The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-30
C-Oxx1xorrrrr WEEr a. M. Ux1Or Coz

CoNKEEoRNKET WEEK AT Nj. UNION COL
EzGH.-Ths recent commencement exercises
Of this Institution have been Of unusual
public interest. The examination Of the
classes reflected honor upon both the
fischer and the taught, On Sabbath, the
students and citizens assembled in the ca
paciOus College Chapel, and reVerently
gave audience to an5appropriste Bsceslau-
rests Sermon by DR.. Hartshorn, the efficient
President of the College. On last Wednes-
day the new Board of Trustees held their
annual meeting, which was opened with
reading the I0Sd Psalm, and prayer, by
Bishop Thompson. Each member Of the
Conference Committee of supervision Of on
doWmsnt, consisting of Rev. ]. N. Baird,
D. D.; was present in counsel with the
Board of Trustees. In addition to the or
dinaFy business, the Trustees of the Coli
lege, upon the recommendation of the
Conference Committee, made provision for
the more efficient prosecution of the en-
doWnent, by the sale of scholarships and
donations; also, for the erection of addi-
tional Boarding Houses, so that there may
be accommodations for q much larger num-
Der Of students, at economical rates also,
the Executive Committee was authorised TO
procure additional pianos, and TO securs
frat. class teachers, by the next term, for
Instrumental Music, and also the Board
instructed the General Agent of the College
to arrange for holding a College Fair, after
the manner of "sanitsEy Fairs" with the
special view Of securing for the endowment
one hundred thousand dollars by donation,
OF which two members pledged twenty-five
Reapers worth two hundred dollars each, in
addition to several liberal pledges previous
ly made by others. In the evening tho
Trustees and citizens of the community met
and were e%lOquentlY addressed by General
Crowell, of Cleveland, on The "Liberal Ed
ucatibn of the Masses"
On Thursday morning a large and sppre-
ciatiye audience assembled in the new Col
lege Hall, TO listen TO the o~rations of the
graduating class, consisting of A, +. Cald-
well, Pennington, Ohio &C. D. Chalfant
Upper Middleton, Pa ; II. B. Chapman, Re-
VIENNA, Ohio J. H. Conkle, Black Hawk,
Pa A. N. Graft, Mecca, Ohio 'A.C. Crouch,
B~entIeysVille, PAID. B. Eberly, ~Smithville,
Ohio; J.|W. F. Hamilton, New Mstamoras,
Ohio; J. E. Philips, Mt. Pleasant, Ohio ;
Mary E. Adams, Nelson, 0hioj Julia A.
Higley, Edinburg, Ohio, ,
These exercises were opened with prayer
by Rev. Homer J. Clark, d. D., and the Ora
tions, which were of a superior order, in
both the style of thought and manne of
vocal music by the College Ohoirs and
Lelsnd's Brass and String Band,!,o CIeve-
land. After comforting the Bachelors
Degree upon each of the above graduates,
the President conferred the Degree of Mas
ter of Arts, IN cursg, upon the following
Alumni, viz: Rev. Lewis Pane, Rev. c.
W. SWartz, Rev. j. B. Uber, Josiah Will
liams, and Miss Matte Zimmerman.
In the afternoon, Rev. Bishop Thompson,
D. d. delivered an able and eloquent adj
dress, on the History of Education in Ohio
and the duty of Literally EndOwing and
Sustaining the Colleges of our Country. On
motion of Rev. John Williams, sustained
by the unanimous vote Of the large and in
teiligent assembly, a copy Of the Bishops
Address was requested for publication. In
the evening there was held in the College
Hall, a Literary Contest, between the Re
publican and Linnesn Literary Societies OF
tho College, consisting of well delivered
Orstions, Essays, Discussion, and Vocal and
Instrumental Music.
On Friday afternoon there was q pleasant
reunion OF the students, teachers, and
friends, at the college, closing with a short
and spicy speech by Bishop Thompson, and
in the afternoon o social meeting of the
Alumni, teachers and others, at the Presi-
dents, closing with a liberal supply oil
strawberries, ice cream, eloquent responses
to rich tOasts, and racy narrations of college
life. THos. SToRER.