New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-25
COLLEGE coMMlNcEMFNrS.
UNION COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT.


even within the last year. Last season new build.
Ing. go by so, vas put up a; the end Of the "Soush
"Colonrsce al d now contains the Library and M.
{. uru and, Temporarily the Chapel tall the circular
central dc me shsll be erected o~ning the middle Of
tie CAMPUS and uniting TITO q whole the t~o m sin
buildins now six hundred feet apart. Its lower story
viii be the final Cbspe s upper story the Library
AID ben the whole Of the present ne building will be
the Geological Hall" Two years ago, on the north
eide was cons tructed Il Philosophical Hal ;" TO which
the last erection ia mate. Its upper storyn devoted
10 n ,,u,a Philosophy, and the lower to Analytical
Chemistry, new department to be insugursted next
Fall FIVE or Elk thousand dollars worth Of apparatus
and chemicals having been just selected IN Europe BY
the future Professor. Adjoining this building in the
"North Colopnsde," 10 suite Of four rooms occupied
by the deps twent Of Civil Engineering, and contain
inc large collection of models and Instruments also
selected list year from the best sources in Europe
Among them is the famous Olirier collection of fifty
models of Descriptive Geometry, representing ell
"Rue.surfsces, warped, &c. (so difficult to discuss
abetrsctly and important in the artsI by coaoins
tors of elk threads, stretched by weights, and chang
ing, intersec,ing and Transforming themselves mag
ieay as to delight even "outsiders.' THIS is the
third set in existence, having been obt aimed from the
the Paris Conservatory Of Arts and Trades Will
remember the striking beauty Of the set there exhb
ittd These buildings, &c are the Improvements Of
the last year. May The next year do as much more.
The Commencement exeIc,es began on Sunday
evening With On address before the theological So
ciety," b. the Rev. DR.. Cummings, President Of Gen.
cree College, q Aourshirg Methodist institution at
Limo. N Y. The discyune wss based on text, Jere.
II r. "a.
punish mt ut Of sn, which il exemph6ed by long list
OF instances recorded Scripture from Lucfer down.
eroipg with earnest evangelical sppes to sinners Of
the present day.
On Monday evening, the Hon. George Van SAINT
voord Of Troy. addressed the Senate, which Is com.
posed Of the Senior Class, who meet weekly to discuss
uestops Of nor ais and politics. with the forms Of the
United States Senate, omittlg the interludes some
times there enacted. The orator opened with we'll
TUNED disclaimer Ct the common opinion that practical
life was Incompatible with the pursuit OF Letters and
the very scholarly discourse which followed so well
thought, well expressed, aid well illustrated, proved
the speaker to be himself example Of their union.
The subject was Historic Truth, its elements, sour
ces, ana uses to the public man
On Tuesday afternoon the Phi Beta Kappa Society
held its annual meeting. Among the honorary men,
bers elected were G. w. Clark and James Fannilg Of
your city, graduates of 1870, and principals Of ,he
highly esteemed Mt. Washington Collegiate School.
No Grafton was delivered this year. The orator elect
for rext year is the Hon. George W. Clinton Of
Buffalo. AT p. u the Glass Of 1916 dined together,
after dece nnia separation. The wives ard babies
acquired in the interval were generally left at home.
The interesting character OF the meeting should induce
all the Glasses to do hkewiie; as to the reunion,
n ean--nct the above mpediments
On Tuesday evening, the literary societies Of the
Colege-the Adelphic ard PAaomathean-were ad.
dr. sstd by the Rev Dr. CosDIr formerly Of Newark,
now of Auburn Theological Seminary. His subject
was " Manly Elquenee." and was discussed with an
carr eftness Of feeling, nobility of thought and wealth
of language which could lot fail deeply to impress
those specially addressed, as well as the general
audience who found with the discourse only the rare
fault Of being too short.
A poem followed, by Francis NJ. Finch, Of Ithaca.
1t was really remarkable tor its gorgeous array OF
words its exuberant pIofuson Of dazzling flowers it.
extrsysgant brillisrcy, it's lsvishness .'a
"Cor mencemen. Day was fine. Since the " fourth
Wednesds, of July was fixed for this event, it has
never raned thereon and never will 80 long as time
lasts or ubion College eAists-the same thing. 1t 10
cool, too, aud that lie a marvel. Suty.two members
Of the Senior Cisss will soon be 'Bsccsiaureates."
Below give Their rsmes and subjects:
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Sin lane NSvtorEA. Hsads.. Montgomery, NY.
Ths Pat and pIsssu, "A rOsnT F. Lscy seaer setaiy
The Yj.her Ma,bema,cs-C b Adams. Boxford, Mass. I
Ths LIsalion-A Bradford, New York City ov
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The Sac ts Teacher Of Asss-T c. Huld. Frsuiashs.
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The sp.rst's stsf.~h fcer.-E rhe,ps, MiddseuIy "
The F.rs, De.th-A Pcsm-F. Il. Ludlow, Poushksspsis,
N. Y.
Tie following honorary degrees were conferred, none
higher thar A. NJ berg gwen, in accordance wahs
resolution Of the Trustees applying to three years fo
loving its date The honorary degree Of Master Of
Arts was conferred on Freeman Hunt, esq. editor OF
The Merchants Mago-ine New York; Amos NJ ksl
logg Of the Normal School; Charles X MiliMd OF
Louisville, Ky j. Doucet OF Otseso Couoty; the
Rev. Z l.. Newman; Edward c. Bc!nton Miccigac,
ad eundtw The honorary degree Of Bschelor ct AIRS
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