The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-06-25
Republican Convention.

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Commsne<nent Exercises ct Cor
a, "a nell College.
:. The following brief account of Com
anencement exeaeises 1t Cornell College,
Mt Vernon, Is1a, may BE- 81 interest to
some readers Of Dc ADVERTISER, - the
Institution 10 situated 80 near M, and
receives - large . aumber Of students
from this county To readers % near at
hand It will be hardly necessary to tell
<bat Cornell College had its beginning
an de Iowa Conferences Seminary"
~opens4 Sov. l4th, 1853; that in 1857 it
took AeoA itself the moro pretsntious
name 81 Cornell College; that 1t has
since hees very successful. though in
AtaTtinE ~ . college it adopted the then
ner. hut sery xeoAible plan Of az mitting
ladies Apd gent1eA,en to the same course
Of study. upon An equal footing In every
way; that SOME ere thousand students
have been enrodled upon It's records; that
the catalogue for 1868 shows 395, grad
ed - follows: Seniors, IL; Juniors, % %;
sophmores, q; Freshmen, 81; Prepar.-
tory Classical, ss; Preparatory scienti-
ic, 24o; and that 1t Is essentially a Meth
odist Institution, having been presided
over by the Revds. r. W. Keller, 81. A.;
y. N. Fellows, NJ. A., and the present
incumbent, w. F. King. NJ. ALL Of
; rnr, !, were ministers Of ~. =. " =.
mencement week began on Sabbath,
June 18th, with the annual college love-
feast at a. m. At 104 O'Clock the Bae-
calauriate sermon was preached by Mi
nor Raymond, d. D., Of Garrett Bib.
Institute, In the grove upon the college
grounds. A very large and expectant
audience gathered; and II any one was
disappointed in the sermon 1t must have
been that his anticipations were more
than realized. In the afternoon the an
nual sermon was preached by the Rev.
Emory Miller, OF Davenport. Monday,
Tuesday, and Wednesday forenoon were
spent in examinations Of the different
classes. These were conducted by their
several teachers; and observed critically
BY the Conference Visiting Committee,
Of which Rev. +. Miller was chairman.
The college chapel was densely filed on
Monday and Tuesday evenings, and
Wednesday afternoon by those interest
ed 9 spectators, anu more directly in
the anniversary exercises Of the Am
phictyon, Philomothcan and Aiclphian
literary societies, which TRANSFERRED in
the order given. The first named, a
society Of gentlemen justly proud Of the
position they have always maintained,
though sometimes strongly opposed, as
the first and ablest society Of gen tlemen
In the Institution, were addressed by
DR.. Raymond; and conferred society d.
plonas upon their four members Of the
graduating class.
The Philomathean society (ladies),
was addressed by Rev. st. James Frye,
OfSt. Louis, and presented its diplomas
to nvc graduates. The Adelphian soci-
ETY. was addressed by Rev. J. L. G.. Nc
kown, Of Dubuque; and presented rib.
Don tied documents to two outgoing
members. On Wednesday evening the
Alumni Of the college were addressed
by Prof. s. n. Fellows, Of the Iowa State
University. All the exercises just emu
merated were enliyened by first class
music at proper intervals, which added
greatly to their interest; IA the discom-
fort Of crowded seats in extremely warm
weather makes one uneasy under the
tmoak Interesting speaking; aud the
chance Of changing ones position aud
getting the relaxation offered by the
music added to the pleasure OF mere
hearing. The spirit truly is willing to
keep perfectly still. and listen to good
lecture Of an hour and half, or such
matter, on hot evening in crowded
'oom; but the flesh is generally found to
y very, very weak.
Little time or space is left to devote to |
Commencement Day ITSELF
he day when everybody, babies includ-
Z. Who lives near Mount Vernon, and
cry many friends from distance Ego
commencement" The day when the
Ecited Juniors and seniors sag their little
soss to an admitting and immense au-
snce; and when the latter receive the
lportant documents which, make them
J Doneer seniors, but graduates. Yes,
10 loth, l688-such day ~ all this
1los1ss, must be sighted for want or
leAk4 space. II
lbspterrjhis heat and dust We win .
) De1hlag words failed long before 4
= - 20 Justice to it. The forenoon !