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Terms £2.00 AiYear,in Advance.
Bellefonte, Pa., June 27, 1890.
P. GRAY MEEK, +17” - Epriror
{. The City of Penn Must Do Better.
Pennsylvanians who take pride in
the progress and prosperity of the lead-
ing city of their State will be disap-
pointed in seeing that Philadelphia has
not made the increase in population in
the last ten years which appearances
gave them reason to expect. The num-
ber of its inhabitauts barely goes over
a million, the increase being 193,379
over its population in 1880, a less per
centage than was shown in the decade
between 1870 and 1880, while New
York has made the immense increase
of 430,000 in that time, and Brooklyn,
with a population of 930,671, shows
the astonishing gain of 364,000 since
1880.
The population of Chicago has not
yet been reported definitely, it being
suspected that the ambitious people of
that city are trying to doctor the re-
turns, but we should not be surprised
if their. claim of 1,200,000 should be
verified, thus putting it ahead of Phila-
delphia and making the latter the
third instead of the second city in the
Union in point of population. Chica-
go is certainly one of the phenomena
of modern civilization, the increase of
its population having been nearly half
a million within the last ten years.
Men who are not very old can remem-
ber that when they studied geography
there was a little speck on the map, at
the southwestern corner of Lake Michi-
gan, marked Chicago and credited
with having a few thousand inhabi-
tants. The boast of the Chicago peo-
ple that it will take but a few more de-
eades to put their city ahead of New
York as a centre of population is not’
unreasonable.
We are sorry that Philadelphia,
comparatively, is not doing as well as
she should do in the way of growth,
considering her location, attractions
and natural advantages. She was once
the leading commercial city of the
country, but her people have lost their
commercial ambition, and their manu-
facturing enterprises have failed to main-
tain the relative position she occupied
among American cities some years
ago.
The city of Penn must do better if
she wants the country people of the
State to be proud of her.
“Blind Unquestioning Zeal.”
In General Hasting's address to the
literary societies of Franklin and Mar-
shall College at Lancaster last week,
occurs the following questionable sen-
tence: “There are no leaders of
“thought and action to-day who are
“followed with the blind and unques-
“tioning zeal that characterized the
“ masses in their obedience to those
“ who shaped events in the early years
“of this century.”
What early years does the Genreal
refer to ? Was there ever before a time
in the history of Pennsylvania when a
majority of its people were led around
by the nose by a political boss as they
are led to-day by one of the most
disreputable leaders that the politics of
the country ever produced ? Scarcely a
week after this declaration the orator
submitted his chances for a nomina-
tien for Governor to a convention that
was completely controlled by this one
man power, and failed in his ambition
because the Boss preferred some other
candidate. If the Republicans of the
State are not following Quay with
“blind and unquestioning zeal,” it
is difficult to tell what kind of
following it 1s. :
PE —
An Insatiable Infant.
The farmers of Berks county had a
great tariff’ reform pic nic some days
ago at the Yellow House and showed
their good judgment by having Con-
gressman MiLLs to address them. Ex-
perience, extending back through the
past decade, made particularly impres.
sive by theaccum lation 0“mortgages on
the farms of that naturally rich agri-
cultural region, is leading the farmers
of Berks to regard the present fiscal
laws of the country as being defective
In very essential respects, and they
could not have gotten a better man
than Mr. Micis to point out the de-
fective points. He has made the mo-
nopoly tariff a study and can dissect it
with the skillful hand of an expert.
In a masterly manner he exposed the
“home market delusion” by which the
American farmer has been persuaded
to surrender his advantages for the
benefit of a limited class that is be-
coming enormously rich through the
effects of a one-sided protective system,
He wasn’t very tender in handling that
great big baby, the “infant industry,”
which has been dandled on -the knee
of the nation for the last half century.
Speaking of this baby, which has been
80 unreasonably slow in coming to
maturity and so voracious in gulping
the contents of the national sucking
bottle, he said :
They have talked of protection before, but
they said they wanted a little to balance the
cost of labor. They started 100 years ago on
woolen goods. "Phe tariff then was $7.50 on
$100. It was an infant then. Well, we cared
for that infant sixty years, and in 1860 the
tariff on woolen goods was made $24 on $100,
instead of $7.50. The infant was getting worse
instead of better. In 1880 it required $70 on
$100 to protect il against the foreigner, and
now they confess they are going to ruin and
perdition after the protection of a century
with a tariff of 70 on $100, and have appealed
to Congress to save this 100'year-old infant
from being absolutely destroyed, and they
have responded by putting the duty to $150 on
£100 worth of goods. “How much longer is it
going to take the infant to bankrupt the coun-
try ? The more we protect it the more it needs.
