New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-26
COMMENCEMENT SEASON.
Harvard College.
TRrKFsAL FESTIVAL OF TIE ALuSNI.


TIA o,.. s.p, YOU yestefdas Of the Commandments at
harvard Vas simply relation Of facts, without either
.ooo or time for comment The moral and sentimental
affections usually suggested by such en- occasion "iu
Ha,e 10 be printed separately II at ALL ike tie Ponc'a
mon of Lord Timothy Dexiers unstopped volume: insse
peaectiODs may easily ind made 70 hshu ~
teneee of tomb-stcnes, pdh-wfiteis ana Pcmentons
Golden blood of youih-moming OF ne, Mou.a.o
spoeh m bnnan existence and 30 on might GIG .o s
through epdess hopes ending slwoSS 49,, VIZ. t,.
hssiAHu rom o. maIly ssrI,-dic Iich."
Rat DnnS tbjnes OF our ne medl1atea oaisloo %
fs dreay Eo,tlnS OF pa tse yaoc mems ibses vas
.fetle aud their eatmcnt satisfactory 20 WI tnae
~ College defamation wts on the whole poor SHOWN.
~ tine cjocuonsty study ol sounds and inieooDs ~
6es no. seem 20 be understood IN Ncw-EnsiaDd tst
locution is analytical ART, aud that The quality OF
every vowel and OF every consonant needs s11 shu So
alteration. Renee, many of or speakers ana raaeIs
show great samcucss in the vowel SOUNDS th.y
A loses its breadth, It's sharpness IFS fO'un1i VIZ
becomes nasal composite. his asl rcua5a uo w. w.
apiy IN full force 10 our young iiehos. ~ yhng com
wast Of standard was obscr able IN tset ~ tsSns
bincd in instances with nci'oos hsps ~ xbb
out several syah]os IN rapidly OF -. aa go
u.srred thoif effect. Pleasant however Nes 10 s 20
many young preparing 10 start IN ne VIZ ., b
tieas and friendly Intentions The sPeoal need Oh eSch
.rosrson viii no doubt impsrt % each the pee u
phrase and inteDaloD needed, from the ei osn'n'sS
sf the business man to tho rotandity oil me p"pt ID
Besides e.ocuOn, other questions wei ia oar mnve.
Questions of the college method aud discipline Oh Inc
,nanageDent which often eSpcs tho most Ya'uGDe ri.
aons, keeping those who eau best be taheu 70 an u
vnancss OF discipline and routine. system OF iau'th
and merits may he artificial rs TO become
Penalties for wearing colonel coat on sunoay TOT SUNG
the steps of college building, TOT gatnsIhg N9 "
fbree together The college yard. An tins docs moi ook
much like the initiation into manhood. lt mditates
system OF gOvemmant petty, umid and unsyUpetheVo
Men who cannot govern without such siaal measures ~
fhese not 6t 10 govern II AL HusA, h.shI Wiz
this. Aud ,hoO art On the roud 20 'einpNso
agniU to-day.
To-day 10 hear g1aaaate OF many years standing,
Noble Hedge. the ron OF btdes Logic the iI'hts .,
"Resson IN Religion, and ut nleh more tna ~ %
he is to address the alnmni Of Harvard on ths be
day the thermometer having fallen some 70 degrees iea'
ing the human mind IN slate TO accept phhosoph,e ana
ether truth from the hsDds % master whose VoId no"
has moro weight han his diploma had 10 years ago Inc
hOrsecars are enyeped by The presence OF A1nni, ho
Make each Other by the hand and this uxtsposon ven
tsre such leaps into the abyss o. the past 40 stMe even
Che middle aged WIZ cant ,hehe dear old boys nYG iOr-
~vmi They have something Of the boy in them stu and
days like the present wake % UP. We thaii see tcm
sfesently marching the music Of Tho Brgole tsDd IS
calamity the Juniors Of yesterday and much better De
hayed. Why must they eod We be swept oat ot me way
purely TO make room for these yocng eresfes wsohl
nature ht imposes our pla thingss tfen, a. ON
tonnenis, then, Ouf lodges and mates. 49, ~
La the church, wait blessed hour and laii' Ice
aear old Christian Hraa Rer begues the hme foras bat
Rot b. entirely TO make utterly overlook tho c,oo
forts of the building in which We sJo lmmuIsd lnis
shoud be ancient TO excuse It's being at al. The Pews
below uncomfortable, hot the gallery spenSy re-
saryed for ladies is architectural fold narrow ana doe
70 match which the sitter obliged 10 fold herself WIN
great and precision. carpenters square @o"o o
useful in sseerianng the requisite angle ior NC bak
the rule is thet tho feet shall DOt Sif ~ AL Al
that appears OF the fair fneuds below IS laDt
hinge of bonnet along the edgo OF the wooden baenen
defense against satan doubtless, IN ITS INST lnteon
knt unhappiy Satan has had small hand IN carrying ou
me foTthCs ions which zeal las devised agat0 hin
But waiting time is mp 81 last. The music sounds ~
xe mortal and here they an come marching u tagEe q
saeani, First comes poetic Holmes President OF the
Alumni Association Tho orator Of the day has honorable
precedence in the procession IN which We recognize many
Wel-snOwn faces-amcDg others X. W. Emerson, TIE
nery Master of Morals, Lowell Of The even parted ion',
md lawyers, dyines poets, of diverse shades and 9de'
Some faces much surprise W. IN ths procession behs us
ally under different Classification. What you S'r
with your wool and YOU with your non Dd you ever
study the Horatan measures, the Cieeronien penP'
Doubtless they have stood" by Won IN private though the
stern business OF life has been transacted by accord
ING other measures and with such periods 80 pm
able Of sight or within sixty days. Right glad tlt
the cruel dctvm Of old agers in business send
college boys continues 10 be dsregorded, and That
liberal education is to bestow upon sons - Inc Out
But now the youthful and venerable heads have aDeaty
ranged themselves IN pews. The Rev. James Freeman
PRODUCES the Rev f. n. hedge The orator of the dav
Now the Doctor is good al TuHng down tire most sst,
sh and difficult points Of aa dGe apc Peep is he in ts
general culture. We summon mp therefore, utmost
energies 10 compete with his But TO surprise he
epteans to-day with discourse Of purely Practical ID
terest and value. Beginning with most entertaining
seoount Of the origin and early struggles OF the College,
emitting not TO peltion the ys2ni nleannesses Of The
Legislature In its treatment OF the venerable institu
non meannesses which have slowly and .unwlllingiy
welded TO the demands and the lessons Of time, be dis
Eaaypd length before
with narrow objects and resources From these historic
statements be advanced TO the question OF what Unver
city shond be- and showed pretty plainly that Harverd
nOthiDg but school AL the doubts and questions already
limited at in this letter received al his hands speedy sell
tlement. He showed clearly thai liberty important
element Of good conduct and Of good culture that II is
bs;ter 70 inspire love VI Leaning than insist upon
given quantity of work and that the present system
or penalties does TO provoke than 10 prevent the evils
eought 10 be remedied lie would do away with marks ale
together and With all nshnents save rare and peeess9g
fIpasi0h. re Sense OF honor Young ine1 may be
trusted where they trnstedt s wounded and under
mined BIZ constant surveillance and repn-
nand FINALLY the CURRICULUM itself needs inoderniZa
fon 10 suit the needs OF the age Latin, Greek and math-
rmstics should not DO made the supreme and compulsory
objects of college education Shakespeare may do Tor
some minds what Homer cannot. German may have more
practicable importance for a than Greek From all
This il may be that the doctor dealt formidable blow
q the present limitations of the college course and dsc
pine He spoke the yeY word for the hour with gresi
Force simplicity and elegance and ali present seenn very
ssd 20 hear II spoken He concluded with some eloquent
ruaris upon the political and patriotic Influences Of our
university education. The Rev. J. i. Clarke then gave
che parting benedcon invoking such fal blessings on
tAe venerable head Of Alma Mater as did honor 70 her
spiritual maternity. And then, with more music and
mach shaking Of hands the Alumni walked 10 dinner and
she public dispersed
Madzssn Iniverssiy.
abe annual commencement exercises OF Madison Un-