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New HAVEN, (Cr.) Aug. Is, 1874.
Yale College Commencement.

| NEW HAVEN, (Cr.) Aug. I6, 1874
Yale College Commencement
DEAR BENNETT: The ides OF August are past and
| the fever OF commencement is rapidly abating =
| The lncessant rattle of wheels revolving towards
the various outlets of the city, announces that the
tide OF human life, swollen to an Unprecedented
Well, all that's bright must fade, and the fun and
philosophy of old Yale's Jubilee cen have their
limits, too. The existence of the last few days 10
| the heroes OF the scene doubtless intense,
Tor all the auxiliaries OF brilliant Grafton were
present An avalanche Of auditors attended; T.ous
| sped some Of hls blandest breezes, and Apollo
| emitted his brightest rays-so the gods, yon see,
were prcpious The music Of the Boston Brass
| band was exquisite, and the Beethoven vocaiists
| ilrst rate, and a mass gathering of fair women
such as can be collected no where out of New
England 10 southern optics, such an array OF
bright eyes and rrddy complications fresh as Venus
when she first rose from the froih of the sea- must
nave been living picture positively refreshing
BY the bye, like all the aegoIies Of the aIciepts.
flore Is meant than meets the ear, in the fabulous
origin OF the Goddess Of Beauty-it adumbrates
individually the salutary virtue OF the saline bath
IN creating female charms well as hints at their
fteetlng nature.
The performances Of the Theological Depart
ment, were most meritorous in our opinion. The
speakers OF that branch were older and Of course
their execution should have showed the difference
OF age, and the advantages of experience. But
while they evlnced talent and attainment, there
was much bad taste and worse temper displayed
There was vein OF indirect defence If g TAYLOR
Ism, tTaceabe throughout most of the harangues
as we'll as bitter sneers at Papacy and CO.
vert tfrusts at Eplscopacy now, merely as mat
ter OF abstract taste, all this wrong but before
mixed audience of sectarles, il was obnoxious
TO harsher censure
Willis Hail. ex. Attorney General OF New York.
delivered the annual discourse before The Phi Rets
Kappa Society, and acquitted himself remarkably
well that Is 10 say, composition, il was well
conceived and skilfully elaborated INTO form and
substance. his subject was COMPARISON between
the proud, speculative and impracIicabe philoso-
phy OF the anclents, and the humble, Ineligible
and useful philosophy of the moderns and in elu-
cidating his doctrine, the crater manifested pro-
foun0 acquaintance with his subject, and evolved
mass OF recondlte, metaphysical and historical lore,
that indicates that his mental magazine has been
hlng through years OF studious toll. Disease has
spared his fine mind, but his physique was too
much impaired for him even to attempt the graces
OF elocution. Most sincerely do we hope that his
health may be restored, and that he may lorg live
and be fully able corporealy, to be in practice as
decided Unitarian as he is in theory. His speech
Is to be published.
The poem which followed was as such things
generally are, an abortion and indeed after the
signal miscarriage OF N. p. Willis, at a previous
and recent CONNIE ncemen, we had hoped there
would be no more flirting with the reluctant muses..
Inc idea OF the poem was plagiarism OF one OF
Pope's Satlres al the follies in vogue in his time,
but II was an idea mlserably carlcatured The
Graduating class was egionary in lumber, being the
largest. ever graduated perhaps in this country.
They did well as whole-but il was noticeable
that the eoquence Of every speaker efiervesced as
lncontinently from the moment he made his bow,
in raised voice and violent gesture, as does brisk
bottled porter when the cork is drawn. Now
every body knows this heat is all stale and pre-
meditated, and, therefore, preposterous we don't
expect ice IN June, or roses in December. They
should study more the unities OF time and place,
and thunder and lighten after the lowering sky and
the htiu gusts have heralded' a storm. They must
learn the art of laughing ia the right place.
President Day conferred the degrees sitting with
his hat on-the recipients standing before HIM with
uncovered heads, pro more hujusee academia.
Now, why IS this Quakers beaver put on at this
time, or at all. What is there opposite or signi-
meant In this ceremony, unless IT symboiizes the
maglserlal dignity OF the President and if il is
not puerlle and offensive token OF authority to
mature and educated minds. The Quakers make
II dogma OF their religion to talk ungrammatical-
ly, or thee and thou one another ridicuousy. To
garden, the House of National Representatives, is
deemed rude and ungenemanly, and lately we
have read that the Collector of New Orleans
would not transact business with those who
wore their hats in his Office; and yet at the
seat OF learning (Which ought to be the
seat OF refinement, too), and on the day Of
her highest solemnity-ths ndeness is Official
ceremony would not be continued What do the
Reverend Fathers in God say to this dissertation
OF the sacred deskl Ii looks odd enough indeed
TO see man IN the pulpit before a chufcbfuII with
his hat on II may be said il is harmless; grant il,
and So were the fooeres Of the cooked hat,
powdered wing and black gown of former arbitrary
and formal ages. The enfranchising genius OF this
century laughs to scom pictorial nonsense, and
material outward parade in literary institutions,
and exacts from them pure taste and simple forms
The Chevaers DIndustrie were busy al their
trade, and few, accidentally, we have heard OF,
but we leave them as lawful capital for the Penny
a-liners Yours, In GREATNESS haste, VIAToR.