Had we not better turn it eut in the air and let
it eat grass awhiles.
Judging from their temper it may
be believed that the farmers of Berks
county have made up their minds that
it is about time for this insatiable in-
fant to be weaned.
The Republicans of Alabama
have nominated a State ticket, but,
although four-fifths of the party in that
state are negroes, no colored man ap-
pears among the nominees. This does
not look well for a party that is charg-
ing the Democrats with proseribing
the negroes of the South, particularly
when it is considered that the colored
people give it ail the strength in the
South worth speaking of.
Quay’s Convention Nominates a State
Ticket.
Boss Quay’s convention in Harris-
burg on Wednesday was attended by
large numbers of his followers, and by
others of the party who did not like to
follow him, but bad to knock under to
his will. Clubs and delegations favor-
ing the different candidates crowded in-
to the city by the car loads, and there
was great marching, parading and
band-playing previous to the meeting;
bat in the meanwhile the Boss, through
his trusted lieutenants with whom he
was in communication by telegraph,
was arranging the whole business to
sait himself.
The convention opened at 10 a. m.,
in the opera house, which was soon
filled by a rush of people, and was call-
ed to order by chairman ANDREWS.
Forthe temporary organization GEorGE
S. Gramam was elected temporary
chairman. The permanent officers sub-
sequently elected were WALTER Lyon,
of Pittsburg, with the other temporary
officers continued. After other pre-
liminary business a recess was taken
until half after 2 p. m.
In the afternoon session, after the
reading of the platform, the naming of
candidates for Governor was in order.
Hastings was presented by OrrapY of
Huatingdon ; OsBorNE by Darr, of
Luzerne; MoxrtoorH by Major More-
LAND of Pittsburg ; Stone by Rice of
Warren; McCormick by CorriNs of
Lycoming} and DEerLEmater by Col.
Carter of Titusville.
On the first ballot the vote stoud.
DelAMALer.....cscessirsssesserrssasssssirsssrssssre tones 84
Hastings... 64
Montooth..
Delamater.. civ... iin innit. 99
Hastings... wees: 61
Montooth...
Hastings.... ve 58
Montooth... as
reassembled in the evening, when the
names of E. K. MarTIN, of Lancaster,
Senator Watres, of Lackwanna, and
J. A. M. Passmore, of Philadelphia,
were presented for Lieutenant Gover-
nors. WaATRES was nominated on the
first ballot. D. H. Hastings was
unanimously elected chairman of the
State convention ‘or the next year, but
positively declined the honor.
The platform, as read by the com-
mittee, contains the usual assortment
of Republican promises and lying
pledges, * It endorses the high charac-
ter of MATTHEW STANLEY QUAY; calls
for the passage of a Federal Election
law; asks for all kinds of pensions for the
soldiers; approves of the Border Raid
claims ; endorses the McKinley tariff
bill and high tariffs generally; calls
upon congress to prevent the importa-
tion of oleomargarine and intoxicat-
ing liquors; gets off a deceptive plati
tude on the subject of ballot reform ;
praises the Republican party for reduc:
ing the State debt; recommends the
lessening of taxation on real estate and
the taxing of money capital after a
fashion; asks for an increase of the
currency of the country; straddlesy
the silver question ; endorses the ad-
ministration of HArrisoN; accords
some faint praise to Dox CAMERON ;
lauds speaker REED, and even ventures
to face the derision of the public by
» {
winding up with a commendation of the
Beaver administration.
It was just such a platform as Boss
Quay would direct his henchmen to
make, particularly that part of it
which represents MATTHEW STANLEY
Quay as being a high-minded, honor-
able and incorruptible public char-
acter.
——The Boston Pilot puts it in this
way : “Reep has all the cunning and
upscrupulounsness of a CROMWELL, with
Oriver’s bratal contempt of justice,
but he has a different people to reckon
with in carrying out his usurpations.”
—The Pilot's parallel is correct as far
as it goes, but REE, notwithstanding
his resemblance to SHAKESPEARE in
appearance lacks the brains that made
CroMWELL a successful usurper.
