The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-08-12

denied by neighbors aud intimate acquain-
tances' Would it not be advisable for our
Democratic friends OIL of Bennington coun-
~ TO look littlc TO this matter;
COMMENCEMENT IN BURLINGTON.
The annual commencement at the Uni
vcrsty Of Vermont occurred last week.
On Sunday the President delivered the
usual Baccalaurcutc Address, which de
rived special interest from the fact that the
graduating class ~ the first that has gone
through its whole course under DR.. Smiths
presidency.
Professor Burrows, of the Andover The
illogical Seminary, delivered the address
before the Society for Religious Inquiry
on Monday Evening. Subjcct--thc unity
and Harmony of Truth. |, is spoken OF as
n very able and admirable address.
The exercises before the Literary Socic-
ties on Tuesday morning, consisted of an
Address by Rev. DIR. Wheeler of Burling-
ton, and poem by Alfred b. Street, ESD
Of Albany, \. Y. Dr. Whcclcr's subject
was Eloqucncc az Fine Art, and the
discourse one Of the finest he has ever
written. Mr. Streets Poem treated OF
Our Country as a Field for the Poet, and
was listened 20 with marked interest.
The evening was devoted, az usual, to
the annual Exhibition Of the Junior Glass.
The trdcr of Exercises fur Commence
ment Day "wednesday was as foloNs:
ORDER OF ExEhcIsEs.
l. Prayer by the President. 9. The
Man of Letters in active lfe-L1wrencc
Myrcs Jr., Pittsburgh, n. V 3 The In.
ilucncc d Local Assocaiions--W William
Stevens Clark, Ir., Middlescx. a. The
Legal Advisers Of Charles I.--Edwasd Dan
icl Atwatcr, Burlington ;. The study
Of the Fine Arts, as related 20 mental de-
vclopmcnt Daniel Hatch, n. Y.
City. q. The letters Of Junius as suited
10 their time-Edcn Sprout, Brookield.-
z. Relation Of great political changes TO
the intellectual life Of pcoplc-George
Dimon Kellogg, \. Y. City. s. Oblign-
tions of Society to Men of Science--Thad-
deus l.andon, South Hero. 9. The Eng
lish Poets as advocates OF I.iberty-Ed-
ward Judson Hill, Burlington. 10. The
Golden Age ofthc Ancient Pocts-Ilobnrt
Batter, East Berkshire. II. Comparative
educating influences of Scientific and Re-
vcaled Truth--Iucius Erustus Barnard,
| Waitsiicld. ~. The English Novelis,s
OF the Eighteenth Century--IIiram Adj
son Gilleti, Joncsville. ~. The English
Bar-Frcderick Harley Baldwin, Hines
burgb. II. Ancient and Modern Culture
compared-James Boardman Gilbert. Mid
die Granville, n. Y. u. Relation OF the
well being Of Society to its moral culture
Joshua Beers Hall, Madrid, N. Y. 10.
| UnwrittnD iiistory-Ezckicl Cutler, Jr.,
Lower Waterford. IL. Commerce and
Literature, as related 10 each oiher-Georgo
| Robinson Thomson, Montpelier. Is
law ns grounded IN the moral sense Of
| Mankind George Ingersoll Gilbert, Mid
/ de Granville, n. Y, 10. Language rs a
1 means Of cul,ure-I owls Hopkins Wheel
| er Burlington. 20. The prophetic pow
ct Of Philosophy. A poem-Henry Mar
tyn Wallace, Greensboro. q. Success
son IN Literature, Of ages, of action and re-
hection--Otis DAVIS Smith, New Haven.
/ -. Ancient md Modern notions Of Free
dom Compared james Marsh Read, Win
I ooski Falls y]. The moral element in
the Plnionie Philosophy Wilson Barlow
Psunalee, Burlington. "a American
poiiticians al the time Of the adoption Of
the Cpnsiitution-lIobar Hamilton, Icri-
/ GO. %. The Imagination as yivifyiny
/ truth TO the individual inind-Jo4epl Amos
Mclaughlin, Burlington ID. The high
est forms o. Literuinro religious Henry
Bannby Buckham, Bedford, g. y. ~
Thought aud Aciiop--J. Ellsworth Good
rich, illnsdale, Mass.
ctNDpATEs Tos Tur Nasrra's prsHrr
y. Grounds of Belief in Euor--Zebi.
ma Kellogg Pangbom, Johnson. ~ Vi.
slonaFies--h.dwHrd Carter Palmer, Burlng.
ten
sEreHssd.
The graduates received the degree Of
4. NJ. in ooarze; and the same degree Wa
conferred on lion. H. q. Wilson Of Bakers.
field s. J. Rowell of Troy, Corydon Beck.
With u Chicago, H., Rev. Iohn Merwin ~
Montreal Rev. Davd NJ Reed II Ne-bu.
ryPo1, Mas, Rev Ar,einas Dean of New
buyiof,, Gea. A. Human, VI. D., Il Derby
and Daniel Back, Ksq. The degree ~ 70. d.
va conferred on Professor Noyes o. Dun.
monil College bnd that u IL D.. on lIar.
ace Green, ". d., and Aionro clark, MD.
q NV Nofk
\, tho Alumni meeting VI "Wednesday
inoimns. eommiuee Va. appointed 10
n'ahe ariangemstfs for -eni-coaieunial
erlrbfaiiou nca ycaf ard hfnBg
1ere Hade ior annual r.l,oris. in future. CD.
hfaemg ohhuafl no,icos nf deceased grad-
eater.
IT, Phi briz Ksppa soeieiy asriaea %
haff 20 relrbfaii9l bru ycaE,--.a hs ,inz
beru greed ihai H. ceiebfa,lcns han u,
ierni'e si.h ihl.- ~ th- Li,rsry sssie.
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