Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-08-17
THE COMMENCEMENT
WEEK,

one, third greater than ever before. Not
less than Five Thousand persons were IN
and around the Grove on Wednesday.
On Friday and Saturday of last week,
the various Glasses in the Female lnstit-
ute reviewed their principal studies by
public questioning relative to them-by
performances of Music-ani by reading
of Compositions, as follows:
Life is not all Sunshine, ASSIE payne, Philadelphia
Influence OF Il Good Reputation,
AaANp, OspSS, Greenwich N j.
Little Tbin-s AsRS,Tu ROWLAND, liilltown Ia
Recollecons OF the Past, ANNE RICHTER, seiin'sTove
Mount Inriah ANNIE l. ScuLENN Reading Pa.
Thnuult nj sunset AMELIA RICHMOND, Lewisburg.
Matters ani Things in G-ncra
S,R,H T.. KoDs,RMEI. jersey Shore, Pa.
American Arstocracy, MAMMA RowLASD lilltown, Pa
On Sunday, the usual Ann iversary Ser
mon before the Society of Inquiry, was
delivered, according to appointment, by
Rev Mr. Gillette, of New York.
The Examinations of the Collegiate
Glasses on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday
we're reported satisfactory by the Commit
tee of the Board Of Curators.
On Monday, the second Class of Gra-
luatcs appeared before crowded and
gratifod audience, 10 the upper room of
the Baptist meeting house, where Essays
we're presented Gntcrspersed with Vocal
and Instrumental Music) as follows:
Nan is selfsuryirer.
II,RRrET T. SPRaTT, Lewisburg, Pa
Eiiz.uE1a J. MusTIS, Philadelphia, Pa.
Talent without Moral Principle,
Nsn, VI pgoBisco Greenwich, n. j.
Confcrrng of Diplomas, and Address to the Class by
President AEON
The diploma ccrtifics to the proficiency
SC. of the students in the course Of study
pursued in the Institute.
\ gentleman who had the privilege of
attending, has favored Us with the follow
ing narrative Of subsequent proceedings.
LEwIsBURG, Aug. 10.
This village has presented an unpre-
cedented lively appearance for a few days
past, by the gatherings from different
parts of the State, of the friends Of the
University in our midst.
On Monday evening, the Alumni of the
University, assembled in the Chapel: and
two of their number, Rev Mr. Castle Of
Pottsville, and Rev. Mr.. Barnhurst, of n.
]. entertained an intelligent audience, for
an hour,-the former 10y an Grafton, and
the latter by Poem, both alike credita-
bic TO themselves and their Alma Mater.
On Tuesday, the Anniversary Of the
Penn. Baptist Education Society was held
in the Baptist Church, DR.. John Bowling,
President, in the Chair Rev. d. i.
Cheney, Cor. Sec, read the Annual Re-
port, from which it appeared that -
young men, preparing for the Christian
ministry, received aid the past year. The
receipts of the Society were about three
thousand dollars. A Report, also, from
the Rev. G. NJ. Spratt, the General Agent,
was listened to with deep interest. In
the afternoon, the Rev. Henry c. Fish,
of Newark, N. j., delivered an exceeding
ly eloquent Address on Ministerial Edu-
cation-trite subject, yet treated in new
and original manner, and illustrated with
a very great felicity. We dare not attempt
a sketch of the Address, as our pen could
not do justice to it-all we desired, at the
time of its delivery, was, that all our vii
lage could have heard it apd shared in
the pleasures of the occasion. One tho't
struck US with very great force the de-
sign Of God in bringing His ministers out
of the middle and louer classes, to make
them strong, sympathetic and kind as
ministers of Jesus Christ. An address of
great elegance of diction followed, by the
Rev. ]. Ii. Cuthbert of the Phil. lst Dap.
Church, aud still deepened the impression
Of the former address. Rev. t.. w. An
nable, recently a lawyer, now Pastor of
the Germantown Baptist Church, gave the
last address, full of rich thought and well
delivered. Such men are always heard
with interest," trio of su ch strength and
eloquence is seldom heard on the same
day, in the same place.
In the evening, the Rev. A. A. Willis,
Pastor of Dutch Reformed Church, Phila.,
addressed as large an audience, as the spa
cious Chapel on College Hill would admit,
at the anniversaries of the Theta Alpha
and Euepian Societies. 1t has been our
privilege to hear the Rev. Gentleman be-
fore, but never more in his element, and
never did native eloquence flow more free
ly from his lips, than on this occasion
He went beyond himself, and immense
applause burst forth from the delighted
audience at frequent intervals. His theme
"The Men for the Times" was handled
in a mastery way, and aptly illustrated
and enforced. There is ever rich vein
of pleasantly or wit, that amuses and in
structs. Lloyd's Brass Band, of Muncy,
was present, and with excellent music lent
additional charm to the exercises.
Butthe Commencement day, to-day, was
moab lo,, of tho faaSt ~