Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-08-09
,sre Is served up under large pavilion sufficient TO sccom-

here Is served up under large pavilion, sufficient to
msdsis seven or eight hundred people.
All graduates Of the college entitled to dine under the
tent After the faculty and officials have passed IN. the rest
enter BY classes according 70 seniority and called over
by the marshal for this purpose. beginning half century
back. As came up be calling "class Of ls4s who
marched two and two; then class ls4s class $780, and
finally class Of 1851, the present graduating class now
turned to the library, thinking spend the dinner hour there
n fsasDgthe mind but meeting the polite librarian he took
back to the tent and seated a the table 10 psrtske Of
the excellent feast prepared for the body There were be-
Eve and six hundred dinner, and all seemed to
/" perform their parts" well and without "promp,ing"
When half three quarters Of hour had been given TO
the exercise blessing pronounced BY the venerable
President DAr and the parties gradually left the tent
Going directly the church. obtained favorable seat for
seeing and hearing and waited the Of tbs procession
which shortly arrived, led by most excellent hand Of music
The galleries had already been given up TO the ladies' and
were packed perfectly full The grand array Of light dresses,
fair faces and waving fans presented gay and beautiful aP-
peasnce Presently the regular army marched in and nearly
filed the body Of the church, and then the people, the OUT
sder allowed wedge themselves in wherever they
could The police arrangements excellent and every
thing was conducted with order and quetness. After the
house was filed there hundreds outside who could find
no room Within If they could have had Tiper Hall for
the exhibition what an audience would have been assembled
seemed to me that old Yale must bear the palm for keep
ing up the ancient spirit Of commencemen and for making
her annual festival day Of interest both to her alumni and
the public. s9 ssa 8a
The exercises in the afternoon consisted Of ten perform
by members Of the graduating class four or Eve excel
lsny performed pieces Of music BY the band the ceremony
Of coneng Degrees &c. The exercises Of the class were
good and well performed will refer only TO one, on ac-
count Of it's subject II oration The Old Fede
raj Party" Il was bold and manly performance and il
struck me as an evidence Of bodne the part Of the cu
" in sanctioning the theme on the occasion. The
gave clear historical view Of the old Federal party and bore
strong testimony to its purity and patriotism. But, for oil
that there was not single Democrat who left the house from
indignation, nor democratic lady who tainted with horror
The whole audience seemed to listen to the performance with
unusual interest And probably At this day there will not
be found many who would seriously object to the sentiments
advanced by the speaker.
Nothing, perhaps, in the course Of the day s calculated to
make stronger impression Of the great amount Of work
formed by this college, than to nearly hundred young
men Of the graduating class march up patoons Of eight
ten one after the other upon the stage, and receive their
diplomas from the hand Of the President each platoon filing
of in turn from the stage and making for their success
sos The whole number in the four classes Of undega
duates the past year 1872, and the theological law, and
medical students increased the number under instruction in
college to 555 larger number probably than in any other
college in the country.
With regard the fashions Of Yae compared with Har
ward and Columbia President SpARKs and President KIHe
wore the Oxford cap during the ceremonies Of their
encements but President WooLsIr did not it at ALL
but sat with uncovered head through the day. All three
wore the black silk gown. The students at Cambridge and
New York upon the stage to perform their exercises
dressed 10 black silk gowns. At New Haven the gown
have been discarded and the young gentlemen went
on to the stage and decamed in the dress coat
President WooIsEr presided with his accustomed ease
and closed the exercises Of the day with prayer There
some other things which designed say, but shall be
obliged to defer till tomorrow. BIRD'S-EYE.