Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-06-30

) began with description of true manhoO
which was defined as the relation of Il
3 soul to the body-the union of the ma
nature and the man character. If Il
: body rules the soul, the crown of gloI
: falls forever; if the soul rules the bod
:, man is caught up into the regions
r divinity. The universe has no MOI
shocking spectacle than that of blaste
msnhoed. The noblest work of God
! the only creature upon which the sun {
Heaven shines that has dishonored il
birthright
DR.. Foster described three classes q
what are called men Those in whom tn
animal prevails those in whom the spiri
tual nature has obtained the supremacy
and those who swing, pendulum-like, be
tween animality and spirituality Tn
first class are utterly degenerate; the las
sway between good and evil-one hou
uttering prayers, the next maledictions
the second class alone contains the stand
ard of manhood its members are til,
Royal Priesthood of earth.
He bade his student hearers remembel
that it is the supremacy of soul over mat
ter that makes manhood. They could
only be men by setting the sublime idea
Defore them-daguerreotyping it on theiI
consciences and then be sacredly, sub
timely true to themselves.
On Monday afternoon the College cab
inets were open to the inspection ot the
| public. Quite number of our citizens
availed themselves of the opportunity to
see the meteorological and archaeological
stores of the College.
On Monday evening the address to the
Literary Societies of the College was de-
livered by Rev. DIR. Samuel Nesbit, of
Pittsburgh, editor of the Christian Adro-
cate. His subject was Compensation in
kind AS ye SOW, SO shall ye reap. Eff
fects always partake of the nature of their
causes. The good and evil of to-day are
seen in the history of tomorrow. There
is neither escape nor appeal from this law
of compensation in kind. Words and
deeds are not perishable things. Words
which we suppose written on the sand are
engraved in imperishable characters on
enduring marble, and rise up to confront
us long after they are uttered.
There must be three phases of culture
of the physical, the mental and the spi-
ritual. If the first is cultivated to the ex-
clusion of the others, man becomes a
moral nature grows waste, and the man is
cold, hard and altogether unlovely. But
add the moral-make Il proper fusion of
mans triune nature and he is a demi-god
On Tuesday morning eleven students
competed in defamation for two prizes of
$50 and $40 each. They were won by
Messrs. j. J. Pinney and j. w. Plummer-
In tho afternvvu PROFESSOR George +.
Comfort was inaugurated as Professor of
1Esthetics and Fine Arts He has, since
his return from Eurone, filled the chair Of
modern languages; this new department
will be taken by him in connection with
his former duties. Judge David Derrick
son administered the oath of office to him,
after which he delivered an inaugural ad-
dress, in which he traced the progress of
civilization through past ages, as witness
in the development of the fine arts. He
exhibited plaster casts of some of the rude
sculpture of the earlier centuries of the
Christian Era, with others Of more mod
ern times, showing the development of
taste and increasing beauty of execution.
He alluded 20 his visits to European uni
verSities, with sketch of what they are
doing far tho fT,A a-tsI and PrVPhesiuI
that, though Germany is at present the
centre of aesthetic culture, yet in the re-
spect America is fast suPorCedIng her. and
the home and headquarters Of the
iiue arts will be on this continent in a |
very few years Professor Comforts mat |
ter is vastly better than his manner. He |
speaks in a somewhat labored and strained |
tone, which greatly rlars the effect Of his |
which are commonly packed |
with good sense and solid information
Leland's band (are you Cleveland folks
as proud of that band as you ought to be p |
gave concert in the First Presbyterian |
Church lin which all the commencement
exercises were held on Tuesday evening.
/ need only say of this that the Band |
gave US some frst-class music, and won
golden opinions and greenback encourage
ment. The people of Meadville have Just
the incest opinion of that crowd of music
makers.
On Wednesday occurred the anniver-
saries of the College Literary Societies.
Nothing transpired at them worthy Of
special notice. In the evening Bishop
CalviA Kingsley, of Cincinnati, delivered
.he semi-centennial Grafton before the
Alumni
The Rev. VIM. A. Davidson, Chairman
IF the Board of Trustees, introduced the
Bishop as one who graduated from the
College, filed Professors chair in it, and
At last, by sheer force of merit, rose to the
highest place in the church-who now as
always before, reflects the highest honor
Ipon his alma water
Bishop Kingsley, in beginning his ora
ion, said that as sons and daughters
gather at the old homestead upon thank
giving day, SO do the sons of Allegheny
College gather under the old roof-tree to
10 honor to their educational home. In
syery part of the world he had met
alumni OF the College, and he had never
ret found one who had lost his love for
lima mater. Their countenances always
Frightened on hearing of It's success and
when they come within sound of the Col
ege bell, it always recalls a multitude Of
incidents, with memories of
I'D comrades, who have fallen by the way
ide, or are still fighting the battle of life
The Bishop spoke of education. 1t
night be threadbare subject, said he, but
fit was there was better opportunity to
discover its texture. He compared mans
capacity for mental development to the
in the New York Central
Park, which, ten years ago one of the
most dismal places on the earth, is now
me of the most lovely and attractive in
America
As education is the first great need of
he world, so an enlightened public con-
cience is the second and sequel The in
Iuiry must not be, WHAT is expedient but, i
What is right? Had this question been I
Isked and properly answered, the late
never have deluged our coun-
ry with blood. Bishop Kingsley took
occasion to exeoriate the Copperheads Of
he North equally with the rebels of the
south, speaking glorious words for right
md honor. wish, Mr.. Editor, that you
,ould crowd dozen columns of type into
me to give me room for more complete
ketch of this eloquent address.
After the Grafton, the festival and re-
lnion of the alumni took place at the
HcHenry House. The supper was got up +
lnder Warner supervision, and was, Of
,ourse, good. When it is said that the
ielicacies of the season loaded fhe board,
hat familiar phrase tells everything that
iced be known about the feast.
Mayor Renolds, of this city, called
he company to order after they had flung
themselves outside of their two hundred
tomachs full of good things, and return
ng thanks for the honor conferred upon
lin, a graduate of twenty-nine years
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