The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-08-20

piety and great deal Of hypocrisy; great assl n
learning and greater deal Of unsuccessful attempt se
display thereof exercise Of the remains Of hhs
laws and great want Of Law altogether prsash-
Ing and some ganbng lots Of sruditon and oceans Of
grog drnkingi several prayers ana one muss;,, IN
other words fight in the ladies' gallery Of the church.
where the commencement held, and thai during
tho most interesting part of the proceedings.
With all these proc and cons, however this IL 10
rious most beautiful place and place which nav
well boast the lovelisst be found anywhere
Of as Tia:
and the following is the order Of exercises: -
i-kpsc. afi
iii Our Country Relation to Missions. by Jane.
Nv. Dsanss.sss oi Aim in tn. Ministry BY rr.alii.
"" Human Progress by Andrew +. Dickson Ashsvlls,
vII-Nu.ic
VII Discipline Of The Heart ne.dful In the Ministry
High W 's,1 william n A.-. New
rIl.i7y.Ig Of the Present. b, Chester NJ RsA.
, AL RP.,;snsly in the oOdhead. BY Benjamin D. Hep
xIIU;",sympathy in the Preacher" BY Samuel g. VIII
KsSsris f fHsdsps Theology A''i-
xv-" The Extremes Of Truth."by George L. HILL Bos-
XVI" ssctarianism." by Samuel W. Strong Reading.
XVII" Moral Developement" by Theron Cotton. New
The speeches. with but few exceptions were more re-
rarkable for somewhat bgoted seotxrianism and for
sxtavsgant and awkward gesture than for erudition
and brllancy OF elocution The music (vocaD, aid
great credit to the amateurs who performed it, well
Instructor At the nesting of the alumni which took
place on the forenoon Of the day quite q number
Of the great men Of land present aud the
ercises were Of deeply interesting character. The
late arrival Of the cars prevented my attendance.
On last evening, the Beethoven Sooietyp--an
citation Of studentsgave consert at which they per-
formed Felicien Dsvids Desert f" Mr. George Loder
had brought small but efficient orchestra here. and
the performance was truly excellent Although have
very often heard this beautiful position per-
formed In New York and by much larger chorussss and
gether, or with more taste and exsctnsss That per-
Is to be repeated thu: evening" with additions
The following Is the order Of exercises Of day
vokESooN.
salutatOiy Grafton in Latin, by Timothy Dwight Nor
Grafton, "rhs Influence Of Nations History .. shs
srt as " sa. sA,s, ca. css.
Dssais .s nss aoa The fty Moral Power
drew ypson southiDgton. N'-''''' "
g. dissertation. Te Contest by John willard Hartford.
Dissera.ion. "hs Bible and Republican ~ Nose:
Dis.ertstiC., Tn. st.p,i.i.m" BY william
IL 0rstion Country Life in Connssssus" by Stephen
Grafton Obstacles to the Success Of Young Ks." By
Sr.ssS R;sponsbilisy Of Men for their opl..,,
rs Di.s.I,sson. " m. virgins. Convention" ~ cAarls
/
10, Disss5is "Nu.io." william Hunting y.ssun
IS 0,rtsn. "Ths Commercial Spirit" BY BENJAMIN, r.i-
~ oys,ion. .xa:aulays History" BY william Frederick
20 bseration; The Las, King Of era..d. BY CHARLES
~ Po,m' !91, msss y, - rs;
N:ss'iSs s,i. a
I 0ra,i, n Via Crueis Via Lueis Augustus Waller,
Grafton. "1hs Nan Of The World" by Hors.. Hols-
9fs . rss.'Isy ..d cons
a. psssr,ausn The Roman Republic BY Cursiss Tssw-
"a: Poem tn. Fail Of xtshuaipa BY James Hs.ry At
Is Music. f-sll lH
S.S. "T: L:v in
:sasos dossh BY john 1ad;.w - Ss.s. lA....
Ma I.assn.s Of n. sSI: New Eng
o. Poem. Early Dreams" By Geors. A.d.r.o. Gordon.
,tiss,r,s,on "Th. char..,sr.i.s Of Elosu.a.." -
Issr jsss b.Ia:a ni,sss Fas T. a. W. S''s'"
40 os.sa .Tn: Usi'n -
II Dbser,s,op Ihe Prediction Of Doom TO ths Indian"
sa:is tS:s t s1sssi 81 & ;, A.....
bIr.ns .s; New London - -
ME-, f sissS : the sousAs. Cross. ,, r...s
AnsiqSiyI FOOT, G a.ii' t a Si s
H.a NJ q fA''''' A'''' Aleu-
" II FI 4, Ms;s,ss ii:h asOsis,oa.En
=, y Prayer BY the President. ....
Although had, as in duty bound, taken full notes
OF the different oratons, ac unable to give you
afuli report having lost, or somehow become deprived
OF my notes, BY an Incident which will auds 10 be-
low The loss, however, was net . deporabc one,
tho notes are Of mo value but to the ownerm and q
tiOns below medocty exceptions to this are e
Tar as ! was enabled to hear them, the following :;
The latin Grafton, marked No In program me above,
. very bricf, but q very tasty and cTeditsbls
production and well and distinctly delivered with the
exception q the Oxford pronunciation OF the latin
In Connecticut" was humorous effort, somewhat -
Gent ~ originality but given with much quaint Yam
kee hfii.ish" effect, and caused much anusement-
Music" No 10 Of the programmes Was very clever
Effort aud delivered with much energy aud brilliansy
presented nothing bat condensation Of things saidu
various reviews Tor the last few months Yet the
speaker showed by his Effort much Industry and sxss
lent taste as well ne clever cosdsnaon One Of the
moet whining and a~kwardy delivered efforts vas psr-
dissertations of the hrss part was that OF the Roman
Republic Perhaps this effort dspa yed less or uditon
,bowsd the author 70 posse. .he true out
lar elosuonce. Whilst admit that u was ysrv
SUN P..Peschy II cannot be denied that the closing
part which consisted ola brief review Of the events
at Home and 81 reflections upon thu conduct France
was quite SUFFICIENT TO stamp the speaker orator
The dissertation on "Goc,hsp and his character
ought rather TO have been called eulogy OF to~shs
The Psaker simply repeated what has said thou
rand times of the grcatest OF German poets and the
most servie and slavsh OF men. Whilst all must cd.
mir. the greatness Of Goethos genius. think IL
cessi,ely bad taste especially in republican, country,
ererastipgy to snlogise man who, greater In mind,
In talent and In the estimation men than all kings
and princes was during the whole of long life no.
thps but the most serve q parasites the meanest Of
slaves TO petty princes aud the most foe
OF republics OF the social advancement of his
But find that am devotiDg space 10 these
ofstons than had intended a. l have yet another
subject to speak Of The church vas, OF course nsd
TO during these exercises The gall. r,es which
we're entirely given TO the ladies' land Sr Lodsrs ex-
cellsnt orchetra which of course great nttrae-
toni were positively crowded to suHocation And
here II vas that the grand fare-up occurred which
alluded TO in the Of this letter Several
Etntemani reporters, and cthers who had come from
New YORK, for the pleasure Of the trip az veil as 20
assst In the chorusres Of the J" DESERT hal, BIZ Mr.
been invited to eeats in the orchestra At both