Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-07-30


Commencement week is ever a season of un-
usual interest in the Elm City. New Haven
is thronged with distinguished strangers and
friends of the College, and among them this
year from the West was Gov Chase of Ohio,
aud Senator Trumbull, of Illinois The annual
meeting of the Alumni was largely attended,
Judge Huntington, of Salem, Mass, presided
The Neurological Record for the past year
numbers AZ, three deceased, among them
Elijah Cowles. Cleveland The Oldest sur
yyng graduate is now Joshua Dewey, Of
Brooklyn, N. Y, of the class Of 1887, and the
next survivor is Rev. Daniel Waldo, of the
class of 1888
AT the Alumni meeting remarks were made
by Daniel Lord, Of New York. Prof Siliman,
ST.; S. H. Dickson, of Philadelphia; Dr. Field,
of Princeton; Senator Trumbull, of Illinois;
and Gov. Chase, of Ohio, who was received
with great enthusiasm.
He said that he would best consult his incli-
nation to remain entirely silent, for be felt that
he had but little right to speak to the sons of
an institution 50 renowned and venerable; vet
he would say word or two, for he believed
that he was first cousin to them ALL Dart
mouth, not exactly a child OF Yale, was her
sister, and Yale and Dartmouth were both Sis
ters of Harvard, aud he believed that the three
might claim to be the only institutions Of New
England which were founded from the 0 4
Country, They seemed to have the old New
England geneaogy He (the Governor was
son OF one Of the three sisters who came from
old Eng land, and he did not remember ever to
have heard New England genealogy which
did not begin with Il am descended from ono
Of three brothers." (Applause,) He was not
there to pronounce a eulogy upon Dartmouth,
nor to commemorate the virtues and the talents
of her illustrious son What eulogy could in.
crease their admiration of the late lamented
ChOatel lie observed that the cOmmemOratiOns
Oh that occasion were chiefly OF men who had
climbed up the steep asceuts Of life and had
attained the summit, and having reached it
were able to look down upon great achieve
ments wOrthily won. But let them not forget
those who-Wero Just entering ON the march of
life. Years ago when he (the speaker had
commenced the practice OF his profession in the
chief city Of the State in which he now resided,
he found a young man just flesh from Yale
College, named Hugh Peters. He came to the
city OF the West, upon the beautiful banks of
the Ohio, and there dreamed of fame. He Sc
cured the confidence OF all, and entered with
steadtast eye upon the career Of life, One
night he retired to his sumbers, and the next
morning he was no more upon earth that
beautiful river rolled over him, an was at once
his grave and his monument. He had risen
apparently in the night for the purpose OF
bathing Qt being hot summer evening", and
had perished in the water The Governor went
ON TO say that Yale sent forth her sons to eve
ny part OF our land and even to foreign shores;
that in the West they were proud OF their in
stilutions of learning, ofshoots as they were
Of New England cOlleges-spoke in a com.
mandatory strain of our common school system
alluding to the fact that Governor Buckmg-
ham (who was present. graduated in furnace.