New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-04
FROM YALE COLLEGE.
Correspondence Of The N Y Tribune.


NEw-HAyEs, April 9, 1861.
An unreasonable enow.storm, however disagreeabe,
il not rare visitation in this city, the same may be
said perhaps without the qualifying clause OF Junior
exhibitions but the coincidence Of these phenomena Is
rarity happening to-day for the first time within your
correspondents recollection. wretched snow-storm
il has been-without o taste Of pure Winter in ia
mere nopportune perversion of Nature. In the face
Of this Storm and as it turned out, offset to 1t,
the Class Of 1862 held their Junior exhibition this
afternoon and evening in the Colege-sreet Church.
Junior exhibition is a thorough Institution" II is
one of the recognized annual festivals Of Yale, and is
becoming, ike Presentation Day, the center OF
week ksiyie, The barbarous fact that It IL Ike
wise Examination week will, however, long continue
10 cast cloud over The occasion when VIII relact ana
di.tort the sunshine. This dark circumstance must
cotfne its influence, Of course, to the students, and
the ladies are IA bright and pleasant az though there
were actually no such troubles III life AS Greek and
natural science And II the ladies were not ongbt
and peasant il would be the downfall OF Junior ex-
Libions Young ladies' hold to Junior exhibi ions Just
the relation which is proverbally attributed TO the
character Of Hamlet to the play OF Hamlet. inose
who are fortunate enough TO he speakers upon the &C.
casion speak and bow and blush at the young ladies,
forgetful of their fond parents, who have come long
distances 10 listen TO the speeches u their sons forget
fn If their admirug classmates, who never forget to
applaud them most rapturousy. However unmpoH-
collection there were OF parents and family friends
present AT the exhibition. Dodworth band dlseoureed
the music for the occasion with their usual AFFINITY ana
appreciation. TIE audience manifested Its celght oy
n-iug when the band played, and applaudlng Wheh
1t concluded. The following was the
ORDER OF EXERCISES.
The EIsrcsss Of Evening will commence at y O'Clock
AFTERNOON.
Dissertation, scfd.na Condition of True Greatness"
Di..sr.ati-n Sir Widian Wallace" by Charles Henry
& Grafton The BITTERNESS. of the World" by Joseph FIt1
Randolph. Trenton, n. J.
g. Dissertation Queen Anne's Time" By William Plat
Kesoham New,York City; ,.,..,,....r ~ V,.a.,,o An
Dissertation lhtoersnee Of Opnion by Thos Gardner
Thur,ton, kAilua, Hawaiian ISLANDS
10 Oatop sin,ru by Thoma. Burgis Kirby New Haven.
H. Ouion 'The Claims Of Age" BY Ira Rush Alexander
~ Dissertation Lord BacOn,' by William Low, MasOn.
hi Is Music.
'0 Is B.san Inc Creative Power Man, by George
rs oT.ion The Power Of Secrecy Popular Opinion"
by George Miller Beard, AndOver' Mass
it, Dissertation sefrsnunciatiOu" by Charles Burt Sum
ls Grafton The bible Educator" by James Henry
~ ihio.Sphcs Grafton Revolution and Reform" BY John
Wesley Allng, Orange,
81 Music.
2 Teei oraticn by John Phelps Taylor, Andover Macs
g. Dissertation Lorenzo dc Medic" BY Richard skinner
Gaton william tho Silent" by GrosvenOr Starr, New
Dissertation. Giuseppe GsIbsldi" by Charles wOOsey
Colt, Norwich.
o. Music 80
Dissertation The Intellectual Phase Of our National chaE-
s. orasion savonsrO" by Charles Eu' Hubbard Boston,
. Dissertation, Lord Mseaul.y" by William LampsOn LIE
Roy S;Y
H. Dissertation THE Bar Field for EOquence." by Mel
Ia o2ahon Prescott a. an Historian by Richard Morse
~ ~.F fSs% cry byron III ''''''' v "''
IS Dissertation, MannOss" by Duniel EsersOn Hemsnway
s. Grafton. The Colonial Training of the American People,
H. oTaon RSSan.m and Free Institutions" by Henry
Hamlin Stebbins Brooklyn n. \.
S Grafton "The Norman Ecmcn, In English History" by
sS an Adherence to Right the true Basis of National
Life" BY Daniel Henry chAmbs.n Worce.eI Ms's, ,v
COrnelu. L.dd Kchen, Detroit, Michigan.
49, ''"''' Excused on account of sickness.
OF the speeches numbered the Order of Exercises
il is impossible TO speak particularly. The occasion
was creditabe the class and the speakers and the
College Among the most attractive was the closing
oralion by Z. L. Kitchell OH "The Puritan and the
Stole" which, though not delivered with all the force
TO which it justly entitled, was characterized by
close and generous thought aud sometimes expressed
with true eoquence THIS speech, like all tie other
College speeches wanted rooul-the thought IN them
cannot be expanded in so short space. Mr.. Adamss
Grafton showed very thoughtful knowledge Of Colo
NAL History and manly eloquence-his closing sem
fences were very noticeable for taste and thought.
Mr. Goes speech on "The Norman Element in English
History while it not deficient In sterner qualities,
was marked by very remarkable chasteness and ee-
gance MIR. d. ii. Chamberlain, who spoke last but
one was the most oratorical speaker His Grafton
elaborated and striking, and manly upon the right side
of great question. His thought was not close as
that of one or two others, but prominently
presented. have not time TO notice other speakers
whom l would desire to mention The place assigned
to the Poem of Mr. r. X. Weeks better attests its merit
than any thing at this late hour say in its paise
ii. Ii. Stebbins, X. Morse, w. l.. McChntock, y; II:
Crosby, G.. l.. Woodruff, were all among the pest
speakers. The Greek Grafton was delivered oy M;
J. p. Taylor of Andover, Mass.-the acknowea4ed
leader Of his class in scholarship. Prof. Lrned pre-
sided over the exhibition
Last night the Excitement" OF the week were
initiated by the annual concert OF the beethoven so
ciety Of Yale. Several new features marked slis
wears concert. 1t was held In the spiendid new Mu
sio Hall, Mr.. VIM. L. Cooke, q talented tenor singer
Of New.York, was engaged TO sing; and the perform
auce was concluded by new eantsta written Tor the