Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-08-20
Local and state Items.

College occurred last week.
On Tuesday forenoon an Grafton was
delivered before the Phlomathesean Socie- |
ty by Il. T, Whipple of Boston, upon
Courage" which is spoken as among the |
best efforts of this well known writer and
lecturer In the afternoon Prof, Condit Of
Auburn, N. Y, delivered an excellent and
vigorous Grafton before the Philadelphian
Society. In the evening the usual Parke-
rian Prize Exhibition took place, and filled
the Congregational Church with a very
large audience.
The speaking is said to have been of an
unusually excellent character. The pro-
gramme was as follows:
MUSIC.
PREsHMEs.
Work. Carlyls. Royal Jerome Eddy, Win.
1.-THE War.-o W. Holmes. Merritt Bates
Page, watervilie.
MUSIC.
1II.--The Union.-D. $. Dickinson. Abner
Smith, Can bridge, Mass
Iv.-The Polish aoy.-Mrs. Stephens. Oscar
Hamlin Stearns. Rutland.
MUSIC.
V.-Shal New England be left out of the I'm
ion.-Egben Phelps. George Zalmon Erwin,
Madrid, N. Y.
vI.-Regulus TO the Roman Senate. Eugene
John Ransow, Milton.
MUSIC.
VII Character of Gen. Jackson. George Ban
eref.-Juba Howe yoree, Crown Point, N. Y.
VIII.-Oratory .--Ed,oqrd Eceret. John At
kins WILDER, Lawreneeyille, N. Y.
MUSIC.
Ix.-oration. not the Strength of a
Nation. James Kendrick Batehedor, Peru.
X.-0ration.-The Intuitive Character of the
Poet. Ezra Hainerd, 81. Adams. aa.
MUSIC.
XI-oration. William, the Silent. Charles
Edward Prentiss Washington, ID. G,
XII, Observation-Disclosures. William Calvin
Tilden, Middlebury.
The Prizes were awarded as follows :
FREsHMEN.--FirSt t'rize--O. H.
Stearn8; Second Prize-M. 9. Page.
SopHoMoREs. - First Prize 49, q. 4.
Erwin Second Prize--E. j. Ranslow.
JuNIoRs.-FSrst Prize-E. Brairerd
Second Prize-W. G. Tilden.
On Commencement day, despite the
hot weather, there was good attendance
of alumni and citizens to hear the ora
tons of the graduates, which are well spo-
ken of. The following was the order of
exercises; .-..-..
PRAYER.
MUSIC. -
I-salutatory oratlon.-L. IL. Blake, Washing
ton, Mass. =. - - N15
well, Huntington, @. i.
MUSIC.
T. Dr-
-oration.-Tendency of Democracy to Uni
versa Prevalence H. s. Mccullough, Chazy, N.
Y
-Oration.-Language, the Incarnation OF
Thought. r. A. Scott Bristol.
Philosophical Oration.-The Authority
from Consciousness. G. W. Lewis, Lawrenceville
MUSIC.
afternoon.
MUSIC.
VII ration.--Fear, the offspring of Igno-
norance. T II. seeley, M ddlebury.
VIII Oration.-The Influence of a Democra-
oy on scholarship. M. l.. Story, Claremont N
IX.-Hstorical Grafton. THE Law of Colonies,
a Law of Deterioration. r. s. Tuthl, Vergennes,
ILL.,
X--Poem.- England. E, A. sturtevant
Weybfidge.
XII .Valedictorv Oration--The Historic Method
of Studying Mind. N B. Smith, Clarendon.
MI
DEGREES CONFERRED.
PRAYER.
BENEDIoTIoN.
The following degrees were conferred:
LII. D.-Rev. John J. Owen, D. d..
New York City.
D. Drew Martin M. Post, Logans
port, Ind. Rev. Erdix Tenney, Lyme, N
II.
A. M.-Rev Marston Ludlam Middle
bury; Rev. Horace d. Knight, Senec'
Falls, N. Y; Rev Thomas Bayne, Iras,
bnrgh ilton G. Hyde, Ludlow.
In course upon fourteen of the class o
1860 ;-eleuen Of them were present OF
the stage.
A. Bon the Graduating Glass.
The Annual celebration on Thursda,
was very well attended, and the exercise
were Of high character. Rev. Georg
N. Boardman Of Binghampton, N. T., wa
the orator. The subject of his Grafton wa
"The Relations of Political Economy t
the Christian Religion"
1t was labored and philosophical dis
course and well worthy the dls,ingoishe
reputation of the speaker. Mr.. Board
man was succeeded by the Poet of the oc
casion, Mr. E. H. Phelps of Orwell,
member of the class of 1861, who yer
gepially and mirthfully sang to his colleg
brethren Of the puritan" his virtues, hi
folhes, in fact of all his idiosyncracles.-
Mr.. Phelps verses were unanimously vot
ed to be charming and therefore really ex
ceptional to the common run of Colleg
poems The exercises at the Church wer
succeeded by the usual Alumni dinner q
the Addison House, which was enlivene
by the presence of ladies, new and yer
pleasant feature at these gatherings, IN
PRODUCED year since at Mddlebury. a.
ter the catter of knife and fork had sub
sided, Hon. Daniel Roberts Of the elias
of 1929, invited those around the festiv
board to indulge for a season in feast {
reason and a flow Of soul. He therefor