The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-08-19
Our Cennec,lca, oorr..pondenee.
MIDDLE own, Conn August Il, 1850

MIDDLE OWN, Cobn August -, loOO
Commencement Of the WesLsyon U~ipers,ty.
Considering truth, however plaiuly spoken, pre-
ferable to error, and Influences by the cncisms Of
. correspondent to wild ly circulated New England
paper, whose weakness aud ignorance are as uajust
as they are palpabe, to those who were present,
offer you these no,e-, taken by one who sat
unprejodiced sp~ctstor.
E p. whipple, ECO of Boston, delivered before
the literary societies, Monday evening. the most
mastery and delightful Grafton il our
pleasure to hear. The poem, by w. n. G. Hosmer,
was called very fine. as aiso were the orations on
the following day, by DR.. Whedon, before the Phi
Beta Kappa Society, and by Mr.. Cummins. before
the Alumni.
The regular commencement exercises began on
Thursday morning, by a salutatory address. IN
Latin, BY W. B. s,lb~r. Il may have been good to
tAoee who understood it. The next Grafton. by T.
b. Chandler, on the (" Theories Of Faurr STATE"
was ,olerabiy well written, and sp,k-a, but moth
ING very remarkable new we expressed. Mr..
George Stiilman followed with an Grafton on the
Genius 81 Music" which wss exceedingly hne,
and awakened pheasant thoughts The I" Ideal the
perfection Of the Moral" ~ S-th Church, was a
hnely executed production, and es'"crd no ordlna-
ny capabilities IN the wtit-r ">tatesmen Tor Ams-
rica," by John II. Van P-trn, was good piece.
clearly spokrn. Edgar Poe" b, Flank Pal
yer, vas tolershy wntee, bit the hsrshnrss OF the
speakers delivery destroyed The Ell ~ Political
and Social Improvement" b, L = Fellp~-, was
q ute subject. tntrIy delivered. Mission ~ PHI
1oeo,hy," by John VI. Vapvi~ck, was a piece OF
much thought, but The snnj-ct did ma, admit ofdis-
play. a. The Higher Law" ny Larabee,
displsyed some thought, romr cent; bii vas ioler-
ABLY we'll spoken :" rim~r of P,ns TX !" ny Jabrz
BROOKS. was "a fin~ oiaiioo, aud well received by
the audience. Individuality" by w ) 5fudiry.
was production Ut unc"ntn.'n .irrI, IN the d,lv.
cry ~ which the author aisyisy-d great po~ers ~
cratoo. :" The Spritu-l Et-m-nt ia Civ,lu siiou. !"
by A. III. Hoyt. displayed more -chooih,y d-cl.-
nistos than r~hn-d thought (" History" ny I.
b. Pearson, was chsstr and elevated. tn eleg ant
APPEARANCE and d. ivery ~ thr SPEAKER AIDED mach
To Its rfirct Socrates aud tn SaphIsts." nv q.
M Seei~, was learned and .lah"rat- IL d. played
mach az the scholar Madam De steel. her
genius aud destiny" WIS chzrs .t-nz-d nv beauty,
~eiegsnce and cbs-tn--S, sut was Delivered vim
much Inpressivep-se Tendency ~ the revolution
AIRY spuf," bv Ira + Chos~. vas we'll ~ntt-n, aud
spuk IN with much grrce. "Snuiush-m IN the Brute
Creaiioo." by VIM. Ls~rrncs. would have p~ra To-
gicsi, had not the sp-sksr -tart"d With f,l-e ny
pothe~es--neverthelrs-. ~ Wa toi-rihlv cr-dusbie
20 the author "The MSsfrr'~ Grafton, y by AI>x,a-
der WincheIl, showed rvid-nse % thought, nut,
undoubtedly, was written 10 much haste The
degree ~ Il. A. was the. cosfrf-d oa nnstrca
young gentlemen, aud that ~ VI A 90 fourteen
The degree ~ ID ID. couf. rrrd ID. w.
CLARK, ~ Ne~ York, aud Heup Bin'ster, ~ Cax--
novia-sfer which an orsttcn. with the vsl~dtcto-
~ addr.e.s-s, wa delivered nv A J Barton.
His theme was "toii not n~c-sssrv cspdinon Of
.proarersse beIng." His siyl- vas ~mieen'ly
fhoushtful and impressive. and his or.iiou ~oIlf
have done honor to many d D. Hts farewell
address ts his class mates aud the fscnly, ~s-
.ceedinely hesutifYl, 40 thu tears which trtcklri
down many q fsrrowed cheek will testify. The
exercires. ss whole. we're pr"n"un;ed b-tte'
then sny which have ever taken pisr~ II this
Aourshing University, which ~as founded IN 1871
ISDsx.