Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1836-09-29
WHOLE NO. 339.
from the New York American.

foundation Of their Glha mater, took place on
Phnrsday last Sih Sept, at Cambridge, and
we count IT a piece of special good fortune,to
have been present on an occasion which led
to one of the mnst remarkable public assent
blugcs that has ever been held, and to pro-
crcdings singulary characteristic and graft
flying.
The desire Of the graduates and authori-
ties of the University dely to honor the amt
vcrsary, having been made widely known, it
was early asccrtained that from all parts of
the Union there would be large attendance.
Accordingly preparations were made OH q
corresponding scale.
On Thursday morning carriages, chaisesr
omnibuses,a and long lines of pedestrians we're
pouring into Cambridge, and by o'clock
more than fourteen hundred persons were
marshallcd in the College halls, aud formed
into procession, which marched accompa-
MED by fine band of music, to the spacious
church, where the exercises Of the day were
TO commence.
The beautiful ode was received with deep
and holy enthusiasm, aud aided as its fine po-
cty and touching illusions were, by good
music, its Influence were mighty indeed.
The President of the College, Dir. Quincy,
then delivered his discourse. In matter and
in manner, it seemed to us the very thing for
the occasion-lealncd, elaborate polished,
spirited, abounding in details the trtit OF
much research, and personal anecdotes, of
tn, founders and fist Presidents Of the
Colege-custering most deserved honors a
round the names of HTpdrL whose noble
bcqucst first led the way in individual patron
age since so magniicently followed out, Of
DmaSicr and of Camcey the early, energet-
ic, indomituble and yet much prosecuted
4 .l.x Il u
.Huiher, who nourished the pure fire OF learn
ing, amid all dscouragements, religious and
politcal-of the muniiicent patrons of the
College, in ancient aud more recent days,the
.Saistonstuiis, the PerkinS,an above all Chris
topher Gore-of that "neighboring crowning
city. whose merchants have, to this College,
been as Princes. aud whose traiIicers are
mong the honorable Of the earth," and cspec-
tally Of that seIt-d"nying,w wise, and providcnt
spirit which led our puritan fathers, ere yet
they had provided for more than bare animal
subsistence, and ordinary protection against
! the elements, the wild beast of the surround
ing forest, and numerous and savage foe a.
round-to set apart fund. equal to the then
whole annual expenditure Of the Colony, for
the endowing seminary of learning. On
this rock Of education, morality and religion,
they built their social cdifce, and who shall
hope TO prevail against it?
l. We can give no adequate idea Of the ad-
dress of Mr.. Quincy-which, though it occu-
pied two hours, iatigued no ones attention,
and of which, even as it was, much was ne
cessary omitted. We shall look eargerly
for its publication.
| The ceremonies in the church being con-
cuded. an interval of half an hour was allow
ed, when the procession was reformed in the
same order as before, and conducted to the
Pavilion, the whole counlermarching on the
route, so as to give to a j parts of the process
sion the opportunity of seeing the whole.
/ The Pavilion was erected on a piece of
/ ground forming natural mphtheatre-and,
| therefore, admirably adapted to such dis
play. The spacious tent, upheld in the CEN
tre, by pillar of some so or 60 feet-was
constructed, Pagoda fashion, in successive
stories-the lower of these was sustained by
eight pillars, on which rested n frame work
whence the canvass was stretched downwards
and from which, projected towards the GEN.
ire, and thus afforded u foundation for the
scafioding for the story above, and so in sue
ccssion to the top. The pillars were all gar
landed with flowers and evergreens-and fes-
toons of varied colors hung from the roof
AT the foot of the descending ground, and
where it rose gently, were placed the plat
form and tables.-for the President and for
the invited guests, numbering, perhaps about
one hundred. Opposite this platform, and
filling the whole area, were circular ranges
of tablcs-occupied by the alu,nni,in classes,
and by the undergraduates--all Of whom fac
cd the presiding officer and the guests Of the
day. 1t was quite extraordinary to see how
!, soon and quietly, some thirteen hundred and
eighty persons found places-each one seat
ed and duly provided for the feast. 1t was
yet more extraordinary to reflect that this as
scmblage was one of educated men-Blet to
CONNIE any blood stained triumphs
not the anniversary of any deeds OF vlo-
lence or glory, as that term is generally us
cd-but the planting in n wilderness, by
. body OF exiles for conscience sake from their
native land, of a feeble slip from the tree Of
Wisdom, which, in the revolution of two CEN
r turies, had grown into n secular tree Of ages
spreading far and wide its branches, and
afiording strength and shelter and ornament
to the land which received and nourished its
early stem. On the left Of the chair, sat in q
body the young gentlemen now students Of
the University and thence TO the extreme
right, extended row upon row, and class af-
ter class of Alumni-embracing every period
of life, from the beardess youth, just fresh
from the studious hall, 20 the octogenarian
who seemed to live again IN the memories of
the distant past
i When ali were seated, praycrwas offer
el up by the Rev. --, aud then began in
earnest, the work Of dining. For a while
there was stillness--save only from the clst-
ter of plates aad glasses-oInid the throng;
but soon the busy hum Of many voices, the
laugh, the joke, animated the scene, when a.
Gain all was hushed as if by magic, as the
presiding officer, Coz. Edo. Everett, rose to
address them. To say that he was most hap