~The Disability Pension bill is in
the hands of the President for his offi-
cial action and no doubt will receive-
his signature. It provides a pension of
from six to twelve dollars a month for
all disabled soldiers without regard to
the] cause of disability, or whether it
occurred before, during or since the
war.
nm ———
——In the carrying out of his arrange-
ments it was in all respects the most
successful and satisfactory State con-
vention the Boss ever got together.
The Deadly Western Cyclone,
A Teacher and School Children Fall
Victims to Its Fury.
EArLsvILLE, Ill, June 21.—A terri.
ble cyclone and cloud-burst occurred
about five miles north of this city short-
ly after 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The storm came from the southwest,
from the vicinity of Sublette, and had
apparently spent its fury when it reach-
ed the vicinity of the Field Shool-house,
a new building standing at the south-
west of Four Corners. At this time a
black cloud, driven from the northwest,
swept up and gave the storm renewed
energy. In asecond the whirling tem-
pest had struck the little school-house
and torn it to pieces. At the time
there were but eight persons in the
school-room, and as the storm was
heard coming up they attempted to rush
outside to seek safely in the open air.
It was too late, however, for the death-
dealing tempest was upon them,and not
one escaped to tell the fearful expe-
rience of that moment. The teacher,
Miss Maggie McBride, and her seven
pupils, were instantly killed. The
names of the latter are: Jennie Over-
kirk, Edna Hunt, Jennie Radly, Min-
nie Berry, Aggie Rudolph, Tena Pren-
tice and Cartie White.
Peter Beams, an old peddier who was
driving by the school-house at the time,
was also caughtup by the storm and |
his body deposited in a hedge fence |
some distance away. His team and
wagon have not been found yet. :
The residence of Newton Woods, in
the same vicinity, was also caught up
and torn to fragments, but the occu-
pants had escaped to the cellar in time
to save their lives,
Jacob Rudolph, who was first on the
scene, saw the school-bouse caught and
lifted 100 feet or more in the air and
then fall in pieces. He then started for
the place where the building fell to
pieces, but in attempting to cross a swol-
len stream was carried;down, only sav-
ing himself by catching an overhanging
branch of a willow tree some distance
below. While yet in the water the
bodies of Miss McBride and one little
girl floated down to him and both were
taken out together, horribly mutilated
and stripped of all their clothing. The
other bodies were found in the imme-
diate vicinity. The body of Carrie
White, being the last to be recovered;
was found under a bridge half a mile
below this morning.
The storm here swept the ground
clear of everything. Huge trees were
torn up by the roots, fences were swept
out of existence, orchards obliterated,
and everything in the path of the tem-
pest destroyed. The width of the
storm was about thirty rods.’ Leaving
‘the school-house, the storm swept on-
ward in a direct, line almost north,
destroying all in its path. Occasionally
it lifted, but the whole country from near
Earlville to Pawpaw, in Lee county, is
marked with ruin. At least fifty farm
houses and other buildings were wreck-
ed, and eight more persons killed. All
buildings,fences,orchards and crops were
ruined, and the damage done was very
great. Even forests were unable to re-
sist the terrible force of the wind, and
huge trees were torn up bodily or brok-
en down as if they had been but reeds.
A Wide Field for Mr. Blaine's Free
Trade.
Philadelphia Record.
It is to be hoped that Secretary
Blaine, now that he has launched his
policy of Free Trade, will not narrow
his statesmanship to the Southern re-
gions of this hemisphere. Let him ex-
tend his vision to Australia and to the
new regions that are opening to com-
merce in Africa. The other day the
first child of German parents was born
in Zanzibar. In a few yeais many
children of European descent will have
been born in Equatorial Africa, and
within a generation its fertil plains will
be covered with prosperous European
settlements. Now, then, is the time
for this country to prepare to share in
the commerce of that vast region. As
Secretary Blaine plainly sees, it cannot
be done by McKinley Tariff bills.
Sam Jones’s Gospel.
Sam Jones in Richmond, Va., the
other night, said: “The bon-ton lady
sits back and turns up her nose at
what I say, but the devil has a mort-
age on that old nose and the toreclos-
ure will soon. come and the old gal
will go along to hell with her nose.”
After this, it is not strange to learn
from a local paper, that a number of
persons stood up for prayer.
Commencement at the Pennsylvania
State College.
The End of College Days for the Larg-
est Class the Institution Has Ever
« Sent Out! Great Improvements
About the Grounds and
Buildings!
