Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-08-11


satisfactory if it ignored addresses as well a,
poems before literary and theological socete,
and limited itself to the scenes in the Fifth Ac
of the drama.
At Dartmouth the classes, as your corrcspon.
dent learned by diligent enquiry, were faithful,
examined by an able committee during the
week ending July 2l. On the Sabbath (22d,) ]
the class about to leave their 1luaa Mater re-
ccivcd parting advice from their official father
the President.
Tuesday, the Seniors occupied as class-day.
On the evening of this day Rev. Theodore J..
Cuyler addressed the Mills Theological Society.
lie considered the qualities essential to a sue
ccssiul minister The effort was happy one,
for all who listened to it spoke in its praise
Wednesday, at 10 A. NJ, Hon. Ira Perley of
Concord, appeared as the cuogst of the late
great udvocate"-ltufus Choatc lie depicted
with an appreciative spirit and not unsklful
hand the early life of that child of genius. He
set before his hearers the boy among his play
fellows as "father of the man." with the same
magnetic look, and voice and power that con-
quered in the conflicts of ripper years Mr. Per-
ley. however, spoke so low that of his crowded
audience only few could hear distinctly. At
O'Clock, L. NJ, Col f. G. Parker, in the alb
sence OF Hon. Edward Everett who, by reason
OF sickness, was unable to address the Literary
Societies, came forward as the orator of the
Psi Epsilon Fraternity.
lie indulged himself before announcing any
subject in portrayng several eminent statesmen
OF the paSt-the second Adams, Clay. Calhoun
ebstcr and Choate. And he affirmed that
they were proper objects Of reverence for hero
Mofshlppers such as students are wont to be-
Then in striking contrast with these he depicted
the race of dcmagogucs And the design of
ms address was, he assured his young brothers,
TO ald them IN detecting the dcmagogue and to
lead them to abhor and loathe him. The ora
ton abounded in Just sentiments finely ex-
pressed. Next, Mortimer Thompson, alias
Doesticks, made his bow and read Poem
His theme was Pluck. And it furnished the
icc-cream to the literary festival of the day.
On thursday the exercises of Commencement
were performed in the village church. That
rude old building is certainly behind the age
But 1t does not cease to be thronged by the fair
and the renowned. In the chair was the vener
able President of the college. Before him. on
the platform, sat the governor of the State,
lchabod Goodwin, and an ex-Prcsidcnt. Frank
I'm Pierce. Around him were Judges, reverend
the house were congregated dense mass, eve
ry third man of whom had received a diploma
Nor were the mothers, sisters, wives, daughters
and either lady frieids missing. The audience
on the floor was ilanked by ladies, and the gal
lcries were filled with them those above be-
ing perhaps of fewer years and gayer plumagc
than those b low
The graduating class numbered sixty-fve of
whom twenty-five appointed by lot had parts.
These parts were all performed. And it was in
manner which, to say the least, reflected no
dlscredit on the young gentlemen themselves,
on their class, the faculty, or the institution
Their Alma Mater can without a misgiying
point to such children and say-''rhese are my
Jewels"
The degree of \. b. was confcr ed on all the
mcmbers of the class.
The degree of A. NJ was conferred on four
of the class Of 1857, in regular course and hon
orary on eleven others. The degree of NJ. ID.
was conferred on twenty-one graduates of the
medical department Of the college, and honor
AIRY upon three.
The degree of d. d. was conferred on the
Rey'ds Austin Richards Of Nashua. and Con-
startne Blodgett of Pawtucket, r. |.
The degree of l.. l.. ID. was conferred on
Franklin Pierce, George z. Marsh and Thomas
ID. Willard.
Ten of the graduates of this year are from
Vermont.
After the close of the exercises at the church
the alumni of this and other colleges partook
of a dinner at the Dartmouth Hotel. Speeches
were then made by Col. Brewster, Gov. Good
win, Judge Perley, Prof Sanborn, and Others
In the evening a levec was given by the
graduating class at the hall of the college libra
rieS.
1t is but just to add in closing, that the Ger
mania Band which had been secured for Com
mencement week, enlivered nearly every public
occasion with excellent music. IL. C.