Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-25


at Middlebury, but as 1t consisted main
ly of a criticism of the addresses before
the Alumni and the Literary Societies,
and did not profess to give connected
account of the Commencement exercises,
and as we were unfortunately unable to
attend the exercises ourselves, we con-
cluded to defer the publication until the
full account should come to hand in the
Middlebury paper We now condense
from the communication, and from the
Register just received the following &C
count. ......
President Labaree preached the BAG
calaureate Sermon on Sunday afternoon.
His text was from Deut. xxxil; 81: ..
Their rock is not as our Rock, even
our enemies themselves being judges"
1t was an able discourse upon the "ln-
ternal evidences of God, and concluded
with the usual address to the gradual
ing class.
On Tuesday forenoon, Ralph Waldo
Emerson addressed the Philomathesian
Society. Nh. Emersons manner of
handling his person is described as not
graceful, his voice not strong, but the
colloquial ease of his utterance, so su-
perior to the usual declamatory style,
was pleasantly successful. His address
consisted of hints to scholars, seekers
after truth, and abounded in terse, sug-
gestiye sentences, gems of thought, but
lacking connected or elaborate arrange
ment.
Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Truman M.
Post, D. D., of st. Louis, Mo, addressed
the Philadelphian Society, upon the sub
ject of Reconstruction. This address
is described as most able, impressive and
eloquent In his conclusion he poured
forth a spontaneous eulogy OF New Eng
land and her influences throughout the
country New England's ideas, beauti-
full, polished as her marble, solid as her
granite, are needed to save the nation
1t is now seen why God permitted the
towns of Vermont and other New Eng
land states to become so much depopu-
lated and deteriorated by migration
westward. But for this the great North
west might have swayed to the South.
He closed with a thrilling allusion to
those who had split their blood to save
the nation.
Tuesday evening occurred the Parke-
rian Exhibition. The church was as
usual thronged to overlooking.
The following was the programme
FRESHMEN. - Defamation - Public Opinion,
Phillips-Cyrus c. Boynton, Springfield, first
prize. Declamation-July 4, l776, Patrick Hen
ry-L. Verson Ferris, LawrenceVille, N. Y,
Hubbard, Menthuen, Mass. Declamation-Spar-
tacus to the Roman Gladlators, Kellogg--Myron
t. Whitney, Malone, n. Y, second prize,
-Declamation-Reply to Garrett
| Davis, Solomon Foot-Willard d. Brown, New
! Haven. Defamation - Bernardo del Carpio,
Mrs Hemans-Thaddeus M. Chapman, Middle
| bury. Declamaton-The Launching of the Ship,
Longfellow-J. Wesley Lovett, Middlebury, sec
| ond prize. neclamaton-Re Irresistible,
| Macaulay = Harry ]. Porter, Rutland, first
| prize.
JUNIORS Grafton Eloquenoe the Offspring Of
| 0ecasiou-D. ]. Newland, Lawrenceville, N. Y.
| Oraton-The Evils OF Monarchy-Geo. L. Minis
| Sullivan, n. II. 0ration-The Three Great Re-
OraatooShEIHfnry H Shaw Peacham, first prize,
ioan slaveryNWm. 4, TsvEsb5ddffyyt hsN A1RHfg g
second prize,
On Wednesday occurred the exercises
of the graduating class. The schedule
was as follows
PRAYER.
| MUSIC.
I. salutatory Grafton L. W. Hemenway
| Keesville, n. Y,
II. oration-Individualit the Bond of sooi
ETY., J. W. Burnham, Manchester, Vt.
MUSIC.
III. oration-The Ordeal by Battle. Franci
G, Clark, Bridgewater, Vt.
", Oration-The Moral Effects of the War
J. A Mead, Rutland, vt.
MUSIC.
V. Oration-The Tyranny of Public Opinion
G. E. Prentiss, Washington, d. @.
VI. historical oration-The Monroe Doctrine
j. X. Batchelder, Peru, Vt,
MUSIC.
VII. oration-The Elegy, G, W. Scott, Pitts
burg, Pa,
vim, The Call for Originality. W. @. I'll
den, Middlebury, Vt.
MUSIC.
TX. Philosophical oration-The Fear of Dealt
Calvin d. Noble, Middlebury, Vt.
X. Observation-Disclosures above Genius. w. I
Wolcott, Shoreham, Vt.
XI. Yaleiiotory 0ration-S ooety the High
est End. Ezra Brainard, st. Adams, vt.
MUSIC.
Masters Grafton, William II. Button.
, Masters Grafton, James f. Pierce. ..
MUSIC.
Degrees Conferred.
PRAYER.
Benediction.
The degree Of A. B. was conferred O
the graduating class,
MASTERS IN COURSE.
VIM, H. Button, G. E. Abel, A. M. Goodnov
Moses Martin, s. b. Partridge, L. NJ. Peet, ]. i
Pierce, l.. Fisherman, j. B. Young, R. A. Don
aldson.
HONORARY A. NJ.
John Prout, Esq, S. b. Thompson, w, L. i
Boardman, Ad eundem Charles L. Graves, grad
uate Of Trinity College.
| Rev. S. II. Keller Maine Rev. G. p lyle
Brattleboro.
Rev. Myron Winsow, d. D., Madras, India.
: The orations of the Glass were excel
,, lent, their delivery generally gracefu
( and easy and tha Treatment of tho aul