New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-17
COLLEGE CO1MRNCEMENTS.
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE.

MIDDLEBURY, VT, Aug. 12.-The Commence
meDt exercises Of Mddlebury College this week have
by much larger Of people than
usual The custom Of visiting the mountains for
ton and rest which growing every year has doubtless
had much 70 do with H. The exercises Of the week
opened on Sunday, by the Rev II. d. Kitchel. d. d.,
President OF the College who delivered the baccaaureate
sermon in the Congregational Church. He took for his
Prov To- 1.-THE memory Of the just IL blessed but the
name Of the wicked shall rot" He drew lessons from
the life of great both OF sacred and profape
history and asked the attention Of the audience TO the
teachings Of history The Professor has been With the
Institution only three years In the capacity OF President
and has greatly increased the popularity with which he
received. He 10 the first President that has been
selected from among the gradutes OF the Institution
Tuesday the exercises continued by address
before the Phi Beta Kappa Society by Prof L. Diman
Of Providence r. L. upon the subject OF Distinctive AGA
demic Trainings and address before the Phadephian
Society by the Rev. q. N. BOardman ID. D.. upon the
subject: Is there view Of Religion that all may adopt
that obviates all objections TO Christianity. Both ad
dresses delivered IN the presence OF very large
audience In the evening Of Tuesday the speaking for
the Parker Prizes was wei attended and the prizes won
by the following students W. W. Thompson OF Potsdam
N Y. who won the first prize awarded the sophomore
Hon, C. r. Hubbard of NewYork for the best declama
ton in the college course G. r. Hawley OF Potsdam, NJ
won the first Freshman Prize and W. r. Page of Rut-
land VI, won the second Yesterday Thursday was the
ment exercises came of 10 day The business meeting Of
the Alumni held in the College Chapel at o'clock in
Rev. Dr. Han, professor in Auburn theological
Seminary, presided The Rev. W. W. Winches
An Informal report from the Rev. j. ID. Wlckham ID d.
Financial Agent showed that the fund OF 100000 which
the friends OF the College have been endeavorng 70 tase
for several and with which 70 endow the College,
had been raised and stated that Thaddeus Fairbanks OF
the Scale Mandatory gt Saint JOhnsbury gave f2O0
10 eDdow Fellowship OF Philosophy the Hon. John e.
Bald win, Orange N j. 500 10 endow Professor
OF Mathematics s. ID. Bradford, OF xbury Mass gave
o. 900; Charles j. Starr OF Stamford Conn., gave SOOO
and Egber Starr. OF Orange, N j., $4,000 strenuous
effort is being made TO increase this fund to $4,000
Several other movements are making 70 obtain the funds
with which TO establish gymnasium an observatory
and 20 the size OF the library apartments The
Hon. Levi Morton OF Morton & Bliss, also OF New
York. has given $4,000, and Thaddeus Fairbanks
OF st. JOhnsbuTy $1,000, for this purpose The
Rev. Jonathan Blanchard, ID. D., OF Illinois, dellV-
cred the annual Grafton He took for his subject Tho
Foundation Of this Nation 10 IN Error or In Truth"
The grafton was succeeded by poem upon Z" one by
O'Clock the Alumni dinner took place at the Addison
House. The attendance was much larger than on the
occasion last year. and the speeches
interesting No tOasts were read but the President
OF the Association, the Hon. j. W. Stewart, called upon
members and speeches made by John q. SAKE the
Rev. DR. Kitehel, u. j. Phelps the Rev. Dr. Hall. the
Hon Philip Battle, Major h. H. Bgley, and many Others
AT late hour In the afternoon the Association ad-
journed.
oratOns by the Graduating Class, and music by
HALLS brass band, well attended and deeply inter-
estng. OratOns delivered by the following stu
dents who received at the close Of the exercises their
college degree William j. GILBERT Of Dorset, H. s. Baker
OF Dandy, A. Carr Of Middlebury, Frank Church Mas
genia, N " O. A. Douglass OF Potsdam, N. y, NJ. f.
Cady Of Mddlebury, r. C. Flagg OF Castleton, Il; w.
Howe Of Braintree, Mass l.. r. sheldon OF Wlnsboro
r. O. f. ID Mussey OF Middlebuiy, O. i. Stone of Pawlet
~ +. White Of Washington, ID. C., W. j. bradshaw Of
Crown Point, n. Y. and f. J. Rauslon OF Mddlebury.
The prospects for the coming year are very atering
and with the assistance OF the scholarships and the
dOwment OF 100000 il is believed that the College now
begins al era VI prospeTp heretofore unknown.