The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-01

the President of the Board of Trustees OF tue
College, presided with his accustomed grace,
on the right by President Cattell, and
on the left by selden L. Scranton, ESQ.,, OF Ok
ford, N. ].
After persevering and pleasurable effort on
the part of all present to make an impression
upon the contents of the tables rendered ex-
tremely difficult by reason OF the quantity as
wei as the variety of the viands, Ex-Governor
POLLOCK arose and requested the company as
semoled to Join in singing the 12lst Psalm, a
metrical version of which had been placed by
the side of each plate. This done, the Chair
man said:-
,Eor the elegant repnst of which we have Just par
isss we are indebted TO our ETHEREAL friends the
nn9 them TO be real and substantial blessings.
OF the Board Of Trusiees, and In their name wei.
has yon AL and congratulate you that Lafayette
and sRs Is thing Of beauty and fun Of fire
motto. II she has not ALREADY aua,peG the dTst st
~ Rut as ,s c9llege. she is rapidly approaching
sponna veg; we could not over the mountains nor
held in Phlsdep6ah 3ssa9q 0d GSsTec
teIized BY such earnest anxious deberstion that
vas shen that We determined upon the election Of Dr.
and addressing the h ySTr election Cumming to
Sleared away and the bright sky opened on us
With SSt geaest Gey TRGqs All ourssa s@
or an hdviua-a debt an sdneStonSl 9sS iona lnstit9tion
removing. But that was not enough; YOU were not OF
OF the land you demanded si0O OOo as s
You doubled gGuF aa SeG zen aS made when
ute responded with $4,000, and Adamson and jerks
a loud outbu1st of applause from ali presently MT
sGGa1top' scranton who is here by my side, and Others
not yet on the summit although It floats beautifully
$2OootO more demanded. The moment is picous the
SKY is bright the grass is green. Let your endowment
pride, We can well afford to do it in this grand old
Sommouwealth. Let mind be educated let citizens
De made men; for that purpose colleges instituted
IN conclusion, propose the health of President Cat
te may he and the college of his owe ever prosper"
This proposition was received with hearty
cheers, and the toast was drunk in cold water
President Cattell responded by saying that com
mencemeDts were always occasions of great
solemnity to him, Notwithstanding the music
and general gayety. He referred to his first con-
nectlon with the institution, and to its present
prospects. Three courses had been established
the classical, the scientific, and tue post
eraduate-and yet their present endowment was
sufficient to support only one of these. There was
therefore an imperative necessity for increasing
the permanent invested endo Wment to $500, 900.
The President appealed to Ex-Governor Pollock
TO know if it could not be done and the Cover
nor thought it could, and that within the coming
year, President Catteli then stated that he had
made BEGINNING that very morning. In answer
to this appeal for additional endowment, Will
Hanson Adamson, of Philadelphia had sub
scribed $4,000; Thomas Beaver, of Danville,
$4,000; and A. Pardee, of Hazleton, $4,000.
The announcement of the first two subscrip-
tions were received with great applause; but
when Mr.. Pardee's name and donation we're
announced grand outcry arose from the assem-
blage, and for some minutes the tumult was so
great that the speakers voice could not be
heard When the uproar had subsided, Presi-
dent Cattell read a letter from Mr.. Pardee,
stating that he desired to make his whole dona-
tion TO the College full 5000, zoo, and therefore,
in addition to the $4,000 already given, he
now added 1000, on condition that the re-
mainder Of the 5000, 600 proposed as an increase
to the endowment should be raised within a
year or two. President attell, resuming his
remarks, said that this could not be done by
magic, but only by the favor and blessing of
Almighty God. He trusted that with such assist
ance they would be able to build up the insttu-
tiop, and that it might long live to His honor
and glory.
selden 7. Scranton, ESQ.,, of Oxford, N. j.,
was then introduced, and having recounted his
first acquaintance with President Cattell, and
The earnest and persevering manner in which
the latter had gone to work to secure the ne
dowment of the institution, declared his
conviction that, judging from the success which
had attended these earlier efforts the present
one would be equally fortunate.
Addresses were subsequently delivered by the
Hon. G. Morrison Harris, OF Baltimore; Profess
sors Coleman and Porter of the College Faculty;
and the Rev. DR.. Edgar, of Enston. The COM
pany remained at the table about two hours,
during the whole of which time the utmost good
humor and geniality prevailed. Several of the
speeches contained sharp and telling points,
and the chairmRn every now and then, in a
parenthetical remark, set the company in a
roar.
THE PRESIDENTS LEvEE.
In the evening" the exercises of the Com
mencement season were brought 10 a close by a
social gathering at the residence of President
Cattell. The house was brilliantly illuminated
| for the occasion, and on the lawn in front was
stationed full brass band, whose melodious
| strains afforded an excellent excuse for the
young couples to undertake promenade about
| the house and grounds. The company present
was large and brilliant one, and included the
| Trustees and Faculty of the College, the stu
dents and alumni, and that vague portion of
| the community which is characterized
| as their friends. The young men appeared to
| be extremely fortunate, for their "frends" were,
without exception, the youth and beauty of
| Easton u,hioh 10 souamhot l., Al (,