Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-08-16

following account thereof. 1t will - seen that
the Worcester County boys stand well among
their fellows
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
The exercises at the church connected with the
graduating class, interchangeable up to
the average of such performances. They were
attended by suffpcating crowd, and enlivened
by the best of music. The following was the
order of exercises
SALUTAToRY GRAFTON in Latln.-Edward E
Bradbury, Westminster
CREATIONS. of the Peace Re-
form. Franklin O. Stiles, Middleton.
Social Preferment JosiahH. Goddard Orange.
Conflict of Truth and Error. Cyrus H. Pen
dleton Bozrah, CT.
Enthusiasm. Augustus Harrington Gains
vile, N. Y.
Eloquence. Thaddeus Graves, Hatfield.
True Glory. John W. Smith, North Hadley.
Influence of Poetry in Character. Chester l..
Cushman, Monson
oratorical Invective. Amherst l. Thompson,
Chicago, Ill.
Right of Free Discussion. Benjamin Mattice,
Middleburg, N. Y.
The Melancholy Element in Poetry. Joseph
Andrews, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Language of Emotion. Henry C. Graves,
South Deerfeld.
The Future of Free Nations. Thomas P. Her
rick West Bloomfield, n Y.
knowledge not always true Wisdom. James
A. Bates Cranky
Literature-its Glory and Shame. Hiram c.
Hayden, Pompey, n Y
Iago Stillman Rice, North Leverett
The Element of Identity in History. Ruel B.
Clark, Sunderland
Comprehensive Culture. Franklin B. Norton,
Worcester.
SCIENTIFIC GRAFTON. - Similarity between
American and English Literature. William H.
Ward, Abingdon.
ORATIoNs.-The American Politician. Wal
ter Barton, Cranky.
Conservative or Radicalism. Charles E. Griggs,
Chaplin, CT.
The Future of our English Tongue. Charles
A. Reed, Weymouth.
Ireland James NJ. Ellis, Boston.
SCIENTIFIC ORATIoN.-Cycles in Nature
Charles H. Hitchcock, Amherst.
oRATIoNs,-Dignity of American Scholarship
William w. Earle, Worcester
Duty of Art. Josiah I. Read, Worcester.
PHILOSOPHICAL Observation-Disclosures of
Reason without Revelation. Edward P Good =
win, Rome, n. Y.
VALEoIoToRY ADDREss.-Willam F. Brad
bury, Westminster.
At the close of the exercises of the class, the
degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred upon
the following gentlemen:
Joseph Andrews, Cincinnati, O.; Lyman
Bartlett, No. Hadley: Walter Barton, Gran
by; james Atwood Bates, CRANKY; Josiah
Beardsley, Ellsworth, O.; Joseph Blonmer,
Dubuque, Iowa VIM. rockingham Brad.
bury, Westminster Chester Bridgman, w.
Hampton; Ruel Baxter Clark, Sunderland !;
Chester Lemuel Cushman, Monson John
Henry Dodge, WenEam; Adolphe Dupre, ir.,
New Orleans, La; William Willard Earle,
Worcester James Marsh Ellis, Boston Ed
ward Gay, Nashua, n. H.; Josiah Hamilton
Goddard, Oranges Edward Payson Good
univ, r, 4
Delhi, N. Y; Henry Clinton Graves, South
Deertield Thaddeus Graves, Hatfield Chas
Edwin Griggs, Chaplin, c.; George Mortimer
Guernsey, Monrose Pa; Edwin Coleman
Hand, Bndgehampton, L. l.; Augustus Har.
rington, Gainesville, N. Y; Hiram Collins
Hayden, Pompey, N. Y. Thos beverley
Herrick, West Bloomfield, n. Y: Charles
Henry Hitchcock, Amherst Edward KEN
BILE, Wenham William Bird Klmball, Oak
Lam John Williams Lane, South Newman
ket N. He; Joel Linsley, Millville, N ";
Benjamin Mattice, Middleburgh, N. VI;
Franklin Burroughs Norton, Worcester !;
Charles Andrew Reed, Weymouth; otillmun
Aiee, North Leverett; Martin Luther Rich
ardson, Winchester; James Russell, Winches-
ter; John Woodbridge Smith, North Hadley;
Samuel Chester Staples, New York City !;
Franklin Osgood Stiles, Middleton; Amherst
Lord Thompson, Chicago, H.; William Hayes
Ward Abingdon; George Wakeman Vince.
Ter, Easton, Cts.
The degree of Master of Arts, in course,
was conferred upon the following gentlemen !:
Thomas Adams, Robert C. Allison, William
ii. Andrews, Reuben NJ. Benjamin, Henry
Il. Boltwood, Bowman B. Breed, James Buck
land, Harvey S. Carpenter, Edward P. Crow
ell, John NJ. Green, VIM. l. Lem, Ralph L..
Persons, Elbridge Pepper, VIM. NJ. Pierce,
Julius Spencer, Richard s. Storrs, Sanborn
Tenney, Gordon w, Noyes, (class of I846)
Alfred W. Sprague (class of l847).
The honorary degree OF Master of Arts was
conferred upon the following
Benjamin l.. Ball, M. D., of Boston, Elihu
c. Baker of Medford, Samuel D. Brooks, NJ.
D., Of Monson, c. C. Chaffee, NJ D. and NJ.
G., of Springfield, Jonathan French of Rox-
hurry, Rev. John r. Freeman OF Andover, Ct,
Joseph b. Holland of Monsoon, and Edwin
White of New York.
The degree of d. D. was conferred upon
Rev. William ]. Buddington of Brooklin, N.
Y, Rev. William P. Paine of Holden, and
Prof Austin Phelps of Andover.
The degree of L. L. D. was conferred upon
Hon. CHARLES SUMNER of Boston. The an
nouncement of Mr.. Summers name drought
down the house in q round of hearty cheers !;
and this recalls the fact that when Prof Ha.
ven, yesterday, pronounced the names which
he deemed honorable illustrations of liberal
culture, only the name of Sumner was received
with an outburst of enthusiasm.
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