The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-07

hOpr:Ii Hth;;SitSn. TIL S"N"HtT-%"f"IItA
year II l:"ihruy rnll,r" WAS drought -
1 r!n.:, to-day wh"u tw"riy-ntnr Young
mon and women were granted degrees
and eight were presented with certificates
Of rraduai."n Aroused 10y tho inSlSt"nt
call al tn" alma mater and ny III"
knowi"d=" THAI many OF III" younger
men had departed for S"rViC" ~ n"
country. more old alumni returned than
has hr"n IN" cas-. IN years and Ia" IN
SnirlnS addresses! OF the chief speakers
al The day. Hon II. {. Ogden 9: WHEEL
I'M: and l'r George Itut!,ir" 81 CH.cln-
natl. met with instant applause and
hcarti"$t approval.
AZ tie cl"s;. ii lh- exercises the hon
orary degree OF LID. WAS conferred!
upon Ilon. H. I. Ogden. Or. GrorG" +.
Rutl"dEr and Hon. William McCallSic:
OF Nashville. T,un. For the first time
in the history Of the school. the d"Gr'"
81 bachelor OF divinity was granted. due
70 the establishment Of III" Bible col
legc, which now docs three years work
above the baccalaurSatc degrees.
Splendid work.
Never Have the men responsible for
Bethany been 81 hopeful in It's future
ard tho splendid work Of tho past year
Is basis Tor President Crambl"lS aSScr-
ton that the class rooms would be
filled next fall with boys and girls un-
der II. President Crambl"t'S wonder
full success Of the last seventeen years
was ou,done by his record Of this FIRST
war year. when the college has more
than held its own.
The procession. time hunorcd. from
Heights 10 College chapel. was started
in Il dnwnrnur Of rain at gao. and tho
morning session began promptly.
Bellaire Girl Heard.
Following the Invocation ny Or. II. L.
Calhoun Miss Sarah Mauscli Bcllair".
o.. presented the statutory address.
Miss MauSell welcomed the parents, fac
ulty. trustees. students and friends who
have made possible the high ideals with
which the present class Is going out.
She made special mention Of those boys
who were cIaSSod as juniors with this
class last spring. but who are now in
service Miss Mansclrs Grafton YEAS Il
good indication O. tho high class OF
speeches that could be expected from
the class.
l.. IL Canary. Clovcpor, Ky. in an
Grafton. entitled The Challenge of the
Hour" made n forccful plea for the
~
today. forgetting the failures Of yester-
day and the hopes Of tomorrow. The
crisis Of today is calling for efficiency
Of service that will do good. only good.
said the speaker. Mr.. Carary'S parting
appeal to his classmates WAS that they
should take the talents so laviShly be-
slowed upon them and directed So we'll
through years Of training 10 use 10
building character upon gcntlcncss. sac
rifice and integrity.
Appeal for Enthusiasm.
Miss Virginia Sputtswood Dudley. Of
.IactinsviIe. Va. made n splendid APP
peal for positive enthusiasm in her ora
ton. our Future Inheritance" Miss
Dudley said that for'6o00 years tho diff
ference between the strong and the
weak, the successes and the failures.
has been tho lack or possession Of posi-
tive enthusiasm.
Miss Hazel Katherine Henry. Of IIud-
son. Ohio. in her we'll prepared Grafton.
Scholarship Today. convinced her hear
crs that there Was an urgent need for
the eager. jealous student would h" Il
pioneer and adv"nIurcr into the finer
things: that the educated man should
be we'll rounded and more generous and
enthusiastic than his more unfortunate"
fellows. Her appeal WAS that her class
mates ntSEt NlhIGll SN'%iu''E' NO"'"e-
uu*.y and studiously TO meet The greet
demands Of the time that will demand
more OF the student than OF anyone
else.
Mr.. Hoye's Grafton.
J. Mitchell Iinyc. Louisa, Va. p-"Si-
dent of tho senior class. chose for ms
ti:,e The Hour and the Man. Mr..
Huyc proved that just as surely as Ger
man guns and barbarty demanded OF
the allies 4 man that could lead IN the
rcrs0n Of F>och just So surely Will tn"
reconstruction demand Of US at home
tina, wo see TO it that no brave Amcrl-
can shall have died in raiT Ter liberty.
The hour must have its man and mat
man is the student in the American col
leSrs today.
What was perhaps tho most beautiful
speech Of the day came from MISS A'I-
en- Irwin. BIG Run. Pa. under me u'''S.
Stunning title Of The Senior Nose gay.
Miss TWINS grafton IL given il full:
THE SENIOR NoSEGAY.
"In eastern lands they talk i'll flowers.
And tell i'll garlanLs their loves and
cares:
Each blossom that blooms in their gar
don bowers.
on its leaves Il mystic language bears:
Then gather Il wreath from the garden
And tell the wish Of thy heart in
flowers"
As the seniors ct Bethany have
Travelled along tho. four years Of college
life together. they huv" gathered Il nose
gay OF flowers. which th"y Will take
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