Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-10-04
~vrnNEsDAY. October :, 1857.
,,,n,a College Commencement

sbone brightly in terra frma, and put on theli
hee hornets shawls and dresses Inc ries'u ~,
H. Collece put on his College cap and gown NJ
As-the NJ. As-and those VINO were hei'iiei =
NOR NJ. AS, but who aspire to that hohoi 49,,
an their caps and gowns, and thus we ioun, So q.
as they were entering that glorious Pr -,
ms Church, together with the eths o. 'Ae
he civil departments in the cty~iofeign MINIS
s-and strangers of distncton-"ho WIZ o''AaoN
10 ether without any distinction "na'o'o'
,e;nu dulv seated we discovered mat the iaaieS
80 +, hoa,,v ef course--in numbers also.
q DNu = =, "a do,a,rlned to be pleased and pleas
asa;,.h,oa and ,ighting. Prayers were said, IN
,saSa,I shc,ld have set his heart upon any Of
80 -.,,n1s. as he used at the University Of
$50 !. olden Tine, and crept in under their silk
,,e presume that the devil took his depar-
! ;ehe were there, which we do not doubt-for
5spIav of loneliness was so great that Old Nick,
i connoisseur in beauty, doubtless crept in to
some faces like those which he once behed IN
native paradise.
I(ter this exercising the exercising commenced a
tty display il was of learning and love, dry prose
sweet poetry with music between the acts-De-
.ando pcritergue rlanendo.
samne Batchford then delivered Greek Poem, 1t
= oernane to the audience, all, save clique, who,
= The language in which Homer wrote, were de-
,h,od Homer, by the by, would be in almost as
,,,kward plight the ladies. he would require
Interpreter to have the modern Greek converted
no the ancient tongue After the Poem came pas
age of music 1t went down like glass of VINE
Ter biscuit 1t prepared the ladies' for another
e asslc infection.
Charles Adds then delivered latin Poem, Hero
& lvman The city Of cities-Jerusaem. As regard
~ the sense that it conveyed to the ladies, bless
,fem-who distracted our attention considerably from
,he cacosthis iOquepdi-lt was dem Sonans with the
reek and might have been pure gallo, potheen
yish, or native Indian Then another sweet
, rain Of music the ladies looked little more sweetly
blusic is their peculiar element, they are bound
nj, in it-so are the angels. Is there not sympa-
nv between the d.yintes Of earth and heayen2
Henry P Fessenden next delivered an Grafton on
The poetry offe in modern tines He laid down
ne law very delecabiy but It was, OF course mere
natter Of opnion Some there are and not lew,
Tho MAINTAIN that there is no poetry modern times
specially since the suspension OF specie payments,
nd tho issue of shin pasters, but as we go entirely
o, the cash principle, tins, of course cannot affect US
then again, some think the poetry OF life consists IN
clean SHIRT especially those who have not got one
, hers in gin sling these are loaiers-thc majority
are of opinion that there IS none We dhfer-we think
,,ere is hte-a devilish lttlc-and tina, il exists in
soocic and woman-the bright beautiful eagles, and
the bnQAt beautiful angels. There is enough in the
,ord, but then there are so many cursed monopo-
lzers thar not one in thousand Of US has a fair
nance or any chance at all.
Samuel FL whitlock then delivered an Grafton on
Ruins" A great sensation was occasoned by this,
ONE thinking that Il alluded 10 the burnt district
I'll - G.. c.x
yicinty others again the spectators who tot
ering, and will shortly be Numbered with the things
hat were, brra,hed thick as the orator com
nonced, bu, they were agreeably disappointed.
What a subject to follow, "tAe poetry Of life in
,lern tines Ruins.
BENJAMIN H. Jarvis afterwards delivered poem
pom Helas-ihough, from the distance at which we
TODD from the platform AT this period, cannot say
whether alluded TO beautiful Greece or the beauti-
al woman beloved by Marius, and in an excess Of
oye--heayen preserve us-murdered by him. Him
,cf committing suicide by her side
Jesse A. Spencer then delivered an Grafton upon
our o., times" He made no abuse TO the poetry
# lhe-he vas right. man will md a dcuced
,oor chance N our own times" who looks to the
poetry OF life on cold night instead of a blanket
reporter from the big arpenny "Tmes" was on
I've rlt1 hhhih"E 'et V"hhM Tneantitqeif, AID
tha, IL about TO receive flaming paneqyric from
IN academician asf il were possible or wen with
grain intellect, 10 speak Of any paper but the Her.
aid When will the big lonfny prints take sson
n modesty from us, and know themselves. We lake
adescrbable pa NJ 10 let them know what they arc,
bt, they slupid that information is thrown
aw,y upon them.
George T.. Nevins then delivered an Grafton upon
"The dement's Of National Greatness" The elc-
menie OF 1auonal greatness IN "our own times"
ana ont OF &c ruins" they will work a glorious
tsofsc' oesp'e @mad politicians. theoogicians meta
pnysicans logcsns, national phrenoIogsts, and IN.
mai naeheusers 70 boot. The elements will pitch
one haHet 'heTn to he devil and cripple the rest by
me hight Of 'he a.ald and Sor the love Of The ladies'
which y the Hefahs hight and delight too.
Then other oraions and poems were delivered by
ssrs Stephen Dougi>s, John McMpllis. j.. J Inn
7. tksr, and Anthony nslsey, tho ladies' n ,be On
hg i'ol looking love. and the sen,cr,an making 1--we
! b. same time.
nc last orailon The rue rDot,vcs % =.
Y sc,ual * rtion" The trpe motives are those h,
bsh VIC actnaied-the good The benefit Of osy
rice Weiook after hem az parent does after
children, 4 hen afer her chichers we
them