Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-05-24

the faculty, men bers of. the stu
dentsbody and citizens of our
town; parents of students come
to see their sons and daughters
receive the h2nors for which they
have labored so assiduously. Thus
it is that Edgedeld is now tbrong-
ed with commencement visitors
of alt ages and from all parts. Of
the state. And in behalf Of our
people, all of our people, the Ad-
vertiser extends 10 them a most
hearty welcome.
Celebration Literary Societies.
The S. C. C. T., like all other
we'll regulated and properly con-
Quoted colleges, has it's gymnasi-
ums for the minds, literary socie-
ties. in which the students develop
their powers to use, impart to
others, what they learn fl ON their
text books and in the class rooms.
And it was with the annual cele-
bration If these literary societies
that the commencement exercises
began OH Friday evening last. The
first item on the programme was
the contest for the medal that
Capt. N. G. Evans gives annually
to the member of the freshman
class who delivers the best oration.
The contestants for this medal
were Messrs. Hawley, Charles
Whi:tle, Arnoldus Lewis aud J
D. Black. All of these young lads
possess decided oratorical tai
epts-haye their Demosthenic
bump well developed-bence the
great difficulty which the judges
experienced in awarding the med
al. However, after weighing the
speeches from every standpoint
Mr.. Arnoldus Lewis was declared
the winner.
Next came the contest for the
medal offered by Mr.. w. H. Tur-
ner to the young lady of the elo-
cution class who delivers the best
recitation. Those to compete for
this prize were Misses Olive Will
liams, Minner Fuller ard Nadeen
Smith. So well, go gracefully, SC
beautifully did all of these fair
young contestants recite hat again
the committee ofjudges were non
plussed. Their only regret was
that they did not have three med
ais to award-one for each young
lady. As this could not be and as
decision bad TO be reached 1t
fell to Miss Williams lot to I,e
The happy victor.
Now, the climax Of the evenings
txercises was resched. -Four hand
some young spell-binders, each
confident of victory, marched
upon the rostrum to enter the
lists for the medal that is annu-
ally offered by Hon. ]. c shep-
pard for the best grafton from the
sophomore class. These heavy
weights we're, Messrs. Williamp,
Clement McKie, Dozier Lynch and
John C. Sheppard, Ir. By their
:.resistless eloquence', the kind
that ''shook the arsenal and full
min d over Greece, they called
forth the shades of Webster and
the Athenian orator, who peered
wonderingly and admiringly in
the,auditorium windows. After all
of these four young men had spo-
ken 30 eloquently and ably the
judges were face to face with q
bard proposition, one much more
difficult than the pons asinorum
to beginners in geometry. However
after due deliberation, the"gen-
tlemen Of the jury" decided that
Mr.. Dczier Lynch was guilty"
of having excelled in the delivery
of his orat;on-hence he was
awarded the medal. The judges in
all of the foregoing contests were
Rev. 7. P. Burgess, Major r. D..
Epps and J. L. Minis. The even
ing'e pleasure was greatly beight-
ened by having some of the you ng
ladies and bright little girls of
the music department inters perse
the programme with several we'll
rendered instrumental duets and
trlos.