Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-06-08
University
or
Mississippi.
The SStl, Annnsl Commencement,
~s- Held Here this week--NAnS
Distingvishcd Visitors

ninth Commencement If The Uni
versiiy OF Mississippi. was preach
ed Sunday morning at II O'Clock,
in University chapel, by Rev. B.
b. Fullerton, pastor OF the Lucas
Avenue c. p. Church. Of St.
Louis, Mo. DIR. Fuilert ms ad-
dress was a masterpiece OF ora
tory. and replete with logic and
good advice. The chapel was
filled to its utmost capacity. A
select choir composed OF the Cum
berland Presbyterian Church /
Choir and numbers of the vari-
GUS other church choirs of OK
ford. furnished the music for the 4
DR.. Fullerton dellv-
cred an address before the Y. VI. |
c. \. at $50 o'clock Sunday 1
night.
On Monday morning the Sopho-
more oratorical contest was held |
in University chapel. The speak
ers were, Messrs. J. p. Chase, of
Memphis, L. c. Coleman, OF Kos
ciusko, A. Mecklenberger. of
Okolona, F. ". Witty, Of Vino
ma, t. f. Edwards. OF Union
City. Misses jeanette Ford. of
Columbia, Douglass Maxwell. of
Canton, and May Belle Standifer,
of Oxford. The contest was
spirited, and entertaining. The
hrst medal was awarded to Mr..
\. F. Mecklenbercer, Of Okolona;
the second medal was awarded to
Miss May Belle Standifer, OF
Oxford. On Monday night the
annual senior debate of the Her.
maean and Phi Sigma Literary
Societies, wgs held in the Uni
versity chapel. The question,
Resolved, That the expansion
OF the United Estates beyond the
boundaries of the North Ameri-
can Continent is wise policy ;"
was ably argued by Z. S. Pol
lard ard s. V. Robertson OF the
! He-maean Society, for the AFR
native, and +. X. Walton and G.
I. Gillespie Of Phi Sigma, for the
negative. The question was de-
cided in favor of the negative.
Mr.. Gillespie and Mr.. Robertson
were the winners of the medals.
The Annual Grafton was de-
iivered Tuesday by Hon. c. Al
Iphonse Smith, OF the University
OF North Carolina. His subject
was Individuality" and was
sPlendidly handled throughout.
y reception was rendered the
faculty. students and friends Of
the University. by Chancellor and
Mrs. Fulton, Tuesday aftarno n,
from . 70 , O'Clock, which was
much enjoyed by al in attend
aRce.
An eloquent end appropriate
address was delivered before the
meeting OF the Alumni Associa-
ton, Tuesday night. by Chancel-
Tor Percy Bell, Of Greenville.
! The regular commencement
program Wednesday, was inter-
esting and the orations delivered
with ease and grace. The speak,
ers were; Messrs. Leopold Shu-
macker, SalUtatorian, of Holly
Springs; Abye Albert Conn,
Brookhaven; d. H Chamberla n ,
HARRISON; T. o. Yewell valedic-
torian. Carrollton, Miss Viola
Blanche Rogers, New Albany;
Mary Lula Rea, Wesson.
At the conclusion of the ad.
dresses, medals and prizes were
awarded and diplomas delivered.
The VIM. Jennings Bryan med
al, for the best essay by a menu
Der OF the senior class, was award
ed to Miss Mary Haley, Of Nc
Comb City.
The medal for the est junior
essay was awarded to Mr.. Charles
Butler.
The Dictionary offered by Prof.
Bishop, in Sophomore English.
was won by Miss Lucille Kimmer-
rer.
The Taylor scholarship medals
were awarded to Mr.. 4. Meek
linberger, of the Sophomore class
and L. Lindsay and j. E. CAL
houn, of the Freshman class.
The medals given by the Her.
mean Literary society in elocu-
ton, were awarded to H. Brook.
first medal, j. C. Crane, second.
In the Phi Sigma Society. the
first medal was awarded to F.
Leavell, and the second to J. E.
Calhoun.
In the Law class, a prize of
5000 for class standing was
awarded to It. o. Ewell. The
prize of $4,000 worth of Law
books, given by the West Pub
fishing Company, was awarded
"a &c. Chamberlain.
The Board of Trustees have
been in session during the week.
The resignation of DIR. Paul Hill
Saunders of the chair of Greek.
was accepted and resolutions of
regret passed at his leaving the
institution.
DR.. J. G. Deupree, Dean of the
School OF Pedagogy, was elected
to the chair of Greek, and DIR. T.
p. Bailey was elected Professor
OF Applied Psychology and Peda-
goSy.
DIR. Hubert A. Stands of Texas
was elected to the new chair of
Rhetoric, Composition and Ora
tory.
DIR. John Allen Childs of Johns
Hopkins University was elected