The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-07-06
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work.
The morning session of the second day
was de7oted to the discussion of matters
of interest to the fraternity, to the recep>
tion of new delegates and TO the transac
ton of other business.
The afternoon Sc ssion, which WAS the
most important of the Convention, was
devoted to the reception of new chapters,
the revision of constitution, the election of
officers, orator and poet for the coming
year, and the taking of measures for the
enlargement and increased circulation of
Our Record, the Fraternity Periodical.
Two new chapters, through their dele.
gates applied for admission, and were re,
ceived--and the delegate of another chap
ter which had suspended, and re-organi.
zed, was accredited, These chapters, as
admitted, are the Brown University J
chapter, Of Providence, X. l., the Cornell
University chapter at Ithaca, n. y,
and the Union College, chapter at Sche-
nectady, n. Y.
Officers were then elected as follows
For President, Hon. James A. Garfield,
of Ohio; for Secretary,T C. Field, Esq =,
of Providence, r. l.; for Treasurer. j.
w. Vandeventer, of New York. The
election for Orator resulted in the choice
of Rev. Ransom Il. WEIGH, ID. ID. of I'm
ion College, with Rev. II. A. Nelson, d.
d., of Cincinnati, as alternate; and the
election for Poet in the choice of Theodore
Tilton, of New York, with Rev. w II
Pendeton, Of New York, as alternate.
The question of the fraternity Period,
cal was then considered, and it was un l.
nimously resolved that twenty five pages
be added TO each issue, that the subscrip-
ton price he doubled, and that the pres.
ent graduate editor, Henry X, Waite, be
requested to continue in that position.
Measures were then taken for the publ,
cation of the Twelfth Trennia Catalogue
of the Fraternity.
The weighter duties of the Convention
having been discharged, it was adjourned
to meet in the evening for the celebration
of its thirty-fiith anniversary
These exercises were held at the First
NJ. f, church, and consisted of an earnest
and appropriate address by the President
Of the evening, X. w. Haskins, of New
York sn oration by Rev. John Bowling,
ID. d., of New York, and poem by Rev
Leo NJ. Woodruff, Of Saratoga SPRING.
OF the eloquent and fitting oration of DR.
Dowling-in which he took occasion to
congratulate the fraternity upon the good
work it was accomplishing-and the poem
appropriate to the occasion, spicy, rich in
sentiment, and glowing in diclion, we ha, c
| space only TO make mention. 1t is suili-
cient to say, that II crowded audincc lis
tened to these exercises with undivided
attention, and that the eloquent words OF
the speakers reflected infinite credit on
themselves, and the Fraternity which
they represented.
From the church the members OF the
Convention adjourned to sit down at a
sumptuous rcpast at the Park horse, where
we leave them in the enjoyment Ct the
rare social pleasures which only these en-
! joy to the fullest, who sake hands in the
brotherhood of common Christian fell
lowship, and strive together for the at
tanment of II single noble end--the ac-
complishment of good.
The attendance at the Convention was
unusually large, upwards Of fifty delega'
tes being present, representing the fol-
lowing States Massachusetts,, Vermont,
Connecticut, Rhode Island. Pennsylvania
New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Illinois
Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Indiana,
Delaware, and Georgia
The next Convention will be held with
Brown Chapter, at Providence, X, l., in
May, 1870.