New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-11
WILLIAMS COLLEGE.
Exercises Of Cinss Day, &c.

WnLIAMsTowS, Mass. duly T. 1854
The throng Of visitors which usually fill Will
Jamestown at the annual College ceremonies have not
been expected this season and thcro promise Of
quiet week al this time at least; but quite suddenly.
and TO many very Unexpectedly, the Mansion House
has been overcrowded and now find myself very for
unate In not having sleep lounge. or on chairs.
nor yet on the bliiard-table. The delightful rain
which has laid the dust must have tempted some be-
yond what they were allie 20 bear and even now the
Gratifying spec acle Of rain the mountains is being
repealed sce tit 10 be the last OF earth TO the lover
of Nature. 800 ,.
II there were time and space it would be delightful
pleasure TO ascend with your readers, In imagination
he tosome nights Of these surrounding SUBMITS and
aye in undisturbed contemplation the wondrous
scenery about u.s. Three thousand SIX hundred
loot above the Lowell Of the sea towers old GreyIock
tie nearest heaven, physically OF all TINS lustrlonS
tato and looking from its top in the days when Ger
tain vandas had not destroyed the tower ou 70 sur
mount the treetops there are visible on the DIFFERENT
sdes the BERKSHIRE Valley the Connecticut Valley, the
hudson Valley while it is still unnecessary 10 upinr Il
he eyes to behold the towering grandeur OF Monadnock
tho ragged summit of tho CatSkiliS or the quleter
beauty Of modest Tom az Hadey
From ettemptiAR a description Of such scene the
boldest might well shrink with awe; but these grand
old mountains Gods blessed gift TO rs, should be Nv
ing reproaoh 20 any Who In ignorance OF them' seek
he more famed wonders Of the other hemisphere with
care and danger and travel thousands of miles, only to
find what they might have seen IN their own vicinity
me since il my privilege first to ascend these sub
lime nights, why the split of enterprise which has
changed Holyoke from dismal forest to iavorte;
fashionable resort has not appeared IN some son Oh
Berksbire-or q Notnroto the identifying Of Grey
lock- 80 =,
Surrounded by 80 many places at which the beau
months-Pitisfeld, Lebanon Lenox, Willamstown aud
Othersa hotel upon some onepf the numerous sulns
ought 10 and undoubtedly would repay most amply the
beneactor Of tourists who would undertake It, but IN
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The beaten pa be- by which Science leads her yotares
more preciptous way, perhaps but one that en1s on
urer and grander nights Literature. Science and Art
have had difficult rivalry here with Dame Nature,
and hardly Yet have their monuments surpassed the
glory Of hers.
Tho Cgss Of 1864 were presented" to tho President
Inst evening at prayers, by Dr. Davis, in Latin ad.
dress first reodg the names Of the successful candl
dates who had for two days been undergoing toe errors
Of biennial examination eight hours each day Dr.
Hopkins then addressed the class IN the same tongue
and the formal ceremony was completed
In the evening delivered the orations before
the Adelphc Union composed oithe Phllotechman and
PehOlOefan Societies. Tie speakers. who were much
too sophomore in deyeryf not in sentiment 20 merit
particular meHtion, were es follows;
Grafton: War and the Peoples C. Willard Stamford W.
Grafton: Love Of the Enduring5h h schermerhorn DgI
Grafton Martyr--C. T.. Ames Hayerhiil Mass Os.tion
William "Thc silentsf Rising New Ms,jb2ro Mass
Dispute: Roired That tie progress Of truth is hodeTsd more
By skpc:n than BY N Mas 61.,isS
The Hidohc Man. L. r. Trash, Go1oester Mass. Grafton
The Righ Of Lib-Yty-C. w. Reynoids Albany ~ y Ora
on Trial with the ysledictory Address-Dewtt H. Thomas
Metuchir, n. J.
The nasio BY the Williams Instrumental and Giee
Cln though IN my opinion hardly up to the standard
OF two years ago. was for an amateur band exceieht
and worthy of particular mention was the hne render
inc which the sngers gave OF Ice, which rang ont
in The evening air far beyond the church in which II
was given Ibaye rarely heard that odd refrain,
"Fol Dc roi, Dc rol-rol-ro,"
moro peasingy rolled out in the slow but sharp tone
peculiar 10 tho last stanza.
TO day the exercises Of Class Day took place. An
nsortnnate storm which am told ID regular snnoa
occurrence prevented the class from performing par,
course robbed the spectators OF much OF the novelty
the soens AZ hspas. two the nErsa w :, lnt
preceding DorngIs Band from Troy led thoir GLASS
mates In procession up the hill from the College 70 the
church
Here the Grafton, on Human Influence" was pro-
nonnced by the class orator Mr.. X r. II. Vail con
suming over half hour in interesting discussion
the yarous methods and degrees In which we are oapa
bic Of influencing Others and more particularly dWeu