e of stock, for housing
farm products, etc., were shown, and live stock of various sorts was
there--some varieties of which are giving to the college a wide
notoriety for their excellence.

Public examinations were held in studies of grammar and advanced
grades. The class in trigonometry gave evidence of the practical
character of its labors by exhibiting a plat of the college
property--some 270 acres in all--drawn to a scale and neatly
lettered.

The literary and musical exercises of the commencement were very
generously patronized by the white citizens. It is to be regretted
that the college chapel is not sufficiently large to accommodate the
audiences, and that scores were unable to get a sitting at the concert
of Monday night. There is a hope that a more commodious chapel will
soon be built.

There were present two distinguished gentlemen from abroad--members of
the college trustee board, Dr. Beard, of New York, and Dr. Cooper, of
Connecticut. The former spoke most felicitously on several occasions,
and the latter delivered a very able baccalaureate sermon and the
literary address. Rev. J. R. McLean, of Macon, Ga., preached Sunday
night.

The graduates and the subjects of their themes were as follows:

NORMAL DEPARTMENT.

The Uses of the Imagination Louise M. Johnson, Talladega
Folk-lore Marietta G. Kidd, Talladega
True Womanhood Annie B. Williams, Jacksonville
The Times that Try Men's Souls Robert A. Clarke, New Berne
There is More Beyond Wade A. Jones, Vincent

THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.

The Condition and the Value of Definite Preaching,
Manuel L. Baldwin, Troy, N. C.

The Conquest of Alexander the Great in its Relation
to the Spread of Christianity, John I. Donaldson, Paris, Tex.

The Relation of Infant Baptism to the Kingdom of God,
Robert W. Jackson, Durant, Miss.

Dr. Andrews presided at the exercises and delivered the diplomas.

Two representatives of the alumni also presented original exercises:

Leaders Demanded by this Epoch,
Rev. H. E. Levi, B.D., Talladega (Normal '87, Theological '95)

Alumni History, Miss Eliza A. Jones, Selma (Normal '91)

The Alumni dinner and business meeting followed, and the address on
"Manhood," by