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HAMILTON JOURNAL.
Vol. XII.—No. 26.
COMMENCEMENT.
WEST GA. A. & M. COLLEGE
The Junior’s Hay.
The exeercises at the college yes
terday morning were very interesting
and the audience larger than on any
previous day.
The first feature of the occasion
was annual literary address, by Prof,
j. Harris Chappell, whose subject was
‘The Power of a Sentiment.” Any
analysis of his address woukl do it in
justice. Money and sentiment he
recognized as the incentives to hu
man action and while he thought the
advice “Put money in thy purse,”
good, if held within bounds, he fear
ed the tendency of the age to meas
ure the utility of everything by a
practical money standard. The two
purposes of life, enjoyment and im
provement, were promoted by the
power of a dollar, but the dollar is
not almighty. No great deed was
even prompted by money. 1 he great
revolutions that have benefitted the
world, the triumphs of ^science and
art, were but the result of the power
of a sentiment. Greece and Borne
reached the pinnacle of greatness
through its power and their decay
could only be attributed to a lack of
of sentiment. He closed with a
glowing tribute to Georgia, who when
she had staked everything upon her
sentiment and lost, proudly stood
amid the wreck, declining to bend
the knee “that thrift might follow
fawning”
Elevated in sentiment, elegant in
diction and forcibly earnest ln
its delivery, the address was altogeth
er a masterpiece. The reputation of
the orator elevated our expectation;
his address surpassed most sanguine
hope.
HAMILTON, G A., JUNE 25 , 1884
Miss Cornelia Floyd recited in al
most faultless style a very ludicrous
extract, entitled ‘‘Here She Goes—
and There She Goes.” It brought
into play her finest elocutionary pow
} ers and was a most enjoy able episode
of the morning.
Cadet W. C. Nelson spoke on “In¬
tellect in Farming.” He thought a
j \ classical education not less essential
t0 a S ood farmer than to a good law
ye”, doctor or preacher. The food
supply of the whole world would last
j require onl y eighteen the months and of knowledge it would
great power
t° enlarge this supply. 1 here is as
great a necessity for farmers with
' ability to make laws and to perform
I the duties of citizenship intelligently
! as there is for lawyers and editors*
! The speech was well delivered and
fed 011 good ground,
The recitation “Edward Gray”
was rendered with much pathos by
j Miss Maggie Ligon.
An instrumental duett by the Miss
*
e s Sparks 'received high encomiums
of praise, as did another due t by
M isses VVest an( i Mitchell,
Miss Blannie Thompson, in a reci¬
tation, “Ship on Fire,” did herself
! much credit.
i i The exercises of the morning were
closed by an oration by Cadet H. T.
1 Dewberry, who had for his theme, as
he will have for his life work, “The
i Profession of Teaching.” He thought
! the position of teacher one of great
responsibility and great importance. ;
If pupils did not love their teacher^
parents were apt to think that he
failed to do his duty, when it fre-,
quenUy happened that he occasioned j
the displeasure in doing his duty.
The chlkl must have proper respect
for the teacher but love is not essen
j tial. The speech was well delivered.
$1 A Year.
Tlie Senior Exhibition.
The address by Col. H. R. Harris
was interesting throughout and ap
plauded heartily. Our space forbids
any attempt at a synopsis and we
can only say he met the most eager
expectations of his greatest admirers. •
A beautiful tribute to the grand
old commoner was the speech of Ca¬
det W. C. Thornton.
The recitations of all the young la¬
dies were highly meritorious and
evinced careful training and faithful
study.
The young men spoke with great
eloquence and power, entertaining
the audience with words “that breathe
and thoughts that burn.”
The music of the morning was up
to highest standard of excellence.
The Small^pjx*"at Waverly
Hall.
From Dr. W. W. Bruce, who now
has the small pox c*ses at Waverly
fc
Hall under his treatment, we learn
that there is one more new case since
our last report, Mrs. T. B. Camp and
that Mrs. Coleman is about well.
The little son of Maj. Camp is doing
well as is also Mr. Coleman. Dr.
DeGraffenreid thinks of returning to
Alabama. In his treatment of the
cases Dr. Bruce exercises every pre
caution and there need be no fear of
the spread of this fearful disease
through him. He does not visit the
house, through the excess of caution,
but communicates with the nurses
and makes his treatment through
them. He does not even come in
contact with the nurses and keeps to
the windward of them when getting
their reports.
Qne q{ Qm young men rereive(1 an
; nvitatkm to accompany t h em lo the
college last night from six young la¬
dies. This is leap year and the girls
know it.