The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-07-21

D9y-HHe AesAOs"
Ths Degrees, &c.
OUR SPECIAL CAMBRIDGE CORRESPONDENCE.
ASsRD0E, Mass, July is, 1880.
From Wall street 10 the Cambridge College yard u GER
arny change not Of locality than of sentiments,
eocupatou and
Not that every Knickertocker Of rs Is Fortunate
enough % b. at stock qcotaton nor, on the
ether hand ever, Harvard student pale With study aor
Sesk eyed from pouring books.
3ot we who hurry beneath the shadow o Trinity day
by cay much 10 10 and do 30 much that we ma
rirtaiy a railroad style in doing every Ihine
'rou hear boy the office making his wants Sno"n
nabued Is be with the spirit OF tine place, ta VII
appreciation Of the value of time and the VIII
srryity, he VIII ask for three reds and one'"
Bat 10 such venerable Institutions a. TINS, wh<e Walks
walls have for ages consecra'ea W 'ae uhus
surped quiet Of student life, hoasn puts on its most
suuurious grow Ia, ana well measured words and Wei
rounded periods ordinary currency Of the scho
asti dialect this day Of the year. generally
Den the temperature is most tropical the young uiiad
Srre nu-tIrea, is invited to display its elaborate
powers. your correspondent this
I-lls horticulture Oldest garden Of them all
But not the youngsters alone show and shown;
hs eecasiou the od boys as Dr. Holmes hath H. leave
phynp at the various businesses of li,ess merchants
dges preachers the rest-to gather round the alma
maternal board, that may get idea not only of
Me "promses the college makes in her youngest class
graduates, but also OF the fullnment in the who
cave taken the positions in life This is important, in
q busy age, when learning has lost ts prestige,
end Is seldom known or remarked ex
sspt for what he does We often hear The ques.
asked whether the ancient syst Of collegiate cdu
,asicu is expensive of money time and labor
shat gives usi But without attempting TO discuss tn
eight subsidiary questions, ii shall suffice 10
CIV. The rial ~lich to-day and tom0rrow Furnish
Md l,uUn
ann who asks the question To-Day has been given 10
Me graduang cass 10 morrow is alumniday, and shall
turn he dvscrb ID.
What then wa, said and done al the Cambridge com.
neDcement and fist Of The students themselves. A
cAts OF hundred and thirty has, ny the well under
sSod principles Of college fatality graduated hundred
sad i've Their average age is little twenty one,
sbe weight i42 pounds, their height i've feet six These
gymnasium statistics and taken in 2, muasum
sness of dress. Three quarters are New England men
the rest about equally divided between tn Middle Vest
and southern states third took to law their
hture calling hardly tenth IN the miustrythus re-
versIg the state Of things when the college dedi
" Cttto ct Eeesia"-as many bysicians a half
dozen will be teachers, and the rest 80 into mercantile
The Gay fortunate for the academic aud mill
par. Isplay-for you must niber tina, Harvard Coz
se dates back TO the good old colony times, wuen tbs
Institution recognized ana niu entail estate the
province, and It's commencement universal hol
lay, second IN Importance and spienof TO the gene
bread AMI pop the shows that collected about
,,oege green the high constable of Cambridge in his
bottle green uniform, have all disappeared aud though
SMhin th- memory Of some Of not gray bald
.e shah be either, ire now recalled with the legends Of
the days when the sing perquer OF the town Of Boston
engaged from the afternoon before arranging oI
-he day. But the banks closed still, and thus OBJ
the day. and the Governor Of the State and hs
opal ofcers aud The college trustees or overseo,i, o.
shey called, escorted from B,ston
BRUCE BY guard oil the iaicies SNOWY COMPANY n !
I'D csets and pennoned lapces These dignitares fairy
within the college grounds, he sodiery dao aud amuss
Themselves much as is the won't Of cz n soldiers every
~Dere, at the famed chop house. yciept Porters
The college officials, the graduating cla,s and
,ese library to the church, whe-o the ex.
