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Commencement Of Delaware College.

commencement Of Delaware College.
ANNIVERsARY OF THE ArnEXAEAN SocIEry
I"eSday Ercning, July 9th, lsjs-long
before the hour for commencing, the collroe
oratOry was denScly crowded, the audience con.
slslIng principally Of ladies'. Most Of the rcn-
tlemen present we're obliged to remain on their
feet during the whole evening. The chairman
tor the evening, Alex, Lowber, Jr of Della.
ware, after some Introductory remarks, intro.
duced the Hon. Geo. p. Fisher, Of Delaware.
who spoke near an hour.
Oscar ID. Grover, Of Me, read a poem, in
which the Society was first saiutcd, and then
the origin and growth Oi our cuuntry's liberties
portrayed.
! s. NJ. Harrington, Jr., followed with the VAL
dictory.
! Albert Constable, of Md, then delivered the
Society Address
The chairman politely returned the thanks Of
the Society to the ladies who assisted in so
beautifully decorating the Hall, and the au.
dIence IN general for their attention during the
| exercise. The intervals were filled up hy lnu.
SIC appropriate to the occasion, by the Cornct
Band Of Wilmington
COLLEGE EXERCISES.
HedneSd0y Morning, 10 o'clock, A. NJ
The Oratory was crowded mostly by ladies'
After prayer by the President, f.. j. Nevlin.
the Latin SalulatOry was pronounced by ] lIar.
! vey Beae of Pa.
! lie was followed by Alexander I.owbcr, Jr.,
ot DEL. ubjcct-DIguIty o. Character.
u. w. CruIkshunkS followed. Subject Ios'
! Moments.
Thomas J. Craven, Del, followed with a
PhIIosophcal oratI0n, dcuomiuatng tins the
American age, and an age OF power, the are OF
/ n ny,t,Il 81.
| hePoeIlcih IDEAS, OF steam ships and raI cars,
OF the telegraph, the aye of SCI ulIic research.
The Master Ordtron was delivered bv John
u. Mccullough, Of Delaware; subject-Mora
Courage.
The degree Of Bachelor of Arts was conferred
by the President, f. J. Newlin, upon the fol-
.owIng gentlemen: 5. NJ. Harrington and
Alexander Lowbcr, Of Delaware, and J. Her.
yey Beale, Of Pennsylvania, and the degree OF
Bachelor OF Philosophy upon c. W. Cruk.
Shanks, oi Maryland, aud Thomas J. Craven, OF
Delaware. After which the Nadlclory adj
dress was deilvered by 5. NJ. Harrington. A.
the address viii be published we will Just saw
th1l 1t was delivered IN u ml>terly style of elo.
li"nce which did great credit 10 Tue speaker
an orator.
Rev J. ID. Thomas, in behalf Of the Alumni,
came forward and remarked that the committee
10 whom the Essays Of students IN competition
t"r the prize offered by the Alumni had found
TWO OF them 50 equal IN merit that they were
unable to decide between them and had resolved
/" award Il prize to each. On opening th,
sealed envelope accompanying them they found
the names OF s. NJ. Harrington, Jr., and Albert
Constable. lie therefore presented IN behalf
"t the Alumni, copy of Webster's Dictionary
to each. a
The announcement that the next collegiate
year would commence on this day eight weeks
was received with considerable applause. The
BenedIc'lon was pronounced and The COMPANY
dispersed. The COrnet Band Of lNIlminnton
cnlvened the occasion by appropriate music.
MEETING or ALUMNI
The Alumni Of Delaware Collcre met M ono
O'Clock at Sawdon hotel, Newark. The Presi.
dent, Rev. j. ID. Thomas called the meeting to
order, when 1t Was found that Il members we're
present. The graduates of this term siUncd
the cOhstI' utIOn and were admitted To member
ship. The Alumni Of Delaware College num-
Der IN all l23 graduates II of these are no
more. The orator for the day being absen,
there was no address as expected. Rev. ].
ID. Thomas, of Maryland, was chosen Orator
tor The next meeting and Rev. Thomas NJ.
AartIn substitute An election for officers for
the coming year resulted as follows:
President. J. Il. johnson; Vice President, J. /
II Bealc; Secretary, ID. e. A. Ferris.
The SocIely then Partook OF sumptuous re-
past prepared for them.
The proceedings of the Delta Phi Anniver
sary have not yet Irauspired.
ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT OF DICKINsON COL
LEGE.-Ihe commencement exercises of Dick
Ihson College, at Carlisle, Pa, are of unusual
interest. The attendance ofihc Alumni of the
institution is quite large The G9lh anniver
'ary OF the UnlOn Philosophical Society was
celebrated on the evening of the 9th. The fol-
lowing was the programme of the exercises:
Anniversary Address-Wm. J. Stevenson.
Philadel lphia.
The GIorlcs of the Pencils. NJ McPber.
'oI; I6;es.iM of seenoo-s.mI c. Iroo.iD. De-,
History and FiclIon-JOhn e. b. ooIling, Va.
Arlstocracy-lI. &. King, ID. G.
A Representative Cbaractcr--R. N. Bacr.
Nd
On the morning Of the 9TH, the annual oration
,etore the Union Philosophical ana Bellies
-eitres Societies was delivered by President ,
lIen' Ill" ID of GIrard College Ills theme ;
vas " The Waste Of Intellect.
Ihe dlstingn rshed gentleman fully sustained ,
lis h'gh repnI"l'o" Tor e.oquence
THE THROUGH LINE OVER THE DELAwARr "
'AILROAD The Milford 4NeUs says that the !
Iscontinuance Of the route via Of Seaiord. Del r
Philadelphia, Pa, and Norfolk, Va, is crro u
eonsly ascrlbed to an obstacle formed by bar 8
The Ndntlcoke river. That paper says "the
DterprIse was never designed to be successful.
he old broken down Maryland (a boaD was
aced there to prove the route impracticable.
lh when She inlled, as il was we'll known she
ouId' The laiiure is signed to u bar in the +
yer.