New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-22
Wesleyan University Commencement.

ohusetts for Connecticut the abundant foliage OF The
Forest City" bcars a peculiarly winning beauty. de-
spite its present dusty covering NddletOwn cnims an
antiquity OF zoo years according to the anniversary
record Of 1885, but certain tabular view 10 be found
upon the river bank 10 throw the foundation OF
The c back yet some years Of that venerable old age
The Connecticut River In times when rain ana Ice
were not In the category with metallic currency
s.cns have had GLnull ambition H. enter college,
aud repeatedly made very respectable strides
toward that elevations and statistical lndlSlduhi
has noted q building by its bank. the following
fuctuatons' at different elevations which may OF
may not b. take The best authority for the age OF te
town. 1851 food. MAY L. Noals ireshct, l.. Z. 700;
food OF the Great Rebellion, April =, loo2i looi.
freshet. food, Aug. g. 1855. From this i woui ap-
pear that the building which these records appear,
like certain Spanish families. nncdaes The DEUCE by
some unknown probably considerable Priod. Qaef!'
should lot the believers in the pre- Adate man psee
q high value on these startling evidenccst But WHAT
ever may be the ace Of the city the college young yet
better evidence Of that needed than tue youthful
alumni who are everywhere thFongng tue stieeIs h.a
not ono OF whom graduated fIom wesleyan university
before lsa3 The exercises Of Commencement strutch
back into the week preceding that winch Ioau prop
erly be called Commencement week. and me lrst VIZ
the prize contos. between tho Literary ooeles on tc
evening Of last Thursday. 18th:
Prizes we're awarded to &. T.. Vaudeville freshman,
w S. Walton, sophomore. W. y. Rice. junior. j. w.
Aucs senior THIS exercise for original compost.
tons One for selecsions. contest between Juniors
and sophomorcs. came of on Friday evening. prizes
being given to two Of the twelve spelkersG ]. west
|
ger the Caef prize 80
Next on the regular programme for the week"
came the BGcoa auTedtei but the class Of 1890 imtro
vised an addition not exactly In order viz BURIAL 81
Mathematics. They carried the deceased % unfo'-
tunate 70 tie deepest pirif there be any nowof the
Connecticut River and committed the remains To the
waves aud then followed In the "wake" with the usual
biennial supper TO which the world outside OF the
sophomore class unlimited ard must remain igno,
rant Of the proceedings. President Cummings preached
the before the graduating Glass last sabbath
morning from the text j. Cor, -; - Else what
shall they DO which are bapiised for tue dead" Eyi-
IDENTITY leading To- consideration OF national need for
Young uel-tle theme eSerywhere-and their duty as
they come 10 fiji the places Of those whom The course OF
events usual or extraordinary. has called away from
The Mis.iooarv Lyceurn lsiened 10 the sermon Of
their chosen speaker the Rev. L. j.. Dasbie In the
evening. upon the text Lament ILL., H " II Is wen fot
man That he bear The yoke in biz youth" The words
Of tae text ARE sncelty signiieat Of the character
and bearings Of he discourse
| Certain prizes having 70 be announced on MONDAY
the graduating class took the opportunity to confer
upon Wesleyan University gift and pleasure much
The same as that by the jugiOrs Of Amherst last week
viz fine portrait Of the fathers OF the instltu.
.ion the Rev. Laban CLARK. d. ID.
The prizes North Mathematical III. \. strong.
SOPHOMORE: T.. B. h. for excellence IN Latin. H. y
strong, Sophomore Walsh for excellence in Greek B.
in rhe evening. the Rev. Sidney Dean ('Putnam >.
formerly Of COngress delivered the annual Grafton be
fie tle United Literary Societies the PhiorhetoFian
and the Peihulngian: the Rev. ". >. Studiey the
poem The subject of the GRAFTON VIA drawn from the
speakers Congressional tho read.
eis Of To Iggperdcn, win undoubtedly remember-and
particularly the scene Of Bank-s election speaker Of
lie Housc 1t wholly unnecessary TO say that the de
scripiOn exceedingly graphic, aud interest
my the crowded audience THAI hllrd tho house MI
Sludlcy's poem was upon The folhes OF TIE ime
and contained many excellent hits In fnglsh heroic
verse.
