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Exercises ut Hamilton College

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Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune.1
HAMILTON CoIIE0E,
CLINTON, N. r.. July II, 1866.
The flfty fourth commencement Of Hamil
ton College Is now an accomplished fact. The
week has been one Of unusua1 interest and
Importance. During the week Dr.. Fisher,
who for eight years has acceptab1y and ably
filed the presidency Of the college has resfgn-
ed his Office and bids farewell to its duties i;
and the corner stone Of . new library build
ins-a monument to the generosity and love
o! citizen Of Chicago-has been laid. These
two events, In addition to the usual attrar-
tions Of the week hare served to draw great
thropg to the beautiful Village OF Clinton.
On Sunday, July 18th, the usual Baccalau-
rcate sermon was delivered before the grad
Mating class by President Fisher. Not until
Monday, however, did the multitude gather.
The houses and streets were filed by the anx-
ious parents and unnumbered friends and rel
atiyes Of the students. Young men atrayed
In their best clothes were the centre of ad-
miring groups. as they pointed out the attrac-
tfons and beauties Of their dtma mater and the
distinguished men OF their class or society.
On Monday evening was the sprize speak
more and Junior classes. -Four from each
class are appointed for excellence in clocution
to compete fur these pr7zes-two prizes being
awarded to each class. The stone church in
which I'll Tie commencement ex-
crowded. Rd ana te Sea ~as 1aan
Hamilton pridcs itscli, and justly. on the
superiority of its students in elocution uud
composition; aud It stands In this respect
foremost among the colleges Of the country.
The indetatieable efforts of Ptoi. a. ]. Up
b0n-the instructor in rhetoric aud elocution
all the exercises OF the week in which the
students took part, their excellence in his de-
partmcnss was remarkable.
Monday evening the younE men maintained
The reputation Of their college, and It Was no
disgrace 10 the unsuccessful that the prizes
wtfe carried By their competitors. The list
Of prizes was as follows:
Freshman tia-1-F1rst pnzc-Lexts X. Foote,
Sneton1ps Il second prize William l.. Down
Sophonore--Fitst ps1ze-Fsank A. johnson,
Mone, n. Ii; Il; second prl1e, Henry n. Payne,
.Jumort-Firat pnze-D,y1d r. Breed, Pitts.
nurFb; r.; .. .eeo1d ,rize Amoy H. Bradford, sue-
Tuesday was ''class day ''-the saddest day
Of all the rear for those who participated;
for .:hey gather to say farewell. The class OF
&c has passed through the ordinary trials Of
college life with more thnn ordinary good
fortune and success. For irstauce. they
claim that as Freshmen they never yielded to
the superior age and large experience Of the
sophomores, hut were ever victorious in tho
repeated rnshes, rows and divers other cou-
tests that occurred between the two classes.
Their intercourse with the faculty has been
SO successful, and their mischief so we'll
two Of the,r number have been requested to
leave " tleir alma mater tor their alma ,na-
teTs good" The class day" exercises con-
sisttd 81 of f]ne Grafton By A. s. Campbell OF
eT Inssena. s.n.; ~; good poem By George Norton