries as markets for the vast re-
sources of this country. Mr. ReddinS
is a fine speaker, and his address was
listened to with close attention At
the close of the address Mr.. Otis r..
Mendenhell. of Lexington, the presi-
dent of the association, announced a
business meeting at o'clock in the
library on Tuesday morning; and the
members of the association repaired to
the library rooms to partake of re-
freshments and pleasing social inter-
course. The evening was delightfully."-
spent. 1t was a pleasure to the older
members of the faculty to meet DR.. D..
X. Edgerton, Of Lebanon, Tenn, a
student at Guilford fifteen years ago,
now a successful physician.
The Final Exercises.
Tuesday the final exercises were
entered upon at 10 o'clock These con-
sisted of the devotional Service, con-
Quoted by Mrs. Mary G. Woody, fol-
lowed by three orations by members
of the graduating class. the comforting
of degrees and the address of DR.. Jno
G.. kilgo.
Mr.. Hoge Kicks. of Richmond. Va.
spoke ON 1.-THE Passing of Poland" "
Miss Mary d. Holmes on "The EVolu-
ton of a Republic" and Mr.. William
Gibbon Lindsay on THE Manufacture
of Cotton in the South These were
all heard with marked attention
After the comforting of degrees upon
the eleven members of the class, DR..
Jno G.. KiIgo was introduced, who
made an eloquent address upon the
subject "The Place of the Prophet in
the Making of a Nation" His por-
trayal OF the character of the prophet
was most vivid and striking, and every
one felt the truth of the great Grafton.
and was swept along by the current
of his eloquence.
After the address President Hobbs
read the following announcements of
scholarships and prizes:
Scholarships and Prizes.
The Bryn Mawr scholarship of $500,
Mary Davis Holmes. of Woodland; the
HaVerford College scholarship of $500.
William Gibbon Lindsay. of Madison
the orators prize of the Websterian
Literary Society, II. Arnold Kicks: the
Improvement medal, Harvey G.. Snipes;
the orators prize of the Philagorean
Literary Society. Linnie Shamburger;
the Improvement prize, Mamie out
land: the orators medal of the Henry
CLAY Literary Society. Dudley d. Car
roll; the Improvement medal, Johnston
King.
The president also made n statement
of the important events of the year,
and called special attention to the
present financial condition of the col
iege and the outlook for large in
crease of endowment. In April Mr..
Andrew Carnegie offered to give
$4,000 on endowment. on condition
that the college should raise a like
sum: and a few weeks later Professor
Thomas Newlin who is spending a year
i'm study at the University of Chicago,
sent q telegram announcing that DIR.
ID. X. Pearsons, of that city. had
agreed to give Guiiford $4,000 on en-
dGwment, provided the college will
raise three times that sum from other