New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-16
COMMENCE MENT AT MIDDLEBLRY.
o,,.no.Senes Of The N. 7. Thbrs.

NrppLTBURY, Vt, Wednesday Aug H. l-56.
The exercises connected with the Fifty Sixth Ami
verary of Middlebury College closed today TIE
BsoealsuYeaie Sermc0 was preached on Suud.y By
prof Bondman, On PrcduCtiyeuts IS IN the Christian
" Life
ON Tuesdsy sftsrroon the Phlomsthe.iau Society
was ao6refsed by Samuel w. Bates, ESQ., o.: Boston,
an alumnus of the College of the class Of 1913. II
was a very entertaining discourse On Pdradoxes,
sbourdng in anecdotes ard illustrations bu. lacking
Z philo phca analysis and logical connection. The
Azores before the Philsdelp phisn rehgous Society
mr eciatey followed, By Prof Phelps of Audoyer
II Biological >erui1sry. His sutjtct was the "Trus
Theory of Preaching. more cole sLd eloquent dis.
cfnrse than this very rarely heard at Cur College
ies ivas coulG w.,h tia; the Literary of all OR
CCue.e could hesrit especially tho.e IA 200 numerous
Class At tie present day) who ucneo to dsparege
T. lhfu,noe of the lupit. Prot. Is growing mac
and is destined yet 10 " mnkc lis MARI
On Tu.scay evening came tie Parkerisn Prize
Sreakipg. There Nv, We speakers, four from
c, c. Of the three lower classes. large and inter
cs.od su5encc were pEestrt. The speaking
wss more than credi'abe. and gave evidence tbat
EucLtlor at Midd,bui Is net mu h negec ed 10
many College, The Prizes announced after the
So, akpg, as follows Freshmen, hlst prize. &. G..
Wave; second. j. e.. o. Roddington. Sophomorei
first nrize, n. VI. Ambrose; seCoud Don III. WOpf-
WAC Juniors, iirst prize, II. II. Ttomas second X.
r. Furrees The Ora ions OF the JuLiOis were orig
nal. tie Others selected. Woodrard hal the bad
taste 10 take an extract from the recent Hunker Demo
c,etc Acdreas TO his parry in Massachusetts by Il. f.
Halet and lie spoke it with 60 much esrnestness aud
sincerity Of nauner that the Committee could not with
lold The prize notwithstanding his bad politics ain
Glad 10 ean that bmong bis fellow students he ha but
TWO tr three who sympatL!Ze With hnI 10 politics;
Ambrose was ercoled after tie announcement of the
prizes, ard appeared on the stage with second re
ci'a
Wedrescay Commence mtnt Day cswned most aus
,;ciously None could desire fairer day After the
recent topicus showers, Miodebuy looked fresh and
smiling The proverbislly beautiful scenery Of the
place rarely appears mole beautiful. The Procession
marched frvm the College to the Congregational
Church at Q O'Clock, whtre We fOund the galleries
crowctd with the macers anc matrons of the village
an country who had come TO give The College boys
their annual greeting. The following was the Order
Of Exercises:
fisIgp Mas. ''0 orsiOS%Tfs Philosophy Of Sir wa
Hami tor, iy solomon Theoph len, f,Itoa osatiOn-
-Medocrty Tslent-t, succes. ID Government by
Geo Danl Davenport Salisbury. g. Grafton The CeuIaca
Hoiea Oraor-Symps,hy ssary for tho eomprehedo
Of HisicIy, by Chs weberDy MsneftA OHIO g. orstlOs-
Luoio~ orst!On-Alex,nder Hamilton BY John Coiman
Of Pus sap-smscy BY @o1es MaIrOn wiIl.u'town /,
Oratcrhsiis, IS iastrrctoG duty OF the S"te bs I'm IN
..ss.,e b, Alien Tenny, L1ne N H. - ysl.alctoy ors
lon Genta Science IN Practical Lie oy cna'ss Narsn
Cornwall A. Masters Grafton, BY o. A Weeks A. b. oii'
Tie Oratons were, with few exceptions, most
creoitabe admire the earnest, independent s5 OF
tl,nking which p,evas here. The pieces eye NOT 81
fs,fjontd in one mould. The appointments Of Vale
enso.y, ,tc by the Faculty, il tong jast inaugu
rated, anc hl il will be :esarced by the Aumal a.
an in proyement the former = stem Of appointments
by tb. Glass The Exercises intcrspesed vita
most .xoeV,u mus from Hal : Boston Brass B iud
Tie ID. gree of a. confer ed or the above gen
tl,msr, ard that Ct A. a. in course, npon h. d. Am+a
l. s Cheney, d. ID. Haskell. -. u. Hooker, j. A.
Howe, G. c. Lane, G. NJ May, j. T Rice, c. W.
Thomaa, q. A. Weeks.
The honorary A. NJ. was Conferred on solomon Sias
of Fen EcwaId Irstitutc and that of ID. ID. the
Rev. Calvin Peure, President ct the L V. ST., aad
the Rev Ova L. Hoyt OF kalamazoo, Micb. After
elmer tie Alumni were acGfe.'ed by Prot. Henry
smith u. ID of Lsue Seminary, an Alumnus Of the
Class ol l-21. W.