New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-16
AMHERST COLLEGE COMMENCE-
MENT. .f

Yfr,r,, oar Special Correspondents.

Tr,us Oar Special Correspondents.
gr5v. AmIsRsr. Mas, July IL. 1904.
Amherst again, anu victory again A year
ar tbs glorious news from vcksb1rg rang oil through
tAh lovely valley with Ioyfnl resonance the college
snuiyersary was drawing near and again Com
ueaOemont week Is frightened By our recent navel
Hriunvh II Is worthy place to be thus honored in
fts festa week for In all New England college nor
university has given more heartily and unsparingly Of
ku soma than has Amherst and It not already too
Familiar theme II would he pleasant TO dwell on the
memory OF those whose pai tic zeal has known no CTS
ynctioh Of rank and sensbncss Of literary ouulo'
1ae da-k days amid which you published ~! hs Ioln,
unsncampnt letter from here would never raw uteh
Known N your city had the Influences ana pTihcPIss
lioh bWs animated these men been Scaous! eNel ISL
o. there. ,. c.
non on Sabbath afternoon last 10 audience smaller
end fear less pleased or beneiiied tnhh uS'H ne
cert was In Hebrews chapter ILL.,. verse IL: " Take
heed brethren les there BE- in any OF you an e' heari
eDf unLfiicf In departing from the lYlng bod Df,
Etearns reviewed he subject OF inhdeity with Parcn
tsy reference 90 It's more modern development and
n welt much on the hackneyed topics OF Strauss and
1:tnau and--to Judge from the comments freely made
,sftey eryicthe sermon was not so generally accept
nbe as koBgb IL had horne directly up0n the i'm
Snedist aims Of the men about to leave the speaker
knstrU ion and care.
CO siderable religions interest has been felt IN this
tHs;U on In common with many Others in this region
during tEo past year. Although the immediate owl
licences spiritual change have not appeared 10 very
large ex ent In new professions the tone Of morality
snd Of religious character has percepdbly advanced;
about score OF the students have also given reason 10
hope that they have experienced a change Of heart
And whle the spiritual interests OF the instltuuon
have been improved IN the physical department mere
ss the same steady advance that has marked s entire
history siaoc its establishment in ls6O.
The bitter opposition which years ago YVES 90 lnJn'
soUs 10 The cause Of physical education seems 70 have
cuts passed away. nj lst here. ard Amherst toiege
boasts - her most successful and Pfosperops Hepa'
-. IL a. If Ibrgf H.,
g. ~ u on a the late distinguished geologish 10
ThOm hs cto express nv grea; Indebtedness ior his
courtesy IN liding me IN this report hni ao1r spei
sn the asium on Tuesday morning salIshea me %
she ccHlpar atiye Perfection OF The sysem-h system
NAV be cal ed-over Uost Others now In known opera
Sion I. Gems from document handed me o. we
BULL ag has the ubiquitous Do LeWlS, Wholn t l
SoJege ih wear so UNEXPECTEDLY honOrs he's been "
Stag 10 rsc We the credit Of being followed IN me
treihod M ed IN the Amherst gymnasium; but even
sune4fois observer would soGn discover that Whlle
SnsrT fth lighter GOor exercises which have so
atrangcyc lc 1o be known as 'Hfw gymnastlCS bio
an usc hra sthay have-iu pant az lensiOng been u
n Well .orC "a l-vnnnsums, there arc quite 1s many
of the N, advanced iears admitted upon the pro
sramme. --,,., -, "a
Prize Exf oition this week were favored, among
other fhings with mtuiuture edition OF the famous
q Eehslis Pcrisus, ~ Thomas linnon when SO sec
srifed tbs NewYork pubic before ne time OF " Isi
pglaerossst on" Imagine how anything "PsiEEs'
would locs in the LeNi> Manual
The appropriated to eymnasiic evoiptiSns con
eellrnt trat and a series of rack bars TINT make an
acrobata ey rdspce for JOY deserve mentioi I'm the
amplei neC The students are practic-d to- lmIeu
eXtpt ia css by teir professor. but those whose am
B. leads them beyond the routine are g'fi1ted 70
follow the beat Of their inclination. 50 iai - that goes
within the limits Of safety although these hHlts are
not tire defined by homeopathic ~ nass OF 1iinlu
SDauiias ,
Sc b,tW ~ daty and pleesure-and tir dsiy i ore
e.. COZ 10 sbiFket is probable thar 'e Amherst
81 p cannot b. ,sscd IN the courTy 10 physical
te>s for intellectual Thor 1t lie by no means the aim
Of iris enlightened College 20 make Qr'f'snla aero
bats Of ts st1dens they mean TO i've up 10 JuVehhi
aictss Ella saao eJypOre s neEf = ana how noa
the- claue 10 IL ra, be decided frou consideration %
f4ss vital statistics"