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Their intercourse with the faculty has been
SO successful, and their mischief so well
planned and SO secretly executed, that but
Two Of thelr number hare been requested to
leave tleis al"4a mater tor their alma ma
sisttd of = f]ne oration By 4. s. Campbell Of
Galc'a. H.: good poem By George Norton
Of sangerfeld, New York; an Interesting his
tort Of The class by ". ]. To ~naend Of Ly-
sander, New York q hopeful Is prophecy" Of
tne 1nture Of the class by H. Smith Of Cass-
Slue, New York; and a pleasant farewell
green.
in the evening, the college secret society.
known through the country as Sigma Pii,
held Its annual convention at the stone
church. About a hundred delegates, eradu-
ate md undergraduates from different col
leses throughout the country, gathered to do
honor to their society. and to consult togeth-
cr for its welfare The pubic exercises OF
1ne % Sonvent1sn a were m oraiiua by 2. Z.
and a poem by Horace Mack, Esq, OF Ithaca,
New York. Then the convention retired
from public view, md went into "seceet ses-
sion," and, we imagine, destroyed some pro-
But Tue great day was Wednesday, when
the friends OF the college met In the beauti-
fnl campus" to witness the laying of tho
corner stone Of the new library fitly mined
the .'Perry Smith Library Ball." after Perry
Il. Smith, Of Chicago, who Is frst among
those who have given their 1lma Mater the
intended that this Library Hall shall cnst
$:5, ,000. Mr. Smith las ciyeu ki2. 500 Of fhja
amount, am told; while the remainder las
been subscribed By ether alumni OF Hamilton
College, in tue West. The SIMPLE statement
q All. smiths litaera1ty Is ample praise; but
II Is impossible not TO express the gratiaea-
institutions mi,st fee1 tn go n.r ~; r;,,-
dnr;nt, hfs lftet;1ne nort;on ~ IT. 1n -
ue' ~ ,i! u.s ,L.sulaea poruon o. MS means 10
and continue In Well-dOing forever. Nor Is
this nuhle donation Of M, SmIih,s The onlv
i,ofh he and HIS accomn1;eba5 via far. l,oe,,
t,raso,7t ~ GHn+a.,. ~ tI".s', "o nat ueeu
{~ehlJ years aGo, ne comes back to bis Alma
-Udfer apparently just 0s fresh in his interest
In her as fley who have inst left her and
4nre;eaa a,ss ~ @ ~ ns euest 70 aesls en-
t1Pt.4eIS a1u uuulo Z 4aeans !oF new Improve
Msn,s,tan snsS .uat snaA aao 10 tne importance oi
AT 10x O'Clock a. m the procession Was
formed at College Chapel, and took its way
across the green to the future site Of the
1nr tho ocess,on At.er a., Inv ;nnr.sss;-c nrovar
by President Fisher. Coi. = T.. Ru,t,3ct of
M1lWnnkce, WIS, (class OF 1872 delivered q
H. 9oss peasant o5anon. giving the history Of
t4e 11Scpt1on ano PROGRESS Of the enterprise
=! 81 1Ii,ul1E ~, Ioe na4l; linen Iollowed poem
t:,ass ~ - ,eEo ~ e. SieSe1ano, o. o. faul. Nina,
sc!ass Ma4 et ioa9-) ". Goertner followed with
Isl oi iue aocuments contained in the cas-
ket which was deposited In the corner stone.
ae also Teao me ioilo"lne letter addressed
10 alnlse:t, and WHICH Is lie own explanation !:
CHICAGO. July Is. 1861
1'EE. AND DEAR Sra: In asking you 10 accept
Gs f;hr.E raH 1,iI Ieosuehs ,ol nc y. smith
.,s,a .loIat5 Aa!l. is que 70 you t9st VIC should
esS e ne "a on ,oaa hsre eopsoi'ed a.. Neither
~ IT, ~ Issns' 49, =. amun S9tsse. nor ate We
tban II ,nnnr oner sIpt1,r ;n..Wn,ne N N taa.
coSny Rnt Z. b,re ,,een .x.ort,,aa .,,,.,,.
nrss viii linn prrT Il e,Ti,h ~. as ano ~ @ onsl
ur .nnfeiaf1nn NJ lin In. on IN ~ ,1i,h eat
nf l.1m nnt,t ,hc erc,n, M.n esso sssIa
nr re.. n i heenr ~ 1,s1cr t;eet saon OF
The forIne Of fpeech men nrnni,r cmnov - 'hs;
papo.e Ne chooes 10 eoAtlnae our soe,tton 1 ta
that vii bea1f biz nauc: and anshnrgs VIM -
draw upon Mr: Dup,opafor one tao4saaa doa;aes,
apd upon Mr. Howe for floo hundred and aJfy dot.
!ars upon terms Of or3ft1a kubtc15ption for that
puW1poss Ws - h.nn~ rho, ;, T.. d, =. 1n,..,
pore g 1auaasle bu. nc hspptcs1 .hst II 70 III ,. pn5
On th,e a. 90 o.her oesasiona 10 suSeeabe onrs w.
eclyet his }r1fad while we are alwave. dear efr.
Very truly yours, GEO. i. Dcxlor,
p,x n. c,s.+,a. u.,,,,..c.5AAH 5AA b. howE.
p-a.iao,,s E;s1,a. 4i,ns, Ionece. Gttn5oh.
Smith fcI,ss ~ 1S4s eI u 'hn ad fe.5 Il.
xiii ~ ~ sts .n naaa =; " nne Go!iese 10 MI
~. - u so solt9y mn niumnns.
-, ELL Essau a.al; nus latioaueea toeether with
fs~ r.rds rngio 5;.tant bnrs IT, % me spot,
~ ~ 1oi5 T., IL ~. e.,a - etune WIS
tbe rs stnne was nlane .e =; i3e o. tne assembly
hrief ndd,ess W. b m os 1hc following
'.a1. ~ aua' .sa..A .se ~ ~ eui'tn
IN .ne name 9. sc4ence lefsning and !etertt and
Cosiege Isv tSis coneT sinne II r.st. @ si