The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-09-02
HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

have been greater than for several years past
The exercises were generally good and many
of them excellent, among which, the Boston
Patriot says, 1--WE would instance particularly
the SalutatOry Grafton in Latin, by Mr.. Charles
Fay of Cambridge. The poem by Mr.. Oliver
w. Holmes, also of Cambridge, was highly APP
plauded. 1t was combination Of attic salt and
sound sense. The Dissertations by Mr.. George
H. Devereux Of Salem, and by Mr.. William
Gray of this city, and the Grafton by Mr.
Charles S. Storrow, also OF this city, were
much admired. The Grafton by Mr.. Benjamin
R. Curtis of Cambridge, was not delivered,
owing to illness, to the great regret of his class
and friends. Two other gentlemen were also
prevented from performing, by indisposition.
"The exercises by the candidates for the de-
gree of A. Nj. were, an Grafton in English by
Mr.. Timothy Walker, an instructor in the
Round Hill Institution at Northampton, and
Valedictory Grafton in Latin, by Mr.. John H
W. Page of Gilmanton, IN. H. MIR. Walkers
Grafton was above encomium, in point of COM
position and elegance of delivery, and was re.
ceived with unbounded applause. MIR. Pages
Valedictory was appropriate, chaste, and wor-
thy son of Harvard"
The following was the order Of exercises by
candidates for the degree of Bachelor Of Arts !:
L. Salutatory Grafton in Latin. Charles
Fay, Cambridge.
Fashionable, Humble, and Sea Life" Francis
Augustus Foxcron. Cambridge; Charles Low
ell Hancock, Boston Joshua Ward, Salem.
3. A Colloquial Discussion. IAN active
Profession, as injuring assisting the Efforts
of Literary Man" William Henry Chan.
ming, Cambridge; James Freeman Clarke, Bos-
ton.
4. A Conference "The efforts to abolish
War, Dueng, and Abuses Of Controversy
C,rt G.,ala 4 C1lo
Jenkins, Easton, (Md); Albert Locke, AslIby.
5. A Colloquial Discussion. "The compar-
alive influence of Governments and Individu.
ais in effecting great Public improvements"
James Taylor, Leominster; George Tyler Big
Glow, Watertown.
6. An Essay. Incorporating Historical
Truth with Fiction" George William Phillips,
Boston.
z. A Conference. Natural Civil, Ecclesi-
astical, and Literary History, considered in re-
lation to the Tendency of each to improve and
elevate the intellectual Faculty" George
Thomas Davis, Sandwich Josiah Quincy Lor-
ing, Boston; Samuel Ripley Townsend, Wal
than; Edwin Conant, Sterling.
=. Philosophical Discussion. "The In
fluence of Lord Bacons Writings on the Pro-
gress of Knowledge" Samuel Devens, Charles
town. William Brigham, Grafton
8. A Poem. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Cam.
bridge.
TO- A Literary Discussion. "Aa Authors
writing many Books or resting his Fame upon
few" Samuel Francis Smith, Boston !;
James Thurston, Exeter.
II. A Dissertation. "The Encouragement
to Young Men to educate themselves exclusive
ly or chiefly for high Political Offices" Ed
ward Linzee Cunningham, Boston.
IL. A Forensic Disputation. Whether the
Inequalities of Genius in different Countries be
owing to moral causes" Joel Giles, Towns
end Chandler Robbins, Roxbury
Is. A Dissertation " Originality of Thought
supposed TO be necessarily lessened as the
World grows older" George H. Devereux,
Salem
Ia. A Forensic Disputation. Whether in
ficting Capital Punishments publicly, has a ten
deucy to diminish Crime benjamin reIrre,
Cambridge; James Humphrey Wilder, Hing.
ham.
u.s. An Grafton in English. "The charac
ter of Lord Bacon. Benjamin Robbins Curtis,
Cambridge.
l6 A Dissertation. "Modes of publishing,
circulating, and perpetuatng Literary Works
IN different Ages and Countries William
Gray, Boston.
IL. An Grafton in English "The Diversi.
ties of Character" Charles S:orer Storrow,
Boston.
The following young gentlemen were admit
ted in course to the degree of Bachelor Of Arts
Joseph Angler, Elbridge Gerry Austin, Reu.
ben Bates, George Tyler Bigelow, William
Brigham, john Parker BulIard, Henry William
Charming, James Freeman Clark, Edwin Co.
nant, Frederick William Croker, Edward Lin
zee Cunningham, Benjamin Robbins Curtis,
Curtis Cutler, George Thomas Davis, Jona-
than Thomas Davis, Nathaniel Foster Derby,
Samuel Devens, Nicholas Devereux, Charles
in m
tus Foxcroft, Joel Giles, William Gray, Charles
Lowell Hancock, Olive. Wendell Holmes, John
Hubbard Solomon Martin Jenkins, Albert
Locke, Josiah Quincy Loring, Samuel May,
Henry Blake Mcclellan, Horalio Cook Merriam,
Edward Patrick Milliken, Isaac Edward Morse
benjamin PIERCE, George William Phillips,
George Washington Richards, Andrew Richie,
Chandler Robbins, James Dutton Russell, How
ard Sargent, Samuel Francis Smith, Edward
Dexter Sohier, Charles Storer Storrow, James
Taylor, George Augustus Taylor, Francis
Thomas, James Thurston, John Rogers Thurs
ton, Samuel Ripley Townsend, Josiah Kendall
Waite, Joshua Ward, Ezra Weston, James
Humphrey Wilder, Benjamin Pollard Winslow,
William Young, George Humphrey Devereux.
The honorary degree of d. D. was conferred
on the Rev. Francis Wayland of Brown Uni.
versity; that of LII. d. on Judge Cranch of
Washington city; and that Of A. NJ on Daniel
Treadwell and Charles Sprague, Esq'rs of Bos.
ton. About twenty gentlemen Alumni of the
University received the degree of A. NJ, and
twelve others that of NJ d. Among the stran.
gers of distinction who were present, were
Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin, the Rev. DR.. Mott
President of Union College, " The Hon.
MIR. Johnston, u. S. Senator from Louisiana.
Hon. Mr.. Coles, Ex. Governor Of Illinois, and
Chief Justice Mellen Of Maine.
B0yiston Prize Declarations, Of Harvard Uni.
versiiy, on Thursday, the day after Commence.
mcnt, were heard in the meeting house. Ten
or a dozen competitors made their appearance,
and the speaking was fashionable specimen of
the oratory of the College. The award was, a
First Prize to William RI. Simmons Of Boston,
member of the Junior Class; and Second Priz.
es to Joseph Lyman Of Northampton, Of the