The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-13
The Free Academy Junior Exhibition.


neatly prated invitations and advertsements announce
that the annual junior exhibition Of the Free Academy
would come of on Friday evening ut Mozart Hall
in Broadway The spacious and rigidly cold building
was crowded with q fashionable and apparently merry
audience Of ladies and gentemen-tAe former having
rather the reponderancecerainy in the space they
occupied The exercises Of the evening commenced
with music and prayer, and proceeded in the following
ier agreeaby nterspersed with Dodworths best Sc
lections "Plus Outre" practical prologue, de.
hvered by Lockwood DeForest Woodruff in . rather mo-
notonous strain. The concluding lines will give fair
sample of the style.
Should the dull brains of unenli ghtened foes
Traduce our objects. our designs oppose;
Should blundering malice seek 10 oia,t our fame
Trailing IT'S venom oer the muses. name;
Ano IN ik own self cons ituteo court,
With fancied wisdom and satiric sport,
Because we bow not 70 its every ~hm,
Proclaim our lamp OF learning du AMI dim;
Should vain cohcet or low vnuct've spite
Profess, that in light they zee light,
With scorn such biass ed 7ribunes We reject
Whom selfish party guides, or frantic sect
From their false judgment appeal 70 you,
The peoples heart is with us aud we view
Around Us men who will not lightly see
Young merit crushed by wauton calumny.
fair field and no favor, We demand,
Nor vince beneath the honest ic's hand
The traveller halls the faithful " ach dogs bark,
Yet drtaos the wretch VINO murders in the dark.
The aus'ons to ''young merit seemed TO please the
younger portion Of the community in the galleries. doubt
less supposipg it to be compliment to them. They had
previously manifested their impotence for the proceedings
to commence by their customary stamping, which vas
renewed. 1t is great nuisance, and the Free Aca
denny boys ought To be taught better manners
''ScieLce, the Han n1mad OF Religion, Grafton,
delivered by Edward Augustus Wood. He compared tho
relations of science and religion in ancient times with the
present, conte ing that both nearly allied since
they spraDg from a common source He denied that
science could contradict revealed religion, producing that
estate Of scepcsm which is the torment of the reasoning
mind" 1t the duty o. men OF science and men OF
religion TO break the barriers which existed
them and work together for the good of mankind The
style o this young gentlemans delivery spirited
forcible, and his voice clear and loud
"Democrus and Heraclitus, the Laughing and Weeping
Philosophers" was the title Of an grafton by Abram
Wilton Lzer who started with the idea that the present
age has been "hammered out the great anvil OF time
by the mind ano muscle Of ancestors" and that
"aDcient philosophers all less imbued with
pauaiity which tipgea their doctrines and fettered
their thoughts" Thus the two philosophers of whom
each was imbued with portion Of the truth
Bis style Of delivery quite Free and toward the close
chaTacteIzed with some animation, though at times with
peculiar melancholy tone, which not unfrequenty acs
young orators.
6s Prison Ships Of the Revolution was the title of an
orabon by JAMES ALFRED SEAMAN. He commenced by
hoping that the p'overb that 1--WE realise the value
OF what we possess until II lost" would apply "
ooI love OF country, From the Deaty written and i'm
pressvey delivered sketch Of the history of hs subject
he drew fitting reason Tor pricing our dearly bor
ties and seemed to enter into the spirit Of his subject
Heroes and Martyrs Of 0pinou' vas the title of an
Grafton delivered by GARDINER SHERMAN His copclustops
were that the "world kposs nothing OF her grea est
men His delivery was extremely animated hls gesti-
cuaon en- rget,c, and his elocuon excellent with the
exception OF slight imperfecton Of speech He was
greeted at the opening aud the close by voeerous
mopsiratons OF appreciation, naiuy from the ademy
boys in the audience and rewarded with shower Of pou
queis. He Is the great granoson of Roger Sherman.
"Walhaia" poem, was delivered by FITZGERALD Tts-
Dali, with considerable energy and though with
what moDotonous tone, with much feeling He was
"verssiles under Louis XIV, was dissertation bv
john AIoysus CAROLYN Though but piece of descripr-
llst9ry the speaker mapagea 70 exhibit soma vey fair
defamation. The piece was well committe., /, inanorv
and received with favor the acade nv hovs :. ~
tme as well others, mabifesiing .Vys " an.7
ling, cat calls, hoo'hg and ssupi,s more common tbh
c &slc. ~
Poets Corner" by JOS p,sRry Ary,rros. lad tho
Psc,o,s ., ,sa Abbey aud reflections on the
,s sassda ~ .ne oted dead whose mausoeum was
INA. spenum .,ssv Rather sage Tor 60 youthful an
otaSr, o.t 10 .syTsSd with be coming dignity
n nas. -'yefy Of toe Times; or Private Vices Public
e. was an oration by Asa BlRD GARDSss, analy sing
uofS of the latter name by Vaudeville and comparing
Nwh nofes "Essay Man" He denied that In the col
ieccve capacity Of nation, private wees were public
any thing to justify the disavor which was manifested by
the rude Academy boys who aways disturb these COCA
sions
fhe "Cavss OF Ocean" was n dissertation by oscAR
BRows IRELAND who said that "hions u metaphors
epithets have been applied 10 the great highway Of
tions The subject was, however, treated with con
young gentleman would not carry OF the palm Of the
evening for defamation.
"Poitics and Religion was the subject OF an ora,ion
By RIM SASprRs, con Of the well known George San
Ces advocaicd the separation of church from State,
and cond.m the practice of mskrg the pulpit
trum for political dsquisious njurug the pastor. the
pope, snd The cause Of religion The piece imper
fctly committed 10 memory, which marrei the effect Of
what would otherwise have been very creiitablo de
livery. The boys, however, seemed 10 be overjoyed.
The poeiica epilogue, "Mary Stuarts Farewell 70
France the only good poetics reading OF the
irg by E1itaH AIvoRD HowfASD. With clear
voice appropriate gesture and abscncc OF the harsh
sounding Of the rhymes that characterized OF the
others, the delivery really c)mmendable. II
impressive
1ne exercises closed with the beDediction.
On the conclusion of the exercises call made for
three srosbs for The Trbuns, which given by the
students-ss sailors say-vith will; and after the
cbestra had given the "Pot Pourr which combined tho
college songs and other favorte pieces which coegans
deshtto "jon IN and make the "weIkn ring }" another
demoostratkn made to give "rhree groans for the
7,trne the enemy of the Free Academy and publc
schools" THIS was given with great susto, and W.
joined by considerable portion of the audience and
repeated BY three when the audience and students
departed highly delighted with their exhibition
city Intelligence.
py,rp oy ANOTHER BANK PRguDESr.-Mr James Mills