Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-18


commencement week at Delaware Col
lege. Two powerful sermons were
preached 10 the students, one, ~ the
morning, to the College Y. Nj. Z. A.
by h v II. CHARLES Mcbride OF White
Gay Creek Presbyterian Church, ana
the baccalaureate sermon in the even
ing by Rev W. ID. Roberts, u. Dol /
PHILADELPHIA. Both services were held |
in the college oratory, which was |
| crowded.
Mr.. Mcbride preached from the text |
Ezekiel 10: IA. aud his subject, - |
Vision and Its Interpretation. Inc |
vision showed the face of cheruh' |
the face Of man, the face OF lion
and the face of an eagle and the MN
/ isteT explained these. The face ot
/ ! on, he said, was type OF courage
the face of the eagle a type of asplra.
/ tion, the face of the cherub a type OF
meditation and prayer and the face OF
/ the man type of love.
"Heroism as an Element Of Power
in Moral Character, was the subject
of the baccalaureate sermon 10y Dr
Roberts He described real herolsm
and declared that moral heroism
counted for rs much as physical.
! Contrary to the views of many, real
]
of this the speaker asked his hearers
to look ever the achievements in that
line of the men and women In the
foreign mission field.
This afternoon class day exercises
will be held, and in the evening the
Athenain Literary Society Will OBJ
serve its anniversary, the speaker
being John r. Holland of Milford.
He will speak Of 1.-The Republic S
Triumph, 4" descriptive of tour he
made recently through the United
States. S. L. Hamilton will make the
address in behalf Of the society and
Jospeh b. Foster, Jr., will make the
farewell address in behalf Of the
graduating members.
Tomorrow the trustees will have
their annual meeting. Tomorrow
night the Delta Phi Society will cele-
brate its anniversary, when Chief
Justice Charles b. Lore will be the
orator. The graduation exercises will
be held Wednesday morning, when
degrees will be conferred upon nine
, teen young men, and in the evening
the commencement dance will close
the exercises Of the week.
The commencement number Of the
Delaware College Review has been
, issued, and is highly interesting. 1t
contains a fine half tone illustration
of DR.. George A. Harter, president ol
the college, and of the Delta Phi anC
Athenwan Literary Societies anC
others of the student body, as we'll "a,
the various athletic teams. Among
the illustrations is one of the college
orchestra and interior and exterior
. views of the new gymnasium. The
, | Review is published by the students.
The editorial board comprises the fol
= lowing: Joseph II. Perkins, '07, edi
tor in chief; ii. Augustus Miller, 'OS
literary; Gustav A. Papperman, '09
: exchange; Laurence h. Cain, 'O7
! local; Karl J.. Hermann, 'C6, d.
y Alumnis; Charles o. Messick, assist
\ ant editor; Lester E. Voss, '07, Ath
I letic; Ayers j. Stockley, '0s inter
: collegiate; Paul II. Keppel, '07, busi
y ness manager; John 2. McCaskey
assistant business manager.
Il PENNsYLvANIA MILITARY COLLEGE.
r Bishop Coleman preached the bacca
e laureate sermon TO the graduatin
II class of the Pennsylvania Militar
a College at st. Paul's Protestant Epis
II copal Church, Chester, yesterday morn
~ ing. Seats were reserved for th
a students, and first the faculty of th
+ college, headed by Colonel Charles +
a Hyatt, president of the institution
y IN full uniform, entered the ediiict
In taking places at the right of the dis
II tinguished speaker. Then came th
ne graduates in gray coats and whit
H. trousers. Others Of the corps woi
no the regulation uniform, wholly of era,
he Bishop Coleman presented in a fore
n full way the necessity of combining II
as ligion with scholarship and with Il
ic everyday affairs of life. He declare
~ he was not present as a tolerated apo
nj ogist, but as an ambassador Of Il
King
AT NEWPORT COMMENCEMENT
nd The commencement exercises of q
n | Nnwnnrt nnhlic rchnnl will take MIA