From out the great uncertainty of
weather, Sunday, the 22nd, came clear
and bright, with just enough clouds
floating to occasionally bide the
burning face of the sun. A gentle
breeze wafted the perfumes of the many
flowers about the grounds, and had she
tried, nature could scarcely have pro-
duced a fairer day for the beginning of
the exercises which will graduate from
this college the largest class she has ever
sent out. .
The beautiful campus, the labarinth-
ine walks,and the well cropped trees and
shrubbery, never looked better than they
did on Sunday. Refreshed by the
warm June rain of the preceding day,
and infused with new life from the sun,
they appeared to the greatest possible
advantage.
Long before the college bell tolled
three the pretty chapel was crowded
with people waiting for the Baccalaure-
ate, and immediately upon its sound
the senior class, numbering twenty-three,
marched in, headed by their President.
The long meter doloxogy was then
sung, standing, and the Rev. E. T.
Davis, who holds the chair of English
on the Faculty, invoked the blessings of
God on the service, and a quartette from
the College Glee Club sang a voluntary,
which was followed by a hymn by the
whole assemblage. Dr. Geo. 'W. Ather.
ton, President of the College, then read
a short scripture lesson, after which
Rev. Davis prayed again, and another
hymn was sung. The Doctor then be-
gan his discourse. Without a text, and
starting with the birth of Christ, nearly
1900 years ago, he followed his life
down through each successive stage,
showing his hun ble birth and surround-
ings and how he was looked upon in
early life, and each little incident which
tended to bring Christ into his new
position of teacher and enlightener of
men. The President's them was to
show historically just who Christ was,
and then to impress on the minds of his
hearers the necessity of deciding for
themselves the questiou of who Christ
was, from a moral standpoint. During
his address the Doctor touched slightly
on the point of the divine arrangement
or order of things as to the future, and
read a selection from one of our modern
| prose poets in which the hopelessness of
the world without a God was beautiful”
ly portrayed. The whole of this dis-
course led up to the final question,
which he put to the graduating class as
he wes about to finish. As the mem-
bers of 90 arose in their places the
President addressed a few brief remarks
to them, and closed with the expression
that all th ir future happiness and suc-
cess would depend upon their answer
individually, as to who this man, Christ,
was.
The service was on the whole the
most impressive one that has ever been
held here, and the address the most
learned and skillful treatment of this
subject that your correspondent has ever
had the pleasure of listening to. The
language used was forcible and ele-
gant, and the arguments presented stood
without dispute. After the sermon the
quartette chanted a thanksgiving, which
was followed by a hymn, whereupon the
the Rev. Davis pronounced the benedic-
tion and dismissed the people.
MONDAY.
Many guests arrived on the morning
trains and already the hotels and private
boarding houses are well crowded with
visitors. As for the weather, it has
simply been a repetition of yesterday,
and numbers of the elder visitors have
sought thé cool shades of the campus
while the young alumui and ex-mem-
bers of the College have repaired to the
athletic fields for ball and tennis.
The only thing of importarce during
the afternoon was the examination of
candidates for admission. We have
been unable to obtain the exact number
of appheants, but the appearance indi-
cates a large Freshman class next year.
In the evening the chapel was com-
fortably filled with people who had
come to hear Gen. O. O. Howard, U. S.
A., make the annual address before the
Y. M. G A. of the college. Gen.
Howard is an able and eloquent speaker
and left a very favorable impression in-
deed on his hearers. After his intro-
duction, in which he set forth the lines
on which he would talk, he took up the
life of Washington in an eulogistic
manner, and drew from it points which
should enfluence every College man.
The Y.M.C. "A. of the college has
never been in better condition than 1t is
now. Its membership is large and par-
ticularly active, making it a very des
sirable organization at the CoHege. The
association has rooms of its own on the
first floor of the main College building
and holds very attractive and well at-
tended meetings weekly.
TUESDAY.
The clerk of the weather has certain-
ly been doing his part toward making
this commencement a suecess. Hvery
"one, gfudent and visitor, spent 1 day
roaming about the grounds, enjoying
the sights about this, the most beautiful
gpot in Pennsylvania. When we say
this we mean beautiful in nature, and
truly it is so.
Nothing of importance transpired un-
til the meeting of the alumni associations
inthe Y. M. C. A. room, at; four
o'clock. After the organization by
the President, Prof. George C. Butz,
and the calling of the roil by the Sec-
retary, Prof. S. Reber, the first business
transacted by the association was the
election to membership of the graduat-
ing class and their initiation, They
then proceeded with the routine of busi-
ness, as follows: Geo. S. Holter was
elected President for the ensuing year,
and the present Secretary, Prof. Reber,
and Historian, Prof. Buckhout, were
unanimuously retained. The business of
the meeting consisted chiefly in the dis-
cussion of subjects brought forward for
improving the condition of the college.
