The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-07-24
CHURCH REGULAR sxuRCR9


PROCESSION 10 The PRESBYTERIAN CHURm-
-DRCLAMAuoa PREMIUMS.
To-day the exercises of Commencement proper trans
pred pve Of excessively crowded and brilliant
auoienc+ In the First 'resbyterian church. The long, wea
ordered procession mashsled by Captain Jackson, ab
assisted by Mr. Nicholas Casey and several other young
gentlemen proceeded from South College to the shuroh
the venerable DR. Nott-deivered an impressive
PRAYER; after which the annual round OF ora,
0D; w %, NTH en-
crowded auditory Who heated and wearei listened WITH
oommendsbe patience and occasionally rose into the a.
thusissm Of temperate applause.
Among the leading oraons Of the day. that upon Cha1
terton - by Jerome Psrmenter of Ptso N. ",
liver speeob Of hs occasion After suocinot ana N
erestrg biographical account Of the and suicidal
end Of the o"thfu and talented he proceeded
to dslrese graphically and clearly the unfortunate ea
mep 10 reoived III the bands of the Londoo public, and
denounced In eloquent terms the posthumous honos th
OF his heme and was greeted u It's close with rspuross
applause
nephew OF Louis Kossuth, the Hungarian exile
'The DeceAse OF Wonder" by John w. Wilkesou a
Burislo, was creditahle production and WIS well 70
NJ, Samuel 8. Newbury, Of Iowa, delivered the "Gresk
"Tbe Cd" the subject Of classical and finely d.
lvered ovation by Robert Perry, of New York oaty
"Hstovic TruIh,' by Horace Hastings OF Geneva.
N Y was of the orations of the day ana n
The opinion Of your correspondent should have c,mms.S
cd one Of the atchford medals There s however,
sccoe ntins for tastes
Coleman brother In Law Of Judge Thompson of New York
At the close OF the speaking the Alumni joined In the
by Mzbugh Ludlow E.q, OF the last GLASS; the cir beng
"spaf king and Brighp''-
Let the Grecian dream Of his sacred stream,
And eing of the brave adjoining 80
That Phobus weaves from his laurel leaves,
Al the golden gates Of morniog;
But the brock that bounds through Unions groaads
GlesmR bright as the Dephic water,
And prize AZ fair as god may wear
LA dip from our Alma Mater.
CHORUS
Then here's to thee, the brave and free,
Old Union smiling DER US,
And fer many a day, as thy walls grow sr.y,
May they ring with thy ahildren's chores.
Could our praises throrg the waves OF song,
Like Orient feet gem bringing,
We would bear to thee the argosy,
But thy smile beams down beneath q crown
Whose glory asks no other;
We gather II not from the green sea grot-
IT'S the love we bear our mother
Chorus-Then here's TO thee, -.
Let the joy that falls Rom thy dear old wals
Unchanged brave Tines on darling.
Al our only tear falls once year
On hands that clasp ere parting;
And zen other throngs shall sing thy songs,
And their spells once more hath bound Us,
Our faded hours shall revive their flowers,
And the past shall live around
Chorus-rhen here's 10 thee, H.
THIS was followed by the comforting Of the degrees ne
graduating oass ascending the sage the number Of b.
seen seventy and eighty and receiving from Presidea
Nott ared In bis scholastic robes the honors Of the Bas
Pro auctoriatem mih commissa sdmitto vos juvenas
ad prmum gradum In arthur
Then waving the presidential cooked hat, he sdds ~
way of advice, a. folows-
persevefentia vinct onna, o. ingloram Duct
The class then retiring the honorary degrees
erred but owing TO rabgement made yeara
since. understand that conferred II n yeaS
Thus has come and gone the exsy second annual oom-
nencement Of this venerable college
will only add that the Blstchford medals awarded
90 follows:-
The hrst, Of forty dollars, was bestowed upon L. O
Seeye
The second or thirty dollars, adudged to Henry
Rathbone
The crowds are fast leaving the city, and II already
begins to its wonted aspect, and viii IA
another year. Among the distinguished geutem, "a pre-
ssr noticed RI Rev Dr. Potter Bishop Of Pennsy vanAa
Hon NJ Blschford, John Perrepont Judge Jshnssa
Rev DR.. Van Vetchen Rev Dr. HALEY, of Albany Judeo
Paige, Of the Court OF Appeals; Chancellor Wawoh
Judge Ca npbel AID Professor JOY the newly eeoed
chemist 4 Colu mbia College.
The feeling was very prevalent among the Alumni thal
DR. Mott had presided over and d'speased the grsaon
hours Of commencement for the last time May hs hooar.
cd life yea have length Of days.