New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-06-07
RUTGERS FEMALE COLLEGE.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCIsTs.

The annual commencement exercises Il the kut-
gers Female College held In the Tabernacle Church.
Broadway yesterday afternoon Mayor Hoffman, Judge
Cardozo and other city dlrntares and eeEymen were
present invited guests, and the house vas crowded
with the friends OF the College. Prayer by the Roy j.
r. Thompson followed the introductory hymn, and the
essays OF the graduating class were read OF the
reverend gentlemen The names Oh the wrcs were not
announced, and the articles were pIeseisd ON tner
merits. The subject Of the first was "Fath' argument
that Faith Is the heayenbOrn inspiration 81 me-
without which no great deeds successes
IN life be accomplished The second was
upon "Time, the measurer Of all things declaring mat
the measure OF time if governed by our conditions For
instance II we sleep soundy through tge hghl, tne llhe
is 20 us but moment and we practically resume H. upon
waking, just where We left on when W. ieli asleep
Third, Woman, neither slave or an Almzon; grant
ing to men superiority In physical strengL ana mental
endowment, but claiming that woman Is rs superior ~
geneness patience and suffering fourn, treating OF
the abilities and lack Of abilities In Caninal Wolsey
Fifth, And they crucled him. rather descriptive Than
didactc, pctr1ng the scene OF Calvary beginning wtha
description OF sunrise at Jerusalem on heeyentul day,
contrasting the beauty aud peaceulness nature with
the passions OF the peop ana Their accompanying
the procession Of popuace and soldiers the atal MIL
top, and ending with the death th'cross. sixth
Nature Iyphed by Mythology; discussion OF Tue
province Of mythology and fable among he classic ma
ons in presenting abstract truths In cocrete forms to
minds which, familiar with natural obiecs traced anal
ogics between the visible and inyisble yorld novel
presentation of truths which awakened interest which
dry detail ~ faet would fail 10 elicit SEVENTH Phst,
Present and Future "a series ofreecor the phases
aud lessons Of life especially IN application 20 the history
and prospects OF the present gIaduatln class Next
BE True YOURSELF with the leading 1ea that all e2
celence In any creature OF God arises fpm fathfness
10 the station in which 1t placed. next " Invisible
Chains )" treating principally Ut the influences
which direct the character conduct aud lesuy OF man
nstancng the chains OF ev habits Of bve OF country,
love OF friends, and lovo OF home. Finally The Resur-
recti0n Hour " series OF medtatlons the w0ndrous
and awful aspects Of the last great day and the unac
couitable fact Of going nnceasngg in ayoca
lions wholly unmndful OF the mighty change that Is
one day TO pass over all the world.
The Valedietory, by Miss Sarah DeLamater Of this
cfty was read by the Rev j. =. ThOmpsn and prin
cpaly devoted TO the affairs of tho College tutors and
students. The subject was. The Workman Dies, the
Work Goes On"
The President read the annual report He said that in
entering upon the new career "a cOe, they do not by
any means bid farewell 10 the old Rutars Institute. any
more than woman IN marrying bid farewell TO the
of her childhood As q health, vigorous youth
makes noble, useful manhood, from the past career
OF Rutgers anticipate "A bright hopeful future
The graduates OF Rutgers Institute will considered the
Alumni Of Rutgers College, and he hope they would not
feel that change had taken place in 1eir Alma Mater
except that OF the natural development Of youhnto
turythe inevitable progress Of strength and age The
act OF incorporating Rutgers Institute INTO College
passed the twentyeigth anniversary Of the original
Of incorporation as an Institute on that day ccu