Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-08-14
Amhernt CoIIege.

Thursday was Commencement day, and be-
tween nine A. Nj, and two P. M, devoted
to the exercises of the graduating class. Among
the distinguished persons present were Gov
Banks, It. Gov Trask, Hon. Arson Burling-
anne, and Hon. Amasa Walker.
The list OF graduates Is as follows, and they all
eceived the usual degree of Bachelor of Arts;
Timothy Field Allen, Putney, VT; Charles
Bartlett Andrews, Montague; James Brown
Beaumont, Penn Yam, N. Y. George Sayles
Bishop, Rochester, N. Y; Henry Maturin Bish-
op, Springfield; Daniel Bliss, Warren; William
Louis Bray, Elk Grove, Wis Ethan Allen Paul
Brewster, Salem; Lyman Dwight Chaplin, Am
sterdam, N. Y Andrew Josiah Clapp, South
ampton; George Clinton Clarke, Brookline; Jo-
seph Bourne Clark, West Newton; Royal Wash
burn Clark, Amherst; James Collins, Pineville,
Pa; John Davenport, Bath, N. Y; Henry Giles
Deano, Sunderland; Alfred Augustus Ellsworth,
Bath, Me-; Rufus Emerson, Haverhl; Horace
Smith Fuller, Sufield, Conn; Jesse Franklin
Fuller, Middleton; Edward Payson Gardner,
Buffalo, n. Y; Charles Carroll Gates, Port By
ron, ILL.,. Alvin Bsnnister Goodale Potsdam, N.
Y; George Sumner Grosvenor, PeteTsham;
Stephen Harris, Fitzwilliam, N. H., Daniel Wal.
do Haskins Worcester; Henry Hastings, Wind
ham. VT; Chester Warner Hawiey, Homer, N.
Y; Edwin Hunt Sudbury; J. Henry Hunting
ton, Norwich, Conn Henry Elijah Hutchinson,
ter, Conn; Rufus Bella Kellogg, Amherst; Fran
els Lobdell Brook6eld, Conn; John DOoling
Lockwood, st. Louis, Mo-; Edwin Elisha Merri-
am, Plymouth; william Boise Moore, Feeding
Hills; Sylvanus Chickering Priest, Lancaster;
Lyman Sihley Rowland, Enfield; Edward Halsey
Sayre, Southampton, n. Y; Samuel Bartlett
Sheriff., Eaton, n Y; Havlah MowIy Sprague,
West Killingly, Conn; Gardner Perry Stiekney,
Gfoyeland; Charles Lsngdon Tappan, Sandwich,
N. H. Henry Goddard Thomas, Portland. Mel
James Edwin Tower, North Hadley; Samuel
Parker Tuck, St. John, N b.; Justin Edward
Twchell, Ashland; John Walker. Jr., Exeter,
Me; John Whitehill, Palmer; James Duncan
Wilson, Spring Mills, Pa.-5l.
Some fifteen Of the class OF 1866 we're present,
and received the usual degree Of Master Of Arts
in course.
HONORARY DEGREES.
Doctor Of Diyinity-Rey. Jonathan Brace Of
Milford, Conn; Rev. Ezekiel Russell Of Ran.
dolph, Mass, formerly Of the Congregations
Church on Springfield HilD; Rev Robert New.
in Of Budeld, Mass.
Doctor Of Laws--wiliam B. Calhoun o.
Springfield.
Master Of Arts-Charles Merriam Of Spring
field, Herbert H. Merrill Of Tennessee, and Rev
D'7ie NJ. Elwood Of North Woodstock, Conn.
The annual college dinner was then had il
willistOn Hail. President stearns presided, snt
after the physical wants had been supplied, called
up His Excellency the Governor, by the follow
ing excellent sentiment:
oid Md"achusstts-The mother Of American liberty
ano ne Benstoas pau Of art, sceace, and literature
now honoreq IN the executive chair by OF he
ffce institutions.
Gov. Banks responded in an eloquent and ap
Pr0priate speech, which was loudly applauded.
Mr. Burlngame was introduced by the follow
ing sentiment, and responded appropriately;
The c0ngress Of the United States Massachusett
has nessr JAILED lie heart through her elooueu
aud independent Representatives. When the Cicero .
Midalesex on occasion spoke-ati, tEeessit eBas
Il, srtpusf.
The venerabls Ex. President Humphrey, mad
the closing speech, in response to an appropria,
sentiment.
Edward Payson CrOwell has been appointed
the vacant prOiessorship Of Latin and Gsrma
Rev. Julius II. Seelye Of Schenectady, N. y
has accepted the professOrship Of Intellectual an
and Moral Philosophy, in place Of PROT. Have
resigned.
There is promise Of much larger class
freshmen neat year, than usual. The new ten
bsglus September 0.
kKPfof Fowler, who Is about TO remove frol
Amherst, gave farewell lsvee on Tuesday ever
ing.