Newton County GaArchives News.....COMMENCEMENT AT EMORY May 27 1897
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Georgia Enterprise
     The commencement exercises of Emory College begins in Oxford on Friday, 
June 4th, and will close Wednesday, June 9th. The program is as follows:
Friday, 8 p. m.- Sub-Freshman declamation
Saturday, 8 p. m. - Freshman declamation
Sunday, 11 a. m. - Commencement sermon. Preaching at night.
Monday, 10 a. m. - Sophomore declamation.
Monday, 4 p. m. - Champion debate between representatives of Few and Phi Gamma 
societies.
Monday, 8 p.m. - Alumni banquet.
Tuesday, 9:30 a. m. - Junior orations.
Tuesday, 8 p. m. -Literary address.
Wednesday, 9:30 a. m. - Commencement day- Senior orations, baccalaureate 
address, degrees conferred, etc.
     The senior class numbers thirty-six young men, and the speakers are as 
follows:
First Honor, Robt. J. Travis, Covington
Second Honor, Ernest Ward, Lumpkin
Third Honor, W. P. Bloodsworth, Forsyth
Fourth Honor, W. E. Quillian, LaGrange; E. M. Banks, of Grantville; Hinton 
Booth, Springfield; S. R. Gwyn, Zebulon; R. H. Hankinson, Augusta; Wm. H. 
LaPrade, Jr., Shreveport, La.; L. G. Smith, Macon; N. P. Walker, Willards; W. 
H. Garr, Dawson.
     This promises to be the best and most brilliant commencement in the 
history of old Emory.


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