During the day we had the pleasure
of inspecting the annex, or new ladies’
cottage, which bas been but lately built
on the grounds formerly occupied by
Prof. Jackson’s house, just to the north
of the main building. The cottage isa
pretty three story brick building, of
modern architecture. From its large
porches, extending around three sides of
it, one has a beautiful view of Nittany
mountain and of the valley of the same
name. The Botanical Laboratory is
just to the right, with its artistically ar-
ranged flower beds, and the Chemical
and Physical Laboratories are off to the
right, some distance. On entering the
girls’ home we were ushed through a
spacious reception hall into a cosy little
reception room with an alcove filled
with palms and other tropical plants.
From our position there we could peep
between the curtains at the door-ways
and’see the dining room, and the min.
ute we saw it the pangs of hunger began
to be felt. Upon the arrival of our
guide we were taken through the music,
reading and dining rooms, and then in-
to the culinary department, all of which
presented a very attractive and home-
hke appearance. Two other rooms on
the first floor, which we did not get to
see, were the matron’s room and the
private office of Miss McElwain, the
preceptress. All of this floor is covered
with Dagistan and Smyrna rugs, and
the door-ways were hung with rich vel-
vet and silk chenille hangings. On the
second and third floors we saw the rooms
of the young; ladies, which were ai-
ranged in suites, viz: Two alcoves and,
a study room. The study rooms were
especially pretty. On the third floor we
saw the gymnasium which of late has
been used for the little dances of the
cottagers. :
The building is heated throughout
with steam and lighted by electricity,
and on the whole is about as neat a
place of its kind as we have ever seen.
Surely it would be impossible for the
maidens to get home sick in that place,
and we cannot conceive of a better one
into which a young lady could be put
for a College education.
Tuesday evening was taken up by
the Junior Oratorical contest. This per-
formance has ever been one of the most
attractive features of commencement
week and the people who assembled in
the chapel to hear it were not disap-
pointed, for, while it did not equal that
of either of the class of 89 or ’90, it
certainly was good. On this occasion
the chapel was beautifully decorated
with palms and other tropical plants
while five ‘piece: from the _Eolian or-
chestra of Bellefonte furnished sweet
music. The first speaker of the evening
was Walter Camp, of Wyalusing, who
orated on the race problem. His sub-
ject was eloquently and skillfully hand-
led though his gesticulations were slight-
ly forced, thus givinga so mewhat unnat-
ural appearance. Hugh Hamilton, Jr.,
of Thompsontown, followed, taking for
his theme “Public and Parochial
Schools.” Mr. Hamilton’s subject was a
very delicate one and especially hard to
discuss, but the way in which he pre-
sented it, and the foreeof his arguments,
left a very favorable impression on the
audience. Thomas Gilkey, of Nesh-
annock Falls, was the next speaker.
His subject, “The Soul Immortal,” was
somewhat off from the usual line and
the deviation was appreciated by all,
This oration involved many theological
points which were advanced in such a
clear and impressive manner that they
carried with them the conviction of the
speaker. “Prison Reform” in all of its
phases was then orated upon by Charles
Zink Jr., of Philadelphia. Mr. Zink had
! the best voice and easiest manner of all
the speakers, but owing to a few breaks,
caused by unfamiliarity with his man-
uscript, the effect of his work was not as
good as it might have been.
Mr. Dilworth Taylor, of Media, was
the last orator of the’ evening and took
for the subject of his oration “Our South
American Neighbors.” Mr. Taylor was
the youngest speaker on the rostrum
and deserves much credit, indeed, for
the work shown in his discourse. At the
{ close of this oration the Judges, Hon.
{Jno. A. Woodward of Howard, Dr.
! Heller of Catawissa, and H. V White,
Jetired to compare notes as to who
“the winner of the contest was to be.
During the intermission caused by
the retirement of the Judges the or-
chestra rendered several delightful pieces.
Mr. Woodward, as chairman of the
committee, then reported the decision of
the Judges to be that the prize had been
awarded to Mr, Gilkey, after which the
p2ople retired from the chapel to roam
about the corridors and discuss the ev-
enings entertainment.
WEDNESDAY.
All the morning trains came crowded
with visitors, and as early as seven
o’clock the village began to take on an
aspect it never wore before. Pretty sis-
ters and jovial parents were in the as-
cendancy, every body trying to make
the others have a good time. The firing
of the artillery salute, which was to have
taken place at 9.30, was dispensed with
on account of the sickness of Mrs. J. E.
Mitchell. The alumni association re-
convened during the morning and finish
ed the business taken up at the meeting
yesterday, part of which was to elect a
successor to Prof. Hamilton whose term
as a trustee expired this year. Mr.
Robb, of Pittsburg, was chosen to take
his place.
The trustees met at ten o'clock and
transacted some business of importance
which we are unable to publish, buy
which will be of interest when it is
made known, while the Trustees were
deliberating, many of the younger peo-
ple went to see the base ball game be-
tween the first nine of the college and
the Danville team. The game was void
of interest owing to the loose fielding of
the college boys and their poor showing
at the bat. Their crippled condition
was caused by the practical desband-
ment of the club nearly three weeks ago.
The game could have been made more
interesting had the visitors not made
themselves so obnoxious by their inces-
sant “kicking.” On account of the time,
the game was called atthe end of the
eighth inning, with the score 9 to 8 in
favor of Danville, in order that the
players could attend the alumni dinner,
which was served at 12 o'clock sharp.
Our Bellefonte caterer, Mr. Achenbach,
got up the dinner and an elegant affair
it was, everything being served in the
nicest style and the menu was elaborate
enough to suit the taste of the most fas-
tidious. After all the courses had been
gone through with the Hon. Francis
Jordan, President of the Board of Trus-
tees, acting as toast-master, made a
brief congratulatory address, after which
he called on Mr. W. S. Bullock, who
responded to “The class of 61°.”
Colonel Kauffman followed with “The
class of 62.” John M. Banks then ad-
dressed the association on a subject
which we were unable to hear. Mr.
Holliday, of Washington, D. C., made
the next response, and he gave way to
Hon. Jno. Woodward, the ex-represen-
tative of this district in the Legislature.
Mr. Woodward spoke on “The College
and the State,” and his remarks were ap-
preciated by all. Col. Young, of York,
responded with “The College and State
Industries.” Then D. F. Fortney, of
Bellefonte, made a ringing little address
on “The College and Public Schools.”
H.R. Leyden and Geo. S. Demming,
both members of 90, responded and
told how their class intended to have a
reunion and baby show in 1900. Dr.
Calder, ex-President of the college,
Judge Hiester, Moses Thompson, and
Dr. Atherton, President of the college
concluded the list. Dr. Atherton’s re-
marks were exceedingly spicy, and in his
usual forcible manner he impressed up-
on the minds of the alumni the necessity
of acting in co-operation with the Trus-
tees and Faculty for the success of the
institution. The toasts were just finished
in time for the people to assemble on the
campus to watch the exhibition drill of
the cadet corps under the command of
1st Lieut, S. S. Wolf, U. S. A. The
drill was not as good as usual, though
some very good wheels were made and
the marching in line of the whole bat-
talion was exceptionally fine. The
corps comprises four companies, with
band, and it certainly made a pretty ap-
pearance when drawn up for the presen-
tation of the battalion. Owing to
the excessive heat the drill was some-
what curtailed.
At 7.30 a fair audience gathered in
the chapel to hear and see the exercises
of the alumni asscciation. The first
number on the programme was a piano
solo by Miss Willard, instructor in mu-
sic at the College. Mr. George S. Hel-
ter, President of the Association, then
introduced the speaker of the evening,
the Hon. W. S. Kirkpatrick, Attorney
General of Pennsylvania. The address
was of a very hign order, but far exceed-
ing the time alloted to it.” With the
close of Mr. Kirkpatrick’s remarks came
the exercises attendant upon the presen-
tation of the portrait of Dr. R: V. Pugh,
the first President of the College, by the
class of 61, .the first graiuating class.
Dr. Atherton made a brief address of
welcome, and was responded to by Mr.
W. S. Bullock, of '61 class, in 8 very
pithy little speech. The class paper
was read by our Centre countian, Mr.
Glenn W. Cooper. The portrait was
"then unveiled, Dr. Atherton doing it al
the request of Mrs. Pugh, after whch
Prof. C. Alfred Smith made the presen-
tation speech and Gov. Beaver the re-
ception speech. The exercises were
drawn out to such a length that the
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