The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-08-24

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AiiaI WIN w, ~ oun.so 49, r.. I d',r,S ,h;s 49,
ciate sucn ,nous'ry noi nus NC, uS Nc
Sssn merely one q ne es carpsd off
MUM, every honor, possible to be attained by
colegian secured the good will and esteem OF
all who h know him and a. the close sSs :. his
course the delivery Of his address was listened 70
king leave Of his classmates, displayed feeling
which called the sympathetic tear TO many an
eve; when, as is usuai he addressed the vencra-
bic President the old man. who is now to retire
from the scene of his useful labors, was 20
touched by the affecting dellcacv of the speakers
words, that the tears rolled down ms iurrowea
ra,ss v MIC Should avst
h ,s ~ns Snpscam,or ppnd s,,dent
The dspre ar ,vas ,han canfe,,ed IN N.
following s;ebtv.t three members of the graduating
i n1ns e'sn'y''nioo "'ooe' u 'A' s''ou"A"s
chsrls. o,old,bw,t. Adam, w.l.sr franklin At.s
1v;,I;m Wodr,,~ 1855 Ioserh W,ilas RacIus Ns
thanisI purSy Bailey, Albert Henry Barnes. Edward
bridge Birchmore Charles Lorng John Ball Bril-.
bin William Banheld CsPron, Wilson Cary Nichoias
Uase jamaican ot .ao Clinton COL
Ss oSn Bnsr Breed
Dwight William Spencer Eakin. Calvin Mo ryan Fsck
lsr Thomas Isaac Franklin, ziba Gay, John Henry Clio
yer, Charles Joseph Gobrecht Joseph Fran kiln Grgg:
Israel Hopkins Harris; Henry Baldwin nsrT.Gn Lev s
teree HOFFMAN Franklin hGimes Ss TrantP
knson; William nsvd J,coS Ewn Johnson Isaac
Nelson kess stephen Wright kellogg. Archibald Ken.
klugsbury, Schoon-
hoven Kinssy, Jonathan Homer Lane, stephen Duncan
Linton, Morris Waterman Lyon George EceChein VIZ
ham Minor, Dayid humpnppsy Muno'. samuel sc Ws
wG1 M%,ioy HsnrT ws% PEN
sen Ne'r. Whnn,1- 18th, Charles Tsmon
Cornnelius Perry Elihr Inomsn r ssra Anthonv
Pratte Jared Reid, So rnlan-y, p;nS-
Newell Fighter -@u'. rnomS' ---...ros, Chester
Dubois g. .avsge Elisha Bacon shspleigh, Thomas
sm'tr sawooa, MILO MaIceiius smith Robert Hall
Albert Ev.rst SCISSOR o S,s unorTGp
Charles HOOPER Tass Charlie. Pes:.o Turp.
Meigs Webb Samuel George Willard George CInton
Williams.
The degree of A. M. was conferred on about 60
| members of the class OF l843 The Corporation of
the College also conferred the degree or l.. l.. d.
on Daniel Lord, Esq, of New York, Professor 8.
b. Fl. Morse, of the telegraph, and Hon. J. M Clay
ton, Senator in Congress from Delaware-the first
and the last of these gentlemen are graduates of
| the College.
The honorary degree of A. NJ was conferred on
! Mr.. Charles w. B0dley, of Transyvania Univer-
ssity DR.. John 8. s. Mcknight, of New York; and
Mr. John F. Norton, Of Pennington, CT.
AT the same time the degree OF M. was con-
ierred on Josiah II. Eeecher, jacob T. Bulkey,
Jndson Candee, William A. Durrie, Samuel A.
Hills, John W. HUI bell, George w Ives, Job
Kenyon, jeremiah King, De Witt G. Lathrop,
Joseph J. Meigs. Edwin A. Park, Seth Pease,
Frederick w. Perry, Samuel w. Skinner, Naiha-.
MEL w. Taylor, Charles Thomas, Sylvester w.
Turner and Andrew l. White. :,
The honorary degree of M. D. was granted to
Geo. 8. Jarvis, and DR.. Joseph &: Bow. '''' ~
| The following gentlemen received at the same
time, also, the degree Of L. L. d. Joseph M.
Barr; Tilton z. Doolittle, John b. Lambert. VIM.
b. w oster. Joseph f. Brown, Isaac L. Kinzer,
James M. Woodward, David A. Wright.
Three new professorships have been establish
ed at the present session of the Corporation. Tho
Clark professorsbip of Moral Philosophy and Me-
taphysics filled by Noah Porter, Of Springfield,
| Mass. A professorship of Agriculture and Ami
NAL and Vegetable Physiology" to which John
Pnkin Norton, Esq, was appointed; and a third
proiessorship of Practical Chemistry, which ito
be filled by Benjamin Silliman, jr., son of PROBES
sor Slliman. No better evidence can be addnced
OF the prosperity of the College than this addition
OF three endowed chairs to the faculty within the
same year. The instructive government OF the
College now consists Of twenty-thres Professors,
one Lecturer, seven Tutors, and seven instruc-
tors; and the students, graduates and undergra-
duates to about 6O0-this is the present state OF an
inNitunon which, IN 100, was founded by the do
nation OF a few books, from one whose name the
LSonege bears, Mr.. DAVID lale. Inc NUMBER OIL
those who have received honors from the College
| is about $500; the number OF Alumni $500; OF
whom are living nearly 5000 From the gradu-
a'es have been ministers over
Senators, Judges, Governors and Ministers abroad;
ll6 as Presidents and Professors OF Colleges and
many Others not included in this list whose names
are distinguished in the literary and political world
such men as +. A. Talmadge and Daniel Lord,
New York, and Thomas E. Marshall, OF Ken
lucky; LISA matter Of interest torany one to look
over the college catalogues, and md the names
OF such men as Oliver Wolcott, Timothy Dwight,
Noah Webster, John Cotton Smith, Peter B. Por-
ter, Roger Sherman, Jeremiah Day, Lyman
Beecher, John @: Calhoun, Thaddeus Belts, j X.
ingersoi Francis Granger, g. 4. Badger, John
DAVIS, John M. Clayton, and q host Of others,
whose names are known throughout the length
and breath OF the Union Yale College has given
a governor 70 almost every state, PRESIDENT to
aiios. eVcIy SoheRe, anu nnsteI 10 every cry
anu .owti vi tne Union anu narvaru ana IMe
naV. gwen .ne e1ucauon 70 tne inaIony
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