Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-08-12

dry other speeches, witty and wise, de-
tanned the company in the best of humor
till the break of day.
ALUMNI MEETING.
At the adjourned meeting at o! o'clock
Thursday morning, at the College Chapel,
there was some further lively discussion
of the place and time of future meetings,
resulting in a vote to continue holding
them at the College Chapel, but at an
hour, 8 1-2 o'clock, better suited to the
habits Of the Alumni in these degenerate
days. The following appointments were
made for the celebration next year:
Orator, Rev. f. II. Byington, Windsor
VT.
Substitute, Hon. Mathew Hale, Albany
n. Y.
Poet, c. r. Ballard, Castleton, Vt.
Substitute, Jno. J. Allen, Brooklyn
l.. /.
1t was ordered that hereafter the report
of the neurological committee should bC
read at the annual meeting. Ii was also
triennial catalogues of the residences o.
the surviving Alumni 50 fair as ascertain
able. The Alumni then adjourned sin,
die, and proceeded to the church
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
Commencement Day opened with clear
sunshine and cool and pleasant air. TIL,
procession formed in front Of the Colleg,
buildings ut 10I o'clock. under the very
competent direction of NJ b. Carpenter
A. b, of the class of GS. The Governor
and Corporation, the Alumni of this and
other institutions, and the students mad,
up procession Of goodly proportions and
marched to the church to the accs ptablt
music of the Queen City Cornet Band
The order, OF exercises at the church Wa;
as follows:
nvcrturc tn "a nigh. III Granada" Kr.,.zer
!. Prayer by the pIu-id-ut.
MUSIC.
Songs withou, words, from the stu book Men
delssohn.
Ed,,ir erh,rIas F., =, p,,.,;5..,,,,,
5. The benefits of Machinery 10 the Laborer
Francis Hckok, Burlington.
MUsI,.
Selections from II blllo IN M4schera, Verdi.
/. The Celtic Race.
Henry Hal Gor;on Essex.
;. I'll, Diifu,ive Power of Truth
Nelson Orlando Freeman, sheldon
nr-,o.
March. Air and Ballet from Ob,ryn. Web T.
d. The Balance of Power.
Byron Thompson Holcorub leila Motto.
:. The Imagination as an AID T." Truth.
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Th. s,,.,.,. ,,. rr,,-..,
Robert Robert. BARRING ;on
.. fo'iica' f"ih.
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H. Reuclic'ion.
President Au.,cll presided with his Gus
tomarv grace The graduaiip, elias. di,
finely. The Ere. Press saw; Prob,bl,
no one of th., r,...,. ul.t.,a more uniyer
sally than that nf Mr. Roberts. who's
suhi,cr. ausintk -xpr, ssed a. The SAINT,
of IIn,n"r," w. made to enforce tn
wholesome trurh If the he ithiu lneSs 0
mirth. Mr.. Turtles piece was IA tinel,
written ana able production. The piece
of Mes~r-. Ferguson and Freeman wer,
of noticeable excellence, aud in fact tn,
pieces with hardly An exception we're ex
ceediug,y creaitabie both to the youns
gentlemen and their instructors, and wer,
well delivered, no prompting being need
ed in single instance.
The Iau-ic of the Mendelssohns was o
course az suitable and delightful az posi-
BILE, and sounded finely in the church
which is an admirable room both for speak
ing and for music The church wa.
crowded with attentive audience.
THE DEGREES
The degrees conferred were rs follows
The degree Of Bachelor Of Science or
Henry Homer Douglass and Horace Ed
ward Stevens. of the Scientific Denart
ment
The degree of Bachelor of Arts on the
Graduating class
The degree of Doctor of Medicine or
the graduates of the Medical Depart.
ment.