New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-13
COLLEGE COMMANDMENTS.
Commencement ut Amherst College,
Correspondence OF The Tribune.


AmHERsT, Thursday A1g. 3.
The bright skes Of Amherst are smiling over
another Of her annual fesal days The town, usu-
ally so quiet, is Row full of hustle the streets are
crowded end the College buildings and grounds
are inundated with constant tide Of visitors.
The regular exercises Of Commencement week
began on Sunday, with the BafcslIureate Sermon
to the graduating class in the absence oil Dr.
HITCHCOCK, the President, the sermon WAS
preached by Rev. Prof WARsER in his usual fell
ctous style. From the text, "No man lived to
himself" he de6 uced highly interesting and imP1r'
tart duties On Monday evening the village
Church was crowded TO Overlooking by an au1l'
ence who listened for an hour and nan % tue
eloquent pleadings Of joins b. COUGH IN benali oil
Temperance. On Tuesday evening occarfeu 'he
Annual Prize Defamation from selected members
OF the Freshmen and Sophomore Cisss Va
Wednesday, al address was delivered before tne
Society Of Inquiry by Rev. DR. Cox, OF BrooEyn
THE Doctor's subject was History and u was
treated with bis customary hrilhancy. As usual
DR. c. did rot forget 70 discourse de o1aHt6uS re0%
a gn,ijuSdan 0tiis.
TODAY he : been the day q the Grsduaing Class
The class numbers %, 70 OF whom appeared up IN
the siege AZ whole their performances were
highly credit6be. The pieces were Tor the most
psrt written with taste and delivered with pro-
priety We did not fail to discover among them
evidences Of sound and judiciols training Toe
vsledictory addresses were delivered by Augustine
NJ Gay Of ChsrestOwn. Good sense aud cyl
de1ces Of manly character were fully exhibited.
The auBion TO the absent President, and the fare
well address to the faculty, were especially fslicl-
tous.
In addition 10 the exercises OF the Grsdu atlng
Class, the Masters Grafton was delivered by Mr..
L. Henry Edwards of Southampton, who IT, we
understand, st present tutor IN toe college nus
subject, Skepticsm Incidental to ScIentlhc FRO
oress was a well selected one, aud exhibited good
Intellectual powers.
The deeree of A B was conferred upon the
members OF the Gradu sting Class, AMI that OF d.
upon number Of graduates In course heV' Jo-
sEPH Brown was made d. H.
This evening occurs the triennial Convention oil
the Alpha Delta Phi Society. An Grafton - to be
delivered by Rev. +. d. HUNTINGTON OF Boston,
and a poem by ALFRED STREET OF Albany,
We are happy to learn that the prospects OF this
institution are Increasingly fsttering Mr. w Ills
ton already distinguished by his m1niiieent bene-
factions TO the College, has offered 70 add to our
College hill suitable library edBce, provided
81 900 can be raised for additions TO the library
s., 900 of this amounthsve already been subscribed,
and the res. will readily be obtained W.
The following degrees were conferred at Am
herst on day; A. NJ. in course upon
Samuel Dana, Lemuel H. Waters, Moses ?. Stick
ney, and L. Henry Edwards. Lewis S. Housh, OF
Western Reserve College was admitted af cum
deDa Honorary A. NJ Moses II. Baldwin OF Pitts
field. d. D.-Rev. Joseph Brown, Of Dskelth,
Scotland
Gov Briggs was present during the exercises OF
Commencement day.
pointed TO address the Alumni next year, and Pro
lessor Hacket of Newton was nominated as his sub
stitute.