The New York herald., 1864-07-22

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The commencement festivities beg last Sunday even
Ing vim the annual ser%On TO The s,saSssqg cisss S o.
d. n Yesterday, at eleven O'Clock A. NJ. the exerczee
cf the annual vsstou u the Divinity School we're held
In the old Upvers,ty hsl Speeches were delivered oy
Tho msmbsrs graduating class Az four O'Clock
p II the alumni o. the Divinity schel were addressed
ehsps The audience % Sss 10 num-
bes and seued with interest TO the srrghty address
wessei is cesSuui and sI outward c,rcumstauccs pro-
ptious the dust and the authorities are dong whaf
they eau TO Aey ate having Dssa
constantly employed during the summer IN watering 'ns
AZ lspast nine o'clock A. n bis Esce!lepcy Goysrnos
Andrew drove into town. accompanied 6y MS stan ana
escorted by detachment OF the National lAncera "a
Cossdc AT ton O'Clock procession formed a. Gore HAN
sity grounds to the Unitarian church, tho args, m the
place. The gallery and side tier OF pews were ned ~
ladies' and tho sps stage was neS Dy .nS Ne pssssn
Rev Thomas Hill. d. In hs official robes ana scnonsuc
cap presided supported BY hs stan ~ uniform %
Hayden, the members OF the Board OF Corporaon tnc
Board OF 0yerseer the faculties OF instruction
Apd government aid strangers OF dsnctioo occupied
tho stage. The body Of the house was occupied ~
students, alumni and friends.
dent Twenty.sx speakers oe the graduating class thcn
delivered orations in the following order, viz
Asautatoty Grafton in IAsin-Heury Harrison Sprasso'
D,sousitlcu, The Life Of Roman Gentleman At the
Time OF rrsjann-Isaac Fiagg, Somervilo.
An Essay, " International Dutiesp-Jemes EDWARD
AN An Essay, Tho Foundaiioa OF Harvard College,
Yraucis Tscker washburu, Boston.
A Dissertation s!workingmen's Clubs in England
Gardner Whitney Lawrence, concord
Disquslsion-sA dmirs Colling Clover
An Essay, "Utilty . Basis Of Moral Science'-deo
pissertstion, .1Ths Function Of Colleges In our De-
mocracy" William Hyde Appleton, Providence,
An Essay Hippocr ates"-lsaao Howard Page, Lowell
A Disquisiiiou. !. John wiOthrop"-orAnd0 Aarcsius
A Disssrts.iOn, a Complete LIs"-James Thompson
Bixby, Brooklins ~ss. ri
A Dissertation, sTho Circassian Struggle" le"-Horace
Graves, Marblehead.
DisQusition ssTne Mineral Resources Of kissourp'
Al Essay, "Tns Roman at hn va"-Lorins Everett.
4 Disssf.asioa, aour Friends IN Ensaad''-John Bin.
ney, philadelphia, Pa.
A Dissertation, "rho treatment Of Rsman slaves"-
Preutiss Cummings, West Sumner, HE.
An Essay "nuences Vt work in oar Present Struggle
which Tend to Mitigate the Barbarzing Effects Of War
Disquisition AFelix Mendelssohn' Francis German,
Springfield.
Franklin Leonard Bush, Auburn, N. Y
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Dissertation, "rhe Fiuanees OF Erglard durrg the
Great Freuch war''-WiIam Adams Munroe, Cambridge.
An Essay, ''rbe Huguenots ia America'-William Al.
bert odel, Durham. N. H.
Dissertation, "The Armies Of Republican France
Albert Thomas Sinclair, Brighton. VS. I'D gagN
Dissertation, .s0ur freedmen" Edwin piny Ss4y,r,
Marlborough. Nns
tMrscl
An Grafton, icsd,, 'Ihe Opportunities OF
the Present Timen-ceovgs Winslow Pierce, Boston.
The degree OF A. r. conferred upon ninety four
members OF tho graduating class. The degree OF A. A
conferred upon nineteen young men in course and
also upon fifteen out OF course The honorar! degree Of
A. N. was awarded 10 the following viz-Wm. Philips
Tflden Boston; Frederick Law Oims,ead California;
James Alfred Page Boston; Marshall Train Bigelow.
Cambridge; William Morris Kent Boston, George Ma,
thaniel Eaton Baltimore.
The degree Of LID was bestowed upon the following
viz:-Reabsn A.wa!er thapmao Judge or the Supreme
Secretary The United States Treasury Hon. Charles
Fr4ucs Adsms, uncd States Minister Great Britain
Abd Edward Iaboulays, OF France
The audience dismissed With the beuedic,oa by
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