Tuesday evening our lato friend 81 Amherst. the
Iton George Thonpson appeared at THIS Institution ~
address the p. u. X. Society. although all nho hrmd
him were hardly members - that classic haei hIiy
Ills address much the Same n, ns week but Low
ever familiar tie story ofhls VISIT may appear, no Vhe
-unier- The Svrngt,Ii RrpublacGs-c1n rtslst the
waTmAcaFled and genial gentleman. whose earnest
faltliantss Ia tho canso 81 aunanit! maize rs
forget the nationality which free from cnmiiy IN him,
and !l oay u the sincerost s!mpi'ly ~ AhprIe.n
mitiorfan,s. Mr.. Th0mpsons diinruiJ @. uiieTaNcc
made tsk to hear al be haid YET he ansicnce pre-
~ cd m undivided attention Bnil The close and vent
away well repaid. Another opportunity Was gwen
closon iew-0r many Perhaps Iho alumni business
meeting yesterday morning and again al 1he iesufH
The Rev. F-astas wcutwofth u. d.. addressed The
Society Of Alumni yestTiay afternoon oh re cioa oil
Progress a ce4r and POI ular discussion 81 The scrip
tgral assertion thai there n thing Under TIE
sun aud tse scaesl OF Oil evidence Of the truth OF
that fact
lcyepiug-fnther ugil-Were certain largely nte AIDED
secf.L socict, annl,crsaIle-. Which TN Unable ~
dcscr.be. aud Wodnesday evening iie chsse, 81 - ~
ST. - and % saId 10 have enjoyed Old iemci1-
brapces and Assocniions In social assembly. while TIE
loss formal but doubtless quite - pieasani relhloS
of iWos ami tAIccs have b ca limited u 10 tclA poo
time. Perhaps ns pleasant an as'e4nh) ho"r'",. ~
has been ou0Jed WITHIN the week Sas The Alumni tes'
tval nt Tho Sc Douough House tho evening preceding
Commencement OW.Hg 10 tie seductive pow en- vi tLo
Mend. s.ohn Quinicto Club Of Bossou The entertain
ept IA no. begun until ~ o'clock and the speeches
we're limited to o hall dO1ea. Ito ladies' and gentlemen
prc however. probably enjoyed co',I'al"h sul'o
o. much they would have the long speeches "hch
tie profession largely represented Aoio are Aps 10
or peeanlary matters Ihsve learned bot little new
ftf faI.H FulI
meni Of the financial condition " The ego. gym,
NAHUM 40 feet by H. bad gone up within The ear ana
II Is sincerely to be hoped islt tus attention u sii
draw 10 the popular subject OF physical education VII
awaken the boating interest which has been IN pro-
found ,ec for some years lshao Rich ESD OF Dos
ton proposed last year 10 erect asnthbe building Tor
he ib,ary II TIE Alumni would RAISE $500 for the
library itstf and thus a building b assured Tor II
600 Methodist ministers cart raise 500 pulpit eo-
quence must BE- on tue wane pretty seriously
Commencement day classes TIE cyenis OF The week.
As this l. an institution whose Alumni all expected
to become !eadeIs OF NE Poplo spiritually The eniire
graduating Ci ss--mcrUully only Z}--delvcred ser
mon elch closing With the vncdictofy address by Mf.
Amcs. The names Of the clnss Gre:
Jocob Worthcu Hrl Anne, Heicrs G. r. inrsham Hen
ricus iskef. Costello LlpPti. J. Ounce beeua lsola'
FS,,,,SS lin, H5o-,Dsr,g-' Gse5da, Neon
Thcr Clious HenIlcu. Buck Jolsnnc. Josephu. Red,
BeIys,un hitsnerc Chass. siep-nus Auga'tu. Snow.
Washburn Chuich, Georgia. l. Thompson, G-orsu'
Yor.yth Guenu snerdn Todd D,aielis Gould ilsrrn~o.
JoAsunes Swnbure " hcdOn. J.sae ~ IlubL IhOus.
! bond " ood Albertus Harmon " ysit
lie Degree Of Bachelor OF ATs conferred on JACOB
Worthen la Ames Henry BAKER J. Dursee B-eInsn Geo.
socum Bennett, Edward ler Bre 1irTdse Ch-Irs Henry
Buck B.N hit.more Ches. Charles W.>thuru Church Geo
For.yth, Daniel Gould Hartman Jesse Lyman Burlbui,
Henry G. ngGham, Costello Lippitt Charles ASos Msui,
Richard Watson Nowha Oorgs Nelson Phep, John Joseph
Reed IT, stephen Augustus snow OcoIs. l.. ThompsOn.
VIM Sheridan Todd. John Swinburne Whed0n. TkomA.
Bond " God. Albert Harmon Wyatt. Daniel w. Raymond
The decree ~ Master Of Arts conferred In
Fdgsr HusIn htnoro John Wesley Bsruhar, james William
Brsnlbce William Dawson BRIDGE Edgar frodoriet ClAis.
Ro,we Douglas frAncis Daniel kdg.ron Christie
pho, pag. FLANDERS benjamin sherN God Ounce Wilbur
Pos Johnston Hiram Loamni h@lsry Drank Currier Morse,
iibut Fsk Osborne Hubbard BsseI Paypc George Whts
k.r Nathan Wills ildcf Richard seaman WIN. me " ilA