The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-08-27
Semi Centennial Anniversary of Middle.
bury College.

In accordance with a plan that had
l,ccn under contemplation for two years
past, ind definitely settled at the las,
Commencement. the Associated Alumni
of Middlcbury College this year wel>
coined the return OF the lllielh anniver-
sary Of the founding Of their Alma Mas
ter, with special exercises and festivities
in honor Of the occasion. Early in the
season, circulars were sent, OF behalf OF
the Committee of Arrangements for the
Jubilee, to all living graduates Of the
College whose residences were known,
inviting them to be present at this ami
verslry. The response to these invita-
iions was hearty, aud almost unanimous,
and the past week will hereafter be ie>
mcmbered as a continued series Of red
letter days in the calendar Of our ven.
Grated institution.
For several days previous to the time
Of Commencement, old familiar faces,
ulseen here before for years, again be-
gan to appear in our streets, and a con-
%stanily increasing tide ofvisitors-moslly
of those who had temporarily resided
with US in other davs-cane in through
every channel o~fpublic conveyance until
Wednesday last, the day Of the Annual
Commencement. The number in at
tendance exceeded all expectations. The
public houses were filled to overlooking,
Notwithstanding the hospitality Of onr
citizens had provided for all their private
residences could accommodate.
The Baccalaureate Sermon was
preached by President LAnAREE on Sun
day, the 18th inst, aud was pronounced,
by all who heard it, a discourse ofmark-
ed ability, fitness, and force, such as has
been very rarely if ever equalled on such
an occasion, As a specimen Of pulpit
eloquence, ii is mentioned in the high
est terms of approbation aud admiration,
by those who are entitled to give Il final
Judgment in such matters.
The Anniversary of the Philomathe-
sian Society was held on Tuesday after,
noon, commencing at 2 o'clock. The
procession Of acting and honorary mem.
hers, which moved from the College ic
the Congregational Church-where the
ann versary was held-was long and i'm
posing. The Annual Address was de.
Iiyered by Rev. TRUMAN NJ. PosT, OF
the subject of Genius, which was il
Illustrated with a power and originality o
discourse that taught by example, while
only aiming at precepi. To give an
adequate account of this production, OF
even to describe the interest and elfecI
which attended its delivery, is more thar
We shall attempt, trusting tha,-as :
classic composition which the most de.
voted champion of American literature
need no, be ashamed reproduce as show.
ing what men of letters among us car
dot will soon be given to the publ,
in a complete aud permanent form,
At 4 o'clock, on the same day, Rev
EDwIN + HATrIEL", d. D., Of New
York City, addressed the Philadelphia
Society, in his u,ual impressive manner
The address was religious in It's charac
te;, and its lessons of benevolence an
devotion were suited to the objects c
the Society.
lu the evening, the usual Prize Speak
ing took place-fOur speakers from eac
Of the three lover classes competin
for the Prizes proposed by the late Nj
Parker, (of Paris,) paid from 'the ia
come Of a fund with which the Collec
was endowed by him for that purpos,
in the Freshman Class, the first priz
was awarded to ID. G. llooKER, the Sc,
ond to Is. d. AMEs; in the Sorhomol
Class. first to B. NJ. MooRG, second
c. NJ. MAY; in the Junior Glass, fir
10 p. F. CnuRcniLL, second to A.
NoRTnRUP. The o~rations Of the Jul
Tors were original.
On "Wednesday morning. the proce
sion, consisting of the Cooperation, Il
Alumni in the order of their classe
81 the undergraduates. formed in iront
the College. at 8 l-2 o'clock and marc
ed TO the Congregations Chareh.
was probably by far the longest proc'
sion of the kind ever seen in Vermo
numbering several hundreds, On a
irving, at the Westinghouse, the follo'
ing order Of exercises was observed:
/. Prayer by The President. II. ora
Sduai0ria. DANIrL W. MANDELI, la