held,be president, professors students
woo have especially distinguished themselves, anh arc
ssnoreo with parts, " In the
o.rd, Oxford hats The church always packed with
,s, the PROCESSION crowded in after, the ocicers
AID disuitares broad platform 1oored about the pu
e Here TO day, in apparent good homor sat together
kr Everett, OF the Unios party, who at one time
presdent the College, NJ Banks, present Governor
NO probably candidate election, Mr. sumner ana
Mr. wsun. Of the republican camp; and o,st observed
Of all author Of squaer sovereignty, in
be pofson Of MT. Douglas himself BY coincidence no
et- striking the collegiate exercises were marked with
pointed a,iuscus 10 politics and politicians
srthing almost unpreseo.n'cd, was abou, 10 say at
LLIs cocgrtho well abused and well hated Of Wendell
Ttii ip Tor its limit, oonntal position all pib
M aud veXcd Qgestioi There IL tradition however
tina when TT. Cnanning OF famous memory, was
about b graduate, BoS sixty years ago, wuh
Of his brother collt giins, be was strong fslc
obnoxious pr ssion censorship, ami he
sdy rec mmended 10 omi! II, with an utimation that
v iaon Of the injunction would be visited with severe
rraes On rcachiug the prescribed portion, he ncsita
ted and then, with Cceronan tact, said II he vas not
strictly forbidden speak he should say ani so,
lnuug oofcro until the whole Grafton deliver
cd Gr,aler freedom Of speech Is given, lndi-
v'dual responsibility thrown on the speakers now than
trcn Tor Gay reny were the structures assef
ana measures that en- The public mind, s viii more fully
upp,ar dlrcctly.
over these "a interested, easy way regarding the
opn,ols oppressed as important SUPPOSE "a any other
chlds play. sun there throcscoIe moro voters
ore, and the whole hundred perhaps soon TO be mon Of
soI-e local influence.
nbL many uOiod In letters wero on the platform.
Shf Jusice shaw now quite venerable, but TO day
respe ted, member Of The community; Judges Hear,
roomss and Abbott; Lieut. Gov TraS Rev. Thomas HI,
Prr>ilrnt &C Antioch College; the Sherfs q Suffolk aud
hddlf x, and others, elergyneni laymon and military
of.cl.E, were there
~ The custom was ia Latin and NJ - also usual with
loored Froductous IN the learned tongues, was vehs
unity a,paGdcd when the familiar aluson aud welcome
70 the 1ae TO the rr~fesors the President gave
the saaienco gumer Of meaning, and apoIogzed
G1ac Ehet.e sound logic, brilliant rhetoric or fashns
WI, oeSOrss. saith not Bsnry p Alien, OF Boston,
ihc orator, and his defamation good
Addison 8. Smith, OF sriei did not deliver cssty
assigned him.
q ds.qulst.cn followed OK Omitted Isaly" by John
4 An ofGay lord M.caulsy,' Tbos. sherwin, ped
ham.
B. Mr. 6. C. .Fs7n.d followed ir dissertation % m,
"Dangeruus TerGeacos Of uryersal suffrage" a..
syie va rather elegant, n roi s,rong; aud with the
prcmscs Of collegiate education, ho q course concludes
sdverrciy 70 univcrrsi suffrage
.. "A eGsay, Tho Mems " G-osse;,' by Cbss w. |
Swan, L'wcli, vzs skotchy, uHsszIe article, well
ercA
u LOUIS Napoeon NJ Hm, by JancG HAYS bton, or |
Broc.in was also UTl ghi performance.
g. Ms was Grafton thu Eubicct. "Mcvnia,ns" ard
Mr.. " G. Cannot the author, orator. should say,
xti5 Ambitious, quite successful In his treatment,
and high very poe,,Sa and attracting Considerable
yratvc ycung writer's ocn ose ,rongh their fertility.
o Esssy, Health Of our Grcs; Ctles,' A r. wGis- !
worth, Bostoa.
40. bsquSior, "John TsaIcr,'' a 3 Scott, Frsmisg.
isAm
"A olsquinuOn, "i.sso. Fare c. T. Cole, Exeter,
~ was, u couIac, leaf & political economy. ,
IL Dsssria'on Curse N Sccncc,m very scr bic
<sry oy q. A. phhiipe, salem.
is An grafton on ,hackersy "Ncwcomes,n by George
Everett AiGms. Chicago, NJ
"a An Hsay, Improved Cannon" Ch,rles r. Yiske. {
Boston.
10 An essay, "Guizot, TslIiot Statesman" lsrael
I. Williams, IAan.O1.
10 Dissertation, "Gro,ius," W. c. Wood, wcst Ror.
bury.
II Grafton, "Tne College Student. Imaginary and 7