Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-08-25

( It's q thOrUughlyNew England settlement. with
room to expand all the latent energies Of that
energetic race. Here they have 3 school-hOuse,
and two or three meeting houses" and COL
Iege The college has preparatory depart
rnent : and also ladies' department, and has
about two hundred students. The teachers and
professors are live Eastern men. drawn hither
BY the attractions OF the growing West.
The examinations were thorough and satisfsc-
tory. The graduating class. who had complet-
ed their four years course. consisted Of ten
young ladies and four young gentlemen The
ladies received diplomas, the young men the
regular degree of A, B.
Sunday, July 18th, the Baccalaureste Sermon
was preached by the President, the Rev. Mr..
MagOun. who has lately been elected to that po-
sition. Mr. Magoun is an alumnus Of Bowdoin.
and theological classmate OF DR.. Shedd-
Twenty years ago Iowa was in a measure mis-
sionary ground; and dozen or more graduates
of Andover, came to the State. and among them
Mr. Magoun,-a man of very marked abilities.
who has resisted numerous solicitations to leave
the State one call being to Chicago, and an
other very loud one to Springfield, Mass Last
year he took vacation in Europe. and returned
to the charge Of Iowa College, long ago having
fully determined to cast his fortunes with
Iowa.
Monday evening the society was addressed by
Prof. ". II. Parker, lately chosen to the chair
Of natural sciences and chemistry. He is graduate
Of Amherst, and quite poet, as a volume printed
in Boston last year over the initials W. H. P.
evinces.
Tuesday was devoted to the graduating exer-
cises of the class of young ladies. The ladies
displayed good looks and talents, equal to any
country, or a little more so. The essays demon
srated the effect Of severe studies, clearly show
ing that manly studies could be mastered by
young ladies, and that they did not detrsct
from. but rather added to, true wOmanly ac-
complishments.
the Hon. c. Ben. Darwin, one of the ablest and
most scholarly politicians of the State. To meet
this appointment, he had ridden forty miles on
horseback, having several times TO swim his
horse over broad streams, that owing to the
constant rains had OverAowed the country. The
address was a clear, close, exhaustive discourse.
on the franchise question, which he showed be-
yond refutatiou, should be conferred on all
men, irrespective Of color, and even on women
when they, as body, demanded it
Wednesday morning was devoted to the pre-
sentation address Of the Rev. A. B. Robbins, Of
Muscatine. in behalf Of the trustees, and Of the
Hon. J. B. Grinnell, in behalf Of the first or
ganization-Grinnell University. After this
came the inaugural address Of the President, on
the Enlarged Scope of College Education de-
manded BY the present time and BY the West
The speaker showed how We are trammeled BY
old forms and traditions, and enlarged and i'm
proved by so many new arts and appliances,
that the mind and the man was not the same IS
Of old time, though logic and the process Of
growth was the same. The speaker drew 6ne
Illustration from the lighthouses on the coast
sat FRS; rude beacon fires. then window lights
BY tallow candles, then tall columns lighted BY
oil lamps, now elaborate structures Of mirrors.
and chemical lights; still inadequate to the wants
Of enlarged intercourse and commerce." The
whole Of the discourse was profound, abounding
in grand passages and splendid illustrations.
In the afternoon, came the exercises Of the
graduating class, for IN number. Several Of
the class in the years before had gone to the
war, reducing it to its present number. for
1ner member, young Lieutenant, arrived dur
ing the exercises, as the glee club were singing,
'Our boys in blue are coming home" The
pieces were all very fair. above the average Of
such exercises, and well delivered
The President held levee in the afternoon at
the college, where refreshments were served and
the usual number Of after dinner speeches made.
say the usual number. The gathering was
from all parts of the State, and the Congregs-
tionalisis are large body. There were, also,
alumni from almost every Eastern college. and
many Of the clergymen who have just returned
from the Boston convention and the visit to
Plymouth Rock, the Yankee blsrny stone; 50
that for wit and wisdom We were in no way be-
hind an assembly of the like kind with you
The exercises of the day were closed by an
address before the trustees, by the Rev. Lyman
Whitney, of Dubuque, on The Relations Of
Man to Nature" and did not prove in his hands
a dry subject, but was well wrought up, abound
ing in grand and sparkling comparisons and
illustration, and on the whole, was one Of the
finest things have ever heard. Mr.. Whitney
is an alumnus of Dartmouth, believe.
Although it would have enhanced the pleas
ure TO have met as did you scores Of old friends,
still the gathering was peculiarly Western, and
more than realized the enjoyment Of sn East
ern commencement.
Senator Grimes was to have delivered the
closing address, but business called him to the
East; and he sent in his stead as sn apology. the
title deeds Of six hundred and forty acres oi
land, lying at no Erea, distance from Grinnell
Honorary degrees we're conferred on several mer
in the State; that of D. D. on Rev. H. " DeI'
ter Of Boston. Of L. D. on Senator Grimes
and on Secretary Edwin NJ. Stanton.
or the Professors Of the College. Mr. Clapp il
the department OF English Literature and Meta
physics. is s graduate Of Yale. In the depart
ment of Mathematics, Prof Won Coellin. i
from German University. Prof. L. 2. Psrke
and wife are graduates Of 0beriin. Mrs. Par
ker is 8 thorough and accomplished teacher, AMI
has charge Of the ladies' department Prof L
F. Parker has the department Of Language
The courses for young ladies and gentlemen ar