Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-08-09
commencement at Burlington.
WEDNESDAY.

The proceedings Of Wednesday, COM
mencement day proper, are thus re-
ported by the Times -
The Alumni turned out in full force
bright and early, and wended their way
up the College Hill, to the home OF their
Alne Mater, where for an hour or two
they harmSniously and enthusiastically
counselled together for the well-being of
the University. There was a confident
feeling among all that prospenty was
about to become the lot of the good old
college, from whose walls have gone
forth so many Of the good and true"
A genuine esprit dH corps seemed to per-
wade corporators, alumni, and under
graduates.
The business of the Alumni meeting,
mainly consisted of the adoption of Prof.
Buckham's resolution, introduced at the
meeting on Tuesday, and also Of resolu-
tions endorsing the new order of things
reported by Mr.. Noyes from the special
committee raised at the last annual
meeting to consult with the corpora
ton &c.
The old board ofofficers were reelected
as follows:
Pyesis:tnt - Hon. L. B. Englesby.
Tice PreSiaent.-G. G. Benedict. Secreta-
ry.-Prof Charles W. Thompson. Treas
urer-Wm. G. Shaw.
The weather yesterday was unexcep-
tionable, and everybody interested in
college matters so improved it as to fill
the Congregational church at an early
hour. The usual procession under the
marshalship of our gallant and popular
sheriff Col. W. D. Munson, formed at
the college at about 10 A. NJ, and moved
through our principal streets to the
church, headed by the Jerhico Cornet
Band Though the church was crowded
yet the temperature was cool and COM
Portable, and the orations therefore re-
ceived excellent attention. The order of
exercises was as follows:
MUSIC
| Overture to LIE pre- aux clercs.-Herold
| /. Prayer
MUSIC.
Quartettc from Riogoletto-Verdi.
, Progress dependent on the conformity Of
Human with Divine Law.
FRANCIS FARRELL, Underhill
3. Ideas and their Realization
FRANKLIN BELKNAP, East Barnard
MUSIC.
German Ballad, How Fair Thou Art" for
SaXOphene. '-Weidt.
L. Conditions Of the reception of Truth
HENRY BELKNAP, East Barnard.
MUSIC.
Chorus and Quartette, from Martha-Flotow.
CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTERS DE.
GREE.
! 5. Character as affected by the objects OF
Thought.
SAMUEL INGERsoLL BRIANT.
Beverly, Mass.
! g. The Scholar of the Present
OsCEoLA HARDY KME,
Lewis, n. !.
MUSIC.
Coronation March, from lie Prophete-Meyer-
beer.
=. Degrees Conferred.
! s. INAUGURATION OF
! JAMES B. ANGEL, A B.,
as president.
O. Benediction,
The orations We're remarkably well
written. and the elocution respectable.
Mr.. Henry Beknap's piece was one of
much merit. Messrs. Briant and Kile,
the candidates for the Masters Degree,
gained great credit by their performan-
ces. Mr.. K.le's effort showed him to
be no ordinary writer or speaker. He
is the very competent principal of the
yergennes High School, and his standard
of scholarships indeed that ofthe 'Schol-
ar of the Present.
Among the gentlemen on the platform
were Gov. Dillingham;, the President
elect, Prof Angel, and the Corporation.
The degree of B. A. was conferred upon
the members of the graduating class.
A. NJ. in courses. I. Briant, Beverly,
Mass. @. Fl. Kile, Vergennes; and S.
N. Walker, Arlington Mass.
A. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. w. Lang,
Canada; Charles A. J. Marsh, st. Al
bans; Edward Fl. Williams, Altoona,
Pa; John ]. Weed, Washington, D. @.
L. L. D.-Honorary.-Rev. John Il.
Worcester, D. D., Burlington; Rev. Eb-
enezer Cutler, D. D., Worcester, Mass.
Honorary degree Of NJ. D., Timothy F.