New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-13
COMMENCEMENT At AMHERST.

corre.porderee Of The y. Z Tribune
AMHERST, August Q, 1859.
On Sunday afternoon TIA Biecul,Ir-ste DIS
course was delivered By President Stelrn., 10 the
I,re church. 1t would be unjust u crltic.e this
performance by ordinary exrgetc,i rules. The
spirt of earne.t Christian sOc tuje for the welfare
of the members Of the class now about IL part Nth
The instituton, would Of itself dls,rm all criticisms
ard the words Of sfectiona'e regard We're msd- un-
usually impressive by the recent death of two OF
the most promising young men 10 the class-one o.
whom lad rec,yed the second appointment for the
CONNIE cement exercises and held high pos ton
for moral worth and literary accomplishments. |
understand that DIR. Stearns has acquired avery
stroug hold on the young men under hIs charge by
hs faithful as-loulty religious Inst teton and adj
uoplton IL is bat ut Ia add that inst tuition IN
the country, 80 far my kD"wledge eIt-lds. tx
hibts stIislnRly The pr-p"uderatine Iuh renee
Of genuine, nsist+nt peiy ihan at Amherst.
large majority of the yOu6g Men are not ol.y re-
heious by procession but very many of them htvs
beeI scusrly useful ID bringing others INTO Chri.-
tisn fellowship, Dot merely am"Ds the students,
but a,o au"Dg the residents of nellhoorng towns.
The services at the evening payer. ulreting, IN
the Chapel, were interesting II was the lat III
Whch oil will be PEE United 10 join. a feeling ri
soeuniiy prevailed, and the prayers and e1hort-
tons, which followed each other ia RAPID success
sion, We're feTvent.
TIE decanst one. last evening, by the csnji-
dates from the Freshman aud Sophomore classes
for the Swe.Zur priz-s ] can say nothing OF from
10y own Knowledge, as had not the opportunity OF
hearing them.
To-day TUESDAY discourse aas delivered by
Or. Sears Prs dent Of Brown UnIver.ity, before
the Phi Beta Kappa Society The subject was Col
L.. =
necessarily Involve. the rick Of saying what has been
often said before.
AMHERST. Angus. 10, 1859.
The discourse Of the Rev Mr. Serley of Ab,cy,
before the Society Of Inquiry ia. i. - called here)
delivered last evening, was very ctuste aud pleas
iug performance. HIS theme was the discipline u
winch, ty the arrangements Of bnUao lfe, all men
are subject, AID the most Interesting topic "f de-
Gus Ion WINS 7bor rightly applied. Every man has
al aptitude Tor rome particular method o' useih-
ness, and this constitutes his calling The Whole III
life is process OF educatlou, AID he who tightly
observes what God has gwen him, aud hesd' tue
mOhitiOn Of crcum,taBc-s Ia which be- Is placed,
VIII md that he il under the manifest direction IT a
Divne Providence, by which form Of character
peculiarly his own viii be Developed.
THIS morning (Wedne.day) MAS assigned for t-e
meeting Of the Alumni. | was surprised at ths
meager ATTENDANCE Considering how m,ny OF tue
graduates have become On-plcu0us IN The world,
some Of them men ~ celebrity, AS Henry Ward
Beecher, DR.. Storrs ~ Brooklyn, Professor Hitch
Geek of the Union theological Seminary n. T.,
agd others.
A discourse was delivered before the Association
Of tb. Alumni by Professor Hitchcock. Rarely
have li.tened TO anything equalug 1t in gor Of
thought and elegance of stils. Ii had indeed little
of special application t. the occasion, but vas
r,tb.r le,rned aud eloquent thesis upon -ubJ@ct
to which it is apparent he has devoted much re-
search, viz: "Tbe Laws Of Civilization This
mastery production, it may be presumed, was not
cslleo forth for the mere ephemeral notor'ety OF
literary address, but Will be- likely 10 reapprar 10
-.., ,,h-, ~.d Yo.."-s.o". s,'"' Af"ch "1
our Americas literature, a0d perhaps Of mo.t value,
is of frsgm-ntsry character and therefore liable
10 be lOst-such as essays 10 periodicals., ltertfy
addresses, and the like. Perhaps, indeed, they arc
never wholly lost, ss they fuIn-h material for other
forms Of thought, and may be successfully elabo-
rated until bDed for lasting use. Yet cannot nep
thinking that there is waste in the atuent pro
auctions of American mind consequent upon the
hasty and transient mode of committing ttem 70
The public in the magazine, the newspaper, aud adj
dresses before popular assemblies.
THIS afternoon, G. w. Curtis Of New-Iork de-
ivered before the Literary Societies dissertation
on tn. democatcal principle. judge that IL sno
stanthlly what be has delivered on former Occa-
sion, perhaps more than one.