The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-01


The exercises commenced ct halfpast twelve
form were:-xrchbishop MoClosk1, Bishop Lynch,
cS rex Rev. Tns1 a
tine, A0rrisania; Father C0nran, Father quinn, OF
g. D q me rssss aae
Xavier; very Rev; Dr. Waadsms, Vicar General Of
Tssher o Soyce Of Theresa Father Moran FatSsl
O'Donaghue and Others Among the prominent
udss pdIy Judge w' Saroso Benedict
Haskin Mr.. Richard O'Gorman, x-governor
number Of others The rst discourse was delivered By
Mr.. Thomson Mason on ''Self Culture" ana this and
Sore OF
thought and careful preparation: It would be IN
yidious to particularize any Of the dlscourses All
highly creditable both to themselves and to the pro
fessofs who have had charge Of their education.
After the dScOurSes were concluded the next was the
CONFERRING OF DEaREES.
The degree OF Doctor Of Laws was conferred on
ASe5 81 og q the
MssS Esss NJ e S On + fatT aes
Master Of Arts was conferred on the following gen
tlemen;MMartln Fleming. Al. James Flood, A: B.;
A. Pp Ssn A. Tns degree e. sn' Ba SSses
St s Moceery, Sehas 6rsn
Alexander A. Cristadoro. THOMSON Mason James e.
Boiler ana RICHARD zen r5e medal
vert the First LORD BALTIMORE" The donor Of the
pastor Of st Peters and ST. Paul's church. Brooklyn.
Mr. James =. Boiler was next to Mr.. Mason 10
the post graduate course was aFarded to John
O'Rourke. After the concerning Of degrees the
ADDRESS TO THE GRADUATES
was delivered by the Rev. Richard Brennan, OF the
class Of 1854. MI. Brennan on coming forward was
wise course Of instruction which he had received at
that his alma mater. The system adopted In the
college Of making the moral and religious training
1t was the system adopted by Christ when earth,
who aimed first at developing the moral and re:
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not the case. He hoped that when the
fgion was the only thing that would fit young man
the MANY trials Of HE He congratulated the stu
dents that they had had religious training and
hoped that all through life they would practice what
they had been taught. In most colleges the secular
training was thought of first importance; and how
often found that the recipients Of such educa
unable to combat with the temptations to evil
that assailed them and thus their whole secular
a ali was colleges SHOULD no taught to
lieve that to obey the law was matter of
conscience, and to reverence their conscience as
their king.n The students were about leaving their
alma mater, and all their friends and professors
and brother graduates hoped that they would so
conduct themselves as to bring honor to the college,
and that upon entering upon the new stage In the
theatre Of life they would show to all that the teach
ing they had received was as seed sOwn In good
ground Their alma mater expected much OF them;
their country expected that they would prove them
selves good citizens and help on the march OF civil
cation and OF truth. The speaker then referred to
the fact that next year will witness the twenty-fth
commencement OF st. Johns College, and hoped
that oil who were spared Till then would not fail to
attend and celebrate the silver wedding OF their
college.
the distribution Of premiums took place. Cnance
lOr Pruyn then gave short address to the studen.s
who were leaving the college, and impressed upon
them the importance OF the study OF nature ana
Of endeavoring to act so as to bring credit to
their college. He spoke In high terms Of the way In
which the college was conducted and OF the course
OF studies pursued, and advised those students who
would return next session to spare no pains to excel
and TO raise the standard Of the college still higher
AT the conclusion Of the speech the audience ad-
journed to the dining hall Of the college, where
ceLent dinner was provided, which was done ample
Justice TO by all.