New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-31
The mighty eurrsst, e. e beS
k,eh sysosses Sson Isnd to lard,
IN. ds,ert 3rsa h-- and s-ried fhere
m. ht ,torss beneath tho barren sand
,opclu.,oD is call to devote life to the great

A.. ,o,r;,o vi,h the b ,stness meeting OF the Pm
H.. K.,ns Prof Tbomas A. Thscher, Presideot, 10
the chair. The Society elected the Hon Cha'iee
Sumner of Boston, orator, and Prot. Z teito1 o'
Cambridge. substitute, 'or the year ensuing. w. =,
Rryapt, t,a., Of NewYork, was elected poet, aud
F9pcis NJ. Finch, etq, OF ithaca n. l., snos..u'e, &C.
Th -, Nv other bu.in.ss of Importance was vote 20
,,ou,,t the Faculty of 'be College TO insert, etcn
sr IN the Annual Catalogue, the names OF those ~ao
Isve b,,p chosen of the society during tne
p,e eoipg twelve months. .un .,.
,b. Hon John A. Rock sell of Norwich, Conn, = ass
of ls22l Was called to the Cb,ir Prayer sss ono.eo
nv ,be Rev NJ Badger, ID. D., OF New -1ofk, sn4,
which ibe sppual record OF graouates p sao nS' "
opring the past year was reao by the Rev: >. w. o.
Du,t1p. This fcord, of which q synopsis was s.n'
IN y..,erray has bee prepared this year. o. hereto
fr, unc.r the direction If E. L. Herick esq, La
brarisD of the college. ,., S;,,;,,sr of
,le Glass of 1896 Who % the advanced 'ge Oh -
retains all the freshness snd vgor OF young sns,s. M
He u oke bri fly in reference TO his o Tn oeoS VI
W. ole Dumber VINO graoua'eo s'Ay ''"'' W ""
nIe only remain. - -,
In the list o. the csad OF the past year were iounI
tbe names of Dr. Percival and Lucus T. Duncan, OF
New Oreaps; sDd Prof Olmsted sss cslleo upon 70
- few words of eulopy. He thong be was not
Going TOO far 10 ypg hst DR. Perciva At tue time vi
air ceaIh was the most learned man IN the co intry.
He had by nature a most gift. ID mlnd presenting
IaIe con bDation OF brispt Imagination win pot9una
bolot have display 60. He was Of varied eruoltlon;
hs poe tic talent was but part OF LIS 20 'ers ne haae
uncommon attachments III Medicine ana CDemstry'
nss ublivaled in PbilOloey, and had hardy sape-
nor il, Pf yscsl Science Mr.. ln1an WAS spoken Oh
50 al of worm hear, OF great ane:t on oi HenusI
Al of strOpe attachment 10 bis ADa Mater, when hsd
IectIvt0 ntDoflas IRON MN lron aio-''s e'''' p"
pbi, b be visited abroad. -.
IN. n4xt sneaker was the Hon Henry W Taylor OF
spdhgus repre- ting the class OF 1870 he adve'
I'd IN humorous to the exclusivepess OF Ne"ho'
plapdes il refusing hat e to men, who IN their wan
d.11 % bad gone west of Byra Rivers aud sai' tnat
tbougb he had sansered far from bis native a'e, he
st claim &c to be New Highlander, aud ID oeien:e Oh
bis claim cited the o6ginsl charter ei Sonnecucu,'
VIII d, scnb.d its territory os extending tom the Az
,., ne Ocean 20 the south Sea- and which OF c)aise
WAS mt, pdeC to include the Ntstern S,ates ne stlu
MOI, oveI, bat in Universal Geography, puoisa.ai Ia
London in l7e9 land those VINO ch,l'teaea 'ne
country ought TO know bOundariesl, NeT-Eng and
WIS i, urer, nted rs bouuGed on the northeast oy
Novum Bigua, on the southwest by Novum BELGIUM,
and on The two other SIDES by the sea snd "oons
\, W as often as the woods have been cu' down New
Fpgisno poss ssed Ot an expansive power, ha- gone
Wet until now it reaches Kansas. Where Noeam
Bgua be eoud no. pref nd to say bur u oe
a., British dUmir iors. No um belglum WAS ,epie'
SCI ted as o. ing Ghsbed by Holat ders AMI vas
l!obsbly south of So 80. And Nes-EDgland wss
duub rs lim'eo by the Roxy Moun,ains tcpui,
not ircuce California for that is not ooiaded on lhe
west hy ihe woods, aud because all - Seai.n We
few feet below the soil, whereas the wealth OF New
t1olauc being in its men, was veral feet above the
sUil. -
olass Of 1921 who spoks with frsternai g'e-tngs, 81
plss,sbt collections of the past a. of the sy npa,
Ii q of thus ., mmon brothe' hood He represented
hm Elf a. p Union man, oppose1 ahhe 10 Ine ny
tpr Of tb, South and The ftDaticism OF the North
pi boo Clarke Of Rod leland (csss Of 1891, spoke
Of the ft, hrg Vf awe with shcn he lookeo upoa his
ole instructors and bis ersble classmates. Thps,
Il sr ~ see med lot 10 have ADVANCED IN years, olt
III clssn ats hoo grown Old. Twenty-Five years bad
Iut th, world forward more than aby tTenty-hve
witch preceded it. They had SEE med the esinong
OF nj. hy changes, the seeds OF which had b'en soTn
before. .
they had cone 10 c. lebate tbeir demi-sem-c nternal
ard take their first deg, in Antiquity. He continued
in sne p-l ful remarks to alIude to the changes
Which tine bsd wrough in the personal appearance OF
his 'ltssmates.
he WIS followed n, NJ. VIM. Watson Andrews and
Ju, @. Nili-m- of Detroit, of TIE same class; by NJ
1h,ntsop = Kentucky and Mr.. Scarborough of the
cas- OF 1896 ard by Mes Kellogg, kingbury, and
Culins Of The class Of 1854.
Tie Aumn then went in procession from the Grsdu-
ate Hail 10 the Moth Church. where Al addrs-s WA
deliye,d ny Prof jams Dopa, formerly Gs9logst
f'he NiE,s Exploring Exp, dition end now Sil,iman
Professor Of Geology aud Natural History in Yale
COtge.
he d course ought prQmine ently before the assem-
b,d rta uat u pioj.ct which bss been for some tms
pat Ieltaip,d 10 Eew Haven for exp ,naiog and 10
zone ext. 1T reOrgahiz ag the School II Science which
wes c,DmtIced in 1916, under The Department of
Ibioe'Ily anc the AI'r
tt e school hos bere tore given instruction in Chem
itry Z cheering, but II had no suitable bull ling,
I't much appara us, cid no endowed proftseors5p'
1t s rCN PRO Josed 10 laise funi sufficient to main
tain the scaoOl mu more ex'en1 ed scale, Sd th1
itnty give tuirion Of an elevated character in en-
gin, erng ch nirtry. agriculture, metalurgy, mniDg
apd OBJ practical bran chez well in the higher DE-
partmetr o. pure .c ST. ch school, il est ihei
~ cOIttmplaeC, ull not alter the existing arrange
mtht- of tn College proper 10 would be on an in
c.Lend. nt bass, Ike the Law, Meoc. and Theologi
bosls, receiving as pupils those wbo have gfadu-
steo or those who do not wish to pursue e,llege
cOure.
1ht in pcrtance Of tti. scbeme will render interest
iTg not oDy to the frer Dc Of the Coli ge but TO al
oy,r- Of sc-ncc, full report Of Professor Dans's
difcoUrse. His sub' c. I" Science aud Schools Of
Science, and the manner ! which it discussed
WORTHY Of t5e eminent learning and proiound
pisciica wisdom of the oistir guishsd professor.
After ollu0iDg to The varied ASSOCIATIONS asakened
in lie hds Of the graduates on their roturniok to
their Alma Mater, Mr.. Dana ref ned to the special
interest which is Gn sted 10 the College ltssli sni
10 'be question universally stked; How il vita this
boDotd institution Does it sho signs Of growth or
change here viewed g. o1ly etep 10 yard dcsruc-
toL lie th6n touched upOn various points which |
iiustne the steady progress of the College, aad ia
Sympathy Witb the onward movtmen; o. the world |
sJouLd. Am.rg these be called p4rIc liar attent ]
10 tie in which the Natural Scien are re.
gsIdeo jn N. Co l,ge, and especially to toe plan fG
TtoogLizpg their iupOr'aI speci,l school. To
give account This University feature il edacs
ton is the OH. CT offbs soor
But the ca ms of scieI not ye' genera ly
etmi o! understood rs 10 need no advo aJe, and |
therefore, sad the speaker 6rn ask your attention
10 some com ictratiOns ON tLis subject.
Tie fIst recorded worcs hat fell On tbe human ear
w.le "RsIkIish the eart1 subcue IT, and have do |
"mrion over every living thing Ma long obey,d |
tie cOumsDd in bridimg the brute races; bu. how |
little else old he do The world remained scaled |
bcCB. lbe anceDts cid at length buiid ma yoifc,nt
PIES sno pile up cycopean rocks into wall. aud i
IN Iley ed fDu I'd al nh