, 1863-07-01
UNIVERSITY OF ST. mARyss or
sTHE LAKE.


The annual Commencement exercises of the
University Of St. Mary's Of the Lake were
held last evening at the College building, cor.
ner of Wolcott and Superior streets. a large
number Of our citizens wero present, and
| frequently testified By enthusiastic applause
the delight they felt In tho unique aud inter.
eslipg exercises.
Our reporter vas late upon the ground and
can only speak Of the preliminary exercises
as others saw them. The Introductory ora.
'ion was in English, and delivered by J. G.
H}gefne. This effort Is spoken Of by those
who heard It as every way credit1ble. Els
theme was 'sEdncation,'' and ho is said to
have treated it in a satisfactory and masterly
mBnucr.
Greek, by,K. Scott, Of Waukegan 70 rs Il
was 'sall Greek }" but the Doctors on the plat.
FIRM looked wisely, and eTideotly understood
%lat the yonrg bachelor was talking abous
Tie audience aprlandcd enthusiastically also
At all crcnts It sounded well mud reminded as
Of loEg ago attempts to t'do'' an cssay in this
ccadest Of oil dtad languages.
J. Conway followed III the dissection Of
Latin theme, an intellectual process, iawhich,
tIo5e who are az fat in Latin, say he acquIs-
led himself creci1at1y.
Mister ]. Tridtnan delivered German ora
tfcn, original tn manner and matter, which
IVES aIplarded Ike the eGnrts OF those who
preceded hiul. This your., gentleman ie ono
OF the best German scholars in the University,
but lit extrcMe diiGdeuce upon the stage, de-
tracted from Ills othcrH1ae most merito-ious
performance.
Following tie erations came the confe,ri1r
Of degrees aud the announcement II The names
q those ncrito7lous students who were en-.
1jt.cl 10 draw for medals.
The degree Of Bachelor OF Arts was coufsr.
rcd or R. Scott. Nankcgan, lii. ; P. Conway,
Lake Forest, Ill !; and E. Kceles. joliet. ii
The drg.ee Of Bachelor Of Science was
bestowed upon j. Higgins, Sencca, III. ;J.G.
Higgins, ,crotty, ILL.,; and D. scully, Wood
In ,he Commercial conrse diplomas rero
TseeiTcd n By H. following; J. lasorthe, J.
Higgins, Daniel Scu11y, J. J. DWyer, Z.
Stretch, aud Wm. Allen.
We won,d have published the names Of the
1ntk5 reciptents Of the medals, but the gen
NC were Obliged to do without them.
a gold medal IVES awarded to T. Ackley, P.
birmingham, J. Day, D. j Riorden, j. Qdin-
Ian: IS si ec!al acknowledgement Of their su-
Icrtcr taients and excellence in their studies
during the past year. 7. Aclley was the re-
Honorable mention was made Of the fol-
lowing Students who left the University pre-
yious to the close Of the session, viz: Ed
ward Barley, Michael Mulloy, ". e Lorejoy,
Edward Stretch, Thomas Ryan, Jas 3. Scott,
Wm. Irwin, Francis Qninlan.
The exercises closed with m address by
Bishop Duggan.
Presbyterian Theological Seminary OF
tho Northwest.
The ceremony Of laying the corner stone
Of tho new Theological Seminary took
place yesterday afternoon. This institution
is located at the corner Of Halsted street and
Fullerton avenue, where the Society own
tract Of about 25 acres, very pleasantly situ-
atcd. The building, under the superintend-
encc Of G. T. Randall, architect, is already up
to the first aoor, the basement walls being
completed. It is Of stone, ~ by 20 feet, and !
to be three stories high, besides basement
attic. This, in the plan, will be tho main
building, to which additions will eventually
be made. It is contemplated to hare the |
building completed by the 1st of December.
The services were opened By singing, 1T |
lore Thy Kingdom; Lord, !" IN which the spec
tatcrs joined with one accord. Rev. Mr.. |
Ewing announced the object of tho occasion, |
and read q list Of articles deposited iu tho i
conner stcne, embracing
4 cory Of tho Holy Scriptures; Confession OF |
Faith CT the 1'resbyte1iaa Church
. inaugural Addresses Of the four Professors at |
The opeusDg Of the Seminary; .-'
Annual Catalogue Of the SEMINARY, 1sG0-G1;
4 list Of tic Directors, the Executive Commit
tee. Trustees, Building Committee, Architect and |
Builders,
-, lItt of the subscribers by whose nbe.ality
4 number of Presbyterian papers. and copies Of
al shc Chicago daily papezs.
Rev. Dr.. Matthews, of3lonmoutll, ILL.,, was
introduced. and addressed the audience, rcIa-
Ing the pas. history Of the Seminary, and ill.,
:idcnts connected with the enterprise Of erect
pg Permanent seminary building from the
'ate If Hyde Park Seminary project in 1857,
70 the present time. He psid just tribute to
hose who hayc so ubera'jy contributed to-
yards the erection of this building.. DR..
Matthews, after closing his remarks, proceed.
ID to lay the corner stone, with the usual Ger
,mopics. After prayer By Rcy. Dr. Lord, The
,ddrtes Of the occasion was delivered by Lin.
'oln C;arE,-an able production, appropriate
o 1hc OCCASION.
The exercises closed by singing the Dox-
,logy, md the Bcnediction by Rev. Mr.
1a